2008 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit explained

Women's individual pursuit
Series:2008 Dutch National Track Championships
Stages:1
Date:29–30 December 2008
Distance:3
Unit:km
Time:3:40.124
Speed:49.063
Type:medals
First:Ellen van Dijk
Second:Kirsten Wild
Third:Vera Koedooder
Previous:2007
Next:2009

The women's individual pursuit at the 2008 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn from 29 December to 30 December 2008. 12 athletes participated in the contest.[1]

Ellen van Dijk won for the second consecutive time the gold medal, Kirsten Wild took silver and Vera Koedooder won the bronze.

Preview

Ellen van Dijk, the champion of 2007 was the main favourite to win the title. Van Dijk finished earlier the year second at the 2008 European Track Championships and fifth at the 2008 Track Cycling World Championships and became European time trial champion at the 2008 European Road Championships. Elise van Hage, who also participated and finished 16h in the individual pursuit at the European Track Championships, did not participate.

Competition format

The tournament started with a qualifying round. The two fastest qualifiers advanced to the gold medal final. The numbers three and four competed against each other for the bronze medal.

Schedule

Monday 29 December
15:10 Qualifying
Tuesday 30 December
11:00 Finals[2]

Results

Finals

Bronze medal match
NameTimeRank
3:51.482
3:57.603 4
Gold medal match
NameTimeRank
3:40.124
3:43.483

Final results

Rank Name Time
3:40.124
3:43.483
3:51.482
4 3:57.603
5 4:00.447
6 4:01.621
7 4:04.947
8 4:08.629
9 4:16.128
10 4:17.294
11 4:19.720
12 4:45.448
Results from adelaar.cms.nederland.net

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results women's sprint and women's individual pursuit. adelaar.cms.nederland.net. 29 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Nederlands kampioenschap Baan in Apeldoorn. verakoedooder.nl. 27 October 2012.