The second round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Melbourne, Australia on 20 November 2008. 14 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 Thursday 20 November 13:35-14:15 Qualifying 20:15-20:30 Finals 20:40:-20:45 Victory Ceremony

Schedule from Tissottiming.com

Results

Qualifying Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Notes1 Joanna Rowsell 3:38.088 49.521Q2 Josephine Tomic 3:38.138 49.509Q3 Lada Kozlíková 3:38.454 49.438q4 Ellen van Dijk 3:39.558 49.189q5 Charlotte Becker 3:40.695 48.9366 Tess Downing BTA 3:43.205 48.3867 Svitlana Halyuk 3:44.654 48.0738 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro 3:45.453 47.9039 Lauren Ellis 3:48.259 47.31410 Jolien D'Hoore 3:48.307 47.30411 Viktoriya Kondel 3:48.766 47.20912 Valeria Müller 3:57.102 45.55013 Chanpeng Nontasin 3:59.794 45.03814 Katsiaryna Barazna 4:06.028 43.897

Results from Tissottiming.com.

Finals

Final bronze medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Lada Kozlíková 3:40.793 48.9144 Ellen van Dijk 3:43.028 48.424 Results from Tissottiming.com.

Final gold medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Joanna Rowsell 3:41.183 48.828 Josephine Tomic 3:42.692 48.497 Results from Tissottiming.com.

World Cup Standings General standings after 2 of 5 2008–2009 World Cup races. Rank Cyclist Team Round 1 Round 2 Totalpoints1 Joanna Rowsell Team 100% ME 812202 Charlotte Becker 76133 Wendy Houvenaghel 12124 Josephine Tomic 10105 Tara Whitten 10106 Lada Kozlíková 887 Ellen van Dijk 778 Svitlana Halyuk 3479 Tatsiana Sharakova 6610 Tess Downing BTA 5511 Pascale Jeuland 5512 Jolien D'Hoore 41513 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro 3314 Lauren Ellis 2215 Edyta Jasińska 2216 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi EUS 11 Results from Tissottiming.com.

See also 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 2 – Women's points race 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 2 – Women's scratch UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Women's individual pursuit

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