2015 UEC European Track Championships

2015 UEC European Track Championships
Host city Grenchen, Switzerland
Date(s)  (2015-10-14 - 2015-10-18)14–18 October 2015
Velodrome Velodrome Suisse
Nations participating 27
Cyclists participating 225 (98 women, 157 men)
Events 21 (10 women, 11 men)
2014
2016

The 2015 UEC European Track Championships was the sixth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen, Switzerland, between 14 and 18 October. The Event was organised by the European Cycling Union. All European champions are awarded the UEC European Champion jersey which may be worn by the champion throughout the year when competing in the same event at other competitions.

The 10 Olympic events (sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and omnium for men and women), as well as eleven other events are on the program for these European Championships. For the first time, the elimination races , known within track cycling as Devils (from the saying Devil take the hindmost) appeared as full event.

Participating nations

255 cyclists (98 women, 157 men) from 27 nations enrolled for the championships. The number of entrants per nation is shown in parentheses.[1][2]

Schedule

Interior of Velodrome Suisse during the Championships

Schedule only indicating the finals.

Date Men's finals Women's finals
Wednesday 14 October N/A N/A
Thursday 15 October Team sprint, Team pursuit, Scratch Team sprint, Team pursuit, points race
Friday 16 October Sprint, Points race Scratch, Sprint
Saturday 17 October 1 km time trial, Elimination race, Individual pursuit, Omnium 500 m time trial
Sunday 18 October Keirin, Madison Keirin, Individual pursuit, Omnium, Elimination race

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Events
Sprint
Jeffrey Hoogland
 Netherlands (NED)
Max Niederlag
 Germany (GER)
Damian Zieliński
 Poland (POL)
Team sprint[3]
 Netherlands
Nils van 't Hoenderdaal
Jeffrey Hoogland
Hugo Haak
43.232  Poland
Grzegorz Drejgier
Rafał Sarnecki
Krzysztof Maksel
43.358  Germany
Joachim Eilers
Max Niederlag
Robert Forstemann
Maximilian Levy
43.210
Keirin
Pavel Kelemen
 Czech Republic
François Pervis
 France
Denis Dmitriev
 Russia
1 km time trial[4]
Jeffrey Hoogland
 Netherlands (NED)
1:00.350 Joachim Eilers
 Germany (GER)
1:00.569 Robin Wagner
 Czech Republic (CZE)
1:01.057
Omnium
Elia Viviani
 Italy (ITA)
191 pts Lasse Norman Hansen
 Denmark (DEN)
191 pts Jonathan Dibben
 Great Britain (GBR)
188 pts
Team pursuit[5]
 Great Britain
Jonathan Dibben
Owain Doull
Andy Tennant
Bradley Wiggins
Steven Burke
Matthew Gibson
3:55.243   Switzerland
Silvan Dillier
Stefan Kueng
Frank Pasche
Thery Schir
3:57.245  Denmark
Lasse Norman Hansen
Daniel Henning Hartvig
Casper Philip Pedersen
Rasmus Christian Quaade
Mathias Moller Nielsen
3:57.930
Individual pursuit
Stefan Küng
 Switzerland (SUI)
4:14.992 Domenic Weinstein
 Germany (GER)
4:17.775 Dion Beukeboom
 Netherlands (NED)
4:21.669
Points race
Wojciech Pszczolarski
 Poland (POL)
24 Benjamin Thomas
 France (FRA)
21 Claudio Imhof
 Switzerland (SUI)
19
Scratch race
Sebastián Mora
 Spain (ESP)
Tristan Marguet
 Switzerland (SUI)
Adrian Tekliński
 Poland (POL)
Elimination race[6]
Bryan Coquard
 France (FRA)
Simone Consonni
 Italy (ITA)
Christopher Latham
 Great Britain (GBR)
Madison
 Spain
Sebastián Mora
Albert Torres
12  Russia
Mikhail Radionov
Andrey Sazanov
0  France
Morgan Kneisky
Bryan Coquard
24 (-1 lap)
Women's Events
Sprint[7]
Elis Ligtlee
 Netherlands (NED)
Anastasiia Voinova
 Russia (RUS)
Kristina Vogel
 Germany (GER)
Team sprint[8]
 Russia
Anastasiia Voinova
Daria Shmeleva
32.443  Germany
Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel
33.013  Netherlands
Laurine van Riessen
Elis Ligtlee
33.091
Keirin
Elis Ligtlee
 Netherlands
Virginie Cueff
 France
Ekaterina Gnidenko
 Russia
500 m time trial
Anastasiia Voinova
 Russia (RUS)
32.794
WR
Elis Ligtlee
 Netherlands (NED)
33.561 Daria Shmeleva
 Russia (RUS)
33.842
Omnium
Laura Trott
 Great Britain
231 Amalie Dideriksen
 Denmark
195 Aušrinė Trebaitė
 Lithuania
185
Team pursuit[9]
 Great Britain
Laura Trott
Katie Archibald
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell
Ciara Horne
4:17.010  Russia
Gulnaz Badykova
Tamara Balabolina
Aleksandra Chekina
Maria Savitskaya
Evgenia Romanyuta
Aleksandra Goncharova
OVL  Belarus
Katsiaryna Piatrouskaya
Polina Pivavarava
Ina Savenka
Marina Shmayankova
4:32.595
Individual pursuit
Katie Archibald
 Great Britain (GBR)
3:32.832 Élise Delzenne
 France (FRA)
3:37.331 Ciara Horne
 Great Britain (GBR)
3:35.288
Scratch race
Laura Trott
 Great Britain (GBR)
Kirsten Wild
 Netherlands (NED)
Roxane Fournier
 France (FRA)
Points race
Katarzyna Pawłowska
 Poland (POL)
46 Élise Delzenne
 France (FRA)
35 Stephanie Pohl
 Germany (GER)
32
Elimination race
Katie Archibald
 Great Britain
Annalisa Cucinotta
 Italy
Irene Usabiaga
 Spain

Medal table

Pavel Kelemen, one of the gold medal winners
  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Great Britain (details) 6039
2  Netherlands (details) 5229
3  Russia 2338
4  Poland 2125
5  Spain 2013
6  France 1528
7   Switzerland 1214
8  Italy 1203
9  Czech Republic 1012
10  Germany 0437
11  Denmark 0213
12  Belarus (details) 0011
12  Lithuania 0011
Total 21 21 21 63

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