2007 Masters of Sprint

The 2007 Masters of Sprint was held on 6 January 2007 in Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis in Rotterdam. The event was held for the first time and scheduled in between the 2007 Six Days of Rotterdam.2008-01-07 Cycling: Hoy the boss as the balance shifts from Dutch http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/jan/07/cycling.sport 2022-05-20 the Guardian enwww.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/track.php?id=track/2007/jan07/rotterdam07/rotterdam076 2022-05-20 autobus.cyclingnews.com Nine of the world's best track sprint cyclists challenged each other to crown the Master of Sprint at the end of the day. Results 200 metre time trial The riders started with a 200-metre time trial to place them into three series of three riders who were facing each other. No.RiderTimeSerie 1 NED Theo Bos 10.702 1 2 NED Tim Veldt 10.723 3 3 SCO Craig MacLean 10.845 2 4 FRA Arnaud Tournant 10.866 1 5 NED Teun Mulder 10.946 2 6 FRA François Pervis 10.993 3 7 ITA Roberto Chiappa 10.998 1 8 GER Jan van Eijden 11.134 2 9 NED Yondi Schmidt 11.243 3 Series In the series three riders faced each other in a sprint competition, with the winner qualifying automatically for the semi-finals, while the others were forced to ride the repechages first. No.Serie 1Result 1 NED Theo Bos Semi final 2 FRA Arnaud Tournant Repechage 3 ITA Roberto Chiappa Repechage No.Serie 2Result 1 SCO Craig MacLean Semi final 2 NED Teun Mulder Repechage 3 GER Jan van Eijden Repechage No.Serie 3Result 1 NED Tim Veldt Semi final 2 FRA François Pervis Repechage 3 NED Yondi Schmidt Repechage Repechages The losing riders of the series entered the repechages in three series of two riders, with the winners eventually qualifying for the semi-finals. No.Repechage 1Result 1 ITA Roberto Chiappa Semi final 2 GER Jan van Eijden 7th-9th No.Repechage 2Result 1 NED Teun Mulder Semi final 2 NED Yondi Schmidt 7th-9th No.Repechage 3Result 1 FRA Arnaud Tournant Semi final 2 FRA François Pervis 7th-9th Semi finals The semi finals existed of two series with three riders. The winners both qualified for the final, while those crossing the line in second position would be fighting for the bronze medal. The third finishers met each other in the fifth place decider. No.Semi final 1Result 1 NED Theo Bos Final 2 FRA Arnaud Tournant 3rd-4th 3 NED Teun Mulder 5th-6th No.Semi final 2Result 1 SCO Craig MacLean Final 2 ITA Roberto Chiappa 3rd-4th 3 NED Tim Veldt 5th-6th Finals In the finals Theo Bos outsprinted Craig McLean to become Master of Sprint. Arnaud Tournant claimed the bronze medal in his confrontation with Roberto Chiappa. No.7th-9th positionResult 1 FRA François Pervis 7th 2 GER Jan van Eijden 8th 3 NED Yondi Schmidt 9th No.5th-6th positionResult 1 NED Teun Mulder 5th 2 NED Tim Veldt 6th No.3rd-4th positionResult 1 FRA Arnaud Tournant 3rd 2 ITA Roberto Chiappa 4th No.1st-2nd positionResult 1 NED Theo Bos 1st 2 SCO Craig MacLean 2nd References Masters of Sprint Masters of Sprint Category:International cycle races hosted by the Netherlands