The UCI Track World Championships 2010 ended Sunday at the Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark. The World Championships were a great success for the sport, the spectators and the organizers.
Australia became by far the most winning nation of the 37 nations participating in the world championships. The riders from down under won as much as six gold medals, two silver medals and two bronze medals. The usually dominating British riders won only three world championships which was disappointing. Denmark ended up as the ninth best nation due to Alex Rasmussen's gold medal in scratch. 17 of the 37 participating nations brought home a medal from the Ballerup Super Arena.
"The UCI is very satisfied with the championships at Ballerup this year. The quality of the competitions was very high, many nations won medals and world records were beaten. The teams I've spoken to were extremely satisfied with the organization of the races," said Pat McQuaid, president of the International Cycling Union (UCI) Sunday at Ballerup.
"It has been a fantastic experience. From a sporting point of view, it was good that not all medals went to only one nation, but to many nations. We had 19 sets of medals to hand out and it would have been a bit tiresome if the Englishmen had taken them all. In 2008 and 2009 we organized the World Cups and gained much experience then. So we knew what we could expect, but it is a tough job to be organising for somebody else. Luckily, we have received credit for our hard work. We have further agreed with the UCI on an evaluation meeting so that we can be really well prepared for the UCI Road World Championships, which is an even bigger event. Although the road cycling championships are a very big event, we can easily use the experience we have gained during these world championships. We shall need a lot of volunteers next year, "said Jesper Worre, who was in charge of the world championships, after the final race Sunday. He was very pleased with the nearly 12,000 spectators, of which many came from abroad, that had visited the Ballerup Super Arena over the five days of the event.
"These Track World Championships are the second biggest event of the UCI Bike City Package. It is important that the UCI approves of the organising of the championships, because next year, the challenge will be even greater when we are hosting the UCI Road World Championships. In addition to the events originally included in the agreement, the Bike City concept has provided for more big international cycling events to Denmark, such as the BMX World Cup 2010, BMX World Championships 2011 and the Paracycling World Championships 2011," says Lars Lundov, chief executive, Sport Event Denmark.
The final of the classic sprint discipline was a fantastic end of the World Championships 2010 at the Ballerup Super Arena Sunday. The Frenchman Gregory Bauge regained his gold medal from last year by defeating the Australian Shane Perkins in just two races. Another Frenchman Kevin Sireau took bronze when he defeated the young and very muscular Robert Förstermann from Germany. In the women’s track cycling Simona Krupeckaite from Lithuania won the keirin, while the Canadian Tara Whitten won her second gold medal in the points race. The Danish Julie Leth came in as number 19. In the men's omnium race, Edward Clancy restored some of the honour for Great Britain by ending up as the overall winner of the omnium. Danish Daniel Kreutzfeldt came in as number 14.
Final medal standings:
1. Australia 6-2-2
2. Great Britain 3-5-1
3. France 2-3-2
4. USA 2-0-1
5. Canada 2-0-0
6. Lithuania 1-1-3
7. Nehterlands 1-1-0
8. Germany 1-0-1
9. Denmark 1-0-0
10. New Zealand 0-2-2
11. China 0-2-0
12. Columbia 0-1-0
12. Cuba 0-1-0
12. Malaysia 0-1-0
15. Belarus 0-0-3
16. Belgium 0-0-1
16. Czech Republic 0-0-1
16. Spain 0-0-1
16. Japan 0-0-1
The UCI Track World Championships 2010 in Denmark is part of Bike City Copenhagen, BCC, which HRH and newly elected IOC-member, Crown Prince Frederik is protector for.
Copenhagen is the only city in the world, which has by now been appointed as Bike City by the UCI and between 2008 and 2011, Copenhagen is host for 6 major international cycling events.
Beyond the above event, Denmark is among others hosting the prestigious World Road Championship 2011. Behind BCC (Bike City Copenhagen) stand as strong partners as the Danish Cycling Federation, Sport Event Denmark, The City of Copenhagen and Wonderful Copenhagen. For more information, live results etc. please visit www.bikecitycopenhagen.com
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