The third round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Cali, Colombia on December 11, 2009. 11 athletes participated in the contest.

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 Friday 11 December 13:20-14:00 Qualifying 19:40-19:50 Finals 20:00:-20:08 Victory Ceremony

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Results

Qualifying Rank Cyclist Team Time Speedkm/h Notes1 Sarah Hammer 3:27.51452.044Q2 Tara Whitten 3:34.54750.338Q3 María Luisa Calle Williams 3:34.62050.321q4 Vilija Sereikaitė 3:36.00949.997q5 Charlotte Becker 3:38.70149.3826 Elissavet Chantzi 3:42.45548.5497 Tatsiana Sharakova 3:43.46448.3298 Dalila Rodríguez Hernandez 3:43.92548.2309 Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova 3:44.79348.04410 Tess Downing 3:46.56847.66711 Sinead Jennings 3:53.33646.285 Results from Tissottiming.com.

Finals

Final bronze medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speedkm/h Vilija Sereikaitė 3:34.44850.3614 María Luisa Calle Williams 3:34.64950.314

Final gold medal race Rank Cyclist Team Result Sarah Hammer caught opponent Tara Whitten caught Results from Tissottiming.com.

World Cup Standings General standings after 3 of 4 2009–2010 World Cup races. Rank Cyclist Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Totalpoints1 Wendy Houvenaghel 1212242 Josephine Tomic 107173 Sarah Hammer 12124 Tara Whitten 10105 Alison Shanks 10106 Aušrinė Trebaitė 4597 Vilija Sereikaitė 888 Lesya Kalytovska 889 Vera Koedooder 8810 Elissavet Chantzi 35811 María Luisa Calle Williams 7712 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro 7713 Charlotte Becker 6614 Ellen van Dijk 6615 Lada Kozlíková 6616 Verena Joos 5517 Tatsiana Sharakova 4418 Madeleine Sandig 4419 Dalila Rodríguez Hernandez 3320 Pascale Schnider 3321 Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova 2222 Jolien D'Hoore 2223 Victoria Kondel 2224 Tess Downing 1125 Kimberly Geist 1126 Edyta Jasińska 11 Results from Tissottiming.com.

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