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Team Toshiba wins gold in Beijing World Cup
Team Toshiba of Australia takes gold in the Teams Pursuit while riders from Lithuania, New Zealand, Malaysia and China collectedvaluable points at the Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classic.
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Riders from Lithuania, New Zealand, Malaysia and China collected valuable points at the Beijing UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classic series here on Saturday.
With just two months remaining before the World Championships in Poland, many leading athletes have chosen to skip a return to the 2008 Olympic venue for this fourth leg in the five-part series.
The second day of competition at the Laoshan velodrome featured four men's and three women's events and the absence of star names gave an opportunity for some fresh faces to step onto the podium.
Malaysian riders claimed double gold with wins in the men's keirin and kilometre time trial.
Azizul Hasni Awang, who rides for the Bike Technologies Australia team, clinched the keirin race in style after pulling his front wheel up for added momentum, right on the line.
The Malay anthem was played again after Mohd Rizal Tisin's effort in the time trial pipped Francois Pervis of the French team Cofidis, and Polish rider Kamil Kuczynski.
Standings leader Li Wen Hao of China was fourth and will be disappointed not to have delivered a win for the local fans.
Czech rider Jarmila Machacova avoided a crash before clinching gold in the Women's 20km Points race. The pile up happened near the end of the 25-minute slog and took out about seven riders.
China's Wang Cui was second and the standings leader, Giorgia Bronzini of Italy, was third.
Chris Newton of Great Britain, who won the points race on Friday, was denied a second gold by New Zealand's Godfrey Hayden who edged his rival on the line to take the 15km scratch honours.
Earlier, the New Zealand men climbed the team pursuit standings after taking silver behind Team Toshiba of Australia.
Simona Krupeckaite of Lithuania won gold in the women's 500 metre time trial and then silver with her partner Gintare Gaivenyte in the team sprint, won by Netherland's pair Yvonne Hijgenaar and Willy Kanis.
China's Gong Jinjie won silver in the time trial and bronze in the team sprint with partner Zheng Lulu. Gong leads the time trial standings ahead of the final leg in Denmark next month.
