2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

The 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, presented by Samsung for sponsorship reasons[1]) was a multi-race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 4 November 2011 to 19 February 2012. The World Cup is organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. In this edition the World Cup consisted of four rounds in Astana, Cali, Beijing and London.

2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

Twentieth edition of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup
Details
Dates	4 November 2011 – 19 February 2012
Location	Kazakhstan, Colombia, China and United Kingdom
Rounds	4

The series played a key role in who qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and had its final round staged in the Veldorome where the 2012 Olympics were later held in London, as well as having a round in the 2008 Summer Olympics Velodrome in Beijing.

Series

The 2011–12 Track Cycling World Cup took place over four rounds, in Astana, Cali, Beijing and London.

Astana

Astana in Kazakhstan was the host city for the first round of the 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, which took place between 4 and 6 November 2011. It is the second largest city in the country and held the 2011 Asian Winter Games. The competition took place at the Saryarka Velodrome.[2]

Cali

Beijing

London

Track World Cup in London.

The fourth round took place in London between 17 and 19 February 2012, and formed part of the 'London Prepares' series of test events for the 2012 Olympics. It was the first event to take place in the Olympic velodrome.

All three medal winning teams in the women's team pursuit went under the previous world record time of 3:19.569, held by the USA. Great Britain's Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott set a new world record of 3:18.148.[3]

The Australian pairing of Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch broke the women's team sprint world record in the qualifying round, setting a new time of 32.828. The previous time of 32.923 was also set by Australia two years previously. But, they failed to repeat the performance in the final, losing to Great Britain's Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton who raised the bar to set a new world record of 32.754.[4]

Overall team standings

Overall team standings are calculated based on total number of points gained by the team's riders in each event. The top ten teams after round 4 are listed below:[5]

Rank	Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total points
1	Germany	107	93	18	73	291
2	France	64	71	55	57	247
3	Australia	78	30	47	86	241
4	Great Britain	44	30	13	116	203
5	China	22	19	73	44	158
6	Netherlands	63	33	22	39	157
7	New Zealand		48	51	46	145
8	Lithuania	14	41	46	30	131
9	Ukraine	42	34	32	19	127
10	Belgium	40	35	34	16	125

Results

Men

Event	Winner	Second	Third
Kazakhstan, Astana — 4–6 November 2011[6] (PDF)
Keirin	Christos Volikakis (GRE)	Chris Hoy (GBR) (Sky Track Cycling)	Sergey Borisov (RUS) (Team MTT)
Individual pursuit	Glenn O'Shea (AUS) 4:22.048	Dominique Cornu (BEL) 4:25.738	Nikias Arndt (GER) 4:24.184
Team pursuit	Team RVL Evgeny Kovalev Ivan Kovalev Alexey Markov Alexander Serov 3:56.127	Australia Edward Bissaker Alexander Edmondson Mitchell Mulhern Glenn O'Shea 4:01.417	Netherlands Levi Heimans Jenning Huizenga Wim Stroetinga Arno van der Zwet 4:04.035
Sprint	Chris Hoy (GBR) (Sky Track Cycling)	Denis Dmitriev (RUS) (Team MTT)	Shane Perkins (AUS) (Team Jayco–AIS)
Scratch race	Gijs Van Hoecke (BEL)	Ángel Colla (ARG) -1 lap	Nikias Arndt (GER) -1 lap
Madison	Australia Alexander Edmonson Glenn O'Shea 22 pts	Switzerland Silvan Dillier Loic Perizzolo 14 pts	Team Lokosphinx Artur Ershow Kirill Sveshnikov 12 pts
Team sprint	Team ERD Joachim Eilers Robert Forstemann Maximilian Levy 43.474	Team Jayco–AIS Matthew Glaetzer Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland 43.661	France Mickaël Bourgain Michaël D'Almeida Kevin Sireau 43.757
Omnium	Roger Kluge (GER) 24 pts	Ho Sung Cho (KOR) 34 pts	Elia Viviani (ITA) 36 pts
Colombia, Cali — 1–3 December 2011
Sprint[7] details (PDF)	Stefan Botticher (GER) (Team ERD)	Maximilian Levy (GER)	Robert Forstemann (GER) (Team ERD)
Kilo[8] details (PDF)	François Pervis (FRA) 1:00.075	Simon Van Velthooven (NZL) 1:01.160	Filip Ditzel (CZE) 1:02.009
Keirin[9] details (PDF)	Maximilian Levy (GER)	François Pervis (FRA)	Hersony Canelón (VEN)
Team pursuit[10] details (PDF)	New Zealand Sam Bewley Aaron Gate Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent caught opponents	Australia Luke Durbridge Rohan Dennis Michael Hepburn Mitchell Mulhern caught	Denmark Niki Byrgensen Casper Folsach Rasmus Quaade Christian Ranneries 4:07.387
Team sprint[11] details (PDF)	Germany Rene Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke 43.311	Germany (Team ERD) Robert Forstemann Stefan Botticher Joachim Eilers 44.230	Venezuela César Marcano Hersony Canelón Ángel Pulgar 43.991
Points race[12] details (PDF)	Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (ESP) (Team Cespa-Euskadi) 46 pts	Ingmar De Poortere (BEL) 37 pts	Edwin Ávila (COL) 32 pts
Ominium[13] details (PDF)	Juan Esteban Arango (COL) 28 pts	Zach Bell (CAN) 33 pts	Bryan Coquard (FRA) 34 pts
Madison[14] details (PDF)	Colombia Juan Esteban Arango Weimar Roldán 6 pts	France Morgan Kneisky Vivien Brisse 20 pts, -1 lap	Switzerland Cyrille Thiery Loic Perizzolo 12 pts, -1 lap
China, Beijing — 20–22 January 2012
Sprint[15] details (PDF)	Charlie Conord (FRA)	Lei Zhang (CHN)	Denis Dmitriev (RUS) (Team MTT)
Individual pursuit[16] details (PDF)	Peter Latham (NZL) 4:25.964	Mitchell Mulhern (AUS) 4:26.267	Kevin Labeque (FRA) 4:28.519
Team pursuit[17] details (PDF)	Russia (Team RVL) Evgeny Kovalev Ivan Kovalev Alexey Markov Alexander Serov 3:57.699	Australia Edward Bissaker Alexander Edmondson Michael Freiberg Mitchell Mulhern 4:01.802	New Zealand Wes Gough Cameron Karwowski Peter Latham Myron Simpson 4:03.758
Team sprint[18] details (PDF)	RUS (Team MTT) Sergei Kucherov Denis Dmitriev Sergey Borisov 44.196	China Cheng Changsong Zheng Lei Zheng Miao 44.430	New Zealand Matthew Archibald Edward Dawkins Simon Van Velthooven 44.827
Keirin[19] details (PDF)	François Pervis (FRA)	Sergey Borisov (RUS) (Team MTT)	Andrew Taylor (AUS)
Scratch race[20] details (PDF)	Kirill Sveshnikov (RUS) (Team LOK)	Albert Torres Barcelo (ESP) -1 lap	Aliaksandr Lisouski (BLR) -1 lap
Madison[21] details (PDF)	Czech Republic Martin Bláha Vojtech Hacecky 1 pt	Belgium Kenny De Ketele Tim Mertens 5 pts, -1 lap	Spain David Muntaner Juaneda Albert Torres Barcelo 24 pts, -2 laps
Omnium[22] details (PDF)	Glenn O'Shea (AUS) 20 pts	Bryan Coquard (FRA) 23 pts	Nikias Arndt (GER) 32 pts
Great Britain, London — 17–19 February 2012
Sprint[23] details (PDF)	Chris Hoy (GBR)	Maximilian Levy (GER)	Robert Forstemann (GER)
Kilo[24] details (PDF)	Stefan Nimke (GER) 1:01.211	Michaël D'Almeida (FRA) 1:02.036	Simon Van Velthooven (NZL) 1:02.048
Team pursuit[25] details (PDF)	Australia Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Alexander Edmondson Michael Hepburn 3:54.615	Great Britain Steven Burke Ed Clancy Peter Kennaugh Geraint Thomas 3:56.330	New Zealand Sam Bewley Aaron Gate Westley Gough Marc Ryan 3:59.242
Team sprint[26] details (PDF)	Germany Rene Enders Robert Förstemann Maximillian Levy 43.562	France Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kevin Sireau 43.631	Great Britain Ross Edgar Jason Kenny Chris Hoy 43.781
Keirin[27] details (PDF)	Chris Hoy (GBR)	Rene Enders (GER)	Mickaël Bourgain (FRA)
Points Race[28] details (PDF)	Albert Torres Barcelo (ESP) 58 pts	Kirill Sveshnikov (RUS) 42 pts	Artur Ershov (RUS) 36 pts
Omnium[29] details (PDF)	Juan Esteban Arango (COL) 21 pts	Ho Sung Cho (KOR) 32 pts	Zach Bell (CAN) 33 pts

Women

Event	Winner	Second	Third
Kazakhstan, Astana — 4–6 November 2011[6]
500m	Olga Panarina (BLR) 33.472	Sandie Clair (FRA) 33.950	Miriam Welte (GER) 34.172
Keirin	Clara Sanchez (FRA)	Kristina Vogel (GER)	Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS)
Team pursuit	Netherlands Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Amy Pieters 3:21.550 (NR)	China Fan Jiang Jiang Wenwen Jing Liang 3:22.079	Germany Lisa Brennauer Charlotte Becker Madeleine Sandig 3:21.701
Sprint	Lyubov Shulika (UKR)	Anna Meares (AUS)	Olga Panarina (BLR)
Points race	Na Ah-reum (KOR) 31 pts	Stephanie Pohl (GER) 30 pts	Elena Cecchini (ITA) 29 pts
Team sprint	Australia Anna Meares Kaarle McCulloch 32.938	Ukraine Olena Tsyos Lyubov Shulika 33.313	Germany Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel 33.388
Omnium	Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS) (Team RVL) 26 pts	Dani King (GBR) 33 pts	Huang Li (CHN) 43 pts
Colombia, Cali — 1–3 December 2011
Keirin	Simona Krupeckaite (LTU)	Kristina Vogel (GER)	Virginie Cueff (FRA)
Individual pursuit	Alison Shanks (NZL) 3:28.994	Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR) 3:33.698	Lesya Kalytovska (UKR) 3:35.983
Team pursuit	Great Britain Laura Trott Wendy Houvenaghel Sarah Storey 3:21.830	New Zealand Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Alison Shanks 3:25.618	United States Sarah Hammer Jennie Reed Lauren Tamayo 3:22.090
Sprint	Kristina Vogel (GER)	Virginie Cueff (FRA)	Viktoria Baranova (RUS)
Ominium	Sarah Hammer (USA) 14 pts	Tara Whitten (CAN) 28 pts	Laura Trott (GBR) 29 pts
Scratch race	Kelly Druyts (BEL)	Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL)	Na Ah-reum (KOR)
Team sprint	Germany 33.143	Ukraine 33.869	Russia 33.207
China, Beijing — 20–22 January 2012
Sprint[30] details (PDF)	Shuang Guo (CHN)	Simona Krupeckaite (LTU)	Junhong Lin (CHN) (Team GPC)
500m[31] details (PDF)	Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (CUB) 34.657	Anastasiya Voynova (RUS) 34.898	Jingjing Shi (CHN) (Team MSP) 35.012
Team pursuit[32] details (PDF)	Ukraine Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova Svitlana Halyuk Lyubov Shulika caught opponents	Belarus Alena Dylko Aksana Papko Tatsiana Sharakova caught	China Fan Jiang Wenwen Jiang Jing Liang 3:22.588
Team sprint[33] details (PDF)	China Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang 33.055	Lithuania Simona Krupeckaite Gintare Gaivenyte 33.747	China (Team MSP) Xu Yulei Shi Jingjing 33.831
Keirin[34] details (PDF)	Shuang Guo (CHN)	Simona Krupeckaite (LTU)	Daniela Larreal (VEN)
Points race[35] details (PDF)	Aksana Papko (BLR) 15 pts	Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL) 12 pts	Victoria Kondel (RUS) (Team RVL) 10 pts
Ominium[36] details (PDF)	Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS) (Team RVL) 27 pts	Li Huang (CHN) (Team GPC) 34 pts	Małgorzata Wojtyra (POL) 36 pts
Great Britain, London — 17–19 February 2012
Sprint[37] details (PDF)	Shuang Guo (CHN)	Anna Meares (AUS)	Lee Wai Sze (HKG)
Individual pursuit[38]	Joanna Rowsell (GBR) 3:32.364	Alison Shanks (NZL) 3:33.406	Amy Cure (AUS) 3:36.707
Team pursuit[3]	Great Britain Dani King Joanna Rowsell Laura Trott 3:18.148	Canada Gillian Carleton Jasmin Glaesser Tara Whitten 3:18.982	Australia Amy Cure Annette Edmondson Josephine Tomic 3:19.164
Team sprint[4] details (PDF)	Great Britain Jess Varnish Victoria Pendleton 32.754	Australia Anna Meares Kaarle McCulloch 32.945	China Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang 33.060
Keirin[39] details (PDF)	Simona Krupeckaite (LTU)	Lee Wai Sze (HKG)	Shuang Guo (CHN)
Scratch race[40] details (PDF)	Melissa Hoskins (AUS)	Jarmila Machačová (CZE)	Lesya Kalytovska (UKR)
Omnium[41] details (PDF)	Sarah Hammer (USA) 30 pts	Annette Edmondson (AUS) 30 pts	Laura Trott (GBR) 32 pts

References

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External links

• Astana World Cup website
• Schedule of the Astana World Cup
• Schedule of the Cali World Cup