The Women's Points Race was one of the 8 women's events at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester, United Kingdom from 26 to 30 March 2008. Eighteen events were scheduled; the women's team pursuit being the only addition from the 2007...

, held in Manchester

Manchester

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, United Kingdom

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22 Cyclists from 22 countries participated in the contest. Because of the number of entries, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final.

Final

The Final and only race was run on March 29. The competition consisted on 100 laps, making a total of 25 km with 10 sprints.

Elapsed Time=31:58.990
Average Speed=46.899 km/h

Rank	|Name	|Country	|Sprint Number	|Finish Order	|Lap Points	|Total Points
	1	2	3		4	5	6	7	8	9	10	+	-	Balance
	Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships...						5			3		5	1	20		20	33
	Trine Schmidt Trine Schmidt Trine Schmidt is a Danish professional racing cyclist for .- Palmarès :2003Trine Schmidt is a Danish professional racing cyclist for .- Palmarès :2003...			5										20		20	25
	Vera Carrara Vera Carrara Vera Carrara is an Italian professional racing cyclist.Carrara was born in Alzano Lombardo and joined the G.S. Valoti Arredamenti at the age of seven...													20		20	20
4	Leire Olaberria Leire Olaberria Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro ; born 17 February 1977 in Ikaztegieta, Gipuzkoais a Spanish Basque racing cyclist. She won the Bronze medal in the Women's points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing behind Marianne Vos and Yoanka González .-References:...		5					5			1						11
5	Yoanka González Yoanka González Yoanka González Pérez is a Cuban racing cyclist. She was the 2004 scratch cycling world champion. She is also the wife of cyclist Pedro Pablo Pérez.-References:...					5					5						10
6	Svetlana Paulikaite			3	5												8
7	Olga Slyusareva Olga Slyusareva Olga Anatolyevna Slyusareva is a Russian professional racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in the points race, bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in the points race, and at the 2004 Olympic Games in the road race.-Career highlights:19951998Olga Anatolyevna Slyusareva...			2						2		3	2				7
8	Rebecca Quinn Rebecca Quinn Rebecca Quinn is an American professional racing cyclist from Quakertown, Pennsylvania.Quinn finished third in the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Women's Scratch but was relegated as she had made contact with another rider during the sprint finish.Quinn took USA Cycling to...			1	3	1						2	3				7
9	Pascale Jeuland Pascale Jeuland Pascale Jeuland is a French racing cyclist participating in road and track cycling events. At the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Jeuland won the gold medal in the scratch event.- Palmarès :- External links :...		1		2	2						1	4				6
10	Jarmila Machacova Jarmila Machacová Jarmila Machačová is a Czech professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2006:2º in Sydney, Scratch 3º in National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite, Czech Republic , Bratislava...					3		3									6
11	Wong Wan Yiu							1	5								6
12	Katherine Bates Katherine Bates Katherine Bates is an Australian track and road cyclist. A multiple national champion, Bates has been riding as a professional since 2002. In 2007, she became the World Points Race Champion on the track...		3				1				2						6
13	Li Yan Li Yan (cyclist) -Career highlights:20052006...									5							5
14	Belem Guerrero Méndez						2		3								5
15	María Luisa Calle María Luisa Calle María Luisa Calle Williams is a Colombian professional racing cyclist. She was born in Medellín.In the 2004 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the cycling women's points race, the first Colombian to win a medal in cycling. She was forced to return the medal after positive test result for...				1				1		3						5
16	Charlotte Becker Charlotte Becker Charlotte Becker is a German professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2000200120022004200520062007-References:...						3			1							4
17	Gina Grain									2							2
18	Lesya Kalitovska Lesya Kalitovska Lesya Mihaylovna Kalitovska is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:2005...								2								2
19	Elizabeth Armitstead																0
20	Aksana Papko																0
21	Catherine Cheatley																0
22	Lee Min Hye		2												-20	-20	-18