Host city | Lausanne, |
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Date(s) | 1975 |
The 1975 UCI Juniors Track World Championships were the first annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held in Lausanne, Switzerland. [1]
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles.
The Championships had four events for men only, Sprint, Points race, Individual pursuit and Team pursuit.
A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men between 1984–2008 and for women 1996–2008. Starting in 2012, the points race is one of the omnium events in the Olympics.
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. The event is held over 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) for men and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) for women. The two riders start at the same time and set off to complete the race distance in the fastest time. They will ride on the pursuit line at the bottom of the track in order to find the fastest line. This race makes for a good spectacle as the two riders pursue each other attempting to catch the other rider who started on the other side of the track. If the catch is achieved, then the successful pursuer is declared the winner. However, they can continue to ride the rest of the race distance in order to set the fastest time in a qualifying race or a record in a final.
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's Events | |||
Sprint [2] | Ottavio Dazzan | G. Scheler | Ralf-Guido Kuschy |
Points race [2] | Henri Rinklin | Miog Marinkovic | Eddy Torfs |
Individual pursuit [2] | Robert Dill-Bundi | José Palma | Igor Pelipenko |
Team pursuit [2] |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (8 nations) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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