{"id":5133,"date":"2025-10-25T07:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T00:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=5133"},"modified":"2025-10-25T07:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T00:26:10","slug":"global-fireworks-in-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/global-fireworks-in-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"Global fireworks in Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Five different nations claimed the titles were on the second day of the UCI Track World Championships in Santiago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Already crowned in the team sprint, the Netherlands\u2019 Harrie Lavreysen made history again claiming yet another rainbow jersey in the keirin. In other finals of the session, Denmark won the men\u2019s team pursuit while Italy triumphed in the women\u2019s, and both Ireland\u2019s Lara Gillespie (women\u2019s elimination) and Germany\u2019s Moritz Augenstein (men\u2019s scratch) took their maiden rainbow jerseys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tobias Hansen, Niklas Larsen, Fredrik Madsen and Rasmus Pedersen roared like thunder as they ruled the final of the team pursuit to take Denmark\u2019s third successive title in the speciality. It makes them the first nation to win the title for three consecutive years since Australia\u2019s reign from 2002 until 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time, the Aussies came into the final as the reigning Olympic Champions. But Oliver Bleddyn, Blake Agnoletto, Conor Leahy and James Moriarty couldn\u2019t resist Denmark\u2019s power. The defending World Champions led from the start to the finish, clocking a time of 3.43.915 (64.310km\/h) to take gold with a margin of more than three seconds (+3.343).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe fought really hard and it\u2019s just super nice,\u201d Larsen said as the Danes stepped down from the podium where Lasse Leth also donned the rainbow jersey after racing the qualifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the final for bronze, Thomas Sexton, Marshall Erwood, Keegan Hornblow and Nicholas Kergozou de la Boessiere got the better of the USA\u2019s quartet to bring New Zealand back on the podium of the discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women\u2019s elimination: Gillespie edges Archibald<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A stunning final effort from Ireland\u2019s Lara Gillespie saw her overcome Great Britain\u2019s Katie Archibald at the very end of a hard-fought women\u2019s elimination race. The reigning European Champion in the discipline, Gillespie took Ireland\u2019s first rainbow jersey at the UCI Track Worlds since Martyn Irvine won the men\u2019s scratch in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had the confidence and I think that\u2019s what took me there,\u201d Gillespie reflected after she got the better of a seasoned champion such as Archibald. \u201cIt\u2019s really really special. I\u2019m so proud to do it for my country and I\u2019m so proud of our small little team we have here. We\u2019re small but mighty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belgium\u2019s H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Hesters took the bronze medal as France\u2019s Victoire Berteau had to settle for fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Day 2 Highlights | 2025 @TISSOT UCI Track World Championships\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ooaX_JlS_gE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Men\u2019s keirin: Lavreysen asserts his dominance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Harrie Lavreysen reclaimed his keirin crown and added an 18th Track World Champion title to his tally, the second in Santiago, after another dominant performance. With two and half laps to go, the Oranje icon unleashed his power to fly past everyone, eventually claiming gold ahead of Australia\u2019s Leigh Hoffman and another Dutch sprinter, Jeffrey Hoogland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think every world title is special and I\u2019m really happy I could take the win,\u201d Lavreysen said. \u201cIt was a hard day, it was a long day after yesterday. Not everything went perfect but in the semi-final I could find my speed and in the final I had the legs. I\u2019m really happy I could bring it home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lavreysen\u2019s title is his fourth in the keirin (after previous success in 2020, 2021 and 2022), to go along with seven wins in the team sprint (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025), six in the individual sprint (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024) and one in the kilometre time trial (2024). On Friday, he\u2019ll be chasing another rainbow jersey in the time trial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Men\u2019s scratch: Augenstein\u2019s crowning<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Germany\u2019s Moritz Augenstein confounded all forecasts to take the rainbow jersey in the men\u2019s scratch race, trumping recent unfortunate events that hampered his path to triumph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, a heavy crash prevented him from making his debut at the UCI Track World Championships. At the beginning of 2025, he had to miss the European Championships after a car hit him during a training ride. But on Thursday, he sprinted to victory ahead of the Netherlands\u2019 Yanne Dorenbos and Portugal\u2019s Iuri Leit\u00e3o after the field exploded in the second half of the 40-lap race (10km).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s incredible\u201d, Augenstein said. \u201cIt\u2019s my first ever UCI World Championships so I can\u2019t describe the feelings I have at the moment. I think I need one more day to calm down and realise what I achieved today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Women\u2019s team pursuit: Azzurra delight<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Italy\u2019s Vittoria Guazzini, Martina Fidanza, Martina Alzini and Federica Venturelli capped off the night with a thrilling victory against Germany\u2019s Messane Br\u00e4utigam, Franziska Brausse, Lisa Klein and Laura S\u00fcssemilch in the final of the women\u2019s team pursuit. The Germans had the strongest start but the Squadra Azzurra took the lead after 1625 metres and eventually secured the win in 4.09.569 (57.699km\/h), just 0.382 second ahead of their rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a dream for us,\u201d Guazzini said. \u201cWe really wanted this jersey. At a certain moment in the season, we switched our mind and we said: \u2018Now we focus on the UCI World Championships.\u2019 And here we are, standing with the jersey. It\u2019s amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toppled by Germany in the first round, two-time and defending UCI World Champion Team GB claimed bronze as Madelaine Leech, Megan Barker, Josie Knight and Anna Morris dominated Belgium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five different nations claimed the titles were on the second day of the UCI Track World Championships in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[98],"class_list":["post-5133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-cycling"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_1864_compressed.jpg",2400,1600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_1864_compressed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_1864_compressed-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_1864_compressed-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_1864_compressed-1024x683.jpg",640,427,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_1864_compressed-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_1864_compressed-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_1864_compressed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_1864_compressed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/category\/newsbeat\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/DSC_1864_compressed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5138,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5133\/revisions\/5138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}