On Friday, in Ballerup, five finals were again on the program during the third evening of the Track Cycling World Championships. After having unlocked your medal counter the day before via Clement Petitthe French team did not come close to adding a second in the women’s omnium. In the fight for the podium after three solid first events (5th, 5th, 4th), Victoire Berteau was unable to conclude the final points race and ultimately failed in the worst place, only three small points from the bronze won by the Norwegian Anita Yvonne Stenberg (110 pts against 107 for the Frenchwoman)… The world title went to the New Zealander Ally Wollaston (131 pts) – already in Gold on elimination and bronze on the scratch – in front of the British Jessica Roberts (119 pts).
Video – Victoire Berteau failed to reach the podium in the omnium
Harrie Lavreysen in the legend, Gold and the world record for Jonathan Milan
But the event of the evening is the coronation on the men’s kilometer of the super star Harrie Lavreysen ! Winner with a time of 57 seconds and 468 thousandths, the Dutchman erased his disappointment from the day before on the keirin to win his 15th rainbow jersey, thus definitively surpassing in French history books Arnaud Tournant to become at the age of 27 the only record holder for world track titles. He became a legend by beating his compatriot Jeffrey Hoogland and the British Joseph Trumanwhile the French Melvin Landerneau did not manage to pass the qualification threshold by only signing the 10th time, more than 3 seconds behind. Engaged in the points race the day after his surprise feat in the men’s scratch race, Clement Petit failed to prolong the euphoria and finished in 11th place in the points race. It’s the Spanish Sebastian Mora Bright who won on the wire against the Dane Niklas Larsenthe latter only losing by a small point (69 against 70)!
The women’s individual speed tournament concluded this Friday evening with the consecration ofEmma Finucane. Already world champion in Glasgow last year, the Briton retained her title by easily dominating the Dutchwoman Hetty van de Wouw two rounds to zero in the final. The Japanese Mina Satowho had eliminated Mathilde Gros Thursday, did the same to glean the bronze against the British Sophie Capewell. Finally, the very recent world record for the individual pursuit achieved by Josh Charlton in qualifying only lasted a few hours, since he was beaten in the final by Jonathan Milan ! The Italian also went below the mythical four-minute mark and set the new benchmark at 3’59”153 to validate the first individual title of his career at the Worldsthe young Briton having to be satisfied with the money.
The results of the 3rd day (to come)
Elimination Women
1. Ally Wollaston (New Zealand)
2. Lotte Kopecky (Belgique)
3. Jennifer Valente (United States)
4. Letizia Paternoster (Italy)
5. Lara Gillespie (Ireland)
Scratch Men
1. Kazushige Kuboki (Japon)
2. Tobias Hansen (Denmark)
3. Clement Petit (France)
4. Vincent Hoppezak (Netherlands)
5. Jules Hesters (Belgium)
Keirin Men
1. Kento Yamasaki (Japon)
2. Mikhail Yakovlev (Israel)
3. Kevin Quintero (Colombia)
4. Harry Ledingham-Horn (Great Britain)
5. Mateusz Rudyk (Pologne)
Women’s Team Pursuit
1. Grande-Bretagne (Katie Archibald, Megan Barker, Josie Knight, Anna Morris, Jessica Roberts)
2. Allemagne (Franziska Brausse, Lisa Klein, Mieke Kröger, Lena Charlotte Reissner, Laura Süssemilch)
3. Italy (Martina Fidanza, Chiara Consonni, Martina Alzini, Vittoria Guazzini, Letizia Paternoster)
4. Canada (Lily Plante, Kiara Lylyk, Ariane Bonhomme, Fiona Majendie)
5. Pologne (Olga Wankiewicz, Patrycja Lorkowska, Nikol Plosaj, Martyna Szcześnia, Maja Tracka)
Pursuit Men
1. Denmark (Tobias Hansen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Niklas Larsen, Frederik Madsen, Rasmus Pedersen)
2. Grande-Bretagne (Ethan Hayter, Josh Charlton, Charlie Tanfield, Oliver Wood, Rhys Britton)
3. Allemagne (Tim Torn Teutenberg, Benjamin Boos, Ben Felix Jochum, Bruno Kessler, Felix Gross)
4. Japon (Shunsuke Imamura, Naoki Kojima, Kazushige Kuboki, Shoi Matsuda, Shoki Kawano)
5. United States (Grant Koontz, David Domonoske, Anders Johnson, Brendan Rhim)
in italics = substitute during the last race contested by his team
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