The second round of the women's scratch race of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Melbourne, Australia on 20 November 2008. 36 athletes participated in the contest.

Competition format A scratch race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. There are no intermediate points or sprints.

The tournament consisted of two qualifying heats of 7.5 km (30 laps). The top twelve cyclist of each heat advanced to the 10 km final (40 laps).

Schedule Thursday 20 November 17:00-17:20 Qualifying 20:45-21:05 Final 21:30-21:35 Victory Ceremony

Schedule from Tissottiming.com

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying Heat 1 Rank Cyclist Team Notes1 Charlotte Becker Q2 Ju Mi Lee Q3 Kelly Druyts Q4 Belinda Goss Team Toshiba Q5 Penny Day Q6 Andrea Wölfer Q7 Shelley Olds PRO Q8 Elizabeth Armitstead Q9 Anastasia Chulkova Q10 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi Q11 Annalisa Cucionotta Q12 Thatsani Wichana Q13 Ashlee Ankudinoff 14 Wan Yiu Wong 15 Katsiaryna Barazna 16 Peta Mullens HPT 17 Pelin Cizgin 18 Svetlana Paulikaite Results from Tissottiming.com.

Qualifying Heat 2 Rank Cyclist Team Notes1 Evgenia Romanyuta Q2 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro Q3 Tess Downing BTA Q4 Rebecca Quinn SBW Q5 Rochelle Gilmore HPT Q6 Malindi Maclean Q7 Ah Reum Na Q8 Theresa Cliff-Ryan Verducci Breakaway Racing Q9 Lesya Kalytovska Q10 Katie Colclough Q11 Ellen van Dijk Q12 Eleonora Soldo Q13 Sarah Kent 14 Monia Turin 15 Sutharat Bonsawat 16 Xiao Juan Diao 17 Valeria Müller Lada Kozlíková REL Results from Tissottiming.com.

Final Rank Cyclist Team Notes Elizabeth Armitstead Annalisa Cucionotta Evgenia Romanyuta 4 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro 5 Malindi Maclean 6 Rebecca Quinn SBW 7 Belinda Goss Team Toshiba 8 Ah Reum Na 9 Rochelle Gilmore HPT 10 Kelly Druyts 11 Shelley Olds PRO 12 Andrea Wölfer 13 Tess Downing BTA 14 Eleonora Soldo 15 Thatsani Wichana 16 Penny Day 17 Anastasia Chulkova 18 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi 19 Theresa Cliff-Ryan Verducci Breakaway Racing 20 Ju Mi Lee 21 Ellen van Dijk 22 Charlotte Becker 23 Katie Colclough Lesya Kalytovska DNF Results from Tissottiming.com.

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

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