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)
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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]

Austria (3: 3 ♂)
Azerbaijan (2: 1 ♂, 1 ♀)
Belgium (9: 6 ♂, 3 ♀)
Belarus () (15: 10 ♂, 5 ♀)
Bulgaria (3: 3 ♂)
Czech Republic (13: 11 ♂, 2 ♀)
Denmark (7: 6 ♂, 1 ♀)
Spain (14: 8 ♂, 6 ♀)
Finland (4: 2 ♂, 2 ♀)
France (17: 10 ♂, 7 ♀)
Great Britain () (20: 12 ♂, 8 ♀)
Georgia (1: 1 ♂)
Germany (20: 12 ♂, 8 ♀)
Greece (4: 3 ♂, 1 ♀)
Hungary (2: 2 ♂)
Ireland (13: 6 ♂, 7 ♀)
Italy (16: 8 ♂, 8 ♀)
Lithuania (8: 2 ♂, 6 ♀)
Netherlands () (12: 9 ♂, 3 ♀)
Norway (3: 2 ♂, 1 ♀)
Poland (17: 8 ♂, 9 ♀)
Portugal (2: 2 ♂)
Russia (22: 12 ♂, 10 ♀)
Switzerland (10: 8 ♂, 2 ♀) (host)
Slovakia (1: 1 ♀)
Turkey (2: 2 ♂)
Ukraine (15: 8 ♂, 7 ♀)

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

shaded events are non-Olympic

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)	6	0	3	9
2	Netherlands (details)	5	2	2	9
3	Russia	2	3	3	8
4	Poland	2	1	2	5
5	Spain	2	0	1	3
6	France	1	5	2	8
7	Switzerland	1	2	1	4
8	Italy	1	2	0	3
9	Czech Republic	1	0	1	2
10	Germany	0	4	3	7
11	Denmark	0	2	1	3
12	Belarus (details)	0	0	1	1
12	Lithuania	0	0	1	1
Total		21	21	21	63

References

↑ Entrants men
↑ Entrants women
↑ "Team sprint results of 2015 UEC European Track Championships". Tissot timing. Retrieved October 2015.
↑ "Men's 1Km Time Trial results of 2015 UEC European Track Championships". Tissot timing. Retrieved October 2015.
↑ "Team pursuit results of 2015 UEC European Track Championships". Tissot timing. Retrieved October 2015.
↑ "elimination race results of 2015 UEC European Track Championships". Tissot timing. Retrieved October 2015.
↑ "European Track Championships Day 3: Great Britain's Trott wins Scratch Race". cyclingnews.com. 16 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
↑ "Team sprint results of 2015 UEC European Track Championships". Tissot timing. Retrieved October 2015.
↑ "Team pursuit results of 2015 UEC European Track Championships". Tissot timing. Retrieved October 2015.

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UEC European Track Championships

Years

Elite	2010 Pruszków 2011 Apeldoorn 2012 Panevėžys 2013 Apeldoorn 2014 Guadeloupe 2015 Grenchen

U-23 and Junior ^‡as European Track Championships	2001 Brno & Fiorenzuola^‡ 2002 Büttgen^‡ 2003 Moscow^‡ 2004 Valencia^‡ 2005 Fiorenzuola^‡ 2006 Athens^‡ 2007 Cottbus^‡ 2008 Pruszków^‡ 2009 Minsk^‡ 2010 St Petersburg 2011 Anadia 2012 Anadia 2013 Anadia 2014 Anadia 2015 Athens

Events

Elite men's	Team pursuit Sprint Team sprint Keirin Points race Scratch Individual pursuit 1 km time trial Omnium Elimination race Madison

Elite women's	Team pursuit Sprint Team sprint Keirin Points race Scratch Individual pursuit 500 m time trial Omnium Elimination race

Men's under-23	Team pursuit Sprint Team sprint Keirin Points race Scratch Individual pursuit 1 km time trial

Women's under-23	Team pursuit Sprint Team sprint Keirin Points race Scratch Individual pursuit 500m time trial

Countries

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Belarus
Great Britain
Netherlands
Incomplete countries list

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