2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 2 – Women's individual pursuit
# 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics – Round 2 – Women's individual pursuit

The second round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Melbourne, Australia on 20 November 2008. 14 athletes participated in the contest.

## Competition format

The women's individual pursuit consists of a 3 km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one rider catches the other, the race is over.

The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top two riders in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth riders advanced to the bronze medal race.

## Schedule

Thursday 20 November 13:35-14:15 Qualifying 20:15-20:30 Finals 20:40:-20:45 Victory Ceremony

Schedule from Tissottiming.com

## Results

### Qualifying

| Rank | Cyclist | Team | Time | Speed | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joanna Rowsell | United Kingdom | 3:38.088 | 49.521 | Q |
| 2 | Josephine Tomic | Australia | 3:38.138 | 49.509 | Q |
| 3 | Lada Kozlíková | Czech Republic | 3:38.454 | 49.438 | q |
| 4 | Ellen van Dijk | Netherlands | 3:39.558 | 49.189 | q |
| 5 | Charlotte Becker | Germany | 3:40.695 | 48.936 | |
| 6 | Tess Downing | BTA | 3:43.205 | 48.386 | |
| 7 | Svitlana Halyuk | Ukraine | 3:44.654 | 48.073 | |
| 8 | Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro | Spain | 3:45.453 | 47.903 | |
| 9 | Lauren Ellis | New Zealand | 3:48.259 | 47.314 | |
| 10 | Jolien D'Hoore | Belgium | 3:48.307 | 47.304 | |
| 11 | Viktoriya Kondel | Russia | 3:48.766 | 47.209 | |
| 12 | Valeria Müller | Argentina | 3:57.102 | 45.550 | |
| 13 | Chanpeng Nontasin | Thailand | 3:59.794 | 45.038 | |
| 14 | Katsiaryna Barazna | Belarus | 4:06.028 | 43.897 | |

Results from Tissottiming.com.

### Finals

**Final bronze medal race**

| Rank | Cyclist | Team | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Lada Kozlíková | Czech Republic | 3:40.793 | 48.914 |
| 4 | Ellen van Dijk | Netherlands | 3:43.028 | 48.424 |

Results from Tissottiming.com.

**Final gold medal race**

| Rank | Cyclist | Team | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Joanna Rowsell | United Kingdom | 3:41.183 | 48.828 |
| | Josephine Tomic | Australia | 3:42.692 | 48.497 |

Results from Tissottiming.com.

## World Cup Standings

General standings after 2 of 5 2008–2009 World Cup races.

| Rank | Cyclist | Team | Round 1 | Round 2 | Total points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Joanna Rowsell | Team 100% ME | 8 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Charlotte Becker | Germany | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Wendy Houvenaghel | United Kingdom | 12 | | 12 |
| 4 | Josephine Tomic | Australia | | 10 | 10 |
| 5 | Tara Whitten | Canada | 10 | | 10 |
| 6 | Lada Kozlíková | Czech Republic | | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | Ellen van Dijk | Netherlands | | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Svitlana Halyuk | Ukraine | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Tatsiana Sharakova | Belarus | 6 | | 6 |
| 10 | Tess Downing | BTA | | 5 | 5 |
| 11 | Pascale Jeuland | France | 5 | | 5 |
| 12 | Jolien D'Hoore | Belgium | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro | Spain | | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Lauren Ellis | New Zealand | | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Edyta Jasińska | Poland | 2 | | 2 |
| 16 | Ana Usabiaga Balerdi | EUS | 1 | | 1 |

Results from Tissottiming.com.

