2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch

Women's scatch race

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Rainbow jersey
Race details
Date		27 March 2009
Distance		10 km (6.214 mi)
Medalists
	Gold	Yumari González (Cuba)
	Silver	Lizzie Armitstead (United Kingdom)
	Bronze	Belinda Goss (Australia)

2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
List of entrants
Individual pursuit		men		women
Keirin		men		women
Omnium		men		women
Points race		men		women
Scratch		men		women
Sprint		men		women
Time trial		men		women
Team pursuit		men		women
Team sprint		men		women
Madison		men

The Women's Scratch was one of the 8 women's events at the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland.

20 Cyclists from 20 different countries participated in the race. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. The competition consisted on 40 laps, making a total of 10 km and was run on 27 March 2009. Ellen van Dijk could not cement her reputation as the 2008 World champion and it was the 2007 World champion and 2008 silver medalist Yumari González from Cuba who won the scratch race with Elizabeth Armitstead and Belinda Goss finishing in second and third position.^[1]

Final

Rank[2]	Name	Country
	Yumari González	Cuba
	Lizzie Armitstead	United Kingdom
	Belinda Goss	Australia
4	Giorgia Bronzini	Italy
5	Pascale Jeuland	France
6	Ellen van Dijk	Netherlands
7	Kelly Druyts	Belgium
8	Andrea Wolfer	Switzerland
9	Sun Feiyan	China
10	Jarmila Machacova	Czech Republic
11	Lauren Ellis	New Zealand
12	Shelley Olds	United States
13	Alena Amialyusik	Belarus
14	María Luisa Calle	Colombia
15	Tara Whitten	Canada
16	Małgorzata Wojtyra	Poland
17	Wichana Thatsani	Thailand
18	Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro	Spain
19	Diao Xiao Juan	Hong Kong
DNF	Evgeniya Romanyuta	Russia

References

1. Mark Misérus (25 March 2009). "Van Dijk schiet niets op vindt ze zelf". de Volkskrant. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
2. "UCI 2009 Track World Championships Women's Scratch Official Results" (PDF). Tissot.