World Cup Scratch Race (Beijing)
 16-Jan-2009

Men's Scratch Race
 Courtesy of British Cycling and Larry Hickmott. Photos Greg Chang / PhotoSport International UK USA ASIA. PhotoSport2007@aol.com

Silver for Newton

Latest from the GB camp is that in the final of the Scratch race, Chris Newton added a Silver medal to his Gold from yesterday when he was second to New Zealand rider Hayden Godfrey. Poland was third whilst Isle of Man rider, Mark Christian was 11th. The Olympic Academy rider Mark Christian attacked at the start with two others to gain a lap but the key move came halfway through the race when Newton and eight other riders also got clear of the rest of the field and gained a lap before a sprint decided the medals with Chris finishing third in the sprint with Veldt ahead of him but a lap down. Mark was 11th.

1. GODFREY Hayden NZL
2. NEWTON Chris GBR
3. RATAJCZYK Rafal POL
4. VIVIANI Elia ITA
5. KLUGE Roger GER
6. VOLKOV Stanislav LOK
7. BELL Zachary CAN
8. MORI Kazuhiro JPN
9. TORRENT TARRES Carlos ESP
10. KWOK Ho Ting HKP
11. CHRISTIAN Mark HPM

1 Lap Down
12. VELDT Tim NED 1
13. TAZREITER Georg AUT 1
14. MARTYNENKO Oleksandr ISD 1
15. MINASHKYN Sergiy UKR 1
16. FERNANDEZ CASASOLA Airan CAT 1
17. PAJARI Matti FIN 1
18. SOHRABI Mehdi IRI 1
19. KOLESNIKOV Sergey RUS 1
Sprinter turned endurance rider, Tim Veldte (in orange), wins the bunch gallop but is a lap down and Chris Newton's throw of the bike wins him the Silver medal20. WONG KamPo

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