The fourth round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 15 February 2008. 23 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 15 February 11:10-12:20 Qualifying 18:40-18:55 Finals 19:55:-20:00 Victory Ceremony
Schedule from Tissottiming.com
Results
Qualifying Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Notes1 Rebecca Romero 3:35.786 50.049Q2 Vilija Sereikaitė SAF3:37.268 49.708Q3 Sarah Hammer 3:38.108 49.516q4 Ellen van Dijk 3:38.110 49.516q5 Verena Joos 3:38.161 49.5046 Alison Shanks 3:38.476 49.4337 Wendy Houvenaghel SIS3:40.747 48.9248 Tara Whitten 3:42.239 48.5969 Karin Thürig 3:43.042 48.42110 Elena Tchalykh 3:45.551 47.88211 Lada Kozlíková 3:46.516 47.67812 Cathy Moncassin Prime 3:48.332 47.29913 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro EUS3:49.068 47.14714 Min Hye Lee 3:49.247 47.11015 Svitlana Halyuk 3:49.288 47.10216 Martina Růžičková ADP3:50.048 46.94617 Tatiana Guderzo 3:51.980 46.55518 Svetlana Paulikaite 3:52.702 46.41119 Débora Gálves Lopez 3:53.311 46.29020 Julia Bradley TRC3:55.471 45.86521 Rui Juan Liu GPC3:59.627 45.07022 Elnara Musayeva 4:30.931 39.862 Trine Schmidt DNS
Results from Tissottiming.com.
Finals
Final bronze medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Sarah Hammer 3:37.086 49.7494 Ellen van Dijk 3:42.194 48.606 Results from Tissottiming.com.
Final gold medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Rebecca Romero 3:35.425 50.133 Vilija Sereikaitė SAF3:40.161 49.055 Results from Tissottiming.com.
World Cup Standings Final standings after 4 of 4 2007–08 World Cup races. Rank Cyclist Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Totalpoints1 Vilija Sereikaitė SAF 106510312 Sarah Hammer OPC 6888303 Rebecca Romero 31012254 Katie Mactier 1212245 Karin Thürig 8712186 Lesya Kalytovska 2312177 Wendy Houvenaghel SIS 744158 Verena Joos 456159 Alison Shanks 5251210 María Luisa Calle Williams 1101111 Ellen van Dijk 471112 Lada Kozlíková 7713 Kristin Armstrong 6614 Tara Whitten 123615 Katherine Bates 3316 Elena Tchalykh 11 Results from Tissottiming.com.
See also 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's points race 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's scratch 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 4 – Women's team pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Women's individual pursuit
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