01/12/2010
Heads up, round one of the world cup gets under way in Melbourne 2/12/2010
Some of New Zealnds young gun trackies are on a mission. With team points on offer towards 2012 in London, the road has begun.
There is a reduced programme, but the Madison (Myron Simpson and Aaron Gate)(tomorrow night) and womens 500mtr tt (Saturday night) have been included in the Melbourne programme, and other "omitted" events(from Olympics) can be added by hosts countries to their programmes, as they see fit.
Check out the uci web, and links for results.
Cheers
Once again auckland track had a good mid week race night.
ride smart,ride hard and true. stay upright

well the Mens omnium is well under way, after the flying lap and points final, shane archibald is sitting in 2nd place,
the woment team pursuiters are riding for bronze later tonight.
and the young and talented womens team sprinters(steph and hetty) are still waiting for the end of qualifying to find out where they are placed in the big picture.

At the end of day one these are the results of racing involving our young kiwi fliers
Mens team sprint
1st GBR time 43.829
2nd NZL time 44.339
3rd AIS time 44.545
Mean Madison
1st AUS.10 points
2nd NZL.14 points 1 lap down
3rd NED.10 points 1 lap down
Womens Team pursuit
1st AUS time 3.22.171
2nd GER time 3.23.166
3rd NZL. time 3.23.477
Womens team sprint with junior under 19 junior world and oceania medalists steph mckenzie and 1st year elite henrietta mitchell, finnished a credible 12th out of 14 elite teams
so at the end of day one the New Zealand team have accrued 10 UCI ponts to be in 2nd position behind Great Britain.

Good stuff! Cheers for the reports, SS.

Yes, thanks for this.

Hi all
Just another wee up date from day two
Womens sprint quals.
steph mckenzie (18yrs old) 21st/35 riders with her second PB in two weeks 11.716 sec
hetty mitchell (19yrs) 29th/35 riders 12.090 sec (both in their first elite comp) well done girls

Mens Keirin.
Simon van velthoven was put out in the first round repechage

Men Omnium
Shane Archibald take gold. weel done shane!!!!

Womens Omnium
rushlee (there is a glitch with the overall telly link) sorry

Great work, Novie!