The 2012 European Track Championships was the third edition of the elite European Track Championships in track cycling. It was held on October 19–21, 2012 and took place at the Cido Arena in Panevėžys, Lithuania.
It was the first European Elite Track Championships that had opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was held on 19 October, an hour before the start of the evening session.
Held some time after the 2012 Summer Olympics, a number of elite European cyclists, notably from Great Britain and France were not in attendance, either through retirement or a rest period. In their absence, the medal table was headed by Germany and the east European track powers; Russia, Belarus and hosts Lithuania.
Schedule The competition days were split into two Sessions.Event schedule
Date Time Round19 October 2012 Afternoon session 13:00 Women's Team pursuit qualifying 13:35 Men's Team pursuit qualifying 14:27 Women's Team sprint qualifying 14:35 Men's Team sprint qualifying 14:55 Men's Points race qualifying Evening session 19:30 Women's Team pursuit final 19:45 Men's Team pursuit final 20:16 Women's Team sprint final 20:22 Men's Team sprint final 20:38 Women's Points race final 21:13 Men's Points race final21 October 2012 Morning session 10:00 Women's Omnium individual pursuit 10:25 Men's Omnium individual pursuit 11:11 Men's Keirin round 1 11:27 Women's Keirin round 1 11:45 Men's Keirin repechages 12:01 Women's Omnium scratch 12:16 Men's Omnium scratch Evening session 17:00 Men's Keirin round 2 17:10 Women's Omnium time trial 17:20 Men's Omnium time trial 18:01 Women's Keirin finals 18:09 Men's Keirin finals 18:17 Men's Madison final
Date Time Round20 October 2012 Morning session 10:00 Men's sprint qualifying 10:40 Women's sprint qualifying 10:55 Men's Sprint 1/16 Final 11:41 Men's Sprint 1/8 Final 12:09 Men's Sprint 1/8 Final repechages 12:15 Women's Omnium flying lap 12:30/13:14/13:48 Women's Sprint 1/4 Final 12:42/13:26/13:51 Men's Sprint 1/4 Final 12:54 Men's Omnium flying lap 13:54 Women's Omnium points race Evening session 19:30/20:22/20:47 Women's Sprint 1/2 Final 19:36/20:28/20:50 Men's Sprint 1/2 Final 19:42 Men's Omnium points race 20:34 Women's Omnium elimination race 20:53 Women's Sprint 5 to 8th places 20:56 Men's Sprint 5 to 8th places 21:06/21:33/21:42 Women's Sprint Finals 21:12/21:39/21:45 Men's Sprint Finals 21:18 Men's Omnium elimination race
Events Men's events Sprint Team sprint Tobias Wächter Joachim EilersMax Niederlag44.381 Kamil Kuczyński Maciej BieleckiKrzysztof Maksel44.892 Matthew Crampton Callum SkinnerLewis Oliva45.081 Keirin Omnium 17 20 34 Team pursuit Artur Ershov Alexei MarkovAlexander Serov Valery Kaykov4:00.641 Lucas Liss Henning BommelTheo Reinhardt Maximilian Beyer4:08.654 Elia Viviani Paolo SimionLiam Bertazzo Ignazio MoserMichele Scartezzini4:06.380 Points racenon-Olympic 44 26 25 Madison Martin BláhaJiří Hochmann Artur ErshovValery Kaykov Angelo CicconeElia Viviani Women's events Sprint Team sprint Simona Krupeckaitė Gintarė Gaivenytė33.846 Anastasiia Voinova Daria Shmeleva33.882 Sandie ClairOlivia Montauban34.975 Keirin Omnium Team pursuit Aušrinė TrebaitėVilija Sereikaitė Vaida Pikauskaitė3:25.237 (NR) Katarzyna PawłowskaEugenia Bujak Małgorzata Wojtyra3:27.086 Tatsiana SharakovaAlena Dylko Aksana Papko3:24.801 Points racenon-Olympic 33 +1 lap 25 20
shaded events are non-Olympic
Medal table
Participating nations 146 riders from 21 nations will participate.List of participants
, see: Netherlands at the 2012 European Track Championships
References
External links
European Cycling Union Results Results book