Men’s Individual Pursuit
Men’s Individual Pursuit
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Italy’s Filippo Ganna won the elite men’s individual pursuit on day 4 of the UCI World Track Championships at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow. The current world record holder, set at last year’s Track Worlds, celebrated his second consecutive rainbow jersey in the discipline, and his sixth title since 2016.
In the gold medal round, Ganna clocked a time of 4:01.976 over the 4km race, besting Daniel Bigham (Great Britain) by 0:00.054 seconds. Silver medalist Bigham set the fastest pace for the first three time-checks, extending his lead from 0.7 seconds after one kilometer to 2.3 seconds after 3 kilometres. It looked like an upset was in the making but Ganna blasted to the victory in the final kilometre as Bigham faded.
The bronze was taken by Jonathan Milan (Italy) who edged out Ivo Oliveira (Portugal).
Ganna set the fastest time in the qualification round with the four riders finishing in the same placings as qualification in the final medal contests.
The scheduling of the UCI combined Worlds forced Ganna to pick the early track events, including the individual pursuit which was held on the same day as the elite men’s road race won by Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands).
With an eye on the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, Ganna and Milan decided to focus on the pursuit events. Ganna and his compatriots took the silver in the Team Pursuit won by Denmark on Saturday.
His racing is not done as Ganna will compete in the elite men’s time trial, part of the Road World Championships, on August 11.
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filippo Ganna (Italy) | 4:01.976 |
| 2 | Daniel Bigham (Great Britain) | 4:02.030 |
| 3 | Jonathan Milan (Italy) | 4:05.868 |
| 4 | Ivo Manuel Alves Oliveira (Portugal) | 4:08.469 |
| 5 | Tobias Buck-Gramcko (Germany) | Row 4 – Cell 2 |
| 6 | Conor Leahy (Australia) | Row 5 – Cell 2 |
| 7 | Oliver Bleddyn (Australia) | |
| 8 | Felix Gross (Germany) | |
| 9 | Chris Ernst (Canada) | |
| 10 | Manlio Moro (Italy) | |
| 11 | Thomas Sexton (New Zealand) | |
| 12 | Corentin Ermenault (France) | |
| 13 | Claudio Imhof (Switzerland) | |
| 14 | Kacper Majewski (Poland) | |
| 15 | Kazushige Kuboki (Japan) | |
| 16 | Niccolo Galli (Italy) | Row 15 – Cell 2 |
| 17 | Michael Foley (Canada) | Row 16 – Cell 2 |
Women’s Elimination Race
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Lotte Kopecky of Belgium won the elite women’s elimination race at the UCI World Track Championships for the second year in a row. Strong of her second place at the Tour de France Femmes, Kopecky beat out Valentine Fortin (France) and Jennifer Valente (United States) for the rainbow jersey.
Kopecky avoided a three-rider crash early in the race and maintained her position as rider after rider was eliminated off the back. Italy’s Rachele Barbieri was the penultimate rider to be dropped, leaving Kopecky, Fortin and Valente to battle it out for the podium. After Valente was gone on the next lap, Kopecky showed her sprinting prowess to take the victory at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow.
This is Kopecky’s fifth gold medal across four Track Worlds, in the madison (2017, 2022), points race (2021), and elimination race (2022, 2023).
The Belgian champion has more racing on her schedule at the unified Cycling World Championships with the points race (August 8) and omnium (August 9) at Track Worlds and finally the elite women’s road race on August 13 to conclude the UCI World Road Championships. She will not defend her madison title after her event partner Shari Bossuyt returned a positive test for the banned substance Letrozole in March.
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotte Kopecky (Belgiun | Row 0 – Cell 2 |
| 2 | Valentine Fortin (France) | Row 1 – Cell 2 |
| 3 | Jennifer Valente (United States) | Row 2 – Cell 2 |
| 4 | Rachele Barbieri (Italy) | Row 3 – Cell 2 |
| 5 | Elinor Barker (Great Britain) | Row 4 – Cell 2 |
| 6 | Olivija Baleisty (Lithuania) | Row 5 – Cell 2 |
| 7 | Sarah van Dam (Canada) | |
| 8 | Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway) | |
| 9 | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Germany) | |
| 10 | Yareli Acevedo Mendoza (Mexico) | |
| 11 | Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed (Egypt) | |
| 12 | Patrycja Lorkowska (Poland) | |
| 13 | Maho Kakitsa (Japan) | |
| 14 | Gabriela Bartova (Czech Republic) | |
| 15 | Argyro Milaki (Greece) | |
| 16 | Marit Raaijmakers (Netherlands) | Row 15 – Cell 2 |
| 17 | Alžbeta Bacikova (Slovakia) | Row 16 – Cell 2 |
| 18 | Nafosat Kozieva (Uzbekistan) | Row 17 – Cell 2 |
| 19 | Chloe Moran (Australia) | Row 18 – Cell 2 |
| 20 | Emily Shearman (New Zealand) | Row 19 – Cell 2 |
| 21 | Lena Mettraux (Switzerland) | Row 20 – Cell 2 |
| 22 | Emily Kay (Ireland) | Row 21 – Cell 2 |
| 23 | Laura Rodriguez Cordero (Spain) | Row 22 – Cell 2 |
More track results to follow soon …
