After five days of competition, the Track Cycling World Championships ended this Sunday in Ballerup, Denmark. And the results are not good for the French, who only collected two small medals (silver in the Madison Women and bronze in the Scratch Men) in these Worldsone of the worst results in French cycling. And this Sunday did not help matters, with the premature elimination of Mathilde Gros in the quarter-finals of the Keirin and 5th place in Victoire Berteau on the Points race.
Video – Manon Borras, silver medalist on the Madison
Lavreysen makes history even further
Apart from the tricolors, this Sunday marked a historic day in the history of track cycling. In fact, the Dutch Harrie Lavreysen won the 16th world crown of his career, further improving the record for world championship titles he already held. Before the start of Worlds 2024, the French Arnaud Tournant was alone the most successful track rider with 14 successes. In Ballerup, lavresen (27 years old) equaled this record, with gold won in the team sprint, before improving it by winning the laurels in the kilometer. The title won in individual speed this Sunday therefore brings his number of coronations to 16.
Unlike the French, the Danes had a great day at home, winning two world titles. Julie Leth has anticipated Lotte Kopecky (victim of a mechanical problem) in the Points Race, while Tobias Aagaard Hansen won the Elimination. The Japanese Mina Saito was titled on the Keirin. While these Worlds ended with the Madison Men, which crowned the German duo Roger Kluge – Tim Torn Teutenberg.
The finals of the 5th day
Sprint Men
1. Harrie Lavreysen (Pays-Bas)
2. Jeffrey Hoogland (Pays-Bas)
3. Ota Kaiya (Japan)
Women’s points race
1. Julie Leth (Danemark) 43 points
2. Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) 40 points
3. Lara Gillepsie (Ireland) 39 points
4. Ally Wollaston (New Zealand) 39 points
5. Victoire Berteau (France) 34 points
Elimination Men
1. Tobias Aagaard Hansen (Denmark)
2. Elia Viviani (Italy)
3. Dylan Bibic (Canada)
Keirin Women
1. Mina Sato (Japan)
2. Hetty van de Wouw (Pays-Bas)
3. Katy Marchant (Great Britain)
Madison Men
1. Germany (Roger Kluge, Tim Torn Teutenberg) 76 points
2. Belgique (Lindsay de Vylder, Fabio van den Bossche) 60 points
3. Denmark (Niklas Larsen, Michael Morkov) 59 points
