IRVINE NINTH IN OMNIUM AT MANCHESTER TRACK WORLD CUP

Martyn Irvine finished a fine ninth out of 24 riders in the men’s Omnium at the Manchester World Cup, continuing his good recent form in the event.

The 25 year old finished third in the heat one qualifiers on Friday, and was ninth in the flying lap TT. However his points race and elimination race showings were below what he had hoped to achieve, netting sixteenth in both of those.

Irvine fought back on Saturday, taking a fine fifth in the individual pursuit. He clocked a time of four minutes 28.589 seconds, just over five seconds off the winning mark set by Shane Archbold (New Zealand). This was quicker than the 4 minutes 28.747 which won him the pursuit event in the World Cup in Beijing, but four others were faster this time round.

Irvine was fifteenth in the scratch race before finishing strongly with a fifth place in the time trial. He ended the multi-race event ninth with 66 points. Archbold took the win. Irvine ended the overall World Cup series in 23rd place.

Irvine was best of the Irish riders in action over the weekend. Amongst the others on the team was Jennifer O’Reilly, who was 19th on the overall standings in the women’s omnium.

After taking tenth in her round of the qualification, she had placings of 18th (flying lap), 16th (points race), 21th (elimination race) , sixteen in the individual pursuit, eighteenth in the scratch race and sixteenth in the time trial.

Caroline Ryan was 14th in the women’s scratch race. On Friday the women’s team pursuit squad was 15th in that event, beating their own national record (see below).

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Track World Cup round 4, Manchester (Friday –Sunday):


Men's Omnium (Friday events):

Qualifying - Heat 1:

1, Tristan Marguet (Switzerland) 23 pts
2, Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 21
3, Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 20
4, Bobby Lea (United States Of America) 20
5, Bryan Coquard (France) 20
6 , Carlos Alberto Uran Arroyave (Colombia) 20


Heat 2:

1, Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece) 25 pts
2, Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong) 23
3, Erik Mohs (Germany) 22


Men's Omnium - Flying lap

1, Shane Archbold (New Zealand) 13.291 secs
2, Bryan Coquard (France) 13.299
3, Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) 13.316
4, Tim Veldt (Netherlands) 13.336
5, Elia Viviani (Italy) 13.446
6, Hosung Cho (Korea) 13.533

Other:

9 , Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 13.576 secs


Men's Omnium Points Race:

1, Shane Archbold (New Zealand) 13 pts
2, Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 13
3, Elia Viviani (Italy) 11
4, Hosung Cho (Korea) 11
5, Nicky Cocquyt (Belgium) 10
6, Michael Freiberg (Australia) 9

Other:

16, Martyn Irvine (Ireland) -16


Men's Omnium - Elimination Race:

1, Elia Viviani (Italy)
2, Ben Swift (Great Britain)
3, Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland)
4, Shane Archbold (New Zealand)
5, Bryan Coquard (France)
6, Michael Freiberg (Australia)

Other:

16, Martyn Irvine (Ireland)


Men's Omnium - Standings after three events

1, Shane Archbold, 6 pts
2, Elia Viviani, 9
3, Rafal Ratajczyk, 16

Other:

13, Martyn Irvine, 41


Day 2 (Saturday):

Men’s Omnium - Individual Pursuit:

1, Shane Archbold (New Zealand) 4:23.074
2, Michael Freiberg (Australia) 4:23.998
3, Hosung Cho (Korea) 4:27.851
4, Ioannis Tamouridis (Greece) 4:28.560
5, Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 4:28.589
6, Ben Swift (Great Britain) 4:29.432


Men's Omnium - Scratch Race:

1, Ho Ting Kwok (Hong Kong)
2, Hosung Cho (Korea)
3, Tristan Marguet (Switzerland)
4, Nicky Cocquyt (Belgium)
5, Shane Archbold (New Zealand)
6, Ben Swift (Great Britain)

Other:

15, Martyn Irvine (Ireland)


Men's Omnium - Time Trial

1, Alois Kankovsky (Czech Republic) 1:03.264
2, Hosung Cho (Korea) 1:03.969
3, Shane Archbold (New Zealand) 1:04.089
4, Elia Viviani (Italy) 1:04.106
5, Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 1:04.761
6, Carlos Alberto Uran Arroyave (Colombia) 1:04.778


Men's Omnium - Final Standings

1, Shane Archbold (New Zealand) 15 pts
2, Hosung Cho (Korea) 31
3, Elia Viviani (Italy) 36
4, Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 44
5, Michael Freiberg (Australia) 46
6, Ben Swift (Great Britain) 50

Other:

9, Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 66


Men's Omnium - Final overall World Cup Standings:

1, Zachary Bell (Canada) 28 pts
2, Shane Archbold (New Zealand) 27
3, Edward Clancy (Great Britain) 20
4, Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spain) 14
5, Samuel Harrison (Great Britain) 12
6, Rafal Ratajczyk (Poland) 12

Other:

23, Martyn Irvine (Ireland) 4



Women's Omnium - Saturday events:

Qualifying:

Heat 1:

1, Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland) 25 pts
2, Elizaveta Bochkareva (Ukraine) 23
3, Min Hye Lee (Korea) 22


Heat 2:

1, Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 10 pts
2, Sarah Hammer (Ouch Racing Team) 8
3, Tatsiana Sharakova (Belarus) 5
4, Jolien D'Hoore (Belgium) 4
5, Angie Gonzalez Garcia (Venezuela) 3
6, Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand) 3

Other:

10, Jennifer O’Reilly (Ireland) 1


Women's Omnium - Flying Lap:

1, Sarah Hammer (Ouch Cycling Team) 14.467
2, Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 14.481
3, Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) 14.481

Irish:

18, Jennifer O’Reilly (Ireland) 15.289


Women's Omnium - Points Race

1, Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic) 61 pts
2, Sarah Hammer (Ouch Cycling Team) 54
3, Lisa Brennauer (Germany) 48

Irish:

16, Jennifer O’Reilly 5


Women's Omnium - Elimination Race

1, Sarah Hammer (Ouch Racing Team)
2, Marta Tagliaferro (Italy)
3, Jarmila Machacova (Czech Republic)
4, Pascale Jeuland (France)
5, Jolien D'Hoore (Belgium)
6, Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)

Other:

21, Jennifer O’Reilly (Ireland)


Sunday events:

Omnium – Individual pursuit:

1, Sarah Hammer (Ouch Racing Team) 3:35.263
2, Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 3:36.199
3, Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 3:39.592
4, Melissa Hoskins (Australia) 3:40.509
5, Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) 3:41.775
6, Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain) 3:43.127

Other:

16, Jennifer O’Reilly (Ireland) 3:48.381

Women's Omnium - Scratch Race

1, Sarah Hammer (Ouch Cycling Team)
2, Pascale Jeuland (France)
3, Melissa Hoskins (Australia)
4, Kirsten Wild (Netherlands)
5, Jolien D'Hoore (Belgium)
6, Elizabeth Armitstead (Great Britain)

Other:

18, Jennifer O’Reilly (Ireland)


Women's Omnium - Time Trial:

1, Vilija Sereikaite (Lithuania) 35.746
2, Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland) 35.833
3, Sarah Hammer (Ouch Track Cycling) 36.181
4, Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 36.460
5, Chao Mei Wu (Giant Pro Cycling) 36.650
6, Angie Sabrina Gonzalez Garcia (Venezuela) 36.696

Other :

16, Jennifer O’Reilly (Ireland) 37.774


Women's Omnium - Final Standings

1, Sarah Hammer (Ouch Track Cycling) 9 pts
2, Kirsten Wild (Netherlands) 38
3, Malgorzata Wojtyra (Poland) 42
4, Lisa Brennauer (Germany) 51
5, Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spain) 52
6, Joanne Kiesanowski (New Zealand) 52


Other:

19, Jennifer O’Reilly (Ireland) 105


Women's Scratch Race - Heat 2 (Saturday):

1, Cari Higgins (USA)
2, Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Euskadi Track Cycling)
3, Elke Gebhardt (Germany)
4, Sofia Arreola Navarro (Mexico)
5, Anastasiya Chulkova (Russia)
6, Andrea Wolfer (Switzerland)

Other:

14, Caroline Ryan (Ireland)


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18/2/11 NEW NATIONAL RECORD FOR IRISH TRIO AT MANCHESTER WORLD CUP

Showing that they are continuing to improve and gain pace in the discipline, the Irish trio of Jennifer O’Reilly, Ciara Horne and Caroline Ryan broke their own national record at the Manchester round of cycling’s track World Cup today.

They clocked a time of three minutes 30.375 in the team pursuit, over a second faster than the record of three minutes 31.708 sec in Cali, Columbia, on December 16th.

Although they went quicker than before, the mark didn’t move them close to qualification for the fight for the medals. They finished 15th, with Great Britain clocking the quickest time with three minutes 20.962.

The latter went on to take gold in the final, beating rivals New Zealand by over a second.

Meanwhile Martyn Irvine rode well in the qualification round of the men’s omnium, finishing third in heat one. He was a little further back in the flying lap and points race, where he was ninth and sixteenth respectively. The men’s omnium runs until tomorrow.


Track World Cup round 4, Manchester (Feb 18 – 20)

Women’s team pursuit - qualifiers:

1, Great Britain, 3 mins 20.962
2, New Zealand, 3mins 20.988
3, Ouch Pro Cycling, 3 mins 23.048
4, Netherlands, 3 mins 23.179
5, Team 100% Me, 3 mins 23.355
6, Australia, 3 mins 24.444

Other:

15, Ireland, 3 mins 30.375


Final:

For gold: Great Britain (3 mins 19.757) beat New Zealand (3 mins 20.828)
For bronze: Ouch Pro Cycling (3 mins 23. 136) beat Netherlands (3 mins 23.804)