November 1/08 9:23 am - Whitten Scores Silver at Track World Cup
Posted by Editor on 11/1/08
Track World Cup #1 Day 1 Women's Results - Manchester, Great Britain
Day 1
Canada's Tara Whitten had a breakthrough ride in the first day of the opening event for the 2008-2009 Track World Cup, with a silver medal performance in the women's individual pursuit. Whitten qualified second to Olympic silver medalist Wendy Houvenaghel of Great Britain, and lost to Houvenaghel in the Final. As one of our readers (Doug Cameron) pointed out:
I believe Tara Whitten's 3:36.998 is a Canadian record demolishing the 3:40.398 set by Clara Hughes at the same track during the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Tara's previous best was 3:41.367 set at the 2008 World Cup in Beijing. Note: Whitton raced a 3:42.931 on the Manchester track in March at the Worlds, so she has knocked nearly six seconds off her previous time at this track.
Also racing from Canada at the World Cup is sprinter Monique Sullivan, who finished 11th overall.
| Women's individual Pursuit | |
| Qualifying | |
| 1 Wendy Houvenaghel (GBr) Great Britain | 3:28.9 |
| 2 Tara Whitten (Can) Canada | 3:37.0 |
| 3 Joanna Rowsell (GBr) Team 100% Me | 3:38.1 |
| 4 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Germany | 3:41.9 |
| 5 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) Belarus | 3:44.8 |
| 6 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France | 3:47.8 |
| 7 Jolien d'Hoore (Bel) Belgium | 3:48.7 |
| 8 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine | 3:49.3 |
| 9 Edyta Jasinska (Pol) Poland | 3:50.9 |
| 10 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Esp) Cespa Euskadi | 4:02.8 |
| Finals | |
| 1 Wendy Houvenaghel (GBr) Great Britain | 3:30.591 |
| 2 Tara Whitten (Can) Canada | 3:39.584 |
| 3 Joanna Rowsell (GBr) Team 100% Me | 3:41.875 |
| 4 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Germany | 3:44.446 |
| Rest of Standings | |
| 5 Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) Belarus | |
| 6 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France | |
| 7 Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Belgium | |
| 8 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 9 Edyta Jasinska (Pol) Poland | |
| 10 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Esp) Cespa Euskadi | |
| Women's Sprint | |
| Qualifying | |
| 1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Team Sky + HD | 11.16 |
| 2 Lulu Zheng (Chn) China | 11.31 |
| 3 Jinjie Gong (Chn) China | 11.34 |
| 4 Anna Blyth (GBr) Great Britain | 11.38 |
| 5 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Rus) Russia | 11.48 |
| 6 Lyubov Shulika (Ukr) Ukraine | 11.49 |
| 7 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong | 11.55 |
| 8 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany | 11.59 |
| 9 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada | 11.61 |
| 10 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France | 11.64 |
| 11 Christin Muche (Ger) Germany | 11.69 |
| 12 Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russia | 11.73 |
| 13 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia | 11.84 |
| 14 Jessica Varnish (GBr) Great Britain | 11.86 |
| 15 Natasha Hansen (NZl) New Zealand | 11.90 |
| 16 Helena Casas Roige (Esp) Spain | 11.91 |
| 17 Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland | 12.00 |
| 18 Huang Ting Ying (Tpe) Chinese Taipei | 12.03 |
| 19 Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) Slovakia | 12.44 |
| 20 Marta Janowiak (Pol) Poland | 12.47 |
| 21 Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong | 12.54 |
| 22 Joanne Van Der Westhuizen (RSA) South Africa | 12.98 |
| 1/8 Final | |
| Heat 1 | |
| 1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Team Sky + HD | 12.22 |
| 2 Helena Casas Roige (Esp) Spain | |
| Heat 2 | |
| 1 Lulu Zheng (Chn) China | 12.25 |
| 2 Natasha Hansen (NZl) New Zealand | |
| Heat 3 | |
| 1 Jinjie Gong (Chn) China | 12.16 |
| 2 Jessica Varnish (GBr) Great Britain | |
| Heat 4 | |
| 1 Anna Blyth (GBr) Great Britain | 11.98 |
| 2 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia | |
| Heat 5 | |
| 1 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Rus) Russia | 12.59 |
| 2 Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russia | |
| Heat 6 | |
| 1 Lyubov Shulika (Ukr) Ukraine | 12.13 |
| 2 Christin Muche (Ger) Germany | |
| Heat 7 | |
| 1 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France | 12.02 |
| 2 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong | |
| Heat 8 | |
| 1 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany | 12.41 |
| 2 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada | |
| B Quarterfinal | |
| Heat 1 | |
| 1 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada | 12.48 |
| 2 Helena Casas Roige (Esp) Spain | |
| Heat 2 | |
| 1 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong | 12.72 |
| 2 Natasha Hansen (NZl) New Zealand | |
| Heat 3 | |
| 1 Christin Muche (Ger) Germany | 12.26 |
| 2 Jessica Varnish (GBr) Great Britain | |
| Heat 4 | |
| 1 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia | 12.16 |
| 2 Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russia | |
| B Semifinal | |
| Heat 1 | |
| 1 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia | 12.36 |
| 2 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada | |
| Heat 2 | |
| 1 Christin Muche (Ger) Germany | 12.43 |
| 2 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong | |
| Quarterfinal | |
| Heat 1 | |
| 1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Team Sky + HD | 11.87 & 11.98 |
| 2 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany | |
| Heat 2 | |
| 1 Lulu Zheng (Chn) China | 11.92 & 11.90 |
| 2 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France | |
| Heat 3 | |
| 1 Lyubov Shulika (Ukr) Ukraine | 12.09 & 12.34 |
| 2 Jinjie Gong (Chn) China | REL |
| Heat 4 | |
| 1 Anna Blyth (GBr) Great Britain | 11.95 & 12.37 |
| 2 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Rus) Russia | 12.04 |
| 5th-8th Final | |
| 5 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Rus) Russia | 12.06 |
| 6 Jinjie Gong (Chn) China | |
| 7 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany | |
| 8 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France | |
| B final | |
| Heat 1 | |
| 1 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada | |
| DNS Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong | |
| Heat 2 | |
| 1 Christin Muche (Ger) Germany | 11.97 |
| 2 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia | |
| Gold Medal Final | |
| 1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) Team Sky + HD | 11.697 & 11.931 |
| 2 Lulu Zheng (Chn) China | |
| Bronze Medal Final | |
| 3 Lyubov Shulika (Ukr) Ukraine | 11.922 & 12.533 |
| 4 Anna Blyth (GBr) Great Britain | |
| Rest of Standings | |
| 5 Swetlana Grankowskaja (Rus) Russia | |
| 6 Jinjie Gong (Chn) China | |
| 7 Miriam Welte (Ger) Germany | |
| 8 Virginie Cueff (Fra) France | |
| 9 Christin Muche (Ger) Germany | |
| 10 Diana Maria Garcia Orrego (Col) Colombia | |
| 11 Monique Sullivan (Can) Canada | |
| 12 Wai Sze Lee (HKg) Hong Kong | |
| 13 Victoria Baranova (Rus) Russia | |
| 14 Jessica Varnish (GBr) Great Britain | |
| 15 Natasha Hansen (NZl) New Zealand | |
| 16 Helena Casas Roige (Esp) Spain | |
| 17 Renata Dabrowska (Pol) Poland | |
| 18 Huang Ting Ying (Tpe) Chinese Taipei | |
| 19 Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) Slovakia | |
| 20 Marta Janowiak (Pol) Poland | |
| 21 Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong | |
| 22 Joanne Van Der Westhuizen (RSA) South Africa | |
| Women's Points Race | |
| Qualifying | |
| Heat 1 | |
| 1 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) HpTeschner | 8 points |
| 2 Charlotte Becker (Ger) Germany | 7 |
| 3 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Belgium | 6 |
| 4 Katie Colclough (GBr) Team 100% Me | 5 |
| 5 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Esp) Spain | 5 |
| 6 Rebecca Quinn (USA) South Bay Wheelmen | 4 |
| 7 Shelley Olds (USA) Proman Racing Team | 3 |
| 8 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italy | 3 |
| 9 Lucy Martin (GBr) Great Britain | 2 |
| 10 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands | 1 |
| 11 Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong | |
| 12 Svetlana Paulikaite (Ltu) Lithuania | |
| 13 Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 14 Camila Ayala (Esp) Calapie Reyno de Navarra | |
| 15 Maria Clara Alvarez (Arg) Argentina | |
| DNS Alena Amialyusik (Blr) Belarus | |
| Heat 2 | |
| 1 Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Team 100% Me | 30 points |
| 2 Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Hong Kong | 23 |
| 3 Alexandra Greenfield (GBr) Great Britain | 22 |
| 4 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Germany | 21 |
| 5 Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) Russia | 7 |
| 6 Jarmila Machacova (Cze) Czech Republic | 5 |
| 7 Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Belgium | 3 |
| 8 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Esp) Spain | 3 |
| 9 Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol) Poland | 3 |
| 10 Malindi Maclean (NZl) New Zealand | 2 |
| 11 Aksana Papko (Blr) Belarus | 2 |
| 12 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italy | 2 |
| 13 Andrea Wolfer (Sui) Switzerland | 1 |
| 14 Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France | |
| 15 Lesya Kalitovska (Ukr) Ukraine | |
| 16 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Esp) Cespa Euskadi | |
| 17 Cinthia Martinez (Esp) Calapie Reyno de Navarra | |
| Final | |
| 1 Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Team 100% Me | 39 points |
| 2 Lucy Martin (GBr) Great Britain | 25 |
| 3 Katie Colclough (GBr) Team 100% Me | 25 |
| 4 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Esp) Spain | 23 |
| 5 Jarmila Machacova (Cze) Czech Republic | 23 |
| 6 Elke Gebhardt (Ger) Germany | 22 |
| 7 Wan Yiu Wong (HKg) Hong Kong | 22 |
| 8 Shelley Olds (USA) Proman Racing Team | 7 |
| 9 Annalisa Cucinotta (Ita) Italy | 6 |
| 10 Rebecca Quinn (USA) South Bay Wheelmen | 6 |
| 11 Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol) Poland | 5 |
| 12 Gema Pascual Torrecilla (Esp) Spain | 5 |
| 13 Svetlana Paulikaite (Ltu) Lithuania | 5 |
| 14 Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) HpTeschner | 4 |
| 15 Amy Pieters (Ned) Netherlands | 3 |
| 16 Jolien D'hoore (Bel) Belgium | 2 |
| 17 Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Italy | 2 |
| 18 Kelly Druyts (Bel) Belgium | 1 |
| 19 Evgeniya Romanyuta (Rus) Russia | 1 |
| 20 Aksana Papko (Blr) Belarus | 1 |
| 21 Malindi Maclean (NZl) New Zealand | 1 |
| 22 Xiao Juan Diao (HKg) Hong Kong | |
| 23 Alexandra Greenfield (GBr) Great Britain | |
| DNF Charlotte Becker (Ger) Germany | |
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