Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's points race

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Cycling Track – Women's points race
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Cycling (track) pictogram.svg
Venue Anna Meares Velodrome
Dates7 April
Competitors23 from 11 nations
Winning points40
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
  2014
2022  

The women's points race at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the cycling programme, took place on 7 April 2018.

Contents

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

DateTimeRound
Saturday 7 April 201819:16Final

Results

100 laps (25 km) were raced with 10 sprints. [2]

RankRiderLap PointsSprint PointsTotal Points
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Wales 2.svg  Elinor Barker  (WAL)202040
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Scotland.svg  Katie Archibald  (SCO)2020
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Scotland.svg  Neah Evans  (SCO)1717
4Flag of Australia.svg  Alexandra Manly  (AUS)1414
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  Rushlee Buchanan  (NZL)1010
6Flag of England.svg  Emily Kay  (ENG)88
7Flag of Australia.svg  Amy Cure  (AUS)88
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Kinley Gibson  (CAN)55
9Flag of England.svg  Emily Nelson  (ENG)55
10Flag of New Zealand.svg  Michaela Drummond  (NZL)44
11Ulster banner.svg  Lydia Boylan  (NIR)33
12Flag of Wales 2.svg  Jessica Roberts  (WAL)33
13Flag of England.svg  Ellie Dickinson  (ENG)22
14Flag of Wales 2.svg  Dani Rowe  (WAL)11
15Flag of Barbados.svg  Amber Joseph  (BAR)00
16Flag of Scotland.svg  Eileen Roe  (SCO)00
17Flag of New Zealand.svg  Racquel Sheath  (NZL)00
18Flag of Singapore.svg  Luo Yiwei  (SGP)00
19Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Stephanie Roorda  (CAN)00
20Flag of Malaysia.svg  Ju Pha Som Net  (MAS)00
21Flag of Australia.svg  Georgia Baker  (AUS)00
22Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Allison Beveridge  (CAN)–200–20
Flag of India.svg  Monorama Tongbram  (IND)DNF
Flag of India.svg  Sonali Mayanglambam  (IND)DNS

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References

  1. "Cycling Track | Daily Schedule". Gold Coast 2018. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. "Cycling Track | Women's 25km Points Race - Final Results" (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.