The 2007 Masters of Sprint was held on 6 January 2007 in Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis in Rotterdam. The event was held for the first time and scheduled in between the 2007 Six Days of Rotterdam. Nine of the world's best track sprint cyclists challenged each other to crown the Master of Sprint at the end of the day.
Results 200 metre time trial The riders started with a 200-metre time trial to place them into three series of three riders who were facing each other.
No.RiderTimeSerie 1 Theo Bos 10.702 1 2 Tim Veldt 10.723 3 3 Craig MacLean 10.845 2 4 Arnaud Tournant 10.866 1 5 Teun Mulder 10.946 2 6 François Pervis 10.993 3 7 Roberto Chiappa 10.998 1 8 Jan van Eijden 11.134 2 9 Yondi Schmidt 11.243 3
Series In the series three riders faced each other in a sprint competition, with the winner qualifying automatically for the semi-finals, while the others were forced to ride the repechages first.
No.Serie 1Result 1 Theo Bos Semi final 2 Arnaud Tournant Repechage 3 Roberto Chiappa Repechage
No.Serie 2Result 1 Craig MacLean Semi final 2 Teun Mulder Repechage 3 Jan van Eijden Repechage
No.Serie 3Result 1 Tim Veldt Semi final 2 François Pervis Repechage 3 Yondi Schmidt Repechage
Repechages The losing riders of the series entered the repechages in three series of two riders, with the winners eventually qualifying for the semi-finals.
No.Repechage 1Result 1 Roberto Chiappa Semi final 2 Jan van Eijden 7th-9th
No.Repechage 2Result 1 Teun Mulder Semi final 2 Yondi Schmidt 7th-9th
No.Repechage 3Result 1 Arnaud Tournant Semi final 2 François Pervis 7th-9th
Semi finals The semi finals existed of two series with three riders. The winners both qualified for the final, while those crossing the line in second position would be fighting for the bronze medal. The third finishers met each other in the fifth place decider.
No.Semi final 1Result 1 Theo Bos Final 2 Arnaud Tournant 3rd-4th 3 Teun Mulder 5th-6th
No.Semi final 2Result 1 Craig MacLean Final 2 Roberto Chiappa 3rd-4th 3 Tim Veldt 5th-6th
Finals In the finals Theo Bos outsprinted Craig McLean to become Master of Sprint. Arnaud Tournant claimed the bronze medal in his confrontation with Roberto Chiappa.
No.7th-9th positionResult 1 François Pervis 7th 2 Jan van Eijden 8th 3 Yondi Schmidt 9th
No.5th-6th positionResult 1 Teun Mulder 5th 2 Tim Veldt 6th
No.3rd-4th positionResult 1 Arnaud Tournant 3rd 2 Roberto Chiappa 4th
No.1st-2nd positionResult 1 Theo Bos 1st 2 Craig MacLean 2nd
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