The fourth round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Beijing, China on 16 January 2009. 14 athletes participated in the event.

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

Schedule Friday 16 January 11:35-12:25 Qualifying 18:40-18:55 Finals 19:55:-20:00 Victory Ceremony

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Results

Qualifying Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Notes1 Alison Shanks 3:31.519 51.059Q2 Vilija Sereikaitė 3:36.400 49.907Q3 Svitlana Halyuk 3:42.965 48.438q4 Elena Chalykh 3:44.087 48.195q5 Josephine Tomic 3:44.711 48.0616 Kimberly Geist 3:48.441 47.2767 Cui Wang 3:48.617 47.2408 Charlotte Becker 3:49.563 47.0459 Amy Pieters 3:52.459 46.45910 Edyta Jasińska 3:55.006 45.95611 Martina Růžičková 3:55.362 45.88612 Gema Pascual Torrecilla 4:01.358 44.74613 Chanpeng Nontasin 4:01.420 44.735 Dalila Rodríguez Hernandez DNS

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Finals

Final bronze medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Svitlana Halyuk 3:41.892 48.6724 Elena Chalykh 3:42.360 48.569 Results from Tissottiming.com.

Final gold medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Alison Shanks 3:30.685 51.261 Vilija Sereikaitė 3:37.661 49.618 Results from Tissottiming.com.

World Cup Standings General standings after 4 of 5 2008–2009 World Cup races. Rank Cyclist Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Totalpoints1 Vilija Sereikaitė 1210222 Joanna Rowsell Team 100% ME 812203 Tara Whitten 108184 Josephine Tomic 106165 Charlotte Becker 763166 Svitlana Halyuk 348157 Elena Chalykh 67138 Alison Shanks 12129 Wendy Houvenaghel 121210 Tatsiana Sharakova 651111 María Luisa Calle Williams 101012 Lada Kozlíková 8813 Dalilia Rodriguez 7714 Ellen van Dijk 7715 Kimberly Geist 5516 Tess Downing BTA 5517 Pascale Jeuland 5518 Jolien D'Hoore 41519 Cui Wang 4420 Gema Pascual Torrecilla 4421 Camila Pinheiro Rodrigues 3322 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro 3323 Edyta Jasińska 21324 Amy Pieters 2225 Lauren Ellis 2226 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi EUS 11 Results from Tissottiming.com.

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