WORLD CHAMPS - Day 1 Results
Women’s 500m TT
Sandie Clair was so upset when Panarina – last rider to ride, and she was even down in the first lap – stole the victory by less than 3 hundredths of a second.
1 - Olga Panarina (Belarus)
2 - Sandie Clair (France)
3 - Miriam Welte (Germany)
Men’s Team Pursuit
As expected, Australia’s wonder team defended their World Title and they made it look so damn easy!
1 - Australia (Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Luke Durbridge, Michael Hepburn)
2 - Russia (Alexey Markov, Evgeny Kovalev, Ivan Kovalev, Alexander Serov)
3 - Great Britain (Steven Burke, Sam Harrison, Peter Kennaugh, Andy Tennant)
Women’s Points Race
Another upset from Belarus as Tatsiana Sharakova was the only rider able to take a lap on the field.
1 - Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus)
2 - Jarmila Machacova (Russia)
3 - Giorgia Bronzini (Italy)
Men’s Scratch Race
This race was crazy. Ho Ting Kwok came out of nowhere with a huge attack and left everyone dumbounded.
1 - Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong)
2 - Elia Viviana (Italy)
3 - Morgan Kniesky (France)
Men’s Team Sprint
The Germans weren’t looking so hot in the final round so the French powerhouse trio took the World Championship title with no problem.
1 - France (Michael D'Almeida, Gregory Bauge, Kevin Sireau)
2 - Germany (Rene Enders, Maximilian Levy, Stefan Nimke)
3 - Great Britain (Matt Crampton, Sir Chris Hoy, Jason Kenny)
See complete results and times at Tissot Timing and you can find video highlights on the UCI YouTube Channel.