Sunday concluded the fifth day of competition at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships in the Peñalolén velodrome in Santiago, Chile. Five titles remained for the taking, with the Points Race and Keirin for the women, and the Sprint, Madison and Elimination races for the men.
Dutch legend Harrie Lavreysen made history on the final day by earning his 20th career gold medal, winning another four titles at these World Championships. He also set the record in sweeping all four sprint events.
"This is really not normal. I said beforehand that it would be exciting, with the kilometer time trial under my belt, but I felt really great again today," Lavreysen told NOS at the velodrome, which was also report by Wielerflits.
"I got through the semi-final well and had a lot of confidence in my legs. I watched a lot of stages. It seemed difficult to overtake here, but it was possible. I prepared very well and was able to execute."
Men's Sprint
The favourite to repeat as the Men's Sprint winner was Lavreysen, who had won this event six times. He delivered on Sunday for a seventh rainbow jersey in the Sprint with scorching speed over Matthew Richardson (Great Britain).
This was the Dutchman's fourth gold medal of the Championships. The 28-year-old opened the competitions in Chile with a world title in the team sprint on Wednesday, the next two days won the Keirin and the 1k time trial, which made him the first man to sweep all four sprint events in one World Championship.
Leigh Hoffman (Australia) earned the bronze with wins in the final heats against Nicholas Paul (Trinidad and Tobago), who replicated his fourth-place finish from a year ago.
The rematch between Lavreysen and Dutch compatriot Jeffrey Hoogland never materialised, as Hoogland, last year's silver medalist, was ousted by Hoffman in the quarterfinals.
The qualifying and quarterfinal rounds were contested Saturday night in Santiago. Once at the quarters, Great Britain's Richardson overcame Japan's Kaiya Ota in two relatively straightforward matches, diving down to spring a surprise on his rival in the first race, and dominating the second.
France's Reyan Helal could do nothing about Lavreysen of the Netherlands, who won with relative ease over two matches.
Trinidad and Tobago's Paul used his flying 200m speed to excellent effect to win both of his races against Israel's Mikhail Yakovlev.
The biggest shock of the quarterfinals came when Hoffman twice managed to hold the wheel of the big Dutchman heading into the final sprint for the line, jumping him on the line in both races to deny Hoogland a tilt at a medal.
Pos. |
Rider (Country) |
1 |
Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) |
2 |
Matthew Richardson (Great Britain) |
Pos. |
Rider (Country) |
3 |
Leigh Hoffman (Australia) |
4 |
Nicholas Paul (Trinidad and Tobago) |
Rank |
Rider |
|---|---|
Heat 1 |
|
1 |
Matthew Richardson (Great Britain) |
2 |
Leigh Hoffman (Australia) |
Heat 2 |
|
1 |
Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) |
2 |
Nicholas Paul (Trinidad and Tobago) |
Rank |
Rider |
|---|---|
Heat 1 |
|
1 |
Matthew Richardson (Great Britain) |
2 |
Kaiya Ota (Japan) |
Heat 2 |
|
1 |
Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) |
2 |
Rayan Helal (France) |
Heat 3 |
|
1 |
Nicholas Paul (Trinidad and Tobago) |
2 |
Mikhail Yakovlev (Israel) |
Heat 4 |
|
1 |
Leigh Hoffman (Australia) |
2 |
Jeffrey Hoogland (Netherlands) |
Women's Keirin
Defending Women's Keirin world champion Mina Sato (Japan) defended her title on Sunday, surviving a semifinal round to win the overall in the finals. Emma Finucane (Great Britain), who was fourth last year, earned the silver medal, with Lorena Cuadrado of Colombia securing the bronze.
Last year's silver medallist Hetty van de Wouw (Netherlands) rode safely through round one, but then began to struggle a bit in the quarters and semis. She finished a distance seventh.
Rank |
Rider |
Time / Points |
|---|---|---|
Heat 1 |
||
1 |
Stefany Lorena Cuadrado Florez (Colombia) |
|
2 |
Mina Sato (Japan) |
|
3 |
Kayla Hankins (United States) |
|
4 |
Yuli Paola Verdugo Osuna (Mexico) |
|
5 |
Alla Biletska (Ukraine) |
|
Heat 2 |
||
1 |
Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany) |
|
2 |
Alessia Mccaig (Australia) |
|
3 |
Alina Lysenko (Athlete Neutral Individual) |
|
4 |
Makaira Wallace (Trinidad and Tobago) |
|
5 |
Nikola Sibiak (Poland) |
|
Heat 3 |
||
1 |
Hetty Van De Wouw (Netherlands) |
|
2 |
Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand) |
|
3 |
Alessa-Catriona Pröpster (Germany) |
|
4 |
Helena Casas Roige (Spain) |
|
5 |
Shahd Mohamed (Egypt) |
|
Heat 4 |
||
1 |
Miriam Vece (Italy) |
|
2 |
Iana Burlakova (Athlete Neutral Individual) |
|
3 |
Veronika Jaborníková (Czechia) |
|
4 |
Kimberly Kalee (Netherlands) |
|
5 |
Juliana Gaviria Rendon (Colombia) |
|
6 |
Marlena Karwacka (Poland) |
|
Heat 5 |
||
1 |
Emma Finucane (Great Britain) |
|
2 |
Haruka Nakazawa (Japan) |
|
3 |
Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri (Malaysia) |
|
4 |
Mckenna Mckee (United States) |
|
5 |
Paula Molina Rodriguez (Chile) |
|
6 |
Sarah Orban (Canada) |
|
Heat 6 |
||
1 |
Lauriane Genest (Canada) |
|
2 |
Mathilde Gros (France) |
|
3 |
Lauren Bell (Great Britain) |
|
4 |
Steffie Van Der Peet (Netherlands) |
|
5 |
Liliya Tatarinoff (Australia) |
|
6 |
Aki Sakai (Japan) |
Rank |
Rider |
Time / Points |
|---|---|---|
Heat 1 |
||
1 |
Steffie Van Der Peet (Netherlands) |
|
2 |
Nikola Sibiak (Poland) |
|
3 |
Veronika Jaborníková (Czechia) |
|
4 |
Sarah Orban (Canada) |
|
5 |
Helena Casas Roige (Spain) |
|
6 |
Kayla Hankins (United States) |
|
7 |
Paula Molina Rodriguez (Chile) |
|
Heat 2 |
||
1 |
Alina Lysenko (Athlete Neutral Individual) |
|
2 |
Liliya Tatarinoff (Australia) |
|
3 |
Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri (Malaysia) |
|
4 |
Kimberly Kalee (Netherlands) |
|
5 |
Yuli Paola Verdugo Osuna (Mexico) |
|
6 |
Shahd Mohamed (Egypt) |
|
7 |
Marlena Karwacka (Poland) |
|
Heat 3 |
||
1 |
Alla Biletska (Ukraine) |
|
2 |
Lauren Bell (Great Britain) |
|
3 |
Mckenna Mckee (United States) |
|
4 |
Alessa-Catriona Pröpster (Germany) |
|
5 |
Makaira Wallace (Trinidad and Tobago) |
|
6 |
Juliana Gaviria Rendon (Colombia) |
|
7 |
Aki Sakai (Japan) |
Rank |
Rider |
Time / Points |
|---|---|---|
Heat 1 |
||
1 |
Stefany Lorena Cuadrado Florez (Colombia) |
|
2 |
Miriam Vece (Italy) |
|
3 |
Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand) |
|
4 |
Steffie Van Der Peet (Netherlands) |
|
5 |
Mathilde Gros (France) |
|
6 |
Nikola Sibiak (Poland) |
|
Heat 2 |
||
1 |
Emma Finucane (Great Britain) |
|
2 |
Iana Burlakova (Athlete Neutral Individual) |
|
3 |
Mina Sato (Japan) |
|
4 |
Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany) |
|
5 |
Alla Biletska (Ukraine) |
|
6 |
Liliya Tatarinoff (Australia) |
|
Heat 3 |
||
1 |
Lauren Bell (Great Britain) |
|
2 |
Alessia Mccaig (Australia) |
|
3 |
Lauriane Genest (Canada) |
|
4 |
Hetty Van De Wouw (Netherlands) |
|
5 |
Alina Lysenko (Athlete Neutral Individual) |
|
6 |
Haruka Nakazawa (Japan) |
Rank |
Rider |
Time / Points |
|---|---|---|
Heat 1 |
||
1 |
Emma Finucane (Great Britain) |
|
2 |
Miriam Vece (Italy) |
|
3 |
Mina Sato (Japan) |
|
4 |
Hetty Van De Wouw (Netherlands) |
|
5 |
Iana Burlakova (Athlete Neutral Individual) |
|
6 |
Lauriane Genest (Canada) |
|
Heat 2 |
||
1 |
Stefany Lorena Cuadrado Florez (Colombia) |
|
2 |
Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany) |
|
3 |
Alessia Mccaig (Australia) |
|
4 |
Lauren Bell (Great Britain) |
|
5 |
Steffie Van Der Peet (Netherlands) |
|
6 |
Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand) |
Rank |
Rider |
Time / Points |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Mina Sato (Japan) |
|
2 |
Emma Finucane (Great Britain) |
|
3 |
Stefany Lorena Cuadrado Florez (Colombia) |
|
4 |
Alessia Mccaig (Australia) |
|
5 |
Miriam Vece (Italy) |
|
6 |
Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany) |
|
7 |
Hetty Van De Wouw (Netherlands) |
|
8 |
Lauriane Genest (Canada) |
|
9 |
Lauren Bell (Great Britain) |
|
10 |
Steffie Van Der Peet (Netherlands) |
|
11 |
Ellesse Andrews (New Zealand) |
|
12 |
Iana Burlakova (Athlete Neutral Individual) |
|
13 |
Alina Lysenko (Athlete Neutral Individual) |
|
13 |
Mathilde Gros (France) |
|
13 |
Alla Biletska (Ukraine) |
|
16 |
Liliya Tatarinoff (Australia) |
|
16 |
Nikola Sibiak (Poland) |
|
16 |
Haruka Nakazawa (Japan) |
|
19 |
Veronika Jaborníková (Czechia) |
|
19 |
Nurul Izzah Izzati Mohd Asri (Malaysia) |
|
19 |
Mckenna Mckee (United States) |
|
22 |
Sarah Orban (Canada) |
|
22 |
Alessa-Catriona Pröpster (Germany) |
|
22 |
Kimberly Kalee (Netherlands) |
|
25 |
Helena Casas Roige (Spain) |
|
25 |
Yuli Paola Verdugo Osuna (Mexico) |
|
25 |
Makaira Wallace (Trinidad and Tobago) |
|
28 |
Juliana Gaviria Rendon (Colombia) |
|
28 |
Shahd Mohamed (Egypt) |
|
28 |
Kayla Hankins (United States) |
|
31 |
Paula Molina Rodriguez (Chile) |
|
31 |
Aki Sakai (Japan) |
|
31 |
Marlena Karwacka (Poland) |
Men's Madison
Belgian duo Lindsay de Vilder and Fabio Van Den Bossche secured its first Men's Madison World Championships gold in 13 years following a ferocious battle with Great Britain's Josh Tarling and Mark Stewart.
In the last race of the 2025 Championships, De Vilder and Van Den Bossche opened up an early lead in the sprints and with a bonus lap, only for Tarling and Stewart to cut back on their advantage in drastic fashion, coming to within four points of the Belgians.
However, Stewart then began to fall off the pace, allowing Belgium to re-open their advantage ahead of the final lap sprint.
"I had the feeling they weren't as good as us, which only gave us confidence," De Vilder told sporza.be as he and Van Den Bossche celebrated gold after taking bronze in 2023 and silver in 2024 in the same discipline.
"The more points we could get against the British, the safer we were. In principle, we only had to watch one team."
"We saw our moment to go for it. It became a perfect race. We were able to put everyone under pressure," Van Den Bossche added.
Meanwhile the fight for the third spot on the winner's podium ended with an unexpected turnaround for Denmark after they were initially classified as fourth.
Half an hour after the race was completed, however, Niklas Larsen and Lasse Norman Hansen were told they had been awarded the bronze instead of Germany after officials realised the Danish duo had not been correctly credited with a lap.
Position |
Rider (Team) |
Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Lindsay De Vylder / Fabio Van Den Bossche (Belgium) |
49:30 |
2 |
Mark Stewart / Joshua Michael Tarling (Great Britain) |
" |
3 |
Lasse Leth / Julius Johansen (Denmark) |
" |
4 |
Moritz Augenstem / Roger Kluge (Germany) |
" |
5 |
Diogo Narciso / Iúri Leitão (Portugal) |
" |
6 |
Yanne Dorenbos / Vincent Hoppezak (Netherlands) |
" |
7 |
Oscar Nilsson Julien / Clement Petit (France) |
" |
8 |
Thomas Sexton / Keegan Hornblow (New Zealand) |
" |
9 |
Peter Moore / Graeme Michael Frislie (USA) |
" |
10 |
H. Alvarez Martinez / Albert Torres Barcelo (Spain) |
" |
11 |
Juan David Sierra / Davide Stella (Spain) |
" |
12 |
Naoki Kojima / Kazushige Kuboki (Japan) |
" |
13 |
Oliver Bleddyn / Blake Agnoletto (Australia) |
" |
14 |
Raphael Kokas / Maximilian Schmidbauer (Austria) |
" |
15 |
Adam Krenek / Jan Vones (Czech Republic) |
" |
16 |
Daniel Staniszewski / Wojciech Pszczolarski (Poland) |
" |
DNF |
Mats Poot / Pascal Tappeiner (Switzerland) |
DNF |
DNF |
Diego Rojas Rivas/Cristian Arriagada Pizarro(Chile) |
Men's Elimination
Elia Viviani secured the perfect ending to his professional career by clinching a last gold medal in the Track World Championships in Chile, claiming the top spot ahead of New Zealand's Campbell Stewart.
Viviani's final duel against Stewart was taken in relatively comfortable style, after there were some surprising early eliminations like defending champion Tobias Hansen of Denmark. Also out early was another top favourite, Jules Hesters of Belgium.
Viviani forged on regardless, the 36-year-old not panicking when with four riders remaining, Netherlands rival Yoeri Havik launched a late attack to guarantee himself the bronze.
Stewart and Viviani caught their Dutch challenger and then battled it out for the win, with Viviani claiming the fifth and last World Championships gold medal of his career, and third elimination title in four years.
"It was dicy out there at times but after the omnium yesterday, I learned a few things," Stewart said later in a statement published by CyclingNewZealand.
"I managed to ride the bubbles and push at the right times. In the end I probably gave Viviani the perfect retirement gift - it was close and I gave it my all but couldn't quite get there."
Position |
Rider (Team) |
Time Gap |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Elia Viviani (Italy) |
Finish |
2 |
Campbell Stewart (New Zealand) |
" |
3 |
Yoeri Havik (Netherlands) |
" |
4 |
William Tidball (Great Britain) |
" |
5 |
Ellande Larronde (France) |
" |
6 |
Max-David Briese (Germany) |
" |
7 |
Daniel Staniszewski (Poland) |
" |
8 |
Matyas Koblizek (Czech Republic) |
" |
9 |
Alvaro Navas Marchal (Spain) |
" |
10 |
Jules Hesters (Belgium) |
" |
11 |
Ricardo Pena Salas (Mexico) |
" |
12 |
Tim Wafler (Austria) |
" |
13 |
Dylan Bibic (Canada) |
" |
14 |
Grant Koontz (USA) |
" |
15 |
Joao Matias (Portugal) |
" |
16 |
Akil Campbell (Trinidad&Tobago) |
" |
17 |
Alex Vogel (Switzerland) |
" |
18 |
Jacob Decar Zuniga (Chile) |
" |
19 |
Tobias Hansen (Denmark) |
" |
20 |
Liam Walsh (Australia) |
" |
21 |
Mahmoud Bakr (Egypt) |
" |
22 |
Clever Jose Martinez Moros (Venezuela) |
" |
23 |
Martin Chren (Slovakia) |
" |
24 |
Eiya Hashimoto (Japan) |
" |
Women's points
A spectacular late comeback netted Yareli Acevedo Mendoza Mexico's second World Championships women's track gold medal in history and its first in 24 years since Nancy Contreras conquered the 500 metres time trial back in 2001.
Running fifth with ten laps to go, Acevedo Mendoza launched a spectacular attack that allowed her to lap the field, pick up 20 points and move into the top position overall with 63 points.
The silver went to Olympic medallist Anna Morris with 58, with Bryony Botha of New Zealand, leading the field before Acevedo Mendoza blasted ahead in the finale, claiming the bronze.
."I went in with full intent and tried to go with every move, which seemed to work well in my favour," Botha said in a statement reported by RNZ about her sixth World Championships medal and New Zealand's fifth of the World Championships
"I was seeing a bit red over the last 20 laps and tried to survive."
"I actually came off the track thinking I was fourth or fifth, but my coach told me I was third. I started crying - I couldn't believe it."
Rank |
Rider Name (Full Country Name) |
Total Points |
|---|---|---|
1 |
Yareli Acevedo Mendoza (Mexico) |
63 |
2 |
Anna Morris (Great Britain) |
58 |
3 |
Bryony Botha (New Zealand) |
56 |
4 |
Alexandra Grace Manly (Australia) |
54 |
5 |
Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark) |
52 |
6 |
Lea Federica Teutenberg (Germany) |
51 |
7 |
Federica Venturelli (Italy) |
50 |
8 |
Tsuyaka Uchino (Japan) |
50 |
9 |
Barbora Nemcova (Czechia) |
44 |
10 |
Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway) |
43 |
11 |
Victoire Berteau (France) |
40 |
12 |
Lara Gillespie (Ireland) |
25 |
13 |
Olivija Baleisyte (Lithuania) |
20 |
14 |
Escalera Isabela Maria (Spain) |
3 |
15 |
Katrijn de Clercq (Belgium) |
3 |
16 |
Patrycja Lorkowska (Poland) |
2 |
17 |
Bethany Ingram (United States) |
2 |
18 |
Elle van Belle (Netherlands) |
0 |
DNF |
Alzbeta Bacikova (Slovakia) |
|
DNF |
Marlen Rojas Lescot (Chile) |
|
DNF |
Ngaire Barraclough (Canada) |
|
DNF |
Teniel Campbell (Trinidad and Tobago) |
