The third round of the women's individual pursuit of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics took place in Cali, Colombia on 11 December 2008. 8 athletes participated in the contest.

Competition format The women's individual pursuit consists of a 3 km time trial race between two riders, starting on opposite sides of the track. If one rider catches the other, the race is over.

The tournament consisted of an initial qualifying round. The top two riders in the qualifying round advanced to the gold medal match and the third and fourth riders advanced to the bronze medal race.

Schedule Friday 11 December 11:00-11:25 Qualifying 19:10-19:25 Finals 20:25:-20:30 Victory Ceremony

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Results

Qualifying Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Notes1 Vilija Sereikaitė 3:36.174 49.959Q2 María Luisa Calle Williams 3:37.071 49.753Q3 Tara Whitten 3:42.050 48.637q4 Dalilia Rodriguez 3:45.068 47.985q5 Elena Chalykh 3:46.436 47.6956 Tatsiana Sharakova 3:47.427 47.4877 Gema Pascual Torrecilla 3:49.250 47.1108 Camila Pinheiro Rodrigues 4:07.489 43.638

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Finals

Final bronze medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Tara Whitten 3:39.010 49.3124 Dalilia Rodriguez 3:44.988 48.002 Results from Tissottiming.com.

Final gold medal race Rank Cyclist Team Time Speed Vilija Sereikaitė 3:33.307 50.631 María Luisa Calle Williams 3:38.415 49.447 Results from Tissottiming.com.

World Cup Standings General standings after 3 of 5 2008–2009 World Cup races. Rank Cyclist Team Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Totalpoints1 Joanna Rowsell Team 100% ME 812202 Tara Whitten 108183 Charlotte Becker 76134 Vilija Sereikaitė 12125 Wendy Houvenaghel 12126 Tatsiana Sharakova 65117 María Luisa Calle Williams 10108 Josephine Tomic 10109 Lada Kozlíková 8810 Dalilia Rodriguez 7711 Ellen van Dijk 7712 Svitlana Halyuk 34713 Elena Chalykh 6614 Tess Downing 5515 Pascale Jeuland 5516 Jolien D'Hoore 41517 Gema Pascual Torrecilla 4418 Camila Pinheiro Rodrigues 3319 Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro 3320 Lauren Ellis 2221 Edyta Jasińska 2222 Ana Usabiaga Balerdi EUS 11 Results from Tissottiming.com.

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