# 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

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.

### 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 | Germany | 107 | 93 | 18 | 73 | 291 |
| 2 | France | 64 | 71 | 55 | 57 | 247 |
| 3 | Australia | 78 | 30 | 47 | 86 | 241 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 44 | 30 | 13 | 116 | 203 |
| 5 | China | 22 | 19 | 73 | 44 | 158 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 63 | 33 | 22 | 39 | 157 |
| 7 | New Zealand | | 48 | 51 | 46 | 145 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 14 | 41 | 46 | 30 | 131 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 42 | 34 | 32 | 19 | 127 |
| 10 | Belgium | 40 | 35 | 34 | 16 | 125 |

## Results
### Men

| Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| Kazakhstan, Astana — 4–6 November 2011 (PDF) ||||
| Keirin | Christos Volikakis (GRE) | Chris Hoy (GBR) (Sky Track Cycling) | Sergey Borisov (RUS) (Team MTT) |
| Individual pursuit | Glenn O'Shea (AUS) 4:22.048 | Dominique Cornu (BEL) 4:25.738 | Nikias Arndt (GER) 4:24.184 |
| Team pursuit | Team RVL Evgeny Kovalev Ivan Kovalev Alexey Markov Alexander Serov 3:56.127 | Australia Edward Bissaker Alexander Edmondson Mitchell Mulhern Glenn O'Shea 4:01.417 | Netherlands Levi Heimans Jenning Huizenga Wim Stroetinga Arno van der Zwet 4:04.035 |
| Sprint | Chris Hoy (GBR) (Sky Track Cycling) | Denis Dmitriev (RUS) (Team MTT) | Shane Perkins (AUS) (Team Jayco–AIS) |
| Scratch race | Gijs Van Hoecke (BEL) | Ángel Colla (ARG) -1 lap | Nikias Arndt (GER) -1 lap |
| Madison | Australia Alexander Edmonson Glenn O'Shea 22 pts | Switzerland Silvan Dillier Loïc Perizzolo 14 pts | Team Lokosphinx Artur Ershow Kirill Sveshnikov 12 pts |
| Team sprint | Team ERD Joachim Eilers Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy 43.474 | Team Jayco–AIS Matthew Glaetzer Shane Perkins Scott Sunderland 43.661 | France Mickaël Bourgain Michaël D'Almeida Kevin Sireau 43.757 |
| Omnium | Roger Kluge (GER) 24 pts | Ho Sung Cho (KOR) 34 pts | Elia Viviani (ITA) 36 pts |
| Colombia, Cali — 1–3 December 2011 ||||
| Sprint details (PDF) | Stefan Bötticher (GER) (Team ERD) | Maximilian Levy (GER) | Robert Förstemann (GER) (Team ERD) |
| Kilo details (PDF) | François Pervis (FRA) 1:00.075 | Simon van Velthooven (NZL) 1:01.160 | Filip Ditzel (CZE) 1:02.009 |
| Keirin details (PDF) | Maximilian Levy (GER) | François Pervis (FRA) | Hersony Canelón (VEN) |
| Team pursuit details (PDF) | New Zealand Sam Bewley Aaron Gate Marc Ryan Jesse Sergent caught opponents | Australia Luke Durbridge Rohan Dennis Michael Hepburn Mitchell Mulhern caught | Denmark Niki Byrgensen Casper Folsach Rasmus Quaade Christian Ranneries 4:07.387 |
| Team sprint details (PDF) | Germany René Enders Maximilian Levy Stefan Nimke 43.311 | Germany (Team ERD) Robert Förstemann Stefan Bötticher Joachim Eilers 44.230 | Venezuela César Marcano Hersony Canelón Ángel Pulgar 43.991 |
| Points race details (PDF) | Unai Elorriaga Zubiaur (ESP) (Team Cespa-Euskadi) 46 pts | Ingmar De Poortere (BEL) 37 pts | Edwin Ávila (COL) 32 pts |
| Ominium details (PDF) | Juan Esteban Arango (COL) 28 pts | Zach Bell (CAN) 33 pts | Bryan Coquard (FRA) 34 pts |
| Madison details (PDF) | Colombia Juan Esteban Arango Weimar Roldán 6 pts | France Morgan Kneisky Vivien Brisse 20 pts, -1 lap | Switzerland Cyrille Thièry Loïc Perizzolo 12 pts, -1 lap |
| China, Beijing — 20–22 January 2012 ||||
| Sprint details (PDF) | Charlie Conord (FRA) | Lei Zhang (CHN) | Denis Dmitriev (RUS) (Team MTT) |
| Individual pursuit details (PDF) | Peter Latham (NZL) 4:25.964 | Mitchell Mulhern (AUS) 4:26.267 | Kevin Labeque (FRA) 4:28.519 |
| Team pursuit details (PDF) | Russia (Team RVL) Evgeny Kovalev Ivan Kovalev Alexey Markov Alexander Serov 3:57.699 | Australia Edward Bissaker Alexander Edmondson Michael Freiberg Mitchell Mulhern 4:01.802 | New Zealand Wes Gough Cameron Karwowski Peter Latham Myron Simpson 4:03.758 |
| Team sprint details (PDF) | RUS (Team MTT) Sergei Kucherov Denis Dmitriev Sergey Borisov 44.196 | China Cheng Changsong Zheng Lei Zheng Miao 44.430 | New Zealand Matthew Archibald Edward Dawkins Simon van Velthooven 44.827 |
| Keirin details (PDF) | François Pervis (FRA) | Sergey Borisov (RUS) (Team MTT) | Andrew Taylor (AUS) |
| Scratch race details (PDF) | Kirill Sveshnikov (RUS) (Team LOK) | Albert Torres Barcelo (ESP) -1 lap | Aliaksandr Lisouski (BLR) -1 lap |
| Madison details (PDF) | Czech Republic Martin Bláha Vojtech Hacecky 1 pt | Belgium Kenny De Ketele Tim Mertens 5 pts, -1 lap | Spain David Muntaner Juaneda Albert Torres Barcelo 24 pts, -2 laps |
| Omnium details (PDF) | Glenn O'Shea (AUS) 20 pts | Bryan Coquard (FRA) 23 pts | Nikias Arndt (GER) 32 pts |
| Great Britain, London — 17–19 February 2012 ||||
| Sprint details (PDF) | Chris Hoy (GBR) | Maximilian Levy (GER) | Robert Förstemann (GER) |
| Kilo details (PDF) | Stefan Nimke (GER) 1:01.211 | Michaël D'Almeida (FRA) 1:02.036 | Simon van Velthooven (NZL) 1:02.048 |
| Team pursuit details (PDF) | Australia Jack Bobridge Rohan Dennis Alexander Edmondson Michael Hepburn 3:54.615 | Great Britain Steven Burke Ed Clancy Peter Kennaugh Geraint Thomas 3:56.330 | New Zealand Sam Bewley Aaron Gate Westley Gough Marc Ryan 3:59.242 |
| Team sprint details (PDF) | Germany René Enders Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy 43.562 | France Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida Kevin Sireau 43.631 | Great Britain Ross Edgar Jason Kenny Chris Hoy 43.781 |
| Keirin details (PDF) | Chris Hoy (GBR) | René Enders (GER) | Mickaël Bourgain (FRA) |
| Points Race details (PDF) | Albert Torres Barcelo (ESP) 58 pts | Kirill Sveshnikov (RUS) 42 pts | Artur Ershov (RUS) 36 pts |
| Omnium details (PDF) | Juan Esteban Arango (COL) 21 pts | Ho Sung Cho (KOR) 32 pts | Zach Bell (CAN) 33 pts |

### Women

| Event | Winner | Second | Third |
| Kazakhstan, Astana — 4–6 November 2011 ||||
| 500m | Olga Panarina (BLR) 33.472 | Sandie Clair (FRA) 33.950 | Miriam Welte (GER) 34.172 |
| Keirin | Clara Sanchez (FRA) | Kristina Vogel (GER) | Ekaterina Gnidenko (RUS) |
| Team pursuit details | Netherlands Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild Amy Pieters 3:21.550 (NR) | China Fan Jiang Jiang Wenwen Jing Liang 3:22.079 | Germany Lisa Brennauer Charlotte Becker Madeleine Sandig 3:21.701 |
| Sprint | Lyubov Shulika (UKR) | Anna Meares (AUS) | Olga Panarina (BLR) |
| Points race | Na Ah-reum (KOR) 31 pts | Stephanie Pohl (GER) 30 pts | Elena Cecchini (ITA) 29 pts |
| Team sprint | Australia Anna Meares Kaarle McCulloch 32.938 | Ukraine Olena Tsyos Lyubov Shulika 33.313 | Germany Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel 33.388 |
| Omnium | Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS) (Team RVL) 26 pts | Dani King (GBR) 33 pts | Huang Li (CHN) 43 pts |
| Colombia, Cali — 1–3 December 2011 ||||
| Keirin | Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | Kristina Vogel (GER) | Virginie Cueff (FRA) |
| Individual pursuit | Alison Shanks (NZL) 3:28.994 | Wendy Houvenaghel (GBR) 3:33.698 | Lesya Kalytovska (UKR) 3:35.983 |
| Team pursuit | Great Britain Laura Trott Wendy Houvenaghel Sarah Storey 3:21.830 | New Zealand Lauren Ellis Jaime Nielsen Alison Shanks 3:25.618 | United States Sarah Hammer Jennie Reed Lauren Tamayo 3:22.090 |
| Sprint | Kristina Vogel (GER) | Virginie Cueff (FRA) | Viktoria Baranova (RUS) |
| Ominium | Sarah Hammer (USA) 14 pts | Tara Whitten (CAN) 28 pts | Laura Trott (GBR) 29 pts |
| Scratch race | Kelly Druyts (BEL) | Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL) | Na Ah-reum (KOR) |
| Team sprint | Germany 33.143 | Ukraine 33.869 | Russia 33.207 |
| China, Beijing — 20–22 January 2012 ||||
| Sprint details (PDF) | Shuang Guo (CHN) | Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | Junhong Lin (CHN) (Team GPC) |
| 500m details (PDF) | Lisandra Guerra Rodriguez (CUB) 34.657 | Anastasiya Voynova (RUS) 34.898 | Jingjing Shi (CHN) (Team MSP) 35.012 |
| Team pursuit details (PDF) | Ukraine Yelyzaveta Bochkaryova Svitlana Halyuk Lyubov Shulika caught opponents | Belarus Alena Dylko Aksana Papko Tatsiana Sharakova caught | China Fan Jiang Wenwen Jiang Jing Liang 3:22.588 |
| Team sprint details (PDF) | China Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang 33.055 | Lithuania Simona Krupeckaitė Gintarė Gaivenytė 33.747 | China (Team MSP) Xu Yulei Shi Jingjing 33.831 |
| Keirin details (PDF) | Shuang Guo (CHN) | Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | Daniela Larreal (VEN) |
| Points race details (PDF) | Aksana Papko (BLR) 15 pts | Katarzyna Pawłowska (POL) 12 pts | Victoria Kondel (RUS) (Team RVL) 10 pts |
| Ominium details (PDF) | Evgenia Romanyuta (RUS) (Team RVL) 27 pts | Li Huang (CHN) (Team GPC) 34 pts | Małgorzata Wojtyra (POL) 36 pts |
| Great Britain, London — 17–19 February 2012 ||||
| Sprint details (PDF) | Shuang Guo (CHN) | Anna Meares (AUS) | Lee Wai Sze (HKG) |
| Individual pursuit details | Joanna Rowsell (GBR) 3:32.364 | Alison Shanks (NZL) 3:33.406 | Amy Cure (AUS) 3:36.707 |
| Team pursuit details | Great Britain Dani King Joanna Rowsell Laura Trott 3:18.148 | Canada Gillian Carleton Jasmin Glaesser Tara Whitten 3:18.982 | Australia Amy Cure Annette Edmondson Josephine Tomic 3:19.164 |
| Team sprint details (PDF) | Great Britain Jess Varnish Victoria Pendleton 32.754 | Australia Anna Meares Kaarle McCulloch 32.945 | China Gong Jinjie Guo Shuang 33.060 |
| Keirin details (PDF) | Simona Krupeckaitė (LTU) | Lee Wai Sze (HKG) | Shuang Guo (CHN) |
| Scratch race details (PDF) | Melissa Hoskins (AUS) | Jarmila Machačová (CZE) | Lesya Kalytovska (UKR) |
| Omnium details (PDF) | Sarah Hammer (USA) 30 pts | Annette Edmondson (AUS) 30 pts | Laura Trott (GBR) 32 pts |