The fifth round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Copenhagen, Denmark on 13 February 2009. 16 athletes participated in the contest.

Competition format 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 two riders in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth riders advanced to the bronze medal race.

Schedule Friday 13 February 12:35-13:25 Qualifying 18:40-18:55 Finals 19:55:-20:00 Victory Ceremony

Schedule from Tissottiming.com

Results

Qualifying Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Notes1 Ellen van Dijk 3:38.14549.508Q2 Tara Whitten 3:38.74649.372Q3 Verena Joos 3:40.71948.930q4 Joanna Rowsell Team 100% ME 3:41.04248.859q5 Dalila Rodríguez Hernandez 3:42.79148.4756 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro EUS 3:44.75848.0517 Kimberly Geist 3:45.48547.8968 Jolien D'Hoore 3:48.46647.2719 Tatsiana Sharakova 3:49.70347.01710 Fiona Dutriaux 3:50.62746.82811 Elissavet Chantzi 3:50.75546.80212 Edyta Jasińska 3:50.93146.76713 Laura Doria 3:51.19946.71314 Martina Růžičková 3:51.51146.65015 Gema Pascual Torrecilla 3:54.27646.09916 Nontasin Chanpeng 4:00.16844.968

Results from Tissottiming.com.

Finals

Final bronze medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Joanna Rowsell Team 100% ME 3:40.656 48.944 4 Verena Joos 3:43.632 48.293 Results from Tissottiming.com.

Final gold medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Ellen van Dijk 3:38.870 49.344 Tara Whitten 3:41.646 48.726 Results from Tissottiming.com.

World Cup Standings Final standings after 5 of 5 2008–2009 World Cup races. Rank Cyclist Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Totalpoints1 Joanna Rowsell Team 100% ME8128282 Tara Whitten 10810283 Vilija Sereikaitė 1210224 Ellen van Dijk 712195 Josephine Tomic 106166 Charlotte Becker 763167 Svitlana Halyuk 348158 Dalilia Rodriguez 76139 Elena Chalykh 671310 Tatsiana Sharakova 6521311 Alison Shanks 121212 Wendy Houvenaghel 121213 María Luisa Calle Williams 101014 Kimberly Geist 54915 Lada Kozlíková 8816 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro 35817 Jolien D'Hoore 413818 Verena Joos 7719 Tess Downing BTA 5520 Pascale Jeuland 5521 Cui Wang 4422 Gema Pascual Torrecilla 4423 Camila Pinheiro Rodrigues 3324 Edyta Jasińska 21325 Amy Pieters 2226 Lauren Ellis 2227 Fiona Dutriaux 1128 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi EUS 11 Results from Tissottiming.com.

See also 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 – Women's points race 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 5 – Women's team pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Women's individual pursuit

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