{"id":5256,"date":"2025-10-27T07:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T00:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/?p=5256"},"modified":"2025-10-27T07:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T00:03:15","slug":"torres-barcelo-wins-again-after-11-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/torres-barcelo-wins-again-after-11-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Torres Barcelo wins again after 11 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spain\u2019s Albert Torres Barcelo taking a thrilling success in the omnium. It was his second rainbow jersey of his career, 11 years after winning the Madison in Cali, Colombia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the evening, the Netherlands\u2019 Hetty van de Wouw conquered the women\u2019s kilometre time trial with a new world record, Great Britain\u2019s Anna Morris ruled the women\u2019s pursuit over 4,000 metres, and Katie Archibald and Madelaine Leech brought Team GB another title in the women\u2019s Madison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At 35 years old, Spain\u2019s Alberto Torres Barcelo mastered the omnium to take his first individual UCI world title. In 2014, he won the Madison with David Muntaner, but this time, he could only rely on his own skills and cool to resist his rivals and take the gold medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Torres Barcelo entered the points race in the lead after consistent results in the scratch race (4th), the tempo race (3rd) and the elimination race (3rd). He went on to lap the field and push his tally to 133 points ahead of the final sprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Denmark\u2019s Niklas Larsen unleashed a fierce attack to turn the tables but Australia\u2019s Oliver Bleddyn passed him in the final metres, meaning Japan\u2019s Kazushige Kabuki would take silver ahead of Belgium\u2019s Lindsay de Vylder (winner in 2024), with 131 points each. Larsen came 4th with 130 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI wasn\u2019t even sure I had won,\u201d the Spaniard said. \u201cI am very happy to have won this title. It has been a very difficult year, but an unbeatable end to the season with this rainbow jersey. I had the opportunity to win it in 2014 in Cali, and many years later to do it again with my whole family here on such a long trip is very emotional.\u201d<\/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=\"LIVE - Day Five Morning Session | 2025 Tissot UCI Track World Championships\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VglEjoQLYtc?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<p>The Netherlands\u2019 Hetty van de Wouw is unstoppable in Santiago, where she\u2019s been racking up win after win to turn last year\u2019s three silver medals at the Tissot UCI Track World Championships into three titles in 2025: the women\u2019s team sprint (an unprecedented win for the Dutch), the individual sprint (a first in 34 years for her nation) and now a trailblazing triumph in the kilometre time trial (raced over 500m until last year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van de Wouw came to Santiago as the women\u2019s kilometre time trial world record holder (1:04.497) and she improved her benchmark on two occasions on Saturday: 1:03.652 to rule the qualifying, and 1:03.121 (57.033km\/h) to fly to the gold medal ahead of Iana Burlakova (1.676), last year\u2019s winner over 500 metres, and New Zealand\u2019s Ellesse Andrews (+1.788).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s two laps longer and I think it\u2019s to my advantage so I\u2019m very happy about it,\u201d said Van de Wouw, who will be racing again on Sunday. \u201cOf course I\u2019m aiming for [another gold medal in the keirin] and I will see how tomorrow goes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new pairing made of an established icon and a rising champion powered Great Britain to victory in an eventful Madison as Katie Archibald and Madelaine Leech successfully partnered up. The former claimed her seventh rainbow jersey, the second in the Madison, while the latter received a first rainbow jersey, after taking the bronze medal on Thursday in the women\u2019s team pursuit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty crazy.\u201d Leech said. \u201cI don\u2019t think I still believe it but hopefully in the morning it will sink in. Katie is a legend to the sport and a great person. I\u2019m really happy about the opportunity to ride with her.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s nine years between us,\u201dArchibald added. \u201cMaddie was 13 years old when the first women\u2019s Madison title was contended. She\u2019s grown up with this event as a reality, which hasn\u2019t always been the case and it feels very cool to be next to somebody on that journey.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna Morris secured Team GB\u2019s second gold medal of the night in an all-British final. In the first Tissot UCI Track World Championships since the distance of the women\u2019s individual pursuit went from 3,000 metres to 4,000, the reigning UCI World Champion successfully defended her title with a time of 4:27.005 (53.932km\/h) against her countrywoman Josie Knight\u2019s 4:29.322 (53.468km\/h).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really quite different [to race 4,000 metres],\u201d Morris said. \u201cThe pacing in the first part of the race is even more crucial. In the three kilometres, we saw some people go out really fast and hold on. With the four kilometres, it\u2019s a bit more important to pace the first two kilometres.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the final for gold, the USA\u2019s Chloe Dygert caught Italy\u2019s Federica Venturelli in their duel to take the bronze medal, her sixth medal in the individual pursuit (4 golds, 1 silver, 1 bronze).<\/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=\"LIVE - Day Five Afternoon Session | 2025 Tissot UCI Track World Championships\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fxv9T277iqo?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain\u2019s Albert Torres Barcelo taking a thrilling success in the omnium. 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