The Women's sprint competition at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held over two days at Vélodrome de Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France. 21 riders from 15 nations competed. The early rounds were raced on 14 April, with the semifinals and finals held on 15 April.

Defending champion Victoria Pendleton came second to Natallia Tsylinskaya. Pendleton had won the sprint competition at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne a few weeks earlier, and suggested that the short time between events had impacted her performance. She also praised Tsylinskaya, saying "Natallia is phenomenal. When she’s on form there’s no-one that really comes that close."

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying took place on Friday 14 April 2006, starting at 10:00. The qualifying round was a flying 200m time trial. All riders who completed qualifying would progress in the competition, with the top four skipping the 1/16 finals and proceeding directly to the 1/8 final. Zhang Lei received a warning for arriving late to the start.

+ Qualifying results Rank Name Nation Time Behind Notes 1 Natallia Tsylinskaya 11.052 Q 2 Guo Shuang 11.268 +0.216 Q 3 Simona Krupeckaitė 11.365 +0.313 Q 4 Clara Sanchez 11.414 +0.362 Q 5 Lisandra Guerra 11.428 +0.376 Q 6 Victoria Pendleton 11.432 +0.380 Q 7 Elisa Frisoni 11.444 +0.392 Q 8 Yvonne Hijgenaar 11.507 +0.455 Q 9 Tamilla Abassova 11.558 +0.506 Q 10 Dana Glöss 11.589 +0.537 Q 11 Magdalena Sara 11.622 +0.570 Q 12 Anna Meares 11.625 +0.573 Q 13 Gong Jinjie 11.657 +0.605 Q 14 Christin Muche 11.703 +0.651 Q 15 Diana García 11.729 +0.677 Q 16 Jennie Reed 11.755 +0.703 Q 17 Zhang Lei 11.777 +0.725 Q 18 Kerrie Meares 11.805 +0.753 Q 19 Céline Nivert 11.869 +0.817 Q 20 Miriam Welte 12.074 +1.022 Q Nancy Contreras DNS

1/16 Finals

The 1/16 finals took place on Friday 14 April 2006, starting at 11:30. Each heat consisted of a single three-lap race between two riders, with the winning rider proceeding to the next round.

+ 1/16 Final Results Heat Rank Name Nation Notes 1 1 Lisandra Guerra Q 1 2 Miriam Welte 2 1 Victoria Pendleton Q 2 2 Céline Nivert 3 1 Elisa Frisoni Q 3 2 Kerrie Meares 4 1 Zhang Lei Q 4 2 Yvonne Hijgenaar 5 1 Jennie Reed Q 5 2 Tamilla Abassova 6 1 Dana Glöss Q 6 2 Diana García 7 1 Christin Muche Q 7 2 Magdalena Sara 8 1 Anna Meares Q 8 2 Gong Jinjie

1/8 Finals

The 1/8 finals took place on Friday 14 April 2006, starting at 12:20. Each heat consisted of a single three-lap race between two riders, with the winning rider advancing to the quarterfinals. Riders who lost in this round got a second chance to qualify for the quarterfinals in a repechage round.

+ 1/8 Final Results Heat Rank Name Nation Notes 1 1 Natallia Tsylinskaya Q 1 2 Anna Meares 2 1 Guo Shuang Q 2 2 Christin Muche 3 1 Simona Krupeckaitė Q 3 2 Dana Glöss 4 1 Clara Sanchez Q 4 2 Jennie Reed 5 1 Lisandra Guerra Q 5 2 Zhang Lei 6 1 Victoria Pendleton Q 6 2 Elisa Frisoni

1/8 Finals Repechages

The 1/8 finals repechage took place on Friday 14 April 2006, starting at 13:00. Each heat in this round consisted of a single three-lap race between three riders, with the winning rider advancing to the quarterfinals.

+ 1/8 Final Repechage Results Heat Rank Name Nation Notes 1 1 Jennie Reed Q 1 2 Elisa Frisoni 1 3 Anna Meares 2 1 Dana Glöss Q 2 2 Christin Muche 2 3 Zhang Lei

Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals took place on Friday 14 April 2006, starting at 18:00. Each heat was a best-of-three competition between two riders, with riders needing to win two three-lap races to win their heat and proceed to the semifinals. Riders who lost their heats would race again in a minor final to decide 5th–8th places. During this round Lisandra Guerra received a warning from the commissaires for riding on the blue band.

+ Quarterfinal Results Heat Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Notes 1 1 Natallia Tsylinskaya X X Q 1 2 Dana Glöss 2 1 Guo Shuang X X Q 2 2 Jennie Reed 3 1 Victoria Pendleton X X Q 3 2 Simona Krupeckaitė X 4 1 Clara Sanchez X X Q 4 2 Lisandra Guerra X

Race for 5th–8th Places

The race for 5th–8th places took place on Friday 14 April 2006, starting at 19:55. All four riders competed in a single three-lap race.

+ Race for 5th–8th Place Results Rank Name Nation Notes 5 Simona Krupeckaitė 6 Dana Glöss 7 Jennie Reed 8 Lisandra Guerra

Semifinals

The semifinals took place on Saturday 15 April 2006, starting at 15:35. Each heat was a best-of-three competition between two riders, with riders needing to win two three-lap races to win their heat and compete in the gold medal final. The losing riders would compete for the bronze medal.

+ Semifinal Results Heat Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Notes 1 1 Natallia Tsylinskaya X X Q 1 2 Clara Sanchez 2 1 Victoria Pendleton X X Q 2 2 Guo Shuang

Finals

The finals took place on Saturday 15 April 2006, starting at 17:15. The finals followed the same best-of-three format as the quarterfinals and semifinals.

+ Final results Rank Name Nation Race 1 Race 2 Decider Gold medal race Natallia Tsylinskaya X X Victoria Pendleton Bronze medal race Guo Shuang X X 4 Clara Sanchez

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