Three titles were on the line on the opening day of racing at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships in the Peñalolén velodrome in Santiago, Chile.

The first day of competition decided the gold medallists in the women’s scratch, men’s team sprint and women’s team sprint.

Lorena Wiebes fulfilled her status as top favourite for the rainbow jersey, although she had to face off a major surprise in the finale after Lithuanian Olivijia Baleistyte tried to ambush the Dutch star.

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Wiebes was initially successful at closing down any challenges, only for Baleistyte suddenly to go clear, putting Wiebes on the defensive. However, rather than be caught out too early and risk a counter-move, Wiebes opted to take things calmly before opening up the throttle to bring back her rival in the last two laps.

Her calculation initially paid off well as Baleistyte burned herself out and was reeled in, but just as one challenge was extinguished by the Netherlands racer, another ignited. Denmark’s former road World Chamìon Amalie Dideriksen launched a powerful sprint in the final lap.

That forced Wiebes to dig deep to first catch her rival and come past just in time for gold – her second in 10 days after the gravel World Championships. The bronze, meanwhile, went to Prudence Fowler of New Zealand.

Netherlands' #34 Lorena Wiebes (L) celebrates after winning the women's scratch 10km final during the 2025 UCI Track World Championships at the Peñalolen Velodrome, in Santiago, on October 22, 2025. (Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA / AFP)

Lorena Wiebes celebrates after winning the scratch event (Image credit: Getty Images)Swipe to scroll horizontally

Rank

Name (Country)

1

Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands)

2

Amalie Dideriksen (Denmark)

3

Prudence Fowler (New Zealand)

4

Marion Borras (France)

5

Anita Yvonne Stenberg (Norway)

6

Madelaine Leech (United Kingdom)

7

Petra Sevcikova (Czech Republic)

8

Valeriya Valgonen (Individual Neutral Athletes)

9

Bethany Ingram (United States Of America)

10

Lena Charlotte Reissner (Germany)

11

Lorena Leu (Switzerland)

12

Emma Jeffers (Ireland)

13

Alexandra Volstad (Canada)

14

Mizuki Ikeda (Japan)

15

Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed (Egypt)

16

Eva Anguela Yaguez (Spain)

17

Marith Vanhove (Belgium)

18

Claudia Marcks (Australia)

19

Nikol Plosaj (Poland)

20

Maria Antonieta Gaxiola Gonzalez (Mexico)

21

Javiera Garrido Muñoz (Chile)

22

Bacikova Alzbeta (Slovakia)

23

Martina Fidanza (Italy)

24

Olivija Baleisyte (Lithuania)