2008 UEC European Track Championships – Women's under-23 individual pursuit

The U23 Women's individual pursuit was one of the 8 women's under-23 events at the 2008 European Track Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland. It took place from 5 to 6 September 2008. 17 cyclists participated in the contest.[1][2]

U23 Women's individual pursuit
2008 European Track Championships
UEC European Champion jersey
Race details
Dates5–6 September 2008
Stages1
Distance3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Winning time3:34.781
Medalists
   Gold  Vilija Sereikaitė (Lithuania)
   Silver  Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands)
   Bronze  Joanna Rowsell (Great Britain)
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Competition format edit

The women's individual pursuit consists of a 3 km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one rider catches the other, the race is over.

The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top four riders advanced to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals advanced to the gold medal match and losers advanced to the bronze medal race.

Schedule edit

Friday 5 September
12:08-12:58 Qualifying
Saturday 6 September
19:10-19:25 Finals
19:30:-19:35 Victory Ceremony

Source[1]

Results edit

Qualifying edit

Rank Name Nation Time Speed Note
1 Vilija Sereikaitė   Lithuania 3:33.766 50.522 Q
2 Ellen van Dijk   Netherlands 3:35.951 50.011 Q
3 Joanna Rowsell   United Kingdom 3:37.641 49.623 q
4 Svitlana Halyuk   Ukraine 3:42.498 48.539 q
5 Aksana Papko   Belarus 3:43.935 48.288
6 Oxana Kozonchuk   Russia 3:45.132 47.971
7 Jarmila Machačová   Czech Republic 3:47.209 47.533
8 Stephanie Pohl   Germany 3:47.483 47.476
9 Lisa Brennauer   Germany 3:48.017 47.364
10 Edyta Jasińska   Poland 3:48.628 47.238
11 Audrey Cordon   France 3:49.376 47.084
12 Alena Amialyusik   Belarus 3:49.711 47.015
13 Hannah Mayho   United Kingdom 3:50.176 46.920
14 Viktoriya Kondel   Russia 3:51.349 46.682
15 Oksana Lyesnik   Ukraine 3:51.543 46.643
16 Elise van Hage   Netherlands 3:55.349 45.889
17 Dominika Maczka   Poland 4:01.597 44.702

Source[3]

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1 edit

Rank Name Nation Time Speed Note
1 Vilija Sereikaitė   Lithuania 3:42.052 48.637 Q
2 Svitlana Halyuk   Ukraine 3:42.052 48.637

Semifinal 2 edit

Rank Name Nation Time Speed Note
1 Ellen van Dijk   Netherlands 3:37.354 49.688 Q
2 Joanna Rowsell   United Kingdom 3:37.867 49.571 Fastest losing time

Source[4]

Final edit

Rank Name Nation Time Speed
1 Vilija Sereikaitė   Lithuania 3:34.781 50.283
2 Ellen van Dijk   Netherlands 3:37.747 49.598

Source[5]

Final classification edit

Rank Name Nation
  Vilija Sereikaitė   Lithuania
  Ellen van Dijk   Netherlands
  Joanna Rowsell   United Kingdom
4 Svitlana Halyuk   Ukraine
5 Aksana Papko   Belarus
6 Oxana Kozonchuk   Russia
7 Jarmila Machačová   Czech Republic
8 Stephanie Pohl   Germany
9 Lisa Brennauer   Germany
10 Edyta Jasińska   Poland
11 Audrey Cordon   France
12 Alena Amialyusik   Belarus
13 Hannah Mayho   United Kingdom
14 Viktoriya Kondel   Russia
15 Oksana Lyesnik   Ukraine
16 Elise van Hage   Netherlands
17 Dominika Maczka   Poland

Sources[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Schedule". Tissottiming.com. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Start list". Tissottiming.com. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Qualifying". Tissottiming.com. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Semifinals". Tissottiming.com. 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Final". Tissottiming.com. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Scratch race results". www.uci.ch. 6 September 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2012.