UCI Track World Cup Manchester  - Men's Scratch Race
Eastern Europe Strikes in the Scratch Race - Russia's Ivan Kovalev Takes Gold, Poland's Lukasz Bujko, Silver with Ukraine's  Sergiy Lagkuti Bronze  Photos

Ivan Kovalev of Russia marks the wheel of Irelands Matthew Brammeier, Kovalev was to win out and take the gold medal, the irishman finishing 4th. Photo © 2009 Simon Alderson 

Men's Scratch / Scratch hommes
Qualifying Heat 1
1 105 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FRA
2 218 OTHMAN Adiq Husainie MAS
3 258 BUJKO Lukasz POL
4 279 KOVALEV Ivan RUS
5 135 KLUGE Roger GER

Matthieu Ladagnous of France sprints off the front of the peloton to qualify 1st in heat one.  Photo © 2009 Simon Alderson 

6 181 VIVIANI Elia ITA
7 69 LAZAR Petr CZE
8 80 ELORRIAGA ZUBIAUR Unai ESP
9 322 COLLA Angel Dario ARG
10 327 VINGERLING Michael NED
11 96 AZKUE PRIETO Javier FGN
12 332 BRAMMEIER Matthew IRL
13 209 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas LTU
14 167 CHOI Ki Ho HKP
DNF 25 VAN DER SANDE Tosh BEL
DNF 32 SABGA Ryan BLK
DNF 87 LEANIZBARRUTIA CRUZ Iban EUS
DNF 146 CHEUNG King Wai GPC
DNF 150 KARAGEORGOS Konstantinos GRE
Top 12 Qualify

Men's Scratch Race Qualifying Heat 2
1 308 LAGKUTI Sergiy UKR
2 4 HOWARD Leigh AUS
3 315 PEARCE Colby USA

Team GBs Chris newton lit up the crowd as he crossed the line first to qualify 4th a lap down. Photo © 2009 Simon Alderson 

4 118 NEWTON Chris GBR 1
5 15 RIEBENBAUER Werner AUT 1
6 40 BOILY David CAN 1
7 188 MORI Kazuhiro JPN 1
8 91 MASOTTI Fabio FFA 1
9 329 DIAS Robson BRA 1
10 300 PERIZZOLO Loïc SUI 1
11 253 ARCHBOLD Shane NZL 1
12 161 WONG KamPo
HKG 1
13 203 MAKSIMOV Roman LOK 1
14 41 CARRERE Sergi CAT 1
15 223 MACIAS HERNANDEZ Luis Fernando MEX 1
16 197 ZUBOV Matvey KTA 1
17 275 LOUTER James RSA 1
18 234 LOPEZ ABREGO German NAV 1
19 3 KORKOTYAN Tigran ARM 1
DNS 33 KIRYIENKA Vasili BLR 1

Men's Scratch Race Results
60 laps - 15 km
Gold:  KOVALEV Ivan RUS
Silver:  BUJKO Lukasz POL
Bronze: LAGKUTI Sergiy UKR
4 332 BRAMMEIER Matthew IRL
5 188 MORI Kazuhiro JPN
6 181 VIVIANI Elia ITA 1
7 118 NEWTON Chris GBR 1
8 135 KLUGE Roger GER 1
9 69 LAZAR Petr CZE 1
10 253 ARCHBOLD Shane NZL 1
11 218 OTHMAN Adiq Husainie MAS 1
12 105 LADAGNOUS Matthieu FRA 1
13 91 MASOTTI Fabio FFA 1
14 80 ELORRIAGA ZUBIAUR Unai ESP 1
15 322 COLLA Angel Dario ARG 1
16 327 VINGERLING Michael NED 1
17 40 BOILY David CAN 1
18 161 WONG KamPo HKG 1
19 300 PERIZZOLO Loïc SUI 1
20 15 RIEBENBAUER Werner AUT 1
21 4 HOWARD Leigh AUS 1
22 315 PEARCE Colby USA 1
23 96 AZKUE PRIETO Javier FGN 1
DNF 329 DIAS Robson BRA 1

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