2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit

Women's team pursuit at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	Vélodrome Couvert Régional Jean Stablinski
Location	Roubaix, France
Dates	20–21 October
Competitors	40 from 9 nations
Teams	9
Winning time	4:08.752
Medalists
Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Mieke Kröger Laura Süßemilch    Germany   Elisa Balsamo Martina Alzini Chiara Consonni Martina Fidanza    Italy   Katie Archibald Megan Barker Neah Evans Josie Knight    Great Britain

The Women's team pursuit competition at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 20 and 21 October 2021.^[1][2]

Results

Qualifying

The qualifying was started on 20 October at 13:00.^[3] The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Mieke Kröger Laura Süßemilch	4:13.082		Q
2	Italy Elisa Balsamo Letizia Paternoster Martina Alzini Martina Fidanza	4:14.176	+1.094	Q
3	Great Britain Katie Archibald Megan Barker Neah Evans Josie Knight	4:16.200	+3.118	Q
4	Ireland Mia Griffin Emily Kay Kelly Murphy Alice Sharpe	4:23.095	+10.013	Q
5	Canada Ngaire Barraclough Sarah Van Dam Erin Attwell Maggie Coles-Lyster	4:23.988	+10.906	q
6	Belarus Hanna Tserakh Aksana Salauyeva Nastassia Kiptsikava Taisa Naskovich	4:29.158	+16.076	q
7	Poland Nikol Płosaj Karolina Karasiewicz Patrycja Lorkowska Wiktoria Pikulik	4:29.445	+16.363	q
8	Switzerland Aline Seitz Michelle Andres Fabienne Buri Cybèle Schneider	4:34.370	+21.288	q
9	Nigeria Tawakalt Yekeen Grace Ayuba Mary Samuel Ese Ukpeseraye	5:33.212	+1:20.130

First round

First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest
Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest

The first round was started on 21 October at 18:30.^[4] The winners of heats three and four advanced to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.

Heat	Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	1	Poland Nikol Płosaj Karolina Karasiewicz Daria Pikulik Wiktoria Pikulik	4:22.669
1	2	Belarus Hanna Tserakh Aksana Salauyeva Nastassia Kiptsikava Taisa Naskovich	4.26.952	+4.283
2	1	Canada Ngaire Barraclough Sarah Van Dam Maggie Coles-Lyster Devaney Collier	4:20.191		QB
2	2	Switzerland Aline Seitz Michelle Andres Fabienne Buri Léna Mettraux	4:29.068	+8.877
3	1	Italy Elisa Balsamo Martina Alzini Chiara Consonni Martina Fidanza	4:11.497		QG
3	2	Great Britain Katie Archibald Megan Barker Neah Evans Josie Knight	4:14.413	+2.916	QB
4	1	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Mieke Kröger Laura Süßemilch			QG
4	2	Ireland Mia Griffin Emily Kay Kelly Murphy Alice Sharpe	4:21.126

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final

Finals

The finals were started on 21 October at 20:45.^[5]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal race
	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Mieke Kröger Laura Süßemilch	4:08.752
	Italy Elisa Balsamo Martina Alzini Chiara Consonni Martina Fidanza	4:13.690	+4.938
Bronze medal race
	United Kingdom Katie Archibald Megan Barker Neah Evans Josie Knight	4:17.459
4	Canada Ngaire Barraclough Erin Attwell Maggie Coles-Lyster Devaney Collier	4:22.889	+5.430

References

1. Schedule
2. Start list
3. Qualifying results
4. First round results
5. Final results