2013 UEC European Track Championships

2013 UEC European Track Championships

Host city Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Date(s) 18–20 October 2013
Velodrome Omnisport Apeldoorn
2012
2014

The 2013 UEC European Track Championships was the fourth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Omnisport Arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, between 18 and 20 October. The Event was organised by the European Cycling Union.

All ten Olympic events, (sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and omnium, for both men and women) and the non-Olympic men's madison championship and points races for both genders were held as part of the championships.

A highly competitive championships, gold medals were share among five teams, and medals among ten teams, with Germany leading the medal table with three gold and three silver medals. Great Britain won the most medals with eight, three of them also gold, the same number as Russia. The host Netherlands also enjoyed a highly successful event, with two gold medals and six in all, by far their strongest showing at this level. Ireland also won its first ever medal at this level, a bronze in the men's omnium for world scratch race champion Martyn Irvine.

Individually Laura Trott of Great Britain, Maximillian Levy of Germany and Elia Viviani each won two gold medals, while Kristina Vogel won three medals, including gold in the women's sprint. Trott was also part of the Great Britain women's team pursuit quartet who twice lowered the world record in their event.


The Dutch team won bronze in the men's team pursuit.

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Sprint
 Denis Dmitriev
Russia (RUS)
 Robert Förstemann
Germany (GER)
 Jason Kenny
Great Britain (GBR)
Team sprint
 Germany
René Enders
Robert Förstemann
Maximilian Levy
43.636  France
Grégory Baugé
Michaël D'Almeida
François Pervis
43.902  Russia
Denis Dmitriev
Andrey Kubeev
Pavel Yakushevskiy
44.537
Keirin
 Maximillian Levy
Germany (GER)
 Jason Kenny
Great Britain (GBR)
 François Pervis
France (FRA)
Omnium
 Viktor Manakov
Russia (RUS)
14 pt Netherlands Tim Veldt
Netherlands (NED)
29 pt  Martyn Irvine
Ireland (IRL)
40 pt
Team pursuit
 Great Britain
Owain Doull
Steven Burke
Ed Clancy
Andy Tennant
4:02.258  Russia
Artur Ershov
Ivan Kovalev
Evgeny Kovalev
Alexander Serov
4:02.460 Netherlands Netherlands
Tim Veldt
Dion Beukeboom
Roy Eefting
Jenning Huizenga
4:04.993
Points race

non-Olympic
 Elia Viviani
Italy (ITA)
76 pt  Thomas Boudat
France (FRA)
64 pt  Eloy Teruel
Spain (ESP)
51 pt
Madison

non-Olympic
 Italy
Elia Viviani
Liam Bertazzo
 Spain
David Muntaner
Albert Torres
 Belgium
Kenny De Ketele
Gijs Van Hoecke
Women's Events
Sprint
 Kristina Vogel
Germany (GER)
Netherlands Elis Ligtlee
Netherlands (NED)
 Jessica Varnish
Great Britain (GBR)
Team sprint
 Russia
Yelena Brezhniva
Olga Stretsova
33.563  Germany
Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte
33.598  Great Britain
Jessica Varnish
Becky James
33.771
Keirin
Netherlands Elis Ligtlee
Netherlands (NED)
 Kristina Vogel
Germany (GER)
 Virginie Cueff
France (FRA)
Omnium
 Laura Trott
Great Britain (GBR)
15 pt Netherlands Kirsten Wild
Netherlands (NED)
15 pt  Jolien D'Hoore
Belgium (BEL)
18 pt
Team pursuit
 Great Britain
Laura Trott
Joanna Rowsell (q)
Dani King
Elinor Barker
Katie Archibald
4:26.453 WR  Poland
Katarzyna Pawłowska
Eugenia Bujak
Małgorzata Wojtyra
Edyta Jasińska
4:35.957  Russia
Aleksandra Chekina
Evgenia Romanyuta
Gulnaz Badykova
Maria Mishina
4:34.491
Points race

non-Olympic
Netherlands Kirsten Wild
Netherlands (NED)
15 pt  Dani King
Great Britain (GBR)
14 pt  Leire Olaberria
Spain (ESP)
13 pt

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Germany3306
2 Great Britain3238
3 Russia3126
4 Netherlands () 2316
5 Italy2002
6 France0224
7 Spain0123
8 Poland0101
9 Belgium0022
10 Ireland0011
Total 13 13 13 39

Participating nations

24 nations participated.[1][2]

References

External links

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