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, Maximilian 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.
Events Men's events Sprint Team sprint René EndersRobert FörstemannMaximilian Levy 43.636 Grégory BaugéMichaël D'AlmeidaFrançois Pervis 43.902 Denis DmitrievAndrey KubeevPavel Yakushevskiy 44.537 Keirin Omnium 14 pt Tim VeldtNetherlands (NED) 29 pt 40 pt Team pursuit Owain DoullSteven BurkeEd ClancyAndy TennantSam Harrison (q) 4:02.258 Artur ErshovIvan KovalevEvgeny KovalevAlexander Serov 4:02.460 NetherlandsTim VeldtDion BeukeboomRoy EeftingJenning Huizenga 4:04.993 Points racenon-Olympic 76 pt 64 pt 51 pt Madisonnon-Olympic Elia VivianiLiam Bertazzo David MuntanerAlbert Torres Kenny De KeteleGijs Van Hoecke Women's events Sprint Elis LigtleeNetherlands (NED) Team sprint Yelena BrezhnivaOlga Stretsova 33.563 Kristina VogelMiriam Welte 33.598 Jessica VarnishBecky James 33.771 Keirin Elis LigtleeNetherlands (NED) Omnium 15 pt Kirsten WildNetherlands (NED) 15 pt 18 pt Team pursuit Laura TrottJoanna Rowsell (q)Dani KingElinor BarkerKatie Archibald 4:26.453 WR Katarzyna PawłowskaEugenia Bujak Małgorzata WojtyraEdyta Jasińska 4:35.957 Aleksandra ChekinaEvgenia Romanyuta Gulnaz BadykovaMaria Mishina 4:34.491 Points racenon-Olympic Kirsten WildNetherlands (NED) 15 pt 14 pt 13 pt
q = rode in qualification round only. w = won on countback shaded events are non-Olympic
Medal table
Participating nations 24 nations participated.
(3) (13) (12) (4) (13) (6) (1) (4) (17) (1) (18) (18) (4) (2) (3) (13) (9) (19) (See: Netherlands at the 2013 European Track Championships) (18) (23) (1) (13) (7) (20)
References
External links
European Cycling Union