{"id":6764,"date":"2017-11-10T23:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2017-11-14T08:34:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T07:34:38","slug":"uci-track-cycling-world-cup-20178-round-2-manchester-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=6764","title":{"rendered":"UCI Track Cycling World Cup 2017\/8 Round 2 Manchester Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 French Team Pursuit in Qualifying.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup Round 2, Manchester Day1 Round Up<\/pre>\n
Words By Phil Jones in Manchester, Sportsbeat – 0870 445 0156, Images by Chris Maher<\/p>\n
Jennifer Valente won a titanic tussle with reigning world champion Katie Archibald as the American took omnium gold to end a sparkling first night at the TISSOT UCI Track World Cup.<\/p>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Katie Archibald<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Leading Archibald by six points heading into the final points race, Valente\u2019s advantage was almost overturned by the final sprint, but she beat Archibald to the line and claimed the gold.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere at the National Cycling Centre, Manchester, there was double team sprint glory for Germany, while Rachele Barbieri and Nikita Panassenko won their scratch races.<\/p>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Men’s & Women’s Team Sprint Winners Germany…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Women\u2019s Omnium<\/pre>\n
The women\u2019s omnium was set up for a thrilling conclusion as Archibald beat Valente in a tight and tense elimination race to start the evening session.<\/p>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Women’s Omnium Elimination Race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Amalie Dideriksen finished third, but as Archibald and Valente entered the final lap the American surrendered and gave the Brit a clear run to the line – meaning the reigning world champion went into the points race in second place, six points behind Valente.<\/p>\n
And Archibald looked to have done enough during the final race, just needing to beat Valente to the line in the final sprint to secure the win – but the American took on the Brit in the final lap and out-paced her to the line.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe might not have raced head to head but she\u2019s the one wearing the rainbow stripes so that deserves respect and you have to watch out for that,\u201d Valente said of her opponent.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is an incredible team pursuiter as well so it was nothing new for me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI think you really have to take things one race at a time, and even in the points race break it up into sections and focus on a section at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAll the fans here are incredible. It\u2019s really great. All the community programmes. Coming into this World Cup, people know about it, it\u2019s on social media and it\u2019s exciting for the riders to see that and experience it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Women’s Omnium Podium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
GOLD Jennifer Valente USA
\nSILVER Katie Archibald Great Britain
\nBRONZE Amalie Dideriksen Denmark<\/p>\n
Team Sprint<\/pre>\n
Earlier in the night the German team sprint outfits had both qualified fastest in their respective competitions.<\/p>\n
The women in a time of 32.542 as they beat Great Britain in the first round, while the men beat the Czech Republic with a mark of 43.129 to book their final place against Beat Cycling Club.<\/p>\n
The Dutch teams both had to settle for a place in the bronze medal ride-offs as the women set up a clash against the Holy Brother Cycling Team, while the men faced off against home trio Great Britain.<\/p>\n
Holy Brother and the Netherlands were victorious, but the night belonged to Germany.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the beginning of the season, when I saw that the World Cup in Manchester was on my birthday, I was a bit sad – I thought, no, a competition on my birthday?!\u201d said birthday girl Kristina Vogel who won a hat-trick of gold medals at last weekend\u2019s opening World Cup in Poland.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut to win here, with Miriam [Welte], together, getting a gold medal is one of the best birthday gifts I could have given myself.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy not three golds again?!\u201d<\/p>\n
With men\u2019s winner Maximilian Levy adding: \u201cTwelve years ago I won my first World Cup in Manchester, so it\u2019s good to be back on the podium so many years after I started my senior career.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s hard. I have to go to Milton, in Canada, as well for the next World Cup. I was prepared for a lot of racing and I used the Six Day in London to get into shape and improve a little, without giving it all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI saved a little energy to come back to the UK and get the World Cup victory.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Helena Casas & Tania Calvo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Women\u2019s Team Sprint<\/pre>\n
GOLD Germany Kristina Vogel, Miriam Welte
\nSILVER Russian Federation Anastasiia Voinova, Daria Smeleva
\nBRONZE Holy Brother Cycling Team Shanju Bao, Yufang Guo<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Team Sprint<\/pre>\n
GOLD Germany Joachim Eilers, Robert Forstemann, Maximilian Levy
\nSILVER Beat Cycling Club Theo Bos, Roy Van Den Berg, Matthijs Buchli
\nBRONZE Netherlands Sam Ligtlee, Nils Van\u2019t Hoenderdaal<\/p>\n
Scratch Race<\/pre>\n
In the men\u2019s scratch race a fragmented affair saw ten riders take a lap, with eight riders a lap back and a further three finishing two laps down.<\/p>\n
It was Kazakhstan\u2019s Panassenko that took the win ahead of Wales\u2019 Jon Mould and the Netherlands\u2019 Wim Stroetinga.<\/p>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Men’s Scratch Podium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
While the women\u2019s race saw a much closer affair as all riders finished on the same lap, with reigning world champion Barbieri taking the sprint in a photo-finish ahead of Hong Kong\u2019s Yang Qianyu and Belgium\u2019s Jolien D\u2019Hoore.<\/p>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Women\u2019s Scratch Race Rachele Barbieri Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Women\u2019s Scratch Race<\/pre>\n
GOLD Rachele Barbieri Italy
\nSILVER Qianyu Yang Hong Kong
\nBRONZE Jolien D\u2019Hoore Belgium<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s Scratch Race<\/pre>\n
GOLD Nikita Panassenko Kazakhstan
\nSILVER Jon Mould Wales
\nBRONZE Win Stroetinga Netherlands<\/p>\n
Team Pursuit Qualifying & Round 1<\/pre>\n
But one of the loudest cheers of the night came as Great Britain\u2019s team pursuit quartet pegged back half a second in the closing 500m to beat European champions France and book their place in Saturday\u2019s gold medal ride with a time of 3:56.137.<\/p>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Team GB…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
There they will face Denmark, while British national champions Team KGF will ride against France for the bronze.<\/p>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Team KGF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Images available to view or buy at Pixieset<\/a> for a short period<\/p>\n
On November 10-12, incredible riders like Steven Burke will compete on the Manchester Velodrome in one of the most anticipated events on the track cycling calendar. Buy your tickets http:\/\/www.trackworldcup.co.uk\/tickets\/<\/a><\/p>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Italian Team Pursuit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Russian Federation’s Daria Shmeleva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 Team KGF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Tissot UCI Track World Cup 2017-8 Rnd2 Manchester, Day 1 GOLD Rachele Barbieri Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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