Welcome back to the Velodrome for the completion of Round 1 of the Keirin.
Heat 6
IRL
Bennett
Sam
GER
Selig
Rüdiger
USA
Holloway
Dan
CAN
Boivin
Guillaume
MGL
Altanzul
Maani
SWD
Bertilsson
Christian
Here's Sweden. Bertilsson wants to battle the odds!
Selig wants to do a Gibbons strategy in response, and Boivin is in the picture.
And well, Bennett, Holloway and Altanzul don't appear to want to play.
He sits on, sits on, and Rudiger Selig then cruises to victory.
Great sprint between Bennett, Holloway and Altanzul ... for 4th.
1
Rüdiger Selig
Germany
5'43
2
Christian Bertilsson
Sweden
s.t.
3
Guillaume Boivin
Canada
s.t.
4
Sam Bennett
Ireland
s.t.
5
Dan Holloway
USA
s.t.
6
Maani Altanzul
Mongolia
s.t.
Heat 7
Let's introduce our riders, no, immediate attack!!
That's quite an entrance for Sang Hong Park.
LTU
Dzervus
Darijus
GRE
Farantakis
Stylianos
GER
Reinhardt
Theo
SER
Kalaba
Dusan
NAM
Redecker
Heiko
KOR
Park
Sang Hong
How to respond to that, it looks like Farantakis will take it up.
Kalaba also on the move.
A lull then as Farantakis and Kalaba look at each other, not too worried about Park. But do they see Reinhardt and Dzervus coming?
Doesn't look like it.
Reinhardt will take the win - but Kalaba nearly got him back on the line.
1
Theo Reinhardt
Germany
5'45
2
Dusan Kalaba
Serbia
s.t.
3
Stylianos Farantakis
Greece
s.t.
4
Darijus Dzervus
Lithuania
s.t.
5
Heiko Redecker
Namibia
s.t.
6
Sang Hong Park
South Korea
s.t.
Heat 8
CHN
Zhao
Jingbiao
INA
Gani
Abdul
USA
Keough
Luke
POL
Stepniak
Grzegorz
MAS
Zariff
Nur Aiman
ESP
Aberasturi
Jon
Three Asian sprinters in this one, and it is Gani from Indonesia who goes first. Not proven to be a successful strategy just yet.
Zhao, Aberasturi and Keough have followed
Now they fight
Aberasturi has what it takes
1
Jon Aberasturi
Spain
5'41
2
Jingbiao Zhao
China
s.t.
3
Luke Keough
USA
s.t.
4
Nur Aiman Zariff
Malaysia
s.t.
5
Grzegorz Stepniak
Poland
s.t.
6
Abdul Gani
Indonesia
s.t.
Heat 9
ARG
Contreras
Emiliano
BAR
Matthews
Darren
INA
Suryadi
Bambang
BRA
Santos
Emerson
SVK
Baska
Erik
THA
Sanikwathi
Thanawut
Darren Matthews gets it started. Will it work better for Barbados than it did for Bahamas?
All close behind this time, Baska on front
Doesn't look to be for Matthews and Baska though. South American battle between Santos and Contreras?
But there's Sanikwathi and Suryadi too, in the most compact race yet.
Sanikwathi on the line!
1
Thanawut Sanikwathi
Thailand
5'30
2
Emerson Santos
Brazil
s.t.
3
Emiliano Contreras
Argentina
s.t.
4
Bambang Suryadi
Indonesia
s.t.
5
Erik Baska
Slovakia
s.t.
6
Darren Matthews
Barbados
s.t.
Heat 10
SWI
Aregger
Marcel
CRC
Marin
Gabriel
ARG
Tivani
German Nicolas
ARM
Darbinyan
Varsham
ISR
Einhorn
Itamar
JPN
Hayakawa
Tomohiro
We introduce our reserve derny for the final heat of Round 1, Torhil Veyhe of the Faroe Islands. Because this heat has a Japanese competitor in Hayakawa.
Darbinyan goes first. Actually quite later than in other heats.
Hayakawa has the crowd support!
Final bend, with Marin, Aregger and Tivani in there
Who's going to take this one?
Tivani!
1
German Nicolas Tivani
Argentina
5'55
2
Marcel Aregger
Switzerland
s.t.
3
Gabriel Marin
Costa Rica
s.t.
4
Tomohiro Hayakawa
Japan
s.t.
5
Varsham Darbinyan
Armenia
s.t.
6
Itamar Einhorn
Israel
s.t.
That concludes Round 1. 10 riders have progressed to Round 2.
