November 1, 2008 (Manchester, Great Britain) – Canada’s Tara Whitten – a former National Cross Country Team member and a sprint silver medalist at the 2003 Under-23 World Nordic Championships – took the silver behind Great Britain’s Wendy Houvenaghel in the women’s Individual Pursuit for a fabulous start to the season on Day One of the first round of the UCI Track World Cup in Manchester. We believe Whitten’s qualification time of 3:36.998 (49.770 km/hr) sets a new Canadian record – to be confirmed shortly. Thanks to Doug Cameron for alerting us to this. For complete results click here.

Results

Women’s Individual Pursuit Final
1. Wendy Houvenaghel (Gbr) Great Britain 3:30.591 (51.284 km/h)
2. Tara Whitten (Can) Canada 3:39.584
3. Joanna Rowsell (Gbr) Team 100% Me 3:41.875
4. Charlotte Becker (Ger) Germany 3:44.446
5. Tatsiana Sharakova (Blr) Belarus
6. Pascale Jeuland (Fra) France
7. Jolien d’Hoore (Bel) Belgium
8. Svitlana Galyuk (Ukr) Ukraine
9. Edyta Jasinska (Pol) Poland
10. Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) Cespa Euskadi