World Track Championships Cali - 26 Feb to 2 Mar **Contains unmasked spoilers**

Beasty

Action gets underway in Cali on Wednesday

Full programme here

Irish interest:

Martyn Irvine defending his World Championship in the Scratch race on Thursday, as well as taking part in the Pursuit with Ryan Mullen (also on Thursday), with the Points race on Friday

Caroline Ryan in the Scratch (Wednesday), Pursuit (Friday) and Points race (Saturday)

The BBC will be showing live coverage on the red button, with highlight shows on Saturday and Sunday on BBC 1

You can also get live timing information on Tissot

Although this is a multi day event, using spoiler tags on track meetings tends to be quite challenging given the rapid turnaround between events. Hence for this thread Spoiler Tags are not required, but let's keep all comments in the one thread and don't mention any "current-day" information elsewhere

Let's hope this year's racing is as exciting and productive as last year's

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Anyone up? Caroline Ryan in action right now

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Ryan and Druytz attacking with 5 to go

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Ryan caught, Druytz was not. Awfully close to being a medal for Ireland!

Eamonnator

Tough.

Eamonnator

Ryan was right to attack, when she did. It might have worked.
She raced really well, prominent, all race.

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Eamonnator wrote: »

Ryan was right to attack, when she did. It might have worked.
She raced really well, prominent, all race.

Yeah for sure, really unlucky not to medal. Druyts had a much stronger finish though

Eamonnator

Druyts, stronger all right, and cute with it.
Have we any more interest tonight?
I just happened on this by chance.

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Eamonnator wrote: »

Druyts, stronger all right, and cute with it.
Have we any more interest tonight?
I just happened on this by chance.

Nope no more Irish tonight afaik

Harrybelafonte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJT79-f1F7c

If people are only interested in watching Caroline Ryan, as the trend seems to be, her race starts at 1:35:00

granda

just to let people know the races are streamed live in the U.C.I. youtube channel

dancecatz2000

I hear Ryan got through to the Bronze medal ride off, go on ya Boy ya,

Beasty

To be clear, it's the Mullen variety, not Caroline...

Great perfomance 4m 22.491s, which must be a PB by quite a margin he goes against ....

....Mark Ryan of NZL in the bronze medal race overnight, who was only 0.6s faster in qualifying

Martyn Irvine may be a bit disappointed with his 12th place (seems to have faded), but can at least focus on the scratch final tonight

RobFowl

Beasty wrote: »

To be clear, it's the Mullen variety, not Caroline...

Great perfomance 4m 22.491s, which must be a PB by quite a margin he goes against ....

....Mark Ryan of NZL in the bronze medal race overnight, who was only 0.6s faster in qualifying

Martyn Irvine may be a bit disappointed with his 12th place (seems to have faded), but can at least focus on the scratch final tonight

Saw that Martyn was up there after 2 k but faded between 2-3 k, here hoping he gives it socks later.
So impressed with Ryan Mullen at his first Worlds at the age of only 19....

Beasty

Credit's got to go to Brian Nugent - I know Martyn Irvine has benefited enormously from having Andy Sparks as his coach, but Brian has been working with the whole team and Ireland really has been punching above its weight in track cycling over the past couple of years. I suspect we may see one or two more youngsters coming through over the next year or two - now if only they had a proper facility to train in ....

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And we're live...

Btw for anyone in the UK/NI, you can watch it here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cycling/25936214

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Heavy rain falling in Cali, need the wind to stay low or else there will be a delay.

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Martyn's on now

Beasty

It's going to kick-off any time now I suspect ...

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Let's see what these 5 can do ...

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Ah it's in the bag

Beasty

Could get back on here!!!

Beasty

That should get him a medal:D

Beasty

Anything's possible now

Beasty

Yesss!!!

Silver

Eamonnator

Silver

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Brilliant result!

RobFowl

Woo Hoo

abridge

Great result. Pity the cameraman wasn't kept posted on who to follow; missed the moves in the bunch at the end.

Gallant_JJ

Fantastic stuff, animal!

Eamonnator

Ryan Mulen going for bronze now.

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Individual pursuit.

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Mullen looking goodo

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Jaysus Marc Ryan might have gone out way too fast..

Eamonnator

4th place for Ryan McMullen

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Aggggh looked like he had it

kumate_champ07

Irvine a silver in the scratch! dont know how the race went but any medal after his injury problems in such a short space of time is pretty amazing!

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kumate_champ07 wrote: »

Irvine a silver in the scratch! dont know how the race went but any medal after his injury problems in such a short space of time is pretty amazing!

2 riders had already taken a lap by the start of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO9mty0ZsRY

Beasty

Meanwhile, over in the Kierin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw-LNYgYpsI

Beasty

Caroline Ryan 6th in the pursuit - 3m 37.847s

Martyn's back up in the pointe race some time in the middle of the night (around 1.30am I would guess, but the race itself will run for 35 minutes or so)

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We're live again, kilo TT on now.

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Epic ride by Pervis there. Women's sprint QF next

Max_Charger

Slightly embarrassing fall for Jess varnish there.

KevinK

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ02_27RyC4

Points race live here.

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Martyn Irvine is on now, points race.

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I've forgotten the rules to this one...Is it drink whenever there's a sprint lap, or drink when there's an attack? :pac:

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Martyn's struggling to stay on the back of the peloton after a failed attempt to lap

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Owain Doull has hit the deck

Edit: Back up and riding again. De Ketele and Hoffman also involved

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Very exciting win for the Colombian Avila. Respectable 6th for Irvine

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We're live again. Hours and hours of sprinting tonight, if that's your thing. Also on is the women's points race, men's omnium final (kilo) and women's omnium (elimination) right at the very end.

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Caroline Ryan 6th in the points race, Amy Cure takes the W