2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint explained

The Men's team sprint at the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on March 23. 18 nations of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.^[1]

In January 2012, the French team were stripped of their world title, following the nullification of Grégory Baugé's 2011 results after a 12-month backdated ban for drug test infringements.^[2] ^[3]

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying was held at 17:15.^[4]

Rank	Name	Time	Notes
1	Michaël D'Almeida Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau	43.951	Q
2	René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke	44.101	Q
3	Matthew Crampton Chris Hoy Jason Kenny	44.128	q
4	Jason Niblett Scott Sunderland Dan Ellis	44.501	q
5	Sergey Kucherov Denis Dmitriev Pavel Yakushevskiy	44.805
6	Sam Webster Edward Dawkins Ethan Mitchell	45.032
7	Hugo Haak Roy van den Berg Teun Mulder	45.047
8	Zhang Miao Zhang Lei Cheng Changsong	45.112
9	Kamil Kuczyński Damian Zieliński Maciej Bielecki	45.217
10	Kazuki Amagai Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe	45.462
11	Denis Špička Tomáš Bábek Adam Ptáčník	45.913
12	Dean Tracy Michael Blatchford Giddeon Massie	46.190
13	Juan Peralta Gascon Ruben Donet Gregori Itmar Esteban Herraiz	46.294
14	Ángel Pulgar César Marcano Hersony Canelón	46.309
15	Josiah Ng Muhammad Md Mohd Rizal Tisin	46.470
16	Christian Tamayo Rubén Murillo Fabián Puerta	46.589
17	Konstantinos Christodoulou Zafeirios Volikakis Christos Volikakis	46.724
18	Scott Mulder Hugo Barrette Thomas Hums	46.876

Finals

The finals were held at 21:05.^[5]

Rank		Name !	Nation	Time
Gold Medal Race
DSQ	Michaël D'Almeida Grégory Baugé Kévin Sireau		43.867
	René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke		44.483
Bronze Medal Race
	Matthew Crampton Chris Hoy Jason Kenny		44.235
	Dan Ellis Matthew Glaetzer Jason Niblett		45.241

Notes and References

Web site: Start list . 2011-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422061414/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Team%20Sprint_Qualifying_StartList.pdf . 2012-04-22 . dead .
News: UCI confirms Jason Kenny, Germany are upgraded to 2011 world track champions. Shane. Stokes. 6 January 2012. 6 January 2012. VeloNation. VeloNation LLC.
News: Jason Kenny named world sprint champion after Bauge ban. BBC Sport. 6 January 2012. 6 January 2012.
Web site: Qualifying Results . 2011-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110409060000/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Team%20Sprint_Qualifying_Results.pdf . 2011-04-09 . dead .
Web site: Final Results . 2011-03-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422061811/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/classics2011_apeldoorn/Mens%20Team%20Sprint_Finals_Results.pdf . 2012-04-22 . dead .