May 21/00 10:21 am - Track World Cup, Canadians in Italy & Japan, Registration Deadlines

Posted by Editor on 05/21/00
 

Track World Cup #1 - Moscow

Day 1

Men's 4,000M Individual Pursuit

1. Jens Lehmann (Ger) 4:19.010
2. Francis Moreau (Fra) 4:25.850

Men's 1,000M Time Trial

1. Herve-Robert Thuet (Fra) 1:03.312
2. Jose Antonio Escuredo Raimondes (Esp) 1:03.462
3. Jason Queally (GBR) 1:03.551
4. Narihiro Inamura (Jap) 1:03.808
5. Gezegorz Krejner (Pol) 1:03.957
6. Teun Mulder (Ned) 1:04.567

Day 2

Women's 3,000M Individual Pursuit

1. Leontien Van Moorsel-Zijlaard (Ned) 3:36.168
2. Marion Clignet (Fra) 3:37.028
3. Elena Tchalik (Rus) 3:36.481
4. Antonella Belutti (Ita) 3:39.890

Women's Match Sprint

1. Svetlana Grankovskaia (Rus) 11.8
2. Felicia Ballanger (Fra)
3. Natalia Markovnitchenko (Bul)

Note: Canadian Tanya Dubnicoff is at this World Cup. We believe she finished 4th in the sprint, but cannot confirm it.

Men's 4,000M Team Pursuit

1. Russia 4:03.477
2. Germany 4:07.943
3. France 4:09.512
4. Ukraine 4:09.990

Men's Match Sprint

1. Laurent Gane (Fra) 10.5
2. Roberto Chiappa (Ita)
3. Jan Van Eijden (Ger)

Men's 30 km Points Race

1. Lubor Tesar (Cze) 22 points
2. Franz Stocher (Aut) 9
3. Juan Llaneras Rosello (Esp) 6


Tour of Japan

Canadian Steve Gaffney (Sumita Ravanello Pearlizumi) finished 56th (pack finish) in the first stage of this 6 stage race.


Women's Tour of Trentino, Italy

Canada has team in this 3 stage race (originally supposed to be 5 stages) - Sandy Espeseth, Kim Davidge, Alison Sydor, Sophie St Jacques, Anne Samplonius. So far, the only Canadian results we have been able to obtain are for the 90 kilometre second stage, with Sandy Espeseth finishing 32nd (5:14 behind the winner, Fabiana Luperini), and Sophie St Jacques 38th (same time). Pia Sundstedt of Switzerland leads Luperini on the overall (tied for time).


Registration Update

The registration discount for the Schwinn-Toyota Canada Cup at Hardwood Hills ends at 8:00 pm (EDT) tonight, so do not delay signing up. Online registration for both Hardwood and Bastion Square end next Thursday (May 25th). We have added the Whistler Summer Session events to the registration area - International Classic, Gravity Tour and BMX Dirt Jumping Competition. To register, just click on the Online Event Registration graphic at the top of your browser window.