2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup explained

2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
Edition:	20
Competition:	UCI Track Cycling World Cup
Dates:	4 November 2011 – 19 February 2012
Location:	Kazakhstan, Colombia, China and United Kingdom
Rounds:	4
Previous:	2010–11
Next:	2012–13

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.

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]

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]

width=20	Rank !	width=150	Team !	width=40	Round 1 !	width=40	Round 2 !	width=40	Round 3 !	width=40	Round 4 !	width=40	Total points
1		107	93	18	73	291
2		64	71	55	57	247
3		78	30	47	86	241
4		44	30	13	116	203
5		22	19	73	44	158
6		63	33	22	39	157
7			48	51	46	145
8		14	41	46	30	131
9		42	34	32	19	127
10		40	35	34	16	125

Results

Men

Event	Winner	Second	Third
, Astana — 4–6 November 2011^[6] (PDF)
Keirin			(Team MTT)
Individual pursuit	4:22.048	4:25.738	4:24.184
Team pursuit	Team RVL Evgeny Kovalev Ivan Kovalev Alexey Markov Alexander Serov 3:56.127	Edward Bissaker Alexander Edmondson Mitchell Mulhern Glenn O'Shea 4:01.417	Levi Heimans Jenning Huizenga Wim Stroetinga Arno van der Zwet 4:04.035
Sprint		(Team MTT)
Scratch race		-1 lap	-1 lap
Madison	Alexander Edmonson Glenn O'Shea 22 pts	Silvan Dillier Loïc Perizzolo 14 pts	Team Lokosphinx Artur Ershow Kirill Sveshnikov 12 pts
Team sprint	Team ERD Joachim Eilers Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy 43.474	Matthew Glaetzer Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland 43.661	Mickaël Bourgain Michaël D'Almeida Kevin Sireau 43.757
Omnium	24 pts	34 pts	36 pts
, Cali — 1–3 December 2011
Sprint^[7] details (PDF)	(Team ERD)		(Team ERD)
Kilo^[8] details (PDF)	1:00.075	1:01.160	1:02.009
Keirin^[9] details (PDF)
Team pursuit^[10] details (PDF)	Sam Bewley Aaron Gate Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent caught opponents	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)	René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke 43.311	(Team ERD) Robert Förstemann Stefan Bötticher Joachim Eilers 44.230	César Marcano Hersony Canelón Ángel Pulgar 43.991
Points race^[12] details (PDF)	(Team Cespa-Euskadi) 46 pts	37 pts	32 pts
Ominium^[13] details (PDF)	28 pts	33 pts	34 pts
Madison^[14] details (PDF)	Colombia Juan Esteban Arango Weimar Roldán 6 pts	Morgan Kneisky Vivien Brisse 20 pts, -1 lap	Cyrille Thièry Loïc Perizzolo 12 pts, -1 lap
, Beijing — 20–22 January 2012
Sprint^[15] details (PDF)			(Team MTT)
Individual pursuit^[16] details (PDF)	4:25.964	4:26.267	4:28.519
Team pursuit^[17] details (PDF)	(Team RVL) Evgeny Kovalev Ivan Kovalev Alexey Markov Alexander Serov 3:57.699	Edward Bissaker Alexander Edmondson Michael Freiberg Mitchell Mulhern 4:01.802	Wes Gough Cameron Karwowski Peter Latham Myron Simpson 4:03.758
Team sprint^[18] details (PDF)	Russian Federation (Team MTT) Sergei Kucherov Denis Dmitriev Sergey Borisov 44.196	Cheng Changsong Zheng Lei Zheng Miao 44.430	Matthew Archibald Edward Dawkins Simon van Velthooven 44.827
Keirin^[19] details (PDF)		(Team MTT)
Scratch race^[20] details (PDF)	(Team LOK)	-1 lap	-1 lap
Madison^[21] details (PDF)	Czech Republic Martin Bláha Vojtech Hacecky 1 pt	Kenny De Ketele Tim Mertens 5 pts, -1 lap	David Muntaner Juaneda Albert Torres Barcelo 24 pts, -2 laps
Omnium^[22] details (PDF)	20 pts	23 pts	32 pts
, London — 17–19 February 2012
Sprint^[23] details (PDF)
Kilo^[24] details (PDF)	1:01.211	1:02.036	1:02.048
Team pursuit^[25] details (PDF)	Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Alexander Edmondson Michael Hepburn 3:54.615	Steven Burke Ed Clancy Peter Kennaugh Geraint Thomas 3:56.330	Sam Bewley Aaron Gate Westley Gough Marc Ryan 3:59.242
Team sprint^[26] details (PDF)	René Enders Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy 43.562	Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kevin Sireau 43.631	Ross Edgar Jason Kenny Chris Hoy 43.781
Keirin^[27] details (PDF)
Points Race^[28] details (PDF)	58 pts	42 pts	36 pts
Omnium^[29] details (PDF)	21 pts	32 pts	33 pts

Women

Event	Winner	Second	Third
, Astana — 4–6 November 2011
500m	33.472	33.950	34.172
Keirin
Team pursuit	Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Amy Pieters 3:21.550 (NR)	Fan Jiang Jiang Wenwen Jing Liang 3:22.079	Lisa Brennauer Charlotte Becker Madeleine Sandig 3:21.701
Sprint
Points race	31 pts	30 pts	29 pts
Team sprint	Anna Meares Kaarle McCulloch 32.938	Ukraine Olena Tsyos Lyubov Shulika 33.313	Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel 33.388
Omnium	(Team RVL) 26 pts	33 pts	43 pts
, Cali — 1–3 December 2011
Keirin
Individual pursuit	3:28.994	3:33.698	3:35.983
	Laura Trott Wendy Houvenaghel Sarah Storey 3:21.830	Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Alison Shanks 3:25.618	Sarah Hammer Jennie Reed Lauren Tamayo 3:22.090
Sprint
Ominium	14 pts	28 pts	29 pts
Scratch race
Team sprint	33.143	Ukraine 33.869	33.207
, Beijing — 20–22 January 2012
Sprint^[30] details (PDF)			(Team GPC)
500m^[31] details (PDF)	34.657	34.898	(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	Fan Jiang Wenwen Jiang Jing Liang 3:22.588
Team sprint^[33] details (PDF)	Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang 33.055	Lithuania Simona Krupeckaitė Gintarė Gaivenytė 33.747	(Team MSP) Xu Yulei Shi Jingjing 33.831
Keirin^[34] details (PDF)
Points race^[35] details (PDF)	15 pts	12 pts	(Team RVL) 10 pts
Ominium^[36] details (PDF)	(Team RVL) 27 pts	(Team GPC) 34 pts	36 pts
, London — 17–19 February 2012
Sprint^[37] details (PDF)
Individual pursuit^[38]	3:32.364	3:33.406	3:36.707
Team pursuit	Dani King Joanna Rowsell Laura Trott 3:18.148	Gillian Carleton Jasmin Glaesser Tara Whitten 3:18.982	Amy Cure Annette Edmondson Josephine Tomic 3:19.164
Team sprintdetails (PDF)	Jess Varnish Victoria Pendleton 32.754	Anna Meares Kaarle McCulloch 32.945	Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang 33.060
Keirin^[39] details (PDF)
Scratch race^[40] details (PDF)
Omnium^[41] details (PDF)	30 pts	30 pts	32 pts

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Union Cycliste Internationale . Uci.ch . 2008-01-24 . 2012-02-17.
2. Web site: Round #1 – UCI Track Cycling World Cup . . 18 October 2011.
3. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Team Pursuit. pdf. Tissot Timing. 17 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
4. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Team Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 17 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
5. Web site: Team World Cup Results (page 38). pdf. Tissot Timing/UCI. 19 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
6. Web site: Medallists by Event / Médaillés par épreuve . 6 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006024553/http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=0003010000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF0F . 6 October 2013 . live .
7. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 3 December 2011. 15 October 2012.
8. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's 1km Time Trial. pdf. Tissot Timing. 1 December 2011. 15 October 2012.
9. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's 1km Time Trial. pdf. Tissot Timing. 2 December 2011. 15 October 2012.
10. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Team Pursuit. pdf. Tissot Timing. 1 December 2011. 15 October 2012.
11. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Team Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 1 December 2011. 15 October 2012.
12. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Team Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 1 December 2011. 15 October 2012.
13. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Omnium. pdf. Tissot Timing. 2 December 2011. 15 October 2012.
14. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Madison. pdf. Tissot Timing. 3 December 2011. 15 October 2012.
15. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 15 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
16. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Individual Pursuit. pdf. Tissot Timing. 14 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
17. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Team Pursuit. pdf. Tissot Timing. 13 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
18. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Team Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 13 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
19. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Keirin. pdf. Tissot Timing. 14 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
20. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Scratch Race. pdf. Tissot Timing. 13 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
21. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Madison. pdf. Tissot Timing. 15 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
22. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Omnium. pdf. Tissot Timing. 14 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
23. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 19 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
24. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's 1km Time Trial. pdf. Tissot Timing. 17 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
25. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Team Pursuit. pdf. Tissot Timing. 19 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
26. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Team Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 17 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
27. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Keirin. pdf. Tissot Timing. 18 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
28. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Points Race. pdf. Tissot Timing. 18 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
29. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Men's Omnium. pdf. Tissot Timing. 18 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
30. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 14 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
31. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's 500m Time Trial. pdf. Tissot Timing. 13 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
32. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Team Pursuit. pdf. Tissot Timing. 13 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
33. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Team Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 13 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
34. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Keirin. pdf. Tissot Timing. 15 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
35. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Points Race. pdf. Tissot Timing. 13 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
36. Web site: Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Omnium. pdf. Tissot Timing. 15 January 2012. 12 October 2012.
37. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 18 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
38. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Individual Pursuit. pdf. Tissot Timing. 18 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
39. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Team Sprint. pdf. Tissot Timing. 19 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
40. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Scratch Race. pdf. Tissot Timing. 17 February 2012. 12 October 2012.
41. Web site: London UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's Omnium. pdf. Tissot Timing. 19 February 2012. 12 October 2012.