2015 UEC European Track Championships

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2015 UEC European Track Championships
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Venue Grenchen, Switzerland
Date(s) (2015-10-14 - 2015-10-18)14–18 October 2015
Velodrome Velodrome Suisse
Nations participating 27
Cyclists participating225 (98 women, 157 men)
Events 21 (10 women, 11 men)
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The 2015 UEC European Track Championships was the sixth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Velodrome Suisse in Grenchen, Switzerland, between 14 and 18 October. The Event was organised by the European Cycling Union. All European champions are awarded the UEC European Champion jersey which may be worn by the champion throughout the year when competing in the same event at other competitions.

Contents

The 10 Olympic events (sprint, team sprint, team pursuit, keirin and omnium for men and women), [1] as well as 11 other events are on the program for these European Championships. For the first time, the elimination races, known within track cycling as Devils (from the saying Devil take the hindmost) were contested in their own right.

Participating nations

255 cyclists (98 women, 157 men) from 27 nations enrolled for the championships. The number of entrants per nation is shown in parentheses. [2] [3]

Schedule

Interior of Velodrome Suisse during the Championships 2015 UEC Track Elite European Championships 71.JPG
Interior of Velodrome Suisse during the Championships

Schedule only indicating the finals.

DateMen's finalsWomen's finals
Wednesday 14 October
Thursday 15 OctoberTeam sprint, Team pursuit, ScratchTeam sprint, Team pursuit, points race
Friday 16 OctoberSprint, Points raceScratch, Sprint
Saturday 17 October1 km time trial, Elimination race, Individual pursuit, Omnium500 m time trial
Sunday 18 OctoberKeirin, MadisonKeirin, Individual pursuit, Omnium, Elimination race

Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's events
Sprint
details
Jeffrey Hoogland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Max Niederlag
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Damian Zieliński
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Team Sprint
details
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Nils van 't Hoenderdaal
Jeffrey Hoogland
Hugo Haak
43.232Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Grzegorz Drejgier
Rafał Sarnecki
Krzysztof Maksel
43.358Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Joachim Eilers
Max Niederlag
Robert Förstemann
Maximilian Levy
43.210
Team Pursuit
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Jonathan Dibben
Owain Doull
Andy Tennant
Bradley Wiggins
Steven Burke
Matthew Gibson
3:55.243Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Silvan Dillier
Stefan Küng
Frank Pasche
Théry Schir
3:57.245Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Lasse Norman Hansen
Daniel Hartvig
Casper Pedersen
Rasmus Quaade
Mathias Møller Nielsen
3:57.930
Keirin
details
Pavel Kelemen
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
François Pervis
Flag of France.svg France
Denis Dmitriev
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Omnium
details
Elia Viviani
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
191 pts Lasse Norman Hansen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
191 pts Jonathan Dibben
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
188 pts
Pursuit [O]
details
Stefan Küng
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
4:14.992 Domenic Weinstein
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
4:17.775 Dion Beukeboom
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
4:21.669
1 km Time Trial [O]
details
Jeffrey Hoogland
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
1:00.350 Joachim Eilers
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
1:00.569 Robin Wagner
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
1:01.057
Points Race [O]
details
Wojciech Pszczolarski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
24 Benjamin Thomas
Flag of France.svg  France
21 Claudio Imhof
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
19
Scratch Race [O]
details
Sebastián Mora
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tristan Marguet
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Adrian Tekliński
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Elimination Race [O]
details
Bryan Coquard
Flag of France.svg  France
Simone Consonni
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Christopher Latham
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Madison [N]
details
Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Sebastián Mora
Albert Torres
12Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Mikhail Radionov
Andrey Sazanov
0Flag of France.svg France
Morgan Kneisky
Bryan Coquard
24 (-1 lap)
Women's events
Sprint
details
Elis Ligtlee
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Anastasiia Voinova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Kristina Vogel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Team Sprint
details
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Anastasiia Voinova
Daria Shmeleva
32.443Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Miriam Welte
Kristina Vogel
33.013Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Laurine van Riessen
Elis Ligtlee
33.091
Team Pursuit
details
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Laura Trott
Katie Archibald
Elinor Barker
Joanna Rowsell
Ciara Horne
4:17.010Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Gulnaz Badykova
Tamara Balabolina
Aleksandra Chekina
Maria Savitskaya
Evgenia Romanyuta
Aleksandra Goncharova
OVLFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Katsiaryna Piatrouskaya
Polina Pivavarava
Ina Savenka
Marina Shmayankova
4:32.595
Keirin
details
Elis Ligtlee
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Virginie Cueff
Flag of France.svg France
Ekaterina Gnidenko
Flag of Russia.svg Russia
Omnium
details
Laura Trott
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
231 Amalie Dideriksen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
195 Aušrinė Trebaitė
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
185
Pursuit [O]
details
Katie Archibald
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
3:32.832 Élise Delzenne
Flag of France.svg  France
3:37.331 Ciara Horne
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
3:35.288
500 m Time Trial [O]
details
Anastasiia Voinova
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
32.794
WR
Elis Ligtlee
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
33.561 Daria Shmeleva
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
33.842
Scratch Race [O]
details
Laura Trott
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Kirsten Wild
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Roxane Fournier
Flag of France.svg  France
Points Race [O]
details
Katarzyna Pawłowska
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
46 Élise Delzenne
Flag of France.svg  France
35 Stephanie Pohl
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
32
Elimination Race [O]
details
Katie Archibald
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Annalisa Cucinotta
Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Irene Usabiaga
Flag of Spain.svg Spain

Notes

Medal table

Pavel Kelemen, one of the gold medal winners Pavel Kelemen 2015 1.JPG
Pavel Kelemen, one of the gold medal winners

  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)6039
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)5229
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)2338
4Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)2125
5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2013
6Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1528
7Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)*1214
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1203
9Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)1012
10Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0437
11Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)0213
12Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)0011
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)0011
Totals (13 entries)21212163

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  2. Entrants men
  3. Entrants women