The first round of the women's team pursuit of the 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Melbourne, Australia on 2 December 2010. 17 teams participated in the contest.
Competition format The women's team pursuit race consists of a 3 km race between two teams of three cyclists, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one team catches the other, the race is over.
The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top two teams in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth teams advanced to the bronze medal race.
Schedule Thursday 2 December14:50-16:30 Qualifying19:51-20:06 Finals20:16-20:24 Victory Ceremony
Schedule from Tissottiming.com
Results
Qualifying Rank Country Cyclists Result Notes 1 Katherine BatesSarah KentJosephine Tomic 3:24.244 Q 2 Lisa BrennauerCharlotte BeckerMadeleine Sandig 3:24.813 Q 3 Tara WhittenLaura BrownStephanie Roorda 3:25.138 q 4 Lauren EllisJaime NielsenKaytee Boyd 3:25.299 q 5 Ellen van DijkVera KoedooderAmy Pieters 3:27.382 6 Lesya KalytovskaSvitlana HalyukHanna Solovey 3:28.564 7 Kimberly GeistDotsie BauschLauren Tamayo 3:29.355 8 Aušrinė TrebaitėVaida PikauskaitėVilija Sereikaitė 3:29.385 9 Anastasia ChulkovaViktoriya KondelVenera Absalyamova 3:29.403 10 Katarzyna PawłowskaEdyta JasińskaMałgorzata Wojtyra 3:30.303 11 Tatyana SharakovaAksana PapkoAlena Dylko 3:31.959 12 Jolien D'HooreElse BelmansMaaike Polspoel 3:32.447 13 Aude BiannicSophie CreuxFiona Dutriaux 3:32.602 14 Leire Olaberria DorronsoroDébora Gálves LopezGloria Rodríguez Sánchez 3:32.615 15 Marta BastianelliMarta TagliaferroAlessandra Borchi 3:36.767 16 Treads.com/DFT Cycling Team Megan HottmanEmy HuntsmanJennifer Triplett 3:38.071 17 Panawaraporn BoonsawatNontasin ChanpengMonrudee Chapookam 3:54.045 Results from Tissottiming.com.
Finals
Final bronze medal race Rank Team Cyclists Result Notes Lauren EllisJaime NielsenKaytee Boyd 3:23.477 4 Tara WhittenLaura BrownStephanie Roorda 3:25.402
Final gold medal race Rank Team Cyclists Result Notes Katherine BatesSarah KentJosephine Tomic 3:22.171 Lisa BrennauerCharlotte BeckerMadeleine Sandig 3:24.813 Results from Tissottiming.com.
References