The 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, presented by Samsung for sponsorship reasons) was a multi-race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 4 November 2011 to 19 February 2012. The World Cup is organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. In this edition the World Cup consisted of four rounds in Astana, Cali, Beijing and London.

The series played a key role in who qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics and had its final round staged in the Veldorome where the 2012 Olympics were later held in London, as well as having a round in the 2008 Summer Olympics Velodrome in Beijing.

Series The 2011–12 Track Cycling World Cup took place over four rounds, in Astana, Cali, Beijing and London.

Astana Astana in Kazakhstan was the host city for the first round of the 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, which took place between 4 and 6 November 2011. It is the second largest city in the country and held the 2011 Asian Winter Games. The competition took place at the Saryarka Velodrome.

Cali

Beijing

London

The fourth round took place in London between 17 and 19 February 2012, and formed part of the 'London Prepares' series of test events for the 2012 Olympics. It was the first event to take place in the Olympic velodrome.

All three medal winning teams in the women's team pursuit went under the previous world record time of 3:19.569, held by the USA. Great Britain's Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott set a new world record of 3:18.148.

The Australian pairing of Anna Meares and Kaarle McCulloch broke the women's team sprint world record in the qualifying round, setting a new time of 32.828. The previous time of 32.923 was also set by Australia two years previously. But, they failed to repeat the performance in the final, losing to Great Britain's Jess Varnish and Victoria Pendleton who raised the bar to set a new world record of 32.754.

Overall team standings Overall team standings are calculated based on total number of points gained by the team's riders in each event. The top ten teams after round 4 are listed below: Rank Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total points 1 107 93 18 73 291 2 64 71 55 57 247 3 78 30 47 86 241 4 44 30 13 116 203 5 22 19 73 44 158 6 63 33 22 39 157 7 48 51 46 145 8 14 41 46 30 131 9 42 34 32 19 127 10 40 35 34 16 125

Results

Men Event Winner Second Third , Astana — 4–6 November 2011 (PDF) Keirin () (Team MTT) Individual pursuit 4:22.048 4:25.738 4:24.184 Team pursuit Team RVLEvgeny KovalevIvan KovalevAlexey MarkovAlexander Serov3:56.127 Edward BissakerAlexander EdmondsonMitchell MulhernGlenn O'Shea4:01.417 Levi HeimansJenning HuizengaWim StroetingaArno van der Zwet4:04.035 Sprint () (Team MTT) () Scratch race -1 lap -1 lap Madison Alexander EdmonsonGlenn O'Shea22 pts Silvan DillierLoïc Perizzolo14 pts Team LokosphinxArtur ErshowKirill Sveshnikov12 pts Team sprint Team ERDJoachim EilersRobert FörstemannMaximilian Levy43.474 Matthew GlaetzerShane PerkinsScott Sunderland43.661 Mickaël BourgainMichaël D'AlmeidaKevin Sireau43.757Omnium 24 pts 34 pts 36 pts , Cali — 1–3 December 2011 Sprint details (PDF) (Team ERD) (Team ERD) Kilo details (PDF) 1:00.075 1:01.160 1:02.009 Keirin details (PDF) Team pursuit details (PDF) Sam BewleyAaron GateMarc RyanJesse Sergentcaught opponents Luke DurbridgeRohan DennisMichael HepburnMitchell Mulherncaught Niki ByrgensenCasper FolsachRasmus QuaadeChristian Ranneries4:07.387 Team sprint details (PDF) René EndersMaximilian LevyStefan Nimke43.311 (Team ERD)Robert FörstemannStefan BötticherJoachim Eilers44.230 César MarcanoHersony CanelónÁngel Pulgar43.991 Points race details (PDF) (Team Cespa-Euskadi)46 pts 37 pts 32 pts Ominium details (PDF) 28 pts 33 pts 34 pts Madison details (PDF) Juan Esteban ArangoWeimar Roldán6 pts Morgan KneiskyVivien Brisse20 pts, -1 lap Cyrille ThièryLoïc Perizzolo12 pts, -1 lap , Beijing — 20–22 January 2012 Sprint details (PDF) (Team MTT) Individual pursuit details (PDF) 4:25.964 4:26.267 4:28.519 Team pursuit details (PDF) (Team RVL)Evgeny KovalevIvan KovalevAlexey MarkovAlexander Serov3:57.699 Edward BissakerAlexander EdmondsonMichael FreibergMitchell Mulhern4:01.802 Wes GoughCameron KarwowskiPeter LathamMyron Simpson4:03.758 Team sprint details (PDF) (Team MTT)Sergei KucherovDenis DmitrievSergey Borisov44.196 Cheng ChangsongZheng LeiZheng Miao44.430 Matthew ArchibaldEdward DawkinsSimon van Velthooven44.827 Keirin details (PDF) (Team MTT) Scratch race details (PDF) (Team LOK) -1 lap -1 lap Madison details (PDF) Martin BláhaVojtech Hacecky1 pt Kenny De KeteleTim Mertens5 pts, -1 lap David Muntaner JuanedaAlbert Torres Barcelo24 pts, -2 laps Omnium details (PDF) 20 pts 23 pts 32 pts , London — 17–19 February 2012 Sprint details (PDF) Kilo details (PDF) 1:01.211 1:02.036 1:02.048 Team pursuit details (PDF) Jack BobridgeRohan DennisAlexander EdmondsonMichael Hepburn3:54.615 Steven BurkeEd ClancyPeter KennaughGeraint Thomas3:56.330 Sam BewleyAaron GateWestley GoughMarc Ryan3:59.242 Team sprint details (PDF) René EndersRobert FörstemannMaximilian Levy43.562 Grégory BaugéMichaël D'AlmeidaKevin Sireau43.631 Ross EdgarJason KennyChris Hoy43.781 Keirin details (PDF) Points Race details (PDF) 58 pts 42 pts 36 pts Omnium details (PDF) 21 pts 32 pts 33 pts

Women Event Winner Second Third , Astana — 4–6 November 2011 500m 33.472 33.950 34.172 Keirin Team pursuit Ellen van DijkKirsten WildAmy Pieters3:21.550 (NR) Fan JiangJiang WenwenJing Liang3:22.079 Lisa BrennauerCharlotte BeckerMadeleine Sandig3:21.701 Sprint Points race 31 pts 30 pts 29 pts Team sprint Anna MearesKaarle McCulloch32.938 Olena TsyosLyubov Shulika33.313 Miriam WelteKristina Vogel33.388Omnium (Team RVL)26 pts 33 pts 43 pts , Cali — 1–3 December 2011 Keirin Individual pursuit 3:28.994 3:33.698 3:35.983 Team pursuit Laura TrottWendy HouvenaghelSarah Storey3:21.830 Lauren EllisJaime NielsenAlison Shanks3:25.618 Sarah HammerJennie ReedLauren Tamayo3:22.090 Sprint Omnium 14 pts 28 pts 29 pts Scratch race Team sprint 33.143 33.869 33.207 , Beijing — 20–22 January 2012 Sprint details (PDF) (Team GPC) 500m details (PDF) 34.657 34.898 (Team MSP)35.012 Team pursuit details (PDF) Yelyzaveta BochkaryovaSvitlana HalyukLyubov Shulikacaught opponents Alena DylkoAksana PapkoTatsiana Sharakovacaught Fan JiangWenwen JiangJing Liang3:22.588 Team sprint details (PDF) Gong JinjieGuo Shuang33.055 Simona KrupeckaitėGintarė Gaivenytė33.747 (Team MSP)Xu YuleiShi Jingjing33.831 Keirin details (PDF) Points race details (PDF) 15 pts 12 pts (Team RVL)10 pts Ominium details (PDF) (Team RVL)27 pts (Team GPC)34 pts 36 pts , London — 17–19 February 2012 Sprint details (PDF) Individual pursuit 3:32.364 3:33.406 3:36.707 Team pursuit Dani KingJoanna RowsellLaura Trott3:18.148 Gillian CarletonJasmin GlaesserTara Whitten3:18.982 Amy CureAnnette EdmondsonJosephine Tomic3:19.164 Team sprint details (PDF) Jess VarnishVictoria Pendleton32.754 Anna MearesKaarle McCulloch32.945 Gong JinjieGuo Shuang33.060 Keirin details (PDF) Scratch race details (PDF) Omnium details (PDF) 30 pts 30 pts 32 pts

References

External links

Astana World Cup website Schedule of the Astana World Cup Schedule of the Cali World Cup