2021 UEC European Track Championships

2021 UEC European Track Championships

Venue	Grenchen, Switzerland
Date(s)	5–9 October
Velodrome	Tissot Velodrome
Events	22 (11 women, 11 men)
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2021 UEC European Track Championships was the twelfth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland, from 5 to 9 October 2021. ^[1] Originally it was supposed to be held in Minsk, Belarus, between 23 and 27 June 2021 as an elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling ^[2] On 27 May 2021 the Management Board of the European Cycling Union decided to cancel the 2021 Elite Track European Championships scheduled in Minsk in June 2021. ^[3]

On 1 June, it was announced that the championships would go ahead in the second week of October 2021. ^[4]

Belarus hosting controversy

In March 2021 the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation urged the European Cycling Union to relocate the event from Belarus on human rights grounds. The ECU replied that it was unable to find another suitable host. ^[5] Earlier in the year, similar controversy regarding the proposed location of the 2021 IIHF World Championship in Belarus lead to it being moved from the country.

In May 2021 the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark proposed to move the European Track Cycling Championship to Denmark due to safety issues and attitude towards COVID-19 in Belarus. ^[6] Denmark is ready to consider the possibility of compensation for all losses of the European Cycling Union associated with the change of the venue.

On 25 May 2021 the German Cycling Federation informed the European Cycling Association that after the events with the forced grounding of Ryanair Flight 4978, it was not possible for the German team to come to Minsk under these circumstances. ^[7] On 25 May the national track team of Netherlands also refused to go to Minsk. ^[8] On 26 May the national track team of Lithuania announced about withdrawal from championships if it's going to be held in Minsk and proposed to move championships to Panevėžys in Lithuania. ^[9]

Schedule

Competition

F

Final

Men

Date →	Tue 5		Wed 6		Thu 7		Fri 8		Sat 9
Event ↓	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E
Sprint					Q, 1/16, 1/8	QF		SF, F
Team sprint	Q	R1, F
Team pursuit	Q		R1	F
Keirin									R1, R	R2, F
Omnium							SR, TR	ER, PR
Madison										F
1 km time trial			Q	F
Pursuit					Q	F
Points race			Q	F
Scratch					Q	F
Elimination race		F

Women

Date →	Tue 5		Wed 6		Thu 7		Fri 8		Sat 9
Event ↓	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E	A	E
Sprint			Q, 1/8	QF		SF, F
Team sprint	Q	R1, F
Team pursuit	Q		R1	F
Keirin									R1, R	R2, F
Omnium					SR, TR	ER, PR
Madison										F
500 m time trial							Q	F
Pursuit							Q	F
Points race								F
Scratch		F
Elimination race				F

A = Afternoon session, E = Evening session
Q = qualifiers, R1 = first round, R2 = second round, R = repechages, ¹/₁₆ = sixteenth finals, ¹/₈ = eighth finals, QF = quarterfinals, SF = semifinals,
SR = Scratch Race, TR = Tempo Race, ER = Elimination Race, PR = Points Race

Events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
Sprint details	Harrie Lavreysen   Netherlands		Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands		Mikhail Iakovlev   Russia
Team sprint details	Netherlands Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Roy van den Berg Sam Ligtlee	42.302	France Timmy Gillion Rayan Helal Sébastien Vigier	44.193	Poland Maciej Bielecki Patryk Rajkowski Mateusz Rudyk Daniel Rochna	43.007
Team pursuit details	Denmark Carl-Frederik Bévort Tobias Hansen Matias Malmberg Rasmus Pedersen	3:51.382	Switzerland Claudio Imhof Valère Thiébaud Simon Vitzthum Alex Vogel	3:52.646	Great Britain Rhys Britton Charlie Tanfield William Tidball Oliver Wood	3:55.595
Keirin details	Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands		Tom Derache   France		Joachim Eilers   Germany
Omnium details	Alan Banaszek   Poland	136 pts	Fabio Van den Bossche   Belgium	130 pts	Matias Malmberg   Denmark	124 pts
Madison details	Netherlands Yoeri Havik Jan-Willem van Schip	60 pts	Belgium Kenny De Ketele Lindsay De Vylder	56 pts	Portugal Iúri Leitão Rui Oliveira	49 pts
1 km time trial [N] details	Jeffrey Hoogland   Netherlands	58.016	Sam Ligtlee   Netherlands	59.767	Patryk Rajkowski   Poland	59.890
Individual pursuit [N] details	Jonathan Milan   Italy		Lev Gonov   Russia		Claudio Imhof   Switzerland	4:08.851
Points race [O] details	Benjamin Thomas   France	81 pts	Iúri Leitão   Portugal	61 pts	Vlas Shichkin   Russia	57 pts
Scratch [O] details	Rui Oliveira   Portugal		Vincent Hoppezak   Netherlands		JB Murphy   Ireland
Elimination race [O] details	Sergey Rostovtsev   Russia		João Matias   Portugal		Thomas Boudat   France
Women's events
Sprint details	Shanne Braspennincx   Netherlands		Lea Friedrich   Germany		Mathilde Gros   France
Team sprint details	Netherlands Shanne Braspennincx Kyra Lamberink Hetty van de Wouw Steffie van der Peet	46.551 WR	Germany Lea Friedrich Pauline Grabosch Alessa-Catriona Pröpster	47.299	Russia Natalia Antonova Daria Shmeleva Yana Tyshchenko Anastasia Voynova	46.795
Team pursuit details	Germany Franziska Brauße Lisa Brennauer Mieke Kröger Laura Süßemilch Lena Charlotte Reißner	4:13.489	Italy Martina Alzini Rachele Barbieri Martina Fidanza Silvia Zanardi Letizia Paternoster	4:20.923	Ireland Mia Griffin Emily Kay Kelly Murphy Alice Sharpe	4:21.264
Keirin details	Lea Friedrich   Germany		Olena Starikova   Ukraine		Yana Tyshchenko   Russia
Omnium details	Katie Archibald   Great Britain	154 pts	Victoire Berteau   France	120 pts	Rachele Barbieri   Italy	118 pts
Madison details	Great Britain Katie Archibald Neah Evans	63 pts	Denmark Amalie Dideriksen Julie Leth	50 pts	France Victoire Berteau Marion Borras	49 pts
500 m time trial [N] details	Daria Shmeleva   Russia	33.086	Pauline Grabosch   Germany	33.336	Yana Tyshchenko   Russia	33.534
Individual pursuit [N] details	Lisa Brennauer   Germany	3:19.548	Marion Borras   France	3:23.297	Mieke Kröger   Germany	3:21.646
Points race [O] details	Gulnaz Khatuntseva   Russia	35 pts	Shari Bossuyt   Belgium	28 pts	Lonneke Uneken   Netherlands	22 pts
Scratch [O] details	Katie Archibald   Great Britain		Valentine Fortin   France		Daria Pikulik   Poland
Elimination race [O] details	Valentine Fortin   France		Letizia Paternoster   Italy		Neah Evans   Great Britain

• Competitors named in italics only participated in rounds prior to the final.
• ^N These events are not contested in the Olympics.
• ^O In the Olympics, these events are contested within the omnium only.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Switzerland)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	7	3	1	11
2	Germany	3	3	2	8
3	Russia	3	1	5	9
4	Great Britain	3	0	2	5
5	France	2	5	3	10
6	Italy	1	2	1	4
	Portugal	1	2	1	4
8	Denmark	1	1	1	3
9	Poland	1	0	3	4
10	Belgium	0	3	0	3
11	Switzerland*	0	1	1	2
12	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
13	Ireland	0	0	2	2
Totals (13 entries)		22	22	22	66

References

1. "Competition Schedule" (PDF). UEC. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
2. 2021 UEC Track Elite European Championships
3. UEC Management Board decisions on 27 May 2021
4. "New date for the 2021 Track Elite European Championships". UEC. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
5. UEC still planning European Track Championships in Belarus as unable to find replacement host
6. Danmark går offensivt ind i omstridt europamesterskab – nu står ét stort spørgsmål tilbage
7. BDR setzt klares Zeichen
8. Nederland niet naar EK baan in Wit-Rusland: "Niet verantwoord"
9. Boikotą Minskui skelbiantys lietuviai siūlo Europos čempionatą perkelti į Panevėžį

External links

• Official website
• Results
• Results book