BEIJING, Jan 18, 2009 (AFP) – China won the fourth leg of the UCI Track
Cycling World Cup Classic series in Beijing on Sunday.

The hosts claimed the team title after clinching three more silver medals
on the third and final day of the competition.

China hauled in a total of 108 points, boosting them to joint third place
in the nation world cup standings on 210 points, behind Britain on 216 and
leaders Germany on 262.

Jiang Fan, Sun Feiyan, Wang Cui were second in the women’s team pursuit,
behind the New Zealand trio of Kaytee Boyd, Lauren Ellis and Alison Shanks.

Guo Shuang, the 2008 Olympic sprint bronze medalist, was a close second to
the competition’s outstanding performer, Simona Krupeckaite from Lithuania in
the women’s keirin.

Zhang Lei reached the men’s sprint gold medal final, but was out powered by
Frenchman Gregory Bauge, the 2008 Olympic silver medalist in team sprint.

Lithuania scored the fourth highest of all nations, with 66 points, thanks
mostly to the efforts of Krupeckaite.

The 26-year-old added to her victories in the 500m time trial and the
sprint, and having won the same three events in the previous leg of the series
in Columbia last month, is well placed to win the three world cup titles in
the final leg in Denmark next month.

New Zealand picked up 80 points for second place in the standings. Shanks’
winning effort in the team pursuit added to the gold she clinched in the
individual pursuit earlier.

In the men’s madison, Team Toshiba pair Howard Leigh and Glenn O’Shea led
from start to finish. The Australians resisted a late challenge from Britain’s
Robert Hayles and Peter Kennaugh, and Germany, the madison standings leaders,
were third.

The fifth and final leg of the series is in Copenhagen, February 13-15.

Results from the third and final day of the
track cycling World Cup here on Friday:

Men

Sprint
1. Gregory Bauge (FRA)
2. Zhang Lei (CHN)
3. Shane Perkins (AUS)

Madison
1. Team Toshiba (Howard Leigh, Glenn O’Shea)
2. Great Britain (Robert Hayles, Peter Kennaugh)
3. Germany (Roger Kluge, Ralf Matzka)

Women

Team Pursuit
1. New Zealand (Kaytee Boyd, Lauren Ellis, Alison Shanks) 3.24.421
2. China (Jiang Fan, Sun Feiyan, Wang Cui) 3.29.750
3. Russia (Evgeniya Romanyuta, Olga Slyusareva, Elena Chalykh) 3.29.889

Keirin
1. Simona Krupeckaite (LTU)
2. Guo Shuang (CHN)
3. Willy Kanis (NED)