2008 UEC European Track Championships

2008 UEC European Track Championships
VenuePruszków, Poland
Date(s) (2008-09-03 - 2008-09-07)3–7 September 2008
VelodromeBGŻ Arena
Events34+3
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The 2008 European Track Championships took place in Pruszków, Poland from 3 September to 7 September 2008. They were the annual European championship for track cycling for junior and under 23 riders. Events were also held at elite level in the women's omnium discipline.[1][2] A men's omnium European Championship was held in Alkmaar, the Netherlands at 18 October 2008.

Countries[edit]

Incomplete list

Medal summary[edit]

Open[edit]

Open events were held in the omnium discipline only.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Event held in Alkmaar, the Netherlands on 18 October 2008.
Men's Omnium[3]
details
Wim Stroetinga
 Netherlands
44 Robert Bartko
 Germany
40 Elia Viviani
 Italy
38
Women's Event held in Pruszków, Poland in September 2008.
Women's Omnium
details
Elena Tchalykh
 Russia
46 Ellen van Dijk
 Netherlands
41 Anastasia Tchulkova
 Russia
41

Omnium sprint[edit]

Année Gold Silver Bronze
2008  NED Theo Bos  NED Tim Veldt  FRA François Pervis
2008  NED Yvonne Hijgenaar  NED Elise Van Hage  ESP Helena Casas Roige

Under 23[edit]

Podium of the Women's under-23 points race: 1) Ellen van Dijk, 2) Lizzie Armitstead, 3) Aksana Papko
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Men's under-23 sprint
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Kévin Sireau
 France
Michaël D'Almeida
 France
Matthew Crampton
 Great Britain
Men's under-23 1 km time trial
details
Michaël D'Almeida
 France
David Daniell
 Great Britain
Tomáš Bábek
 Czech Republic
Men's under-23 individual pursuit
details
Vitaliy Shchedov
 Ukraine
4:25.518 Jerôme Cousin
 France
4:29.383 Marco Coledan
 Italy
Men's under-23 team pursuit
details
Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh
Mark McNally
Andy Tennant

 Great Britain
4:05.568 Evgeny Kovalev
Ivan Kovalev
Alexander Petrovskiy
Valery Valynin
 Russia
4:10.139 Marcel Kalz
Ralf Matzka
Erik Mohs
Fabian Schaar
 Italy
4:07.730
Men's under-23 team sprint
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Denis Dmitriev
Stoyan Vasev
Pavel Yakushevskiy

 Russia
44.991 Matthew Crampton
David Daniell
Christian Lyte
 Great Britain
45.277 Krzysztof Szymanek
Maciej Bielecki
Adrian Telinski
 Poland
45.768
Men's under-23 keirin
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Matthew Crampton
 Great Britain
Michaël D'Almeida
 France
Denis Špička
 Czech Republic
Men's under-23 scratch race
details
Elia Viviani
 Italy
Pim Ligthart
 Netherlands
Jiří Hochmann
 Czech Republic
Men's under-23 points race
details
Ivan Kovalev
 Russia
31 Ralf Matzka
 Germany
30 Jiří Hochmann
 Czech Republic
30
Women's events
Women's under-23 sprint
details
Miriam Welte
 Germany
12.206 / 11.898 Lyubov Shulika
 Ukraine
Anna Blyth
 Great Britain
12.045 / 12.046
Women's under-23 500 m time trial
details
Sandie Clair
 France
33.872 Miriam Welte
 Germany
34.376 Anna Blyth
 Great Britain
35.035
Women's under-23 individual pursuit
details
Vilija Sereikaitė
 Lithuania
3:34.781 Ellen van Dijk
 Netherlands
3:37.747 Joanna Rowsell
 Great Britain
Women's under-23 team pursuit
details
Lizzie Armitstead
Katie Colclough
Joanna Rowsell

 Great Britain
3:26.836 Audrey Cordon
Elodie Henriette
Pascale Jeuland
 France
3:35.026 Victoriya Kondel
Oxana Cozonchuk
Maria Mishina
 Russia
3:35.369
Women's under-23 team sprint
details
Sandie Clair
Virginie Cueff

 France
34.481 Renata Dąbrowska
Marta Janowiak
 Poland
36.303 Yulia Kosheleva
Olga Strelsova
 Russia
36.865
Women's under-23 keirin
details
Miriam Welte
 Germany
Sandie Clair
 France
Lyubov Shulika
 Ukraine
Women's under-23 scratch race
details
Ellen van Dijki
 Netherlands

Lizzie Armitsteadi
 Great Britain
N/A Evgenia Romanyuta
 Russia
Women's under-23 points race
details
Ellen van Dijk
 Netherlands
32 Lizzie Armitstead
 Great Britain
27 Aksana Papko
 Belarus
24

i) There were awarded 2 gold medals (and no silver medal) because Ellen van Dijk and Lizzie Armitstead finished at the same time. See the finishfoto.[4][5]

Juniors[edit]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Junior Men's Sprint Quentin Lafargue
 France
Charlie Conord
 France
Peter Mitchell
 Great Britain
Junior Men's 1 km Time Trial Quentin Lafargue
 France
Thomas Bonafos
 France
Loris Paoli
 Italy
Junior Men's Individual Pursuit Albert Torres Barcelo
 Spain
3:19.404 Artur Ershov
 Russia
3:22.034 Mark Christian
 Great Britain
3:19:683
Junior Men's Team Pursuit Julien Duval
Emmanuel Keo
Julien Morice
Erwan Teguel

 France
4:09.231 Luke Rowe
Mark Christian
Andrew Fenn
Erick Rowsell
 Great Britain
4:09.559 Thomas Juhas
Johannes Kahra
Theo Reinhardt
Jakob Steigmiller
 Germany
4:14.424
Junior Men's Team Sprint Charlie Conord
Thierry Jollet
Quentin Lafargue

 France
45.618 Steven Hill
Luc Jones
Peter Mitchell
 Great Britain
46.435 Grzegorz Drejgier
Karol Kasprzyk
Rafal Sarnecki
 Poland
45.768
Junior Men's Keirin Charlie Conord
 France
Steven Hill
 Great Britain
Juan Peralta Gascon
 Spain
Junior Men's Scratch Claudio Imhof
  Switzerland
Konstantin Kuperasov
 Russia
Vitaly Barbas
 Russia
Junior Men's Points Race Sam Bennett
 Ireland
29 Albert Torres Barcelo
 Spain
18 Michał Kwiatkowski
 Poland
16
Junior Men's Madison Mark Christian
Luke Rowe

 Great Britain
20 Niki Byrgese
Sebastian Lander
 Denmark
18 Thomas Juhas
Jakob Steigmiller
 Germany
15 (-1 lap)
Women's events
Junior Women's Sprint Victoria Baranova
 Russia
12.270 / 12.147 Barbora Drzkova
 Slovakia
Jessica Varnish
 Great Britain
13.462 / 12.359
Junior Women's 500 m Time Trial Jessica Varnish
 Great Britain
35.364 Victoria Baranova
 Russia
35.788 Magali Baudacci
 France
36.083
Junior Women's Individual Pursuit Hannah Mayho
 Great Britain
2:28.175 Jolien D'Hoore
 Belgium
2:28.537 Lucie Záleská
 Czech Republic
2:28.874
Junior Women's Team Pursuit Alex Greenfield
Hannah Mayho
Jessica Booth

 Great Britain
2:19.612 Evelyn Arys
Jessie Daams
Jolien D'Hoore
 Belgium
2:20.456 Giada Balzan
Rossella Callovi
Valentina Scandolara
 Italy
2:22.213
Junior Women's Team Sprint Aleksandra Drejgier
Kornelia Maczka

 Poland
35.562 Magali Baudacci
Olivia Montauban
 France
36.303 Victoria Baranova
Eena Melnichenko
 Russia
36.865
Junior Women's Keirin Jessica Varnish
 Great Britain
Galina Streltsova
 Russia
Giada Balzan
 Italy
Junior Women's Scratch Lucie Záleská
 Czech Republic
Valentina Scandolara
 Italy
Jolien D'Hoore
 Belgium
Junior Women's Points Race Alex Greenfield
 Great Britain
21 Jolien D'Hoore
 Belgium
12 Amy Pieters
 Netherlands
12

Medal table[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)106723
2 France (FRA)98219
3 Netherlands (NED)55111
4 Russia (RUS)45615
5 Germany (GER)2327
6 Italy (ITA)1168
7 Poland (POL)1135
8 Spain (ESP)1124
9 Ukraine (UKR)1113
10 Czech Republic (CZE)1056
11 Ireland (IRL)1001
 Lithuania (LTU)1001
 Switzerland (SUI)1001
14 Belgium (BEL)0314
15 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Slovakia (SVK)0101
17 Belarus (BLR)0011
Totals (17 entries)383637111

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Book (Start Lists, Reulst & Analysis)" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  2. ^ "European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite (F) 2008". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. ^ "European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite 2008". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Scratch race results". uci.ch. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Different articles about the Scratch race". ellenvandijk.nl. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

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