The 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...

were the World Championship for track cycling

Track cycling

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. They took place at the Manchester Velodrome

Manchester Velodrome

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 in Manchester

Manchester

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, United Kingdom

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 from 26 to 30 March 2008. Eighteen events were scheduled; the women's team pursuit being the only addition from the 2007 championships

2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships is the World Championship for track cycling. It took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from March 29, 2007 to April 1, 2007...

.

As in 2007, the domination of the Great Britain

Great Britain

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 team was clear. Breaking three world records en route, they won eleven medals in total. Indeed, half of the eighteen gold medals on offer were won by the British team.

Medals table

1		9	2		11
2		3	3	2	8
3		2		1	3
4		1	3	3	7
5		1	1	1	3
6		1	1		2
7		1			1
8			2	1	3
9			2		2
10			1	4	5
11			1	3	4
12			1		1
			1		1
14				1	1
				1	1
				1	1

Medal Summary

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Men's Events
Men's sprint	Chris Hoy Chris Hoy Sir Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy, MBE is a Scottish track cyclist representing Great Britain and Scotland. He is a multiple world champion and Olympic Games gold medal winner...		Kévin Sireau Kévin Sireau Kévin Sireau is a French professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:200320042005Kévin Sireau is a French professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:...		Mickaël Bourgain Mickael Bourgain Mickaël Bourgain is a French track cyclist, who won a bronze medal in the men's team sprint race at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Laurent Gané and Arnaud Tournant....
	Teun Mulder Teun Mulder Teunis Mulder is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won a total of four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,...	1:01.332	Michaël D'Almeida Michaël D'Almeida Michaël D'Almeida is a French track racing cyclist.D'Almeida specialises in track sprint events including the sprint, tem sprint, keirin and kilo...	1:01.514	François Pervis François Pervis François "Franck" Pervis is a French track cyclist. He is a former junior World Champion in the team sprint and twice European under 23 champion...	1:01.574
	Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....	4:18.519	Jenning Huizenga Jenning Huizenga Jenning Huizenga is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2004200520062007-External links:...	4:23.474	Alexei Markov Alexei Markov Alexei Mikhailovich Markov is a Russian professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :19961997...	4:21.097
Men's team pursuit	Ed Clancy Ed Clancy Edward Clancy MBE is an English professional track and road bicycle racer who rides for the team. On the track his specialist discipline is the pursuit. He won the first stage of the 2005 Tour of Berlin. He also won 2007 team pursuit world championship... Geraint Thomas Geraint Thomas Geraint Howell Thomas, MBE is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTour team . A track cycling world champion and Olympic gold medalist in the team pursuit, Thomas has also enjoyed success on the road, winning the Junior Paris-Roubaix in 2004, the British National... Paul Manning Paul Manning (cyclist) Paul Christian Manning MBE is a former English professional track and road bicycle racer who rode for the UCI Professional Continental team Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner in 2007 and 2008... Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....	3:56.322 WR	Michael Færk Christensen Michael Færk Christensen Michael Færk Christensen is a Danish professional racing cyclist.- Palmarès :- External links :... Casper Jørgensen Casper Jørgensen Casper Jørgensen is a Danish professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2002: 2º in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Elite, Denmark # 2002: 2º in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Juniors, Denmark... Jens-Erik Madsen Jens-Erik Madsen Jens-Erik Madsen is a Danish professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 1999: 1º in National Championship, Road, Juniors, Denmark # 2000: 3º in National Championship, Track, Pursuit, U23, Denmark... Alex Rasmussen Alex Rasmussen Alex Nicki Rasmussen is a Danish professional racing cyclist. Rasmussen specialises in track cycling, and was the Scratch world champion in 2005. Rasmussen has also found success on the road, winning the 2007 Danish national championship road race...	3:59.381	Graeme Brown Graeme Brown Graeme Allen Brown OAM is a professional cyclist and dual Olympic gold medallist from Australia.-Cycling career - road and track:... Mark Jamieson Mark Jamieson Mark Ian Jamieson is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He started competing at the age of 10 in 1994, he first represented his country in the World Junior Track Championships in 2001... Bradley McGee Bradley McGee Bradley John McGee OAM is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam Team Saxo Bank and the personal coach of young Australian rider Richie Porte. He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten... Luke Roberts Luke Roberts Luke Roberts is an Australian racing cyclist specialising in both track cycling and road bicycle racing, on for road racing....	4:00.089
Men's team sprint	Grégory Baugé Grégory Baugé Grégory Baugé is a French professional racing cyclist. He is an eight-time world champion in track cycling.-Career highlights:20022003... Kévin Sireau Kévin Sireau Kévin Sireau is a French professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:200320042005Kévin Sireau is a French professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:... Arnaud Tournant Arnaud Tournant Arnaud Tournant is a French track cyclist. He has won 14 World Championships and won a gold, silver and a bronze at the Summer Olympics.-Biography:...	43.271	Ross Edgar Ross Edgar Ross Edgar is a Scottish track cyclist who represented Scotland at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, where he won a gold medal in the team sprint riding with Chris Hoy and Craig MacLean... Chris Hoy Chris Hoy Sir Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy, MBE is a Scottish track cyclist representing Great Britain and Scotland. He is a multiple world champion and Olympic Games gold medal winner... Jamie Staff Jamie Staff Jamie Alan Staff MBE is an English racing cyclist and coach, formerly on BMX and later on the track. A World and Olympic champion, he has also won numerous other medals at World Championships, World Cups and at the Commonwealth Games....	43.777	Theo Bos Theo Bos Theo Bos is a Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist, Olympic silver medalist and five-time world champion. He lives in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Theo Bos is the brother of Olympic medalist in speed skating Jan Bos. Bos rides for UCI ProTeam .-Early life:Theo Bos was born on 22 August 1983 in Hierden,... Teun Mulder Teun Mulder Teunis Mulder is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won a total of four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,... Tim Veldt Tim Veldt Tim Veldt is a Dutch track cyclist. During his career Veldt won two world cup classics in the team sprint, two European titles as well as three Dutch national titles...	43.718
Men's keirin	Chris Hoy Chris Hoy Sir Christopher Andrew "Chris" Hoy, MBE is a Scottish track cyclist representing Great Britain and Scotland. He is a multiple world champion and Olympic Games gold medal winner...		Teun Mulder Teun Mulder Teunis Mulder is a Dutch track cyclist. He is a former keirin World Champion and won a silver in the team sprint with Theo Bos and Tim Veldt. Mulder also won a total of four world cup classics in the team sprint and keirin. He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens,...		Christos Volikakis Christos Volikakis Christos Volikakis is a Greek Track Cyclist. He is the current leader of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics 2011-2012 in Keirin- Biography :...
Men's scratch	Aliaksandr Lisouski Aliaksandr Lisouski Aliaksandr Lisouski is a Belarusian racing cyclist. At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, he won the gold medal in the scratch race and the bronze in the omnium.-External links:...		Wim Stroetinga Wim Stroetinga Wim Stroetinga is a Dutch professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2002: 1º in World Championship, Track, Scratch, Juniors# 2003: 2º in European Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Moscou...		Roger Kluge Roger Kluge Roger Kluge is a German professional racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team .-Career highlights:2003...
Men's points race	Vasili Kiryienka	24	Christophe Riblon Christophe Riblon Christophe Riblon is a French professional road and track racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He won stage 14 of the 2010 Tour de France with a mountain-top finish at the ski resort of Ax-3 Domaines in the Pyrenees.- Palmares :200420062007*: 1st, Tour de la Somme2010- External links :*...	23	Peter Schep Peter Schep Pieter Otto Schep is a Dutch racing cyclist, specializing in track cycling endurance events.-Biography:...	19
Men's madison	Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season... Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....	19	Roger Kluge Roger Kluge Roger Kluge is a German professional racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team .-Career highlights:2003... Olaf Pollack Olaf Pollack Olaf Pollack is a professional road racing cyclist specializing in sprint races and competitions....	13	Michael Mørkøv Michael Mørkøv Michael Mørkøv is a Danish professional racing cyclist on UCI ProTeam .-Career highlights:# 2001: 3º in National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Denmark... Alex Rasmussen Alex Rasmussen Alex Nicki Rasmussen is a Danish professional racing cyclist. Rasmussen specialises in track cycling, and was the Scratch world champion in 2005. Rasmussen has also found success on the road, winning the 2007 Danish national championship road race...	11
Men's omnium	Hayden Godfrey Hayden Godfrey Hayden Godfrey is a cycling competitor for New Zealand. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where along with Tim Gudsell, Peter Latham and Marc Ryan he won a bronze medal in the Team pursuit.-References:...	19	Leigh Howard Leigh Howard Leigh Howard is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .-Biography:Born in Geelong, Victoria, Howard now resides in Waurn Ponds. He began cycling competitively at the age of 10 and first represented Australia in 2005 at the age of 16.Howard won the bronze medal in the...	28	Aliaksandr Lisouski Aliaksandr Lisouski Aliaksandr Lisouski is a Belarusian racing cyclist. At the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, he won the gold medal in the scratch race and the bronze in the omnium.-External links:...	35
Women's Events
Women's sprint	Victoria Pendleton Victoria Pendleton Victoria Louise Pendleton MBE is a British Olympic and world champion track cyclist. Her father, Max, was also a British national grass-track cycling champion.-Early years:...		Simona Krupeckaitė Simona Krupeckaite Simona Krupeckaitė is a Lithuanian professional track cyclist. She is the 2009 500 m Time Trial World Champion and World Record holder at 33.296s, and the 2010 Keirin World Champion. She also won the 2009 Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year award. In 2010 Krupeckaitė reached one more world record...		Jennie Reed Jennie Reed Jennie Reed is a World and U.S. champion track cyclist and Olympian . Reed won her first national titles in 1994 at the U.S. Junior Track National Championships held at the near Seattle, Washington where she won both the 2 km pursuit and the matched sprints. The following year, she repeated as...
	Lisandra Guerra Lisandra Guerra Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez is a Cuban racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2005Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez is a Cuban racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2005...	34.021	Simona Krupeckaitė Simona Krupeckaite Simona Krupeckaitė is a Lithuanian professional track cyclist. She is the 2009 500 m Time Trial World Champion and World Record holder at 33.296s, and the 2010 Keirin World Champion. She also won the 2009 Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year award. In 2010 Krupeckaitė reached one more world record...	34.066	Sandie Clair Sandie Clair Sandie Clair is a French professional racing cyclist. She won her first title in 2005 in the national junior sprint championship. It qualified her for the European junior championship in Fiorenzuola, where she won the sprint and rode the keirin and 500m time-trial...	34.253
Women's individual pursuit	Rebecca Romero Rebecca Romero Rebecca Jayne Romero MBE is an English sportsperson, a former World Champion and Olympic Games medallist at rowing, and a former World champion and reigning Olympic champion track cyclist.-Biography:...	3:30.501	Sarah Hammer Sarah Hammer Sarah Kathryn Hammer is an American professional racing cyclist.-Career:Hammer is a four-time champion in the individual pursuit at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships....	3:37.006	Katie Mactier Katie Mactier Katie Mactier is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She began racing in 1999 at 24. She was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne.She is a member of the Caulfield Carnegie cycling club...	3:32.347
Women's team pursuit	Wendy Houvenaghel Wendy Houvenaghel Wendy Louise Houvenaghel is a British racing cyclist from Upperlands, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, riding on both the road and track, but specialising in the latter... Rebecca Romero Rebecca Romero Rebecca Jayne Romero MBE is an English sportsperson, a former World Champion and Olympic Games medallist at rowing, and a former World champion and reigning Olympic champion track cyclist.-Biography:... Joanna Rowsell Joanna Rowsell Joanna Rowsell is a cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competes on track and road. She first came to national prominence as a winner of junior national competitions in 2005/2006, while her biggest successes to date are the gold medals won in the women's team pursuit at the 2008 and 2009...	3:22.415 WR	Svitlana Galyuk Svitlana Galyuk Svitlana Galyuk is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2007... Lesya Kalitovska Lesya Kalitovska Lesya Mihaylovna Kalitovska is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2005... Lyubov Shulika	3:29.744	Charlotte Becker Charlotte Becker Charlotte Becker is a German professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2000200120022004200520062007-References:... Verena Joos Alexandra Sontheimer	3:26.960
Women's team sprint	Victoria Pendleton Victoria Pendleton Victoria Louise Pendleton MBE is a British Olympic and world champion track cyclist. Her father, Max, was also a British national grass-track cycling champion.-Early years:... Shanaze Reade Shanaze Reade Shanaze Danielle Reade is a professional British Bicycle Motocross racer and track cyclist whose prime competitive years began in 2002. She has won the UCI BMX World Championships three times...	33.661	Gong Jinjie Gong Jinjie Gong Jinjie is a Chinese professional racing cyclist, a member of the provincial Jilin Team since 2002 and the Chinese National Team since 2005. Her coaches include Yongqing Wang and Sean Eadie.-Career highlights:... Zheng Lulu	34.223	Dana Glöss Miriam Welte	34.036
Women's keirin	Jennie Reed Jennie Reed Jennie Reed is a World and U.S. champion track cyclist and Olympian . Reed won her first national titles in 1994 at the U.S. Junior Track National Championships held at the near Seattle, Washington where she won both the 2 km pursuit and the matched sprints. The following year, she repeated as...		Victoria Pendleton Victoria Pendleton Victoria Louise Pendleton MBE is a British Olympic and world champion track cyclist. Her father, Max, was also a British national grass-track cycling champion.-Early years:...		Christin Muche
Women's scratch	Eleonora van Dijk		Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso		Belinda Goss Belinda Goss Belinda Goss is an Australian professional racing cyclist.- Palmarès :200220032004Belinda Goss is an Australian professional racing cyclist.- Palmarès :...
Women's points race	Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships...	33	Trine Schmidt Trine Schmidt Trine Schmidt is a Danish professional racing cyclist for .- Palmarès :2003Trine Schmidt is a Danish professional racing cyclist for .- Palmarès :2003...	25	Vera Carrara Vera Carrara Vera Carrara is an Italian professional racing cyclist.Carrara was born in Alzano Lombardo and joined the G.S. Valoti Arredamenti at the age of seven...	20

External links

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