The final day of the UCI Track World Championships in Santiago, Chile saw Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen, Yareli Acevedo of Mexico, Elia Viviani of Italy, and the Belgian duo of Lindsay De Vylder and Fabio van den Bossche deliver memorable performances as they respectively ruled the men\u2019s individual sprint, the women\u2019s points race, the men\u2019s elimination race and the men\u2019s Madison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 22 titles were awarded across the five days of competition, Oranje stars claimed nine, matching Great Britain\u2019s record from 2008. Team GB followed with four titles. In all, ten nations won rainbow jerseys – Italy earned two, while Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, and Spain took one each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harrie Lavreysen already occupied a unique spot at the very top of his discipline\u2019s history when he came to Santiago, and he managed to surpass himself in the Pe\u00f1alol\u00e9n Velodrome. Winner of the team sprint on Wednesday, the keirin on Thursday and the kilometre time trial on Friday, the Dutch powerhouse went on to rule the individual sprint this weekend to become the first rider ever to win four titles in a single edition of the UCI Track World Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Showing the best version of himself, Lavreysen got the better of his longtime rival Matthew Richardson of Great Britain in two straight heats in the final for gold. His tally is now up to 20 rainbow jerseys, pushing further away from previous record holder, Frenchman Arnaud Tournant (14). In the final for bronze, Australia\u2019s Leigh Hoffman dominated Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s Nicholas Paul to take a third medal this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s incredible,\u201d Lavreysen said. \u201cThis week went perfectly for me. It was really hard to win four disciplines and I was really happy I could recover from everything and still have everything left for today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mexico\u2019s Yareli Acevedo Mendoza attacked again and again in the women\u2019s points race, lapping the field on three occasions, including in the very final rush, to jump to first place and eventually claim victory with 63 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Great Britain\u2019s Anna Morris won the final sprint to claim silver (58 points) and New Zealand\u2019s Bryony Botha (56) rounded out a hard-fought podium ahead of Australia\u2019s Alexandra Manly (54), Denmark\u2019s Amalie Dideriksen (52), Germany\u2019s Lea Lin Teutenberg (51), Italy\u2019s Federica Venturelli (50), Japan\u2019s Tsuyaka Uchino (50)\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt’s the result of all my hard work, perseverance and dedication to this beautiful sport,\u201d an emotional Acevedo Mendoza said as she took Mexico\u2019s second rainbow jersey in the history of the Tissot UCI Track World Championships, 24 years after Nancy Contreras won the time trial. \u201cThis is for all of Mexico, it belongs to Mexico, we are World Champions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n