2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch

The Women's Scratch is one of the 7 women's events at the 2007 UCI Track World Championship, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

20 Cyclists from 20 countries participated in the contest. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.^[1]

Final

The Final and only race was run at 19:45 on March 31. The competition consisted on 40 laps, making a total of 10km.^[1] Yumari Gonzalez attacked off the fromt of the bunch within the final two laps of the race, securing her gold medal, Williams followed to claim the silver leaving the rest to fight for bronze in a bunch sprint. Rebecca Quinn sprinted between two riders to claim third position but was later relegated when the judges decided she had made contact with another rider in doing so.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "UCI 2007 Track World Championships Communiqué no. 49 (page 21)" (PDF). Tissot. http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/cmt2007/Book.pdf#page=21. Retrieved 2007-04-02. 
2. ^ Andrew Hood (March 31, 2007). "Quinn relegated at world's scratch race". Velo News. http://www.velonews.com/article/11970. 
3. ^ "UCI 2007 Track World Championships Women's Scratch Finals Official Results" (PDF). Tissot. http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/cmt2007/Womens_Scratch_Final_Results.pdf.