22/02/2013 World Track Cycling Championships

Good afternoon and welcome back for day three of the championships. It

has been a great couple of days The highlight of the championships

away they gave. Can the Great Britain successfully defend their

world title? They could not be beaten. They are the champions

beaten. They are the champions beaten. They are the champions

again. A cannot believe my luck. This is absolutely stupendous. Oh

my word, he has done it! I have been thinking about this one for a

First gold medal in more than 100 years. And he backed it up with a

silver in the pursuit and in the silver in the pursuit and in the

table it is looking quite good for the Irish, or for Martyn Irvine. He

is in 4th place. And a gold medal is in 4th place. And a gold medal

from the women's team pursuit. And joining me again, Victoria

Pendleton and Craig MacLean. Welcome back. A great couple of

days. For Martyn Irvine, that was a highlight. Absolutely. A courageous

and inspirational effort. The last 10 laps were riveting. He just

continued to ride away from him and it was spectacular. And you kind of

take it for granted. Absolutely. The this is seriously well put

together from them. Having young people coming into the team at such

a late stage, they have had so much success already and Elinor Barker

is doing a great job. Amazing. of the highlights from the first

couple of days later but here is what is coming up for Des free. The

men's keirin. All eyes are on Jason Kenny, hoping to make amends after

disappointment in the team sprint. And then the women's sprint. The

defending champion is sitting next to me. Becky James and Vicky

Williamson for Great Britain. And Dani King will be back in action

after that gold medal yesterday. It will be fascinating to see how she

goes. We will start with the women's sprint. Becky James

qualified fastest. We are joining them for the quarter-finals. Vicky

Williamson has been eliminated but world champion in the team sprint

event with Anna Meares. 4th with Steph Morton. Underway in the first

match up here. A best-of-three quarter-final. Kaarle McCulloch

first and Becky James steadily behind. Kaarle McCulloch is 10th

fastest in qualifying. She actually lost in the finals and got through

here. Perhaps not quite on top form at the moment. I do not think so.

One of the many riders that has dropped a bit after the Olympic

Games which is understandable. Didn't quite make selection and

finished third, or 4th. I would say that she is not on her best of form

but there certainly has to be treated with respect. Becky James

with that pass from the first set of Mac chaps faced Yudelmis

Dominguez Masague from Cuba and now it will really start to get

interesting with the quarter-finals. She will try and accelerate and

keep it going for as long as possible. Taking the belt this time

round. Just over one lap to go. And still Kaarle McCulloch is on the

front but Becky James is ready to pounce. And Kaarle McCulloch is so

far not able to offer any real resistance. Becky James is looking

very strong and far too good for Kaarle McCulloch. She is leaving in

You must be pretty impressed with that. She looked very relaxed and

comfortable and gave plenty of space and had a wonderful run

straight past her opponent. second heat coming up shortly. The

women's scratch race features Dani King. Good afternoon, Simon and

front for the first time, the rider from the United States. In great

form, the Dutch rider, on the road, a winner in the recent tour of

Qatar. Sarah is in second place with Mr Hoskins and Laurie Berthon

of France. Mixing it up with the world's first. Dani King for Great

Britain has just shown the pace a couple of laps agape but is now

about three-quarters of the way back. The Mexican hitting the green

and white. A lot of riders are happy to do the chasing. They do

not want to do too much attacking at the moment. It is just about

hanging together. The red and white is Wojciech Pszczolarski from

Poland. She is the defending champion. In the white jersey with

the green and gold band. It is almost the whole time in the first

half governed. And the rider from the Czech Republic... And that is a

good airing and they have got some room at the moment. They have got a

bit of daylight and a good working pair. They are chasing but they

have got a good 50 metres. That is race in Colombia. Always strong and

always willing to attack and try the pacemaking. Dani King just

peeling off towards the top of the track. You can see Sarah Hammer as

well and the French woman. The world champion is leading the chase,

making way for Caroline rowan. -- round. They are working well

together, the two leaders. With 19 laps to go. Driving hard behind but

every time there is a long wind, everybody just looks to see who

else there is to help with the chasing. They are about 100m off

the front and back could be enough. The current national and European

points race champion from Germany, 25 years of age, Machacova from the

Czech Republic, a World Championship medal in the last

couple of years. She won a silver medal in the points race. She would

love to win gold for the first time in her career. 17 laps remaining,

at 16 as the leaders come back around. About six laps left in this

race before it switches to think about the sprint finish. These two

have got to hold on but another six laps if they are going to succeed.

How do you feel Dani King has performed so far? She has done the

right thing, contributed to the pacemaking. Stayed near the front

out of trouble but has not done too much. She might be waiting for a

sprint finish. We saw in the men's race that it happened with about

ten laps to go. There are hesitations and someone who does

not want to wait for a sprint, that right behind how the Mexican, 21

years of age. She has been quite prominent at various points in this

race. The Belgian is riding on the front and we are about to have

another attack on the inside. Caroline Ryan from Ireland, now.

Ireland is fourth in the medal table. Germany is second. She has a

little bit of a gap here. I think we have seen this somewhere before.

She has taken a leaf out of the Martin Irvine manual for the

scratch race. Two or three laps early, unfortunately, and that

could make all the difference. If you make an effort now you have not

got time to recover. That is why all or nothing effort now. -- M

left and it is all or nothing now. It is closing up all the time and

the Mexican his third on the track at the moment, with Sarah at the

front of the chasing pack. That is actually quite a long way left to

go and she will be glad of the company that she has got. Two on

the front and that might be a move it she can just stay with her.

is hanging on just about at the moment. Losing touch with her

opponent, who is so strong. She finished third at the Olympic Games

in London. What an effort that was. Lizzie picking up the silver medal

in the rain. The Irish are currently in a medal position with

less than seven left. Caroline Ryan is in a great position with her

Polish competitor and the Mexican. I think that they can do it. There

is just a quarter of a gap between them. It is like playing poker and

I do not think that they have got time. We have just got five

remaining and they have got a clear working group and all of them are

guaranteed a medal if they can stay word, how they are performing.

will be four laps left if they go across the line this time. There is

half a lap in it. Plenty of time. Just a minute of racing remaining.

Absolutely on it at the moment. It is just a case of if she can hang

on to the coat tails of the other two. Not a lot that she can do but

just hang on for that last-minute and push as hard as you can and she

just might come out of this with a medal. Melissa Hoskins is leading

the chase. We are staying with the Mexican. Begat is coming down but

they are just two laps to go and the Irish have got a great chance

of another medal. Caroline Ryan is training everything in pursuit of a

medal. And the Polish Rider looks like she is going to retain her

world title in the race. She has taken the bow. The Mexican in

second place. And it is rhyme from Ireland in third but they are

closing all the time and I am not sure that she is going to hang on.

I do not think she is going to do it and she has not done it. Alan

Tate seagull, Mexican takes the silver and Russia takes the bronze.

What a brave effort from Caroline but in the end she could not quite

stay in it. It was just about one quarter of a lap when she was ever

taken but it was a superb race. we have to remember. All three of

them were in their own little world of paying towards the end. Look how

close it was as she came into the finishing strait. Agonisingly close.

Her effort nearly won her a medal. Danny kink finishing just in front

of Caroline Bryant, sixth, and Ryan in seventh place. The men's race

was brilliant yesterday. The Polish cyclist was the strongest in the

field here. The Russian bear, we did not see her at all in the race

until the finishing line came into view. People have different game

plans. They can be upset by a gutsy attack. We saw that with 12 laps to

go in that race and did just changed everything. The Polish

Rider took advantage. She went after the Irish women and came out

on top. The Polish cyclist looked the strongest rider all the way

through there. A very strong ride from Arreola from Mexico, the

current national omnium champion. But she was always chasing the poll

who billings -- the Polish Rider, who celebrates. In a World

Championships, you need every bit you can get out. It was just not

quite fair. You could see in the team pursuit, she rode the

Ballymoney. The Australian was very active early in the race, a Sarah

Hammer as well. But when it came to it, they were both well down the

field. Just confirmation of the result officially in. The Polish

cyclist retains the world title. Arreola from Mexico wins a silver

medal and the Russian wins bronze. Sixth bought Dani King of Great

We got caught up in the Irish drama there as well. People watching at

home will say, why did they let them get away? What goes on in

those races, the tactics, is it easy to bridge a gap? Is someone

launches an attack and there is a moment of hesitation, and the

people at the front at that point think, I do not think I will, it

can be a decision-making error. The people behind can decide to chase.

You have to take opportunities, take your chances, and his people

to hesitate it can play in your favour. You can get a gap. Very

tough for an individual rider to bridge that gap? At that point

nobody is willing to expend any more energy than they have to. It

is one of those make-or-break moments, either make a break, get

on to the break, and if there is an individual away then chased them

down, or you jeopardise the sprint. Back to the commentary team. The

second heat of the women's thick and fast in the Belorussian

capital, Minsk. Chile, icy, snowing outside. The second ride of the

women's quarterfinals. Becky James from Great Britain is up against

Kaarle McCulloch of Australia. Best of three, and Becky James was a

decisive winner of their first match. Chris. Qualifying first

fastest. She has demonstrated in each round so far that she is the

one to beat. McCulloch, known more for her team sprinting than

sprinting. A psychological blow, the previous round, because it was

clear that Becky James was physically stronger. By her own

high standards, Kaarle McCulloch has not quite be on top of her game

in the sprint competition so far. She is here in the quarterfinal but

she has to win this match because Mbeki James his first over the line,

she will be through to tomorrow's semifinal. McCulloch is going to

have to try to stop Becky James using that physical ability. Becky

James is saying she is in the form of her life coming into these

championships and it has looked at way so far. Becky James going from

the front. Has Kaarle McCulloch got the speed to close that gap and

draw level? No, she has not. That is a really good win there from

Becky James. The fastest qualifier this morning. And so far, she is

saving through this competition. Not sure whether she has gone a

little early there. No come up left the height and left herself a

couple of lense to play with. -- McCulloch. In the end, Kaarle

McCulloch, it was all she could do to get up on to the wheel and as

shoon -- soon as she put her nose into the wind... Becky James does

not have to have that third and final right to decide if she goes

through. Minimalist approach. will come into play as we get to

the real business end of the women's sprint but an excellent day

for Becky James. This is the event she was really focusing on going

into this week. She is just having a great competition. She was saying

after the teams bring a bronze, which she won with Vicky Williamson,

they are sharing a hotel room and she said they did not really get

any sleep, they just sat up all night because they were so excited.

And when she won another bronze medal in the time trial, going into

it, Sheikh said she was that she was going first so she could then

peg back to the hotel and think about the sprint. It did not really

work out that way with her leading for so long. Kristina Vogel in

white won the first match up. So she is just one match away from the

semifinals herself. She is a world and Olympic champion in the team

sprint. She has already shown blistering pace this week,

particularly in the last lap of the team sprint final, which was

stronger of the two in the previous round. Interesting to see what the

Chinese cyclist is going to do about it. She wants to dictate both

the speed and the tactics of this event. The Chinese woman won the

meeting in Mexico a few weeks ago. That was the most recent World Cup

competition. So in some respects she has got the form. But Kristina

Vogel clearly had the speed in that cyclist at arm's length, and now

deciding it is time to go. Great acceleration though from the

Chinese cyclist. What a close finish. I think Kristina Vogel has

got it up by less than half a wheel. I think you are right. She left it

awfully late in the competition, all than to that final bend, and

that was a surprise, actually. A very strong kick around the outside,

and then the acceleration just stopped, she could not make up the

final few centimetres. It had to be an all-or-nothing effort here from

the Chinese cyclist, and indeed it was. A third of all we'll be fought

-- between them. Kristina Vogel is safely through to the semifinals. -

- a third of her bicycle wheel looking good here in the women's

sprint. -- Kristina Vogel. And Stephane Morton comes up on to the

track. She is in the last-chance saloon as well here, having lost

the first match up against the New World 500 metres time trial

champion from Hong Kong. As we mentioned yesterday, Leah is the

prominent athlete in her home country. The flag-bearer for Hong

Kong at London 2012. She is already a gold medallist here. Everything

else is a bonus. It will be a nice feeling going into this World

Sprint competition. Both of these sprinters have had good seasons

over the winter. Over the Australian summer, as it is, of

sprint? Can she get through to the semi-final? It is a tall order, you

might say, against her opponent. A picture of concentration, the pair

of them. It is a real trade-off. the back you have that element of

surprise until the final moment. And your opponents just does not

know what they are going to do but the flipside is you have got the

extra length to make up in the final. Different competitors like

to compete in different ways. Accelerating out. Match sprinting.

It is about pure speed, but also about craft and guile. We could at

about three, four metres difference on the outside and is an evenly

matched pair and that is a lot of extra distance. There is an

advantage of being in the front but the downside is pushing that air

out of the way and that is the trade-off. It is a great

opportunity. With Victoria Pendleton having retired. It has

opened a window of opportunity, you might say on the front. It does not

look like she has got the speed to get past. She will have one final

push. But Wai Sze Lee was much too strong and she goes through to the

semi-finals. Coming down the home straight with a lap to go. A bit of

extra acceleration. Accelerated strongly and took the advantage.

And you will notice that she accelerated heart and that is when

you are level pegging. When you are going around the banking, that is

when you have got the system to make it up and you can see that

extra lunch. Tell us about these tracks. People will feel that with

the 250 metres it is like they are all the same but that is not

strictly the case. There are different tracks with longer

straights and that can make a real difference. You have got a long

straight and it is not as important, coming into the final. But if it is

a short straight you have got to have it done before the final bend

if you are going to have any chance. There are fundamental things,

height, which can give your acceleration and that extra

distance to go round the outside and they are the things you have to

buy off against each other. She has just become the French national

sprint champion for the first time in her career. A It is a big ask

for her to get the better of her Chinese opponent in red. Leading 1-

0 in this best-of-three quarter- final. If she can win this one,

none of the quarter-finals will go to a decider which I think is quite

unusual. Some close ones there but this one says Lee on paper should

be at least close. -- certainly on paper. Very, very strong. It is

hard to know what she can do. has got two silver medals from

London 2012. We mentioned that in the keirin and also in the team

sprint when they thought that they had beaten Germany but there was a

technical infringement and the psychologically and tactically.

This is the only opportunity she has got. Trying hard not to make a

serious error. She has got enough power at the moment to overcome

quite a few small mistakes. We mentioned that the slower they go,

be more distance that is given. Trying to keep her height to give

her the acceleration advantage. the back in the red, the Chinese

hold all the cards in this match up. It is stacked against her opponent.

They will take it this time. And she caused a bit of an upset and

take it to a third? There is the acceleration down the back straight.

She is very confident, waiting for that final banking. Smoothly

accelerating around the outside with no problem. Perfectly-timed

and wait. She was doing well down that back straight and tied it to

perfection, as the line approached and she is comfortably through to

the semi-finals. She will join Becky James, Kristina Vogel and Wai

Sze Lee from Hong Kong. We know Chinese going through, she will

join Becky James Tamara in that semi-final. Kristina Vogel will be

up against Wai Sze Lee and they up against Wai Sze Lee and they

will be a best of three. Official confirmation. Becky James of Great

Britain, the fastest in qualifying today. She has been comfortable so

far and safely sailing through to Vicky was just saying to me that it

was very predictable. I think it was. Looking at who is racing and

the qualifying times, I think probably some of the more

experienced competitors and the bustards, including Betty and it

makes sense that they are through. We have got Jason Kenny up next. He

did not qualify in the way that he did not qualify in the way that he

might have hoped. He went out in the first round. Jason Kenny coming

from four. Going past Matt Crampton. Just want to qualify through to the

second round and in fact the semi- final because we have got two races

coming up in the keirin. It was comfortable for Jason Kenny in the

end. Keeping everybody on their toes. But it was a bit of a shock.

A couple of difficult races in the team sprint. Sometimes it is quite

nice to have that extra race. It can time out a little bit and you

just need to get your head switched-on before the semi-finals.

Talking about that and perhaps Jason Kenny is one of these people

that has not quite switched on that has not quite switched on

yet... There has not been a whole lot of racing since the Olympics.

They have had the Glasgow World Cup and I think is a really difficult

time to get into that race mentality. It creeps up a bit too

quickly this year. In terms of mind set after the disappointment of the

team sprint, he did not even get into the medals. How will he get

back from that? He will look at B- team sprint and compare it to

everybody else out there and he was definitely competitive with the

team sprint. He will not be disheartened in any way and he is

truly the King fought to it. there is a bit of a change of the

Guard and Dave Brailsford talked about that. You are not there

anymore and Sir Chris Hoy is not competing. There is more pressure

on Jason Kenny. And he is just 24. He will take it all in his stride.

I think he will be disappointed with the overall performance and I

think he will be quite ready and he will want to take it on and prove

the form that he is in and that he is a champion. That little jolt

that he had will probably get him back into the groove. He has had

long enough to recover between races and with the semi-final being

later. A little bit of time before we wait for the keirin. Going back

to Becky James, how do you see her chances? I think she will be on the

podium. I am quite sure of it. Her qualification time was very good

today and incredible and I think she will be pleased. There is a lot

of confidence to be taken from qualifying in first position.

Everybody has got to capture and she used in a very strong position

psychologically giving him. I think it is the best chance she has ever

had of being a world champion. can get back to Minsk. I think we

are ready for the second round. Jason Kenny up second. Back to

from the Netherlands. He won the keirin last month. And the final

rider, from Greece, a former junior keirin champion. And the German, a

silver behind Sir Chris Hoy and Matthew from Australia. A world

team sprint champion last year it. We have got the Australian, the

German, a triple national champion, there won be spent in Glasgow. To

German riders. A great competitor, Matthijs Buchli from the

Netherlands and Simon in black from New Zealand. It was a dead heat for

third place in London, I do not know if you remember. Bronze are

awarded to both competitors. He has just moved out of his designated

slot and taken his place, which he was allowed to do. He has conceded

that position. It will be interesting to see if the German

pair actually work as a team. we will see that in a few laps and

if that does happen we will see a gap between them. They will be

forcing everybody to come around the outside. He of the German

riders, he has got 180 on his back and he has got experience with

medals from the Olympic Games in a lasting years. But Stefan Botticher,

175 in this race, he could be the man to watch because he is the up

and coming staff. Just 21 years old. He was a senior champion and 19. I

think we will hear a lot more from him in the next few seasons.

very far now. Accelerating up to a maximum speed of 50 kilometres per

hour. Just one lap left until that comes out. And then it is a free

fall. The New Zealander is on the front. The Australian in green and

gold and moving up into third, the bright orange, quite easy to spot

of Matthijs Buchli from the Netherlands. And he is hitting the

front with 2.5 left. He is getting himself into control and trying to

dictate, coming back around the outside. They are in a good

position and working together. This will make it difficult for the

others. Stefan Botticher is in second place. Matthijs Buchli

caught on the inside. Try to get into a good position here. Tightly

bunched up. Stefan Botticher still in second place. Trying to come

round the outside, is the New Zealander. But the Dutch rider is

hanging in there. The German takes it, Maximilian Levy. And a really

strong ride from the Greeks to take third. And it is closed between

Stefan Botticher and the others. was a really fascinating one. The

Germans desperately trying to work together, but they were split. In

the end it was irrelevant. At I think that he has got third, the

Greek. That was an excellent performance from him. He just could

not get on the wheel. He could not get on to that wheel. He spent too

long in the wind. And he took advantage and came back around the

outside. What happened with the German pairing? Was there perhaps a

bit of inexperience? I think he just could not stay on the wheel.

He was forced off and he could not get inside. He only stayed there

for about three seconds. The only other opportunity that he had was

to get all of his weight on the front and come back on to the wheel.

It looks like he was in a strong position, the Dutch man but he did

not quite have the legs. Second race coming up but it is really the

semi-final with the first three in each of these second round races

contesting the gold. Each one of these is going to be tricky. They

are separate races and they are very dynamic and much is going on.

We are looking at the man in yellow and black from malacia. He has been

to three Olympic Games. -- from Malaysia. Is very well known in his

home country and they have got other cyclists as well. They are a

decent team but his country had decided he is the only one to come

to this event. Another great competitor here as well. Highly-

skilled and they really enjoy what they did. Waving to the camera

there. A very sharp and anybody that makes a mistake, he will be in

that gap. Ready to go. Jason Kenny with the red crash helmet. A double

Olympic champion. Not a champion in this event. This is very much to

territory of Sir Chris Hoy. What have you made of his performance

after that first round? Certainly it was not ideal on the back of

that team sprint as well which was a bit disappointing. But he is

still in good form. And the keirin will present another opportunity.

Another day, another event. We will kilometre champion. He was in the

team spent yesterday and what a week he has had four stop Josiah

from Malaysia. --. Josiah from Malaysia. He knows his way around

the track in the keirin, that is for certain. To buyers is a three-

tier national champion on the track. Andrew Taylor from Australia, the

new keirin Australian champion. He just took us away from Jason Kenny

for moment. Scott Sunderland, a world team sprint medallist last

year on home ground against Australia. Working hard to get away

from the line. And they will settle behind the derny. 8 laps and then

the Denny disappears. They are not allowed to have it before that

point. And they must stay in contact. The rules are diff them as

10 metres. -- defined as 10 metres. They will be anticipating that

moment of transition and will be accelerating towards the middle

when it comes off the track. Everybody is happy to rest in place

at the moment. If you're wondering how to separate the two Australians,

Andrew is the one with the bright blue bicycle and Scott Sunderland,

jet black. Jason Kenny just rolling earlier in the year, in Glasgow. He

will be looking to stay out of of the Olympic individual sprint

and team sprint champion. This is it now, everybody starts to look

backwards and watched the opposition, see if anybody is going

to come around the outside. These Malaysian in yellow at the back,

just in front of him, Purvis, the German. There is an awful lot of

looking around going on. Heat was not going around the outside

because he was waiting for Purvis. But the Frenchman just drove around

the outside and he is totally in command at the moment. He has the

upper hand here. Jason Kenny getting a bit stuck on the outside.

Taylor from Australia coming past him. Scott Sutherland as well.

Purves from France gets it from Taylor of Australia. The other

Australian, Sunderland, in a photo finish with Jason Kenny for third

place. As they came round into the home straight he knew some space

and would develop so he just might have got it there. In fact, it has

actually been given to Sunderland now, so Kenny lost out there.

Kenny did not find himself in the best position. Taylor in second

place and Sunderland just getting the better of Jason Kenny as they

lost the line. Purvis have never ridden better than he has this week.

I am going to take the Frenchman's wheel, but when he went, he could

not lives with the acceleration. had the right idea that the reality

of following him was another idea. So the Frenchman, Taylor and

Sunderland through to the semifinal. Jason Kenny for Great Britain just

Victoria, you were saying he was just in the wrong place with a lap

to go. Things can happen very quickly and it is very easy to get

boxed in. At that stage he was caught underneath two or three

riders. That said, sat in pole position behind the derny initially,

and it looked like he wanted to get himself in a good position, and it

did not quite workout. Like most of the riders, he was just waiting for

the French rider to come over the top and to get a draft and ride him.

But when he did come over the top, Jason perhaps fought for the

position for a little too long rather than backing off. By the

time he had the thought, there were two riders in front of him. Has he

just made a mistake? Is his mind not quite on the money at the

moment and it is those fractions of a second and before you know you

are out of there? I do not know. It is difficult to say that the keirin

is a gamble when you have seen the likes of Sir Chris being so precise.

But it can be over in just the blink of an eye. He comes back to

rise for the individual sprint so one more chance of redemption.

think so. It is his favourite event. He has had a lot more success in

the individual sprint. As has been our routine over the last couple of

days, on BBC Two around 6:00pm we carry on the coverage on the red

button. Week will be looking to the men's decathlon of track cycling.

There have already been two offence. Jon is the youngest rider of Team

GB. He came to the championship as the world's silver medallist from

last year's and Junior Championships. He was placed 11th

after the first discipline, with the first round of the track,

arrogate of New Zealand, the Danish champion and the Australian

O'Shea. The Dutchman won but... So the standings after two fens she

saw the Australia and the Dane tied together and just four points with

We will head out to Minsk to speak to our commentary team. Good

afternoon. Nice to see your faces. Good afternoon. We have taught in

the studio about perhaps this contrast between the women doing

well and the men quite so well. What is your take on this? Becky

James in particular has been a shining light this week. Two bronze

medals already and she looks in fantastic form here. Great to see

her back to her best. She looked so good in Delhi in 2010 when she gave

Anna Meares a race in the final for gold and silver in the individual

sprint. She has had some problems over the last couple of years

through injury and illness but she is back now and she's at the age

where she can really make major strikes and it looks like she's

doing that. She has been a major success. We were talking about

Jason Kenny, who has not been at his absolute best this week and I

know he had some problems after the Olympics. He said it was great for

a month or two going out after London and everyone wants to know

who you are, and then suddenly you are at home facing the prospect of

getting back into training and he struggled with that for a while. He

is not quite at his best at the moment. It was tough for Victoria

to come and world -- and in the world sprint title after Beijing in

2008. Gregory Bauge has decided not to be here, Kenny's great rival,

Kanye is riding on but he did get caught out. Laura Trott's comment

after the women's team does it was interesting. She said, who would

not want to put on the rainbow jersey, but clearly the motivation

issue has been different for different athletes? Every Olympic

cycle it is the same as this. Deposed Olympic Games will

Championships is always a mixed bag. We get riders who are third, fourth

or did not quite make selection and have that burning desire to be

world champion, and they are the most dangerous. People who had that

Olympic success, they have that extra challenge of needing to deal

with all of the things that that success brings and get themselves

in good shape but it is such a subtle difference. The tiny

differences that make the difference that even slightly you

can go through the motions and do the hard training but it that

passionate fire is not quite there, somebody is going to get it.

quick question, what do you think David Brailsford will be making of

this? It is the beginning of an Olympic cycle, or will he be

content with how it is going? has seen this before. I think he

will be quite happy with this. We have been through this several

times, deposed Olympic Games. And sometimes beat the champions need a

bit of a kicking. -- D big champions. And now is the time to

make the changes and to experiment, and I think it is natural, when you

have young athletes coming in, sometimes it will work out for them

and sometimes it will not. There will be some lumps in the road. I

thought it was a world-class right in the kilometre at full force

Place all our men's champion -- in fourth place for our men's cyclist.

There is some news on the men's keirin. You have seen it, Chris?

Yes FA stop -- yes. It looks like the German has been taken out and

Kenny has been reinstated so he will, after all, get another Shap

at the keirin. We will have to have another look and see what happened.

There was obviously a rule infringement by the journal on the

final lap. Kenny is into the final. We will have a look now at what

happened in that keirin to see what happened and why the French athlete

was disqualified. I will not be able to tell. I think we have

probably missed the point there. It looks like he came down may be too

soon and forced adjacent below the black line. What are the rules

about where you can and can't go? Here we are. I think that for

judges too late. It must have been the move prior to that when he came

over the top. You have to be clear of the riders you are moving in

front of. Is your wheels are slightly overlapping or you force

them to move down the track that is it. It are they get out of jail

free car for Jason Kenny. Yes! bit of a Get Out Of jail Free card

for Jason Kenny. It is unlikely he would have launched a complaint.

L Douglas is trackside. Hadleigh you can tell us more. -- Jill

Douglas. Hopefully. Yes, as soon as the race finished, the judges were

looking out their iPads. They were looking very closely. Two laps out

they felt that the Frenchman came down into Jason at full speed and

into the with him. They thought that later in the race one of the

Australians do the same but as a result, we saw the head judge

walked down to the French tent and we saw the reaction from there, and

then the thumbs-up was given to Jason and he realised he would get

a chance to raise in the final. Great news for Jason, he is

delighted, but heart for the French rider. Thank you.

Good news and therefore Jason Kenny. We will see him in the final later

on the red button. In a week's time, there will be some viewing from

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Gothenburg, that starts next Friday, through the weekend. Lots of

chances there for the British team. Another look at that keirin and

let's see if we can see exactly what happened for the Frenchman. He

came down on top of Jason here and just cut him off. Your impressions

watching that again? I think it is the wrong camera angles for us

really to see what happened there. The judges had a better view of

what was happening. It is a shame because if he had just spent a

moment longer he would have been clear that he made the decision and

just cut in on a rider which is not allowed. It somebody cuts across

you you lose your momentum and it is hard to bring it back again?

and I think part of his tactic was waiting for the Frenchman to come

across but the Frenchman obviously felt he was going to expend too

much energy during that because Kenny had its act -- had stepped on

the gas a little bit. interesting thing that Jill Douglas

mentioned there was that the British team cannot appeal. It is

down to the judges. That seems like a slightly strange way of doing the

rules. You do not have to talk to me about that! They have the final

decision and the decision is final. All the teams keep a close eye and

what is happening just in case there is a chance to appeal, and

they will be studying it quite close there. This is the French

athlete being shown his disqualification. I think that is

his team? That is his coach. they have a right of appeal now all

is the decision final? It is usually final. That is interesting

because within athletics, and when you are sitting there commentating

on something which happens within a race, I think you have to pay $100

or something to the judges, and you can say, we want to lodge an appeal

against a particular athlete. I wonder why they do not have that in

cycling, because clearly you are perhaps going to watch your athlete

more closely. They used to have a system like that way you have to

pay something and they did a wave with it a few years ago, probably

because they were inundated with appeals. Probably the improvement

in technology and people being able to have their own performance

analysts videoing everything from every angle. Perhaps it was too

much information coming back. have mentioned if you have fallen

foul of what you feel is an illegal move and its it has not been seen,

you have no recourse to what she feels justice. Now. And sometimes

they will fall in your favour, their decisions, and other times

they will not. So as long as they are trying to be as fair as

possible you just have to live with it. You are allowed to bring it to

the judges' attention and the few have video evidence, you can ask

for them to watch over a portion of the race again, so there is an

informal process, I suppose. J son Kenny will be in the final a little

better on the red button and tomorrow we have the semifinals and

finals of the women's sprint. Becky performance today? I am really

happy and I did not expect to happy and I did not expect to

qualify. Getting a 10, 9 was a dream come true and I am looking

forward to it. Really positive sprinting as well. You have got the

speed, but great tactical sprinting as well. I have shared my form and

it has given me a bit of confidence going into the race. It has really

helped and Mike coach has been talking about tactics beforehand

which has been great. Sprinting is about experience. It's so you come

here as one of the less experienced competitors. -- you come here.

Getting through to the top eight is massive for me and I am very

pleased. I will not be scared but I am looking forward to tomorrow.

you think you will get up on that podium? I am just going to take it

as it comes. At best of luck. has got two medals already. Are you

surprised by her? Absolutely not. She has had some trouble with

injury and illness as Chris mentioned. But before that you

could see she has got a lot of talent and she is progressing

rapidly. The only thing probably holding her back was team numbers.

It was not that she was not good enough. It is great she has had an

opportunity and she deserves to be there. We are going back to Minsk

not missed very much. We have got a small matter of 157 laps left. The

rider from Uzbekistan is at the front at the moment. Bladder neck,

the points raised champion from a few years ago. -- the points race

champion. Wojciech Pszczolarski has been doing well on the track. He is

trying to gain an early lap. In second place and he nearly had his

front wheel taken away from the rider from Belarus. In it is not a

bad move. He is trying to ease into the race. There is an opportunity

for people to get out and make it difficult. We have still got four

laps before the first sprint. That will be a 20. Game. -- 20 point

game. Points are on offer every 10 laps throughout. And after 20, you

can take and Louise points. -- lose dangerous. The rider from Belarus

is in that front group with the French rider, Thomas be damned. And

the Kazakhstan rider. Doing a little turn on the front and moving

back towards the back of the field. Letting us know that we are on the

sprint lap, the first of the race. Taking the first five points after

10 laps. Getting very animated with that rider from Belarus. I think he

was its for second place. And the Frenchman has got one. Points on

the board. They have really woken up. Gaps are still there but they

are slowly closing. They are being very careful with energy

expenditure and we can see that it is going to deep and two hearts now.

As soon as there is a counter attack they will be on the back

foot. Wojciech Pszczolarski being caught there. Still looking lively

and in a good position. Quite well placed, the winner of the bronze

medal in the individual pursuit. Counter-attack has started

immediately. The first person to put his nose out in front.

Spanish rider, 30 years of age, won de points race a few years ago. And

striking out at the moment to try and gain ground. Australia working

hard to chase and try and get level with the Spanish. Alex Edmundson,

the gold medallist in the team pursuit. A very accomplished rider.

Kenny De Ketele in pale blue from Belgium is up at the top of the

track at the moment. He is just going past. Kenny De Ketele took

bronze last year but he is currently the world madison

champion. A prominent champion. normally... It does not normally

happen in the first 40 laps. But they are coming thick and fast. I

have a feeling it will be decided by some of these gains. We are 2.5

away from the next sprint. The second of this race. The Spanish

are leading the way at the moment and the chase his arm. The Italian

bronze medallist last year is in the lime green crash helmet. Alex

Edmundson is also there and the Italian rider has joined them. That

is the leading four and they will contest the points at the next lap.

A powerful four at the moment. Will a contest or get a working group

going? -- will they be contesting all get a working group going?

the Indian is being overtaken by everybody at the moment. Alex

Edmondson is taking it well. Straight back into formation here

and they are trying to work around and paying a bit of a price with

fractures appearing in the small group. That is easy for you to say

bute just tucking in -- for you to say... Just coming through at the

moment. The Italian champion there has done his little turned. Working

quite well together. We have not talked about Simon Yates. 20 years

of age and another young rider from the British squad. Another valuable

experience for him. Certainly at the Member for him. It -- at the

moment for hemp. He -- at the moment for him. We will see if this

group of four comes back. It is a very good working group, fully

committed. They have not got much of a gap but they are keeping it

very consistent. It will not be easy for people to capitalise. They

will have a little bit more leverage and distance. He is riding

on the road had not on the track. This is not officially be Junior

Tour De France but that is pretty much how it is perceived. It is

popular for young talent coming through. And he made the British

tour last year as well. A former world junior champion in the

madison. He has done well at junior level but here he is on the biggest

stage of all, the world championships at senior and elite

level. I do not think we will have this 40 much longer. They are

slowly grabbing a few more leases. Constant pressure behind is

starting to cause fractures. Swiss has got great form, leading

the chase. And a world points bronze winner. Closing in on the

leaders. This is the third sprint lap of the competition. Going again

but he will not have it all his own way this time. Kenny De Ketele from

Belgium will take the five would quarrel. The Italian his second and

Alex Edmondson I think his third. - - the five points. The overall

situation, Alex Edmundson and Kenny De Ketele are both on seven at the

top of the leaderboard. Wojciech Pszczolarski has still got five in

third place. He took five at the first sprint. This is dangerous as

they are swinging across. They are doing well, rolling off the front

and leading out. He certainly likes a hard race. Swinging in that group

of four and rolling off the front yet again. Confirmation of the

official standings... On his own at the front of the race. From the

Czech Republic. At the front of the peloton. I think they are having a

little rest. It is a bit slower but now it is just cranking up once

again. And it is the Russian world junior bronze medallist in this

event from three years ago... just trying to get going. Desperate

to get into that breakaway and now he has got an opportunity. He is

driving away and he has got himself in a better position. Eight-night

potential group of four here. He will do well to try and get into it.

He has worked very hard for this long in the race. He looks like he

has got very good legs. We are looking at the Russian at the

moment, second in London at the World Cup in the points. That was

at the Olympic Velodrome. Macro 4 laps until the next sprint. In the

navy blue, the Frenchman. Coming in dribs and drabs. I think it is too

big to succeed. The rider at the front in the pale blue and yellow

from Kazakhstan, another young rider in this race aged 22 and he

does not have many major international results of late but

he is an amazing this final. He is getting -- The is lighting up his

final. He has got back on terms. A dangerous stage in the race again

as they come back together. A lot of rolling on the bottom. After

they are swinging back after this next sprint, we might see an attack.

The television director has not given us many sightings of Simon

Yates but he is back on the far side of that main track. Coming

back strongly for Germany. He was looking very good there. What a

great name. We have got a rider from Austria hitting the front at

the moment. And Kenny De Ketele is working hard for the rest of the

points. The Italian has got two and Kenny De Ketele, one. Confirmation

of that. 118 laps remaining at it has been very tough. It will

certainly Fracture soon. They surely cannot keep this up.

laps left. And Andreas from Austria is leaving it at the moment. It

will be someone like Andreas Graf because he is a long-distance rider

and this will go on and on. He is trying to gain a lap at the moment.

He has not quite got the length of a little rest and let a little

break away ago, as we have seen go in front of this year, and hope it

comes back, because he cannot chase everything. If you have just tuned

in, this is the points race Final in the men's championship. It is

Andreas Graf, the 27 you are from Austria. The chase is not too hard

at the moment. They have just ease off a little. Our fantastic rider,

to stay out front all alone. He has just very quietly been cracking on

with it. Yes, and the main pack just sit up their little bit. There

was not any pressure on the front there. The riders from Poland who

made an early breakaway, is now in second place on the track but the

way it is going, is as if Andreas Graf has a more than even chance of

gaining a lap here. He will certainly get some points, with

just one lap to go until the next sprint. But you could be right. It

is an awful long way to go on your own. We saw yesterday at ten metres

can be a long distance to close when you have been at their long

time. If they take another breather... It is an enormous

effort he's making, Andreas Graf, but he does take the phrase points

there. The three points were taken by the Danish rider, the Italian

gets the two and the Frenchman gets one. If Yates is having an attack

now, for Great Britain... I think it is the host rideout from Belarus

who has gone with him, but great to see Simon Yates from Great Britain

showing his face at the front here fact that there are over 100 laps

to go in this race shows you that The movie star writer. Back on the

front. He has been very active. It is a balancing act because no

matter how good you are, you only have so much petrol in the tank.

Absolutely will stop that is the case. You have to measure your

effort. There is no point in being involved in everything that does

not succeed. The German momentarily on the front. The Czech rider, what

an experienced person he is. Now he tries to open up a little gap. The

Czech, the world points race gold medallist from 2010. They are

taking a little braver. Everyone is starting to feel the pressure.

are all having a little look at each other as they decide who is

going to take the chase. Jack is not going to hand around to see who

chasing our Edmondson from Australia and the Swiss cyclist.

They are second on the track at the moment. Simon Yates they're trying

to make a move. He is on the right. Gaining ground on the Australian

and the Swiss rider. He is suddenly Bering like a train. He went

straight past them. That was a great little move. If they can keep

the pressure on that is a very solid group of four. Not much of an

advantage, just 20 metres at the moment. No, Edmonds and has decided

it is not the time yet. Simon Yates there on the board with three

points Macros. Great to see him playing a role in this World

Championship in the men's points event. Confirmation as he crossed

the line there for the three points. Alex Edmondson of Australia leading

cross to the group of three but I do not think any of it is going to

succeed much longer. There is Yates again, in their place at the moment.

Just going through. Quite a clever game, actually. He is certainly

Boiling to do his share when it looks at there is an opportunity --

are willing to do the share. Says our he has not had to do too much

to put himself in the position he's in. Intelligent riding. -- so far.

If there is a counter attack you want to have some energy to go with

it. Four laps to go to the next sprint. Simon Yates from Great

Britain, 20, is in this leading group of five. That is the Swiss

cyclist leading. Yates is now on the front. The Spanish cyclist is

right on his wheel. The Czech cyclist than and the Russian rider

in their place at the moment. are just slowly grabbing each lap

come around. This group par-5 is working now. Behind there has been

some big chases. -- this group of five. Simon Yates leading the way

here in the men's points race Final on the track. Three points on the

board for him. Not in the medal positions but very much in the race.

The Russian is coming around the outside. Three points and therefore

Simon Yates again. He is now joint fourth on six points. Suddenly he's

in this race and riding well. one of four riders on six points.

Suddenly they have got well over half a lap and they have the chance

of gaining her lap and back would you these five riders 20 points.

This is the time to try to make the names who have missed out on this

move. I did not think it was going to work. They were not far enough

away and there was plenty of activity behind but they have

enough road to work with. It will be difficult for them to get back

on terms that. But some of the others spotted the danger. Ciccone,

Edmonds and was trying to get a way. They are riding hard behind at

the moment but I have enough elastic, enough room to just absorb

these surges of speed behind until it breaks into a small working

group behind. Sure enough, the grip behind, they are saying, we are not

going to you all this work for you. This is not great for Edmondson

from Australia who leaves at the -- Leeds at the moment. Getting closer

and closer Camara leading group of five said. They are going to

concede the lap. It does look that way, and it looks like they are

resigned to that fate. There is no real place. Here come the leading

group who are actually drawing on the back of them surely. Simon

Yates did a fantastic job. He got himself into the move Kohlert

contributed, went for the sprint as well. So a fantastic debut

performance from him. It is quite a war of attrition, the points race.

Just looking at it now, with the lap having been gained, we have a

new leaders. Simon Yates from Great Britain is the joint leader of the

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not alone to regain -- to go on number eight. -- takes the five.

This race really has not eased off at all, from the gun. Those two

points and for the Czech cyclist means he is the sole leader of the

points race at the moment. He leads them away. Two points clear air of

the Spanish cyclist. Just three points separating the top four so

it really is going to go down to the wire. Our friend from Austria

once again, Andreas Graf, has just got his breath back after the last

few laps, having been very active early on. And Andreas Graf is

trying once again, and the Swiss cyclist is leading the chase. There

that lap, he is a real danger rider here. The others need to get on top

of this quickly. They have given him a lot of rope. He was acting --

Barry active through the start of the race. -- a very active.

three of them are trying to regain the lap. 74 laps to go.

Frenchman is going to get across. Not a danger man that he will

contribute to the pacemaking so he will be a welcome companion as they

little chasing group. -- Yates ears. And here we are on the sprint lap

now. The Frenchman is leading the way. In towards the finish they

come. I do not think the Australian really at the legs to get his wheel

in front. Yet again, the cyclist from Kazakhstan was riding on his

wheel. I think this is the moment when this race is going to be won.

A lot of tired legs in there at the moment. The race is just about

still hanging together and now the opportunity is ripe for somebody to

try to take an opportunity. Simon Yates is looking pretty strong. He

is in the middle of the pack. He at the moment he's in the silver-medal

position, alongside the Spanish cyclist. The Spaniard attacks again.

He knows there is not much in it and he really is in the shake-up

and they are slugging away. It is about who suffers the most. They

are smarting from not being part of the group that made that 20.

Chloral but we have got time left. Andreas Graf looks very strong but

I am not sure if he has got that it burst of pace to gain the lap. He

looks a bit more diesel. Another diesel rider Bath two of them are

together and if they stay at the top for a few more seconds, I do

not think they will see them again. They are grafting and they have

been hard at it through this race. They are probably the best at

slogging. Wojciech Pszczolarski is leading that. You can tell speed

has increased because they are strung out at the bottom of the

track and they are really going for it, sitting at the front of their

saddles. These are the leaders. Andreas Graf is the leader but this

being a points race it does not mean that he is among the leaders

overall. Milan Kadlec is leading overall. Simon Yates is joint

second. They are in a fantastic position. This is where he wanted

to be, out in front with this company. They will almost certainly

take this next sprint. They have got a good lead but whether they

can get the lap is another thing. Leading the chase in third place.

And riding their, the rider from Belarus trying to get on the coat-

tails of the leaders. Riders are being laps left, right and centre.

A blistering attack to bridge the gap a bit earlier but he could not

quite do it this time. And he is paying 40 effort. He will drop back.

We have got two leading three and that I think will constitute

another game. -- gain. He took a three bear. Milan Kadlec is on 28.

It is all or nothing for the Spanish rider here. If it does not

work out here, I do not think he will have anything left. He is not

the best sprinter but he is courageous and working hard. He has

pushed harder I think than anybody else so far. And behind it is

breaking up. We have to give Andreas Graf all the credits in the

end because he is not giving up. -- all the credit in the world. Simon

Yates is down in 4th place in the standings. And the Russian is up

into the bronze position. They need to form an alliance because the two

in France have got rhythm. They are pushing with maximum pace. -- in

front. They will probably eventually bridge that gap with

weight of numbers. Coming round yet again. Second on the track, the

Spanish rider is the leader and in the Gold medal position. He keeps

trying to bridge the gap. It is not the right thing to do because it

stops the others are working with you. He cannot deliver on his own.

He has to wait and people will not want to work with him any more.

Russian rider... He is just 21. It is perhaps not surprising he is in

the thick of the action after winning in Beijing at the World Cup

meeting last year. He has got previous. Closing the gap at last.

It took a long time but will they work together, all will be a fight

among themselves? The answer to that question will probably be what

decides this race. Swinging off the track. A wasted opportunity. He can

see that opportunity was slipping away if. And Andreas Graf joins him

at the front. Andreas Graf takes the points. The Spanish rider takes

three and the East West takes one. -- v Switzerland rider takes one.

It is very tough. They have been joined by the French manner. He has

-- the Frenchman. They had an opportunity to work together but it

has been thrown away now. As they are heading inside the last 50...

Thomas from France is on the front. Stefan with the all right -- white

cross on his back... Simon Yates taking the lead for Great Britain.

And straight on his tail, the competitor from Kazakhstan. At he

has got a real opportunity now. All of the main riders, the favourites

have been working very hard to try and get away and pull it back. They

are on the back for it. Simon Yates has got an opportunity all-star --.

Three together, pulling away. Can he make something of it? It is

fascinating. Simon Yates is in 5th overall. Just one outside the

medals. We will have to leave BBC Two but switch to the red button,

where you can watch the entire race. You can see how this closed out and

how Simon Yates stars in the end but at the moment he is very much

in the reckoning. The German is in the front. A gap in second place.

Any battle in the blue for Belgium. Any air -- Kenny De Ketele in the

blue for Belgium. They missed that move a few moments ago and are

smarting from that and determined to get themselves back. Some

attacking starting. Lolling around the top. Everybody is taking a

little rest. That sprint is coming. It will naturally get quicker in

the next lap. Kenny De Ketele in front. Alex Edmundson is about

faith. -- Fifth. And the German has collected points. When it has come

down to wait straight sprint he has clearly been at the fastest. -- a

point cost up he is joint third. -- false stop he is joint third. --.

He is joint third. When there has been a serious move... He knows

when to expend energy and went to take a risk. Just seeing how it

unfolds. The Spanish rider, it is still very close. Milan Kadlec is

still in silver. Simon Yates is also on 27 but it was not on the

caption. Four separating the top five. It is very close. While

inside the final 40. Making the move for Denmark. That is a good

and solid attack. We have not had any reaction at the moment around

the top. And Andreas Graf has gone after him. He has got that engine

going. He took silver at European level last November. He likes all

manner of disciplines on the track. It is an old school raised. And he

has decided it is not going to work. Just coming off the top of the

banking, Simon Yates. The British rider. He is trying to get more

involved and he has seen an opportunity for a medal. But he

cannot do everything. He is trying to stay out of sight and out of

mind and close to the back of the group. It has been going for almost

40 minutes flat out. We are going to have to leave in the next few

minutes. But you can watch the rest of it live on bread buttered. --

red button. And it is getting very interesting. Quite a bit of a gap.

Rolling around the bottom at the moment and more and more daylight.

He is going to take the next sprint. And somehow he had to get off the

track. I do not think that was his fault. He has raised his arms and

acknowledged. Heading towards five points. Just eight on the board and

it will not affect the top of the leaderboard. He had a second wind.

Taking second place and that could be very important for him.

mistake in the five points. The Spanish rider has taken three and

Kenny De Ketele from Belgium has claimed one. Simon Yates just

outside on that particular occasion. Confirmation of the latest sprint...

And in terms of the medal standings... Alex Edwards and his

get involved -- Alex Edmundson is getting involved again and I do not

think he will be allowed to get away with it. According to our

information, Simon Yates is still on 27 and in joint third and in

bronze position. 26.5 laps left. Angelo from Italy, the current

Italian omnium champion. The German competitor chasing hard. That is a

hard working quality three. They have got one quarter of a lap

already. Andreas Graf is sixth on 18 points. He is at the back of the

bunch and looking across the track. He has had difficulty and he will

try and chase it down but he has got a long way to close out. Four

laps left before the next sprint. Andreas Graf out in front. He has

got through a lot of work. He does not lack for work ethic. This is a

dangerous move. We apologise but we will have to leave early but you

can watch the conclusion on the red button. Jason Kenny is going well.