Les Jeux du Commonwealth Melbourne, Australie, 16 au 26 mars 2006

Martin Gilbert devance ici Travis Smith le 19 mars.
photo : Rob Jones, The Canadian Cyclist

Dimanche 19 mars
20 km scratch race
Qualifications, vague 1
1- Greg Henderson, Nouvelle-Zélande
2- Zack Bell, Canada
3- Ashley Hutchinson, Australie

Qualifications, vague 2
1- Timothy Gudsell, Nouvelle-Zélande
2- Hayden Godfrey, Nouvelle-Zélande
3- Martin Gilbert, Canada
il y avait 31 participants aux qualifications

Finale
1- Mark Cavendish, Île de Man, 23m 05.540 (51.965km/h)
2- Ashley Hutchinson, Australie
3- James McCallum, Écosse
5- Zack Bell, Canada
9- Martin Gilbert, Canada
Tous les résultats de la scratch race.

Yannick Morin mène l'équipe canadienne.
photo : Rob Jones, The Canadian Cyclist

sprint par équipe
Qualifications
1- Écosse, 44.265 (60.996km/h)
2- Angleterre, 44.564 (60.587km/h)
3- Australie, 44.597 (60.542km/h)
5- Canada (Cameron Mackinnon, Yannik Morin,Travis Smith) 46.246 (58.383km/h)
il y avait 7 équipes. Tous les résultats du sprint par équipe.

Yannik Morin a battu sa marque personnelle.

Lisez :
- Record personnel pour Morin, Gilbert neuvième, Mathieu Laberge, Sportcom
- The track cycling program ended with a bang and a gripping night of racing, Nick Warren, Pedal

En guise d'épilogue :

In between races, there is a roving camera crew and announcer. Much to our surprise, Yannik suddenly appeared on the big screens around the track, being interviewed about his previous careers - both as a bobsledder (in Salt Lake in 2002) and before that as a bodybuilder ! It was revealed that Yannik was actually Mr Natural Universe (meaning amateur, with no "enhancements") in 1998. The women doing the interview somehow convinced Yannik to take his shirt off and do a couple of bodybuilding poses for the cameras and the crowd.

En insertion : une photo datant de 1998
alors que Yannick remportait le titre Mr Natural Universe .
photo : Shane Goss, sur The Canadian Cyclist

We can safely say that Yannik was the star of the evening entertainment...

Afterwards, Yannik revealed that it was thanks to team mate Travis Smith that this all took place, since he informed the organization about Yannik's past.
Rob Jones, The Canadian Cyclist

Sur Pedal, Nick Warren raconte :
Occasional trackside commentary and interviews were provided by Katie Brown, who was a member of the Australian team that was hit by a car in Germany last year. She may be a champion cyclist, but a TV presenter she is not. Her squeaky Australian ‘ecksint’ was too much for England’s Paul Manning who simply replied, “sorry darling, I can’t understand a word you’re saying,” when asked a question. However, when she found out Canadian sprinter Yannick Morin was a former Mr. Universe contestant, it sent her into high-pitch hysteria. “Flex your muscles for the crowd like in Mr. Universe,” she asked an amused Morin. “Oh go on, we all want to see!” Morin duly obliged to the crowd’s and certainly Ms. Brown’s delight.

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