2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Round 4 – Women's individual pursuit explained

Round 4 Women's individual pursuit
Series:	2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
Race No:	2/2
Date:	18 February 2012
Stages:	1
Distance:	3
Unit:	km
Time:	3:32.364
Speed:	50.856
Type:	medals
Previous:	Round 1Round 2Round 3

The second round of the women's individual pursuit during the fourth round of the 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup took place in London, United Kingdom on 18 February 2012 and was part of the London Prepares series. 22 Athletes participated in the contest.^{[1] [2]}

Competition format

The women's individual pursuit consists of a 3 km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one rider catches the other, the race is over.

The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top two riders in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth riders advanced to the bronze medal race.

Schedule

Saturday 18 February
09:00-10:06 Qualifying
20:00-20:15 Finals
20:19-20:26 Victory Ceremony

Schedule from Tissottiming.com

Results

Qualifying

Rank	Cyclist	Country	Result	Notes
1	Joanna Rowsell		3:33.496	Q
2	Alison Shanks		3:33.578	Q
3			3:35.739	q
4			3:35.783	q
5	Jasmin Glaesser		3:36.593
6	Ellen van Dijk		3:38.989
7	Venera Absalyamova	RusVelo	3:40.353
8	Pascale Schinder		3:41.414
9	Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova		3:42.076
10	Caroline Ryan		3:42.106
11	Madeleine Sandig		3:42.272
12	Jennie Reed		3:43.348
13			3:43.766
14	Els Belmans		3:44.023
15	Anastasia Chulkova		3:45.486
16	Alena Dylko		3:45.604
17	Gloria Rodríguez Sánchez		3:47.446
18	Yumari González Valdivieso		3:51.268
19	Pia Pensaari		3:54.779
20	Olatz Ferran Zubillaga	Fullgas Orggipuzkoa	3:59.024
21	Laura Basso	Cycling Team Friuli	4:01.633
	Ju I Fang		DSQ

Results from Tissottiming.com.^[3]

Finals

Final bronze medal race

Rank	Cyclist	Country	Result	Notes
			3:36.707
4			3:37.137

Final gold medal race

Rank	Cyclist	Country	Result	Notes
	Joanna Rowsell		3:32.364
	Alison Shanks		3:33.406

Results from Tissottiming.com.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Schedule. Tissottiming.com. 18 February 2012. 16 January 2013.
2. Web site: Start list. Tissottiming.com. 18 February 2012. 16 January 2013.
3. Web site: Qualifying. Tissottiming.com. 18 February 2012. 16 January 2013.
4. Web site: Finals. Tissottiming.com. 18 February 2012. 16 January 2013.