The men's keirin competition at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships was held on 5 February 2026.
Results First round The first rider in each heat qualified for the semifinals, and all other riders advanced to the first round repechages.
Heat 1 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Harrie Lavreysen Q 2 Stefano Moro +0.352 3 Sándor Szalontay +0.417 4 Eliasz Bednarek +0.514 5 Miltiadis Charovas +0.634 Heat 2 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Lowie Nulens Q 2 Vasilijus Lendel +0.505 3 Nikita Kalachnik Individual Neutral Athletes +0.632 4 Valentyn Varharakyn +1.022 5 Mateusz Rudyk +1.037 Heat 3 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Tom Derache Q 2 Harry Ledingham-Horn +0.042 3 Dominik Topinka +0.272 4 Alejandro Martínez +0.617 5 Patrik Rómeó Lovassy +3.649 Heat 4 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Luca Spiegel Q 2 Bohdan Danylchuk +0.040 3 Artsiom Zaitsau Individual Neutral Athletes +0.356 4 Konstantinos Livanos +0.770 5 Miroslav Minchev +1.227 6 Esteban Sánchez +1.513 Heat 5 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Matthew Richardson Q 2 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes +0.456 3 David Peterka +0.645 4 Yeno Vingerhoets +1.274 5 Tim Edvard Pettersen +1.569 6 Pavel Nikolov +4.078 Heat 6 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Rayan Helal Q 2 Loris Leneman +0.176 3 Mattia Predomo +0.240 4 Aliaksandr Hlova Individual Neutral Athletes +0.528 5 Eimantas Vadapalas +1.079 Maximilian Dörnbach DNS
Repechage The first rider in each heat qualified for the semifinals. Heat 1 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Tim Edvard Pettersen Q 2 Stefano Moro +0.056 3 Sándor Szalontay +0.188 4 Valentyn Varharakyn +0.525 Heat 2 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 David Peterka Q 2 Vasilijus Lendel 3 Esteban Sánchez +0.049 4 Aliaksandr Hlova Individual Neutral Athletes +0.114 5 Eliasz Bednarek +0.898 Heat 3 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Harry Ledingham-Horn Q 2 Artsiom Zaitsau Individual Neutral Athletes +0.062 3 Yeno Vingerhoets +0.062 4 Mateusz Rudyk +1.154 Heat 4 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Nikita Kalachnik Individual Neutral Athletes Q 2 Bohdan Danylchuk +0.021 3 Eimantas Vadapalas +0.299 4 Miltiadis Charovas +0.592 Heat 5 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes Q 2 Alejandro Martínez +0.058 3 Dominik Topinka +0.290 4 Miroslav Minchev +5.782 Heat 6 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Patrik Rómeó Lovassy Q 2 Konstantinos Livanos +0.112 3 Loris Leneman +0.445 4 Pavel Nikolov +0.574 5 Mattia Predomo +1.586
Semifinals The first three riders in each heat qualified for the final, all other riders raced for places 7 to 12.
Heat 1 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Matthew Richardson Q 2 Nikita Kalachnik Individual Neutral Athletes +0.364 Q 3 Harrie Lavreysen +0.378 Q 4 Rayan Helal +0.415 5 David Peterka +0.455 6 Patrik Rómeó Lovassy +1.061 Heat 2 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Tom Derache Q 2 Lowie Nulens +0.045 Q 3 Harry Ledingham-Horn +0.114 Q 4 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes +0.144 5 Tim Edvard Pettersen +0.213 6 Luca Spiegel +0.377
Finals Small final Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 7 Luca Spiegel 8 Rayan Helal +0.053 9 David Peterka +0.066 10 Patrik Rómeó Lovassy +0.110 11 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes +0.178 12 Tim Edvard Pettersen +0.462
Final Rank Name Nation Gap Notes Matthew Richardson Harrie Lavreysen +0.033 Lowie Nulens +0.071 4 Nikita Kalachnik Individual Neutral Athletes +0.261 5 Tom Derache +0.515 6 Harry Ledingham-Horn +1.264
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