Netherlands takes half of Sunday's golds in UCI World Cup Beijing

Netherlands won titles in women's Keirin and men's individual in the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Beijing here on Sunday.

After winning men's team sprint with teammates Teun Mulder and Tim Veldt, Theo Bos took his second gold in Beijing after beating French Mickael Bourgain in men's individual pursuit final.

Sydney runner-up Kevin Sireau lost to Stefan Nimke of www.rad-net.de team in consolation final and failed to earn a medal.

Willy Kanis was crowned in women's Keirin in chaos for four of all six finalists fell just before the final track, including reigning world champion Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain, winner in World Cup Sydney in last week, and Natallia Tsylinskaya, bronze medalist in Sydney.

"I don't think I was lucky because I raced very well," said Kanis. "In the final I was in the leading position and then they crashed behind me."

The silver went to Christin Muche of Germany, who was the other one to finish the final.

Top-qualifying Ukrainian trio of Svetlana Galuk, Lesya Kalitovska and Lyubov Shulika beat russian's Eugeniya Romanyuta, Olga Slyusareva and Anastasiay Chulkova in the final of women's 3,000 meters team pursuit.

Official results were not immediately available due to problem with timing system, but Ukraine led throughout the 12-lap race and clocked three minutes and 33.360 seconds, one seconds less than their opponents did.

This was just the second time in World Cup history that women's team pursuit was contested. The first was last week in Sydney, Australia, in which Russia won.

"Now we were so excited to say anything about the achievement," said Galuk. "Maybe we should thank the audience in Laoshan Venue. Chinese people are very polite and ebullient. We can perceive the passion and the encouragement for us."

Jerome Neuville and Christophe Riblon took men' s Madison gold for France.

The French pair brought the final gold of the World Cup Beijing to France, leaving silver to T-mobile Track team's Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins.

The bronze went to Ukrainian cyclists Lyubomyr Polatayko and Volodymyry Rybin.

Joan Llaneras Rossello and Carlos Torrent Tarres of Spain, runner-ups in World Cup Sydney last week, only placed fifth.