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Bayley wins Keirin final France dominates cycling's world track championships
ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) -- Robert Sassone and Jerome Neuville won the Madison world title Sunday, underlining France's domination at cycling's world track championships. France captured the team gold, one lap ahead of Spain and Argentina. Spain won the silver because it scored 10 points to nine for Argentina. Russia's Olga Slioussareva won the women's points race on Sunday for her first world championship title in the discipline. The favorite, Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel of the Netherlands, was held back after her bike seat became unstuck. Slioussareva finished with 21 points, seven more than Australia's Katherine Bates. Mexico's Belem Guerrero Mendez took the bronze with five points. One lap back, Zijlaard-Van Moorsel finished fifth. In a chaotic Keirin final, Australia's Ryan Bayley crossed the line ahead of France's Laurent Gane, while the four other racers crashed during the final lap. Germany's Jens Fiedler earned the bronze, walking across the finish line, dragging a broken bike. In the overall standings, France has four gold medals, including three for Arnaud Tournant, the standout performer at the five-day world championships. Tournant won the 1-kilometer time trial, the Olympic team sprint and the individual sprint. Next week he flies to Bolivia, at high altitude, where he will try to become the first cyclist to dip under the 1-minute mark. He holds the world record at 1 minute, 0.148 seconds. Zijlaard-Van Moorsel was on her way to become the dominant woman of these championships when the seat of her bike gave way in the crucial stages of the points race. Slioussareva and Zijlaard-Van Moorsel were close together in the intermediate standings at the time. The Dutchwoman was forced to swerve off the track and change bikes, allowing the Russian to take a vital lap on her closest competitor. "If you lose because you're bad, I don't mind," Zijlaard-Van Moorsel said. "But losing because of a technical problem really hurts."
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