Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup 2019/20 Round 2

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow – Women’s Omnium Elimination Race

Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup 2019/20 Round 2 | Glasgow & Para-cycling 1 Day

Glasgow hosted round two of the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup 2019-20 in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. Round one started on November 01st in Minsk with seven rounds in total finishing in Milton, Canada on 24-26th January 2020, with the World Track Cycling Championships taking place in Berlin, Germany on 26th Feb to 01st March 2020.

All eyes are focused this Winter on next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan as the athletes hone their skills in preparation.

A good start for Great Britain’s Men’s Team Sprint Trio Ryan Owen, Jack Carling & Jason Kenny setting the quickest qualifier with a 43.084 ahead of France & Beat Cycling Club going into heat 1 later this evening.

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow Women’s Team Pursuit with Katie Archibald & Ellie Dickinson

Great Britain secured the Women’s Team Pursuit Gold play-off against Germany as they caught Belgium in the morning’s heat. The Germany squad posted the fastest time of the session with a 4.15.696 around five seconds off World Record pace held by Team GB at 4.10.236. France take on Italy for the Bronze play-off later.

Denmark take on Italy in the Men’s Team Pursuit setting the quickest heat 1 time of 3.51.251, only three seconds shy of Australia’s World Record. Great Britain will ride against France for the Bronze play-off as Huub Wattbike Test Team narrowly miss out by a couple of 1000’s of a second to France. They deployed Kyle Gordon on the front for a half-dozen laps or so before peeling off to let his team-mates contest the rest of the race. A strategy that nearly worked for the quirky team with a Scottish flavour.

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow – John Archibald – HUUB Wattbike

Great Britain’s Team Sprint duo Millicent Tanner & Lauren Bate did enough to qualify for the 1st round setting a time of 33.537 for 6th place. The Russian Federation duo Ekaterina Rogovaya & Daria Shmelva set the quickest qualifier of 33.039 ahead of Lithuania’s Migle Marozaite & long-standing Simona Krupeckaite.

Session one belonged to the Para Cycling disciplines with Megan Giglia claiming the Women’s C1 3 Individual Pursuit Gold.

Canadian Ross Wilson took Gold in the Men’s C1 Individual Pursuit whilst Wayne Harrod to the Men’s C4 Individual Pursuit Gold.

Louis Rolfe took gold in the Men’s C2 Individual Pursuit, Jaco Van Gass took gold in the Men’s C3 individual Pursuit & Jon Gildea took gold in the C5 Individual Gold.

Great Britain’s Women’s Team Pursuit riders Katie Archibald, Neah Evans, Elinor Barker & Ellie Dickinson lite up the torch for Gold in the evening finals session. Setting a time of 4.12.244 they beat Germany convincingly.

The Dutch showed their strength in the Men’s Team Sprint & took gold as Great Britain replaced Kenny with Truman to settle for the silver. France taking bronze.

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow Men’s Team Pursuit Podium

The Men’s Team Pursuit gold went to Denmark’s Lasse Norman Hanson, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg & Ramus Pedersen. Italy took the silver & France the bronze leaving the Great Britain quartet fourth overall.

Daria Shmelva & Ekaterina claimed the Women’s Team Sprint for Russia beating China & Lithuania.

Results.

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow Women’s C13 IP Gold, Megan Gigli. Silver, Katie Toft. Bronze, Amelia Cass

Women’s C13 IP

Gold Megan Giglia
Silver Katie Toft
Bronze Amelia Cass

Men’s C1 IP

Gold Ross Wilson
Silver Pierre Senska

Men' s C4 IP

Gold Wayne Harrod
Silver Nicholas Fairfield

Men’s C2 IP

Gold Louis Rolfe
Silver Matthew Robertson

Men’s C3 IP

Gold Jaco Van Gass
Silver Finlay Graham
Bronze Colin Wallace

Men’s C5 IP

Gold Jon Gildea
Silver Will Bjergfelt

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow – Women’s Team Pursuit Podium

Women’s Team Pursuit

Gold Great Britain
Silver Germany
Bronze France

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow Women’s Para BVI 3k Pursuit Podium

Women’s Para BVI 3k Pursuit

Gold Lora Fachie
Silver Laura Cluxton
Bronze Jessica Dietz

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow – Para Cycling One Day

Men’s Para BVI 4k Pursuit

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow – Italian Team Pursuit

Men’s Team Pursuit

Gold Denmark
Silver Italy
Bronze Great Britain

Women’s Para C5 3k Pursuit

Gold Crystal Lane-Wright
Silver
Bronze

Women’s Team Sprint

Gold China
Silver Russia
Bronze ERD Team Erdgas.2012

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow Men’s Team Sprint with Jeffery Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen, Nils van Thoenderdaal & Sam Ligtlee

Men’s Team Sprint

Gold Netherlands
Silver Great Britain
Bronze France

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow – Tomohiro Fukaya

Day 2 of the Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 is a day sprinting & women’s endurance.

Men’s World Sprint Champion Dutch Man Harrie Lavreysen, was last to ride in the 200m flying start sprint and edged into the lead with a 9.535s time ahead of Poland’s Mateusz Rudyk and countryman Jeffrey Hoogland. 4th quickest ahead of Tokyo 2020, Japan’s Tomohiro Fukaya looked promising as they booked their place into the 16th Finals along with Great Britain’s Ryan Owens & Jason Kenny. Owen went out to Spain’s Juan Peralta Gascon & Kenny going out in the 8th Finals to the World Champ Lavreysen. The quarter finals later will see Lavreysen v’s Fukaya & Rudyk v’s Hoogland.

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow – Jeffery Hoogland

The Sprint competition for the women started with the Keirin. Six heats saw Great Britain’s Katy Marchant safely through whilst World Champion Lee Wai Sze lost out to Shanne Braspennincx before returning to competition through the repechage. France’s Mathilda Gros took the hard route to, but Sophie Capewell race ended with Basova winning her heat.

The morning session finished with the Women’s Scratch Race and Great Britain’s Elinor Barker hoping to take the win. 21 starters saw a couple of attacks early on, but nothing stuck till mid race when a trio of riders Karolina Karasiewicz [Poland], Anastasia Chulkova [Israel] & Diana Klimova [Russia] gained around 3/4s of a lap before Barker with Italian Barbieri & Australian Georgia Baker tried to bridge across.

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow – Women’s Scratch Race with Elinor Barker & Karolina Karasiewicz

It wasn’t enough with 4 laps remaining as the chasing riders ran out of steam. A win for Karasiewicz before the session came to an end.

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow – Women’s Scratch Race winner Karolina Karasiewicz

The women started their Omnium Campaign with Scotland’s Neah Evans flying the flag for Great Britain. Finishing 8th overall it was World Champion Kirsten Wild of Netherlands that claimed the gold followed by Olga Zabelinskaya & Annette Edmundson.

Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2019-20 | Round 2 Glasgow Women’s Keirin

Katy Marchant went on to win the Women’s Keirin in-front a home crowd. A photo finish with Emma Hinze didn’t deter the rapturous crowd, whom had already determined the winner.

Britain’s Ethan Hayter & Ollie Wood took silver in the Men’ Madison behind a strong duo of Thomas Benjamin & Vincent Donavan Grondin. Australia take bronze.