Women’s Scratch Race
Fidanza gives Italy the first gold of 2022
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Italian Martina Fidanza won the first title event of the 2022 UCI Track World Championships, taking home the gold medal from a bunch sprint in the mass-start race.
After a fast first half of the race, the first surge came from Spain’s Eukene Larrarte Arteaga but the acceleration was quickly marked and the field remained together with three laps to go.
Maike van der Duin (Netherlands) hit out with two laps to go, but Fidanza went to the fore at the bell lap and opened up five bikes lengths on the field to defend her title as Scratch Race World Champion.
Van der Duin held on for the silver medal, while Jessica Roberts (Great Britain) edged out the USA’s Lily Williams for the final podium spot.
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martina Fidanza (Italy) | |
| 2 | Maike van der Duin (Netherlands) | |
| 3 | Jessica Roberts (Great Britain) | |
| 4 | Lily Williams (United States Of America) | |
| 5 | Michaela Drummond (New Zealand) | |
| 6 | Chloe Moran (Australia) | |
| 7 | Lea lin Teutenberg (Germany) | |
| 8 | Aline Seitz (Switzerland) | |
| 9 | Maggie Coles-Lyster (Canada) | |
| 10 | Petra Ševčikova (Czech Republic) | |
| 11 | Yumi Kajihara (Japan) | |
| 12 | Maria Martins (Portugal) | |
| 13 | Katrijn de Clercq (Belgium) | |
| 14 | Jade Labastugue (France) | |
| 15 | Alžbeta Bačikova (Slovakia) | |
| 16 | Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed (Egypt) | |
| 17 | Lara Gillespie (Ireland) | |
| 18 | Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway) | |
| 19 | Argiro Milaki (Greece) | |
| 20 | Nikola Wielowska (Poland) | |
| 21 | Eukene Larrarte Arteaga (Spain) | |
| 22 | Amber Joseph (Barbados) | |
| 23 | Olivija Baleišyte (Lithuania) | |
| 24 | Rinata Sultanova (Kazakhstan) |
Germany set new world record en route to team sprint title
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Pauline Grabosch, Emma Hinze and Lea Sophie Friedrich set another world record en route to the title of World Champions in the women’s team sprint.
The German team became the first women to go under 46 seconds, covering the 750-metre version of the sprint in 45.967 seconds, going under their previous mark of 46.064.
They beat China (Bao Shanju, Guo Yufang, Yuan Liying) to claim gold, with Great…
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