Indian cyclists failed to enter the main round of the men's team pursuit event after finishing ninth in the qualifying round of the Asian Games in Guangzhou on Monday.

In a contest where the eight fastest teams qualified for the main round, Indian team of Vinod Malik, Sombir, Satbir Singh and Atul Kumar managed to grab the ninth spot in a 11-side field.

India clocked a poor 52.704 km/hr fastest speed which was way behind the winning team Hong Kong, who clocked 56.954 km/hr.

Kazakhstan who qualified round one of the competition as the eighth team were ahead of India by 1.971 km/hr speed.