2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch

Men's scratch
at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenuePalma Arena
LocationPalma de Mallorca, Spain
Date30 March 2007
Competitors27 from 27 nations
Medalists
gold medal Kam-Po Wong   Hong Kong
silver medal Wim Stroetinga   Netherlands
bronze medal Rafał Ratajczyk   Poland
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Main article: 2007 UCI Track World Championships

The Men's Scratch was one of the 10 men's events contested at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

27 Cyclists from 27 countries participated in the scratch race. After the 2 qualifying heats, the best 11 of each heat advanced to the Final.[1]

The qualifying heats began at 15:10 and the Final was run at 21:05 on March 30.[2]

Qualification

The qualifying competition consisted of 30 laps, making a total of 7.5 km.

Heat 1

Rank[3] Name Country Q
1 Vasil Kiryienka  Belarus Q
2 Kazuhiro Mori  Japan Q
3 Martin Bláha  Czech Republic Q
4 Jonathan Bellis  United Kingdom Q
5 Danilo Napolitano  Italy Q
6 Ioannis Tamouridis  Greece Q
7 Henning Bommel  Germany Q
8 Jérôme Beuville  France Q
9 Andris José Hernandez  Venezuela Q
10 Ivan Kovalev  Russia Q
11 Mitchell Docker  Australia Q
12 Ignatas Konovalovas  Lithuania
13 Mahammad Alakbarov  Azerbaijan
14 Michael Færk Christensen  Denmark

Heat 2

Rank[4] Name Country Q
1 Kam-Po Wong  Hong Kong Q
2 Charles Bradley Huff  United States Q
3 Vladimir Tuychiev  Uzbekistan Q
4 Rafał Ratajczyk  Poland Q
5 Greg Henderson  New Zealand Q
6 Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur  Spain Q
7 Wim Stroetinga  Netherlands Q
8 Franco Marvulli   Switzerland Q
9 Steve Schets  Belgium Q
10 Roland Garber  Austria Q
11 Angel Dario Colla  Argentina Q
12 Volodymyry Rybin  Ukraine
13 Juha-Matti Alaluusua  Finland

Final

The Final competition consisted of 60 laps, making a total of 15 km. The champion Kam-Po Wong overtook the lead pack when there were 9 laps remaining and he crossed the finishing line at roughly 17 minutes 43 seconds.

Rank[5] Name Country
Kam-Po Wong  Hong Kong
Wim Stroetinga  Netherlands
Rafał Ratajczyk  Poland
4 Martin Bláha  Czech Republic
5 Ivan Kovalev  Russia
6 Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur  Spain
7 Steve Schets  Belgium
8 Ioannis Tamouridis  Greece
9 Vasil Kiryienka  Belarus
10 Roland Garber  Austria
11 Danilo Napolitano  Italy
12 Mitchell Docker  Australia
13 Charles Bradley Huff  United States
14 Jonathan Bellis  United Kingdom
15 Vladimir Tuychiev  Uzbekistan
DNF Angel Dario Colla  Argentina
DNF Jérôme Neuville  France
DNF Henning Bommel  Germany
DNF Kazuhiro Mori  Japan
DNF Greg Henderson  New Zealand
DNF Franco Marvulli   Switzerland
DNF Andris José Hernandez  Venezuela

References

  1. ^ "UCI 2007 Track World Championships Men's Scratch Qualification" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  2. ^ "UCI 2007 Track World Championships Programme" (PDF). UCI.
  3. ^ "UCI 2007 Track World Championships Men's Scratch Qualifying Heat 1 Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  4. ^ "UCI 2007 Track World Championships Men's Scratch Qualifying Heat 2 Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2007-04-20.
  5. ^ "UCI 2007 Track World Championships Men's Scratch Final Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-23. Retrieved 2007-04-20.