The third round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Los Angeles, United States on 18 January 2008. 29 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 18 January 10:10-11:35 Qualifying 19:10-19:25 Finals 20:25:-20:30 Victory Ceremony

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Results

Qualifying Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Notes1 Lesya Kalytovska 3:38.79749.360Q2 María Luisa Calle Williams 3:38.86949.344Q3 Lada Kozlíková 3:38.92549.331q4 Sarah Hammer OPC 3:41.00648.867q5 Kristin Armstrong 3:41.01648.8656 Vilija Sereikaitė SAF 3:41.72748.7087 Ellen van Dijk 3:43.10548.4078 Katherine Bates 3:43.16848.3949 Tara Whitten 3:43.42048.33910 Karin Thürig 3:44.16648.17811 Verena Joos 3:45.52747.88712 Olga Slyusareva 3:46.13347.75913 Min Hye Lee 3:46.72947.63314 Trine Schmidt 3:48.72647.21815 Cathy Moncassin Prime 3:49.06747.14716 Martina Růžičková ADP3:49.17547.12517 Marianne Vos Team DSB Bank 3:49.45247.06818 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro EUS 3:49.83946.98919 Tatiana Guderzo 3:50.14746.92620 Dale Tye 3:53.78446.19621 Svetlana Pauliukaitė 3:54.34546.08522 Diana Elmentaite AGS 3:54.82945.99023 Gema Pascual Torrecilla 3:57.24045.52324 Jessie MacLean VBR 3:57.65945.44325 Neva Day SBW 3:58.66645.25126 Julia Bradley TRC 4:00.78144.85427 Jessie Daams 4:04.34844.19928 Rui Juan Liu GPC 4:06.34243.84129 Paola Maria Salazar Rabbe 4:21.55841.291

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Finals

Final bronze medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Sarah Hammer OPC 3:38.00149.5414 Lada Kozlíková 3:40.76048.921 Results from Tissottiming.com.

Final gold medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Lesya Kalytovska 3:39.91749.109 María Luisa Calle Williams 3:41.90448.669 Results from Tissottiming.com.

World Cup Standings World Cup standings after 3 of 4 2007-08 World Cup races. Rank Cyclist Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Totalpoints1 Katie Mactier 1212242 Sarah Hammer OPC 688223 Vilija Sereikaitė SAF 1065214 Lesya Kalytovska 2312175 Karin Thürig 871166 Rebecca Romero 310137 María Luisa Calle 110118 Wendy Houvenaghel SIS 74119 Verena Joos 45910 Lada Kozlíková 7711 Alison Shanks 52712 Kristin Armstrong 6613 Ellen van Dijk 4414 Katherine Bates 3315 Tara Whitten 123 Results from Tissottiming.com.

See also 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's points race 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 3 – Women's scratch UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Women's individual pursuit

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