Irvine has bagged two silver medals at the UCI World Cup meeting in Glasgow
Martyn Irvine has enjoyed a fantastic campaign at the UCI World Cup in Glasgow, taking his second silver medal of the meeting in the individual pursuit this evening, Saturday.
The soon-to-be Pro Continental road rider was up against class opposition in the gold medal ride off in the 4km pursuit this evening, going head to head with Olympic omnium champion Lasse Norman Hansen.
Irvine really lifted his game this evening, going almost two seconds quicker in the gold medal ride off than he had done in the earlier qualifying rounds. He clocked 4:22.745, a new personal best for him.
However, Hansen also dug deep and he too went almost two seconds faster in the final than he had in qualifying, clocking 4:20.875.
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In the ride off for bronze, David Mintaner Juaneda of Spain got the better of Kiwi Dylan Kennett.
Irvine qualified for the individual pursuit gold medal ride off by posting the second fastest time in the qualifying round. His time of 4:24.243 was beaten only by Hansen, with the Dane posting a time of 4:22.373.
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That’s an absolutely fantastic ride by Irvine and he has clearly lost none of his condition or hunger following his Olympic campaign this year.
He adds the silver medal won this evening to the silver he took in the scratch race last night, Friday, in Glasgow. He was hugely aggressive throughout the scratch event and was the man of the race.
He was beaten to the gold by Tristan Marguet of Switzerland.
Irvine’s decision to ride the scratch race and individual pursuit and take a break from the omnium has paid off in spades this weekend. He not only takes two silver medals away from a UCI World Cup, but now looks in fantastic shape for the Track World Championships in Minsk in February.
His signing of a contract in recent weeks with a Pro Continental team – the identity of which he has not yet revealed - is also a great move for him and clearly demonstrates he has no intention of resting on the laurels of having gotten to the Olympics this year.
Individual Pursuit Qualifying
1 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Denmark 0:04:22.373
2 Martyn Irvine (Irl) Ireland 0:04:24.243
3 David Muntaner Juaneda (Spa) Spain 0:04:26.479
4 Dylan Kennett (NZl) New Zealand 0:04:28.128
5 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 0:04:28.806
6 Sergey Shilov (Rus) Lokosphinx 0:04:29.006
7 Ondrej Vendolsky (Cze) Czech Republic 0:04:29.968
8 Roy Eefting (Ned) Netherlands 0:04:33.334
9 Dias Omirzakov (Kaz) Kazakhstan 0:04:35.808
10 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Belgium 0:04:36.279
11 Frank Pasche (Swi) Switzerland 0:04:37.369
12 Maximilian Beyer (Ger) Germany 0:04:38.046
13 King Lok Cheung (HKg) Hong Kong 0:04:38.616
14 Thomas Boudat (Fra) France 0:04:39.201
15 Oleksandr Lobov (Ukr) Ukraine 0:04:39.959
16 Manuel Cazzaro (Ita) Italy 0:04:41.405
17 Jonathan Mould (GBr) Team USN 0:04:42.263
18 Aliaksandr Lisouski (Blr) Belarus 0:04:42.729
19 Manuel Briceño (Ven) Venezuela 0:04:44.939
20 Cesar Octavio Ayala Mussard (Spa) Reyno de Navarra-Telco-M-Conor 0:05:00.865
