2026 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin

Men's keirin at the 2026 UEC Track Elite European Championships
Venue	Konya Velodrome, Konya
Date	5 February
Competitors	32
Medalists
Matthew Richardson    Great Britain   Harrie Lavreysen    Netherlands   Lowie Nulens    Belgium
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The men's keirin competition at the 2026 UEC European Track Championships was held on 5 February 2026. ^{[1] [2]}

Results

First round

The first rider in each heat qualified for the semifinals, and all other riders advanced to the first round repechages. ^[3]

Heat 1 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Harrie Lavreysen   Netherlands Q 2 Stefano Moro   Italy +0.352 3 Sándor Szalontay   Hungary +0.417 4 Eliasz Bednarek   Poland +0.514 5 Miltiadis Charovas   Greece +0.634	Heat 2 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Lowie Nulens   Belgium Q 2 Vasilijus Lendel   Lithuania +0.505 3 Nikita Kalachnik Individual Neutral Athletes +0.632 4 Valentyn Varharakyn   Ukraine +1.022 5 Mateusz Rudyk   Poland +1.037
Heat 3 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Tom Derache   France Q 2 Harry Ledingham-Horn   Great Britain +0.042 3 Dominik Topinka   Czech Republic +0.272 4 Alejandro Martínez   Spain +0.617 5 Patrik Rómeó Lovassy   Hungary +3.649	Heat 4 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Luca Spiegel   Germany Q 2 Bohdan Danylchuk   Ukraine +0.040 3 Artsiom Zaitsau Individual Neutral Athletes +0.356 4 Konstantinos Livanos   Greece +0.770 5 Miroslav Minchev   Bulgaria +1.227 6 Esteban Sánchez   Spain +1.513
Heat 5 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Matthew Richardson   Great Britain Q 2 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes +0.456 3 David Peterka   Czech Republic +0.645 4 Yeno Vingerhoets   Belgium +1.274 5 Tim Edvard Pettersen   Norway +1.569 6 Pavel Nikolov   Bulgaria +4.078	Heat 6 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Rayan Helal   France Q 2 Loris Leneman   Netherlands +0.176 3 Mattia Predomo   Italy +0.240 4 Aliaksandr Hlova Individual Neutral Athletes +0.528 5 Eimantas Vadapalas   Lithuania +1.079 Maximilian Dörnbach   Germany DNS

Repechage

The first rider in each heat qualified for the semifinals. ^[4]

Heat 1 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Tim Edvard Pettersen   Norway Q 2 Stefano Moro   Italy +0.056 3 Sándor Szalontay   Hungary +0.188 4 Valentyn Varharakyn   Ukraine +0.525	Heat 2 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 David Peterka   Czech Republic Q 2 Vasilijus Lendel   Lithuania 3 Esteban Sánchez   Spain +0.049 4 Aliaksandr Hlova Individual Neutral Athletes +0.114 5 Eliasz Bednarek   Poland +0.898
Heat 3 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Harry Ledingham-Horn   Great Britain Q 2 Artsiom Zaitsau Individual Neutral Athletes +0.062 3 Yeno Vingerhoets   Belgium +0.062 4 Mateusz Rudyk   Poland +1.154	Heat 4 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Nikita Kalachnik Individual Neutral Athletes Q 2 Bohdan Danylchuk   Ukraine +0.021 3 Eimantas Vadapalas   Lithuania +0.299 4 Miltiadis Charovas   Greece +0.592
Heat 5 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes Q 2 Alejandro Martínez   Spain +0.058 3 Dominik Topinka   Czech Republic +0.290 4 Miroslav Minchev   Bulgaria +5.782	Heat 6 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Patrik Rómeó Lovassy   Hungary Q 2 Konstantinos Livanos   Greece +0.112 3 Loris Leneman   Netherlands +0.445 4 Pavel Nikolov   Bulgaria +0.574 5 Mattia Predomo   Italy +1.586

Semifinals

The first three riders in each heat qualified for the final, all other riders raced for places 7 to 12. ^[5]

Heat 1 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Matthew Richardson   Great Britain Q 2 Nikita Kalachnik Individual Neutral Athletes +0.364 Q 3 Harrie Lavreysen   Netherlands +0.378 Q 4 Rayan Helal   France +0.415 5 David Peterka   Czech Republic +0.455 6 Patrik Rómeó Lovassy   Hungary +1.061

Heat 2 Rank Name Nation Gap Notes 1 Tom Derache   France Q 2 Lowie Nulens   Belgium +0.045 Q 3 Harry Ledingham-Horn   Great Britain +0.114 Q 4 Nikita Kiriltsev Individual Neutral Athletes +0.144 5 Tim Edvard Pettersen   Norway +0.213 6 Luca Spiegel   Germany +0.377

Finals

Small final

Rank	Name	Nation	Gap	Notes
7	Luca Spiegel	Germany
8	Rayan Helal	France	+0.053
9	David Peterka	Czech Republic	+0.066
10	Patrik Rómeó Lovassy	Hungary	+0.110
11	Nikita Kiriltsev	Individual Neutral Athletes	+0.178
12	Tim Edvard Pettersen	Norway	+0.462

Final

Rank [6]	Name	Nation	Gap	Notes
	Matthew Richardson	Great Britain
	Harrie Lavreysen	Netherlands	+0.033
	Lowie Nulens	Belgium	+0.071
4	Nikita Kalachnik	Individual Neutral Athletes	+0.261
5	Tom Derache	France	+0.515
6	Harry Ledingham-Horn	Great Britain	+1.264

References

1. "Competition schedule (provisional)" (PDF). UEC . Retrieved 4 February 2026.
2. "Men's Keirin – First Round – Start List". Tissot Timing. 4 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
3. "Men's Keirin – First Round – Results". Tissot Timing. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
4. "Men's Keirin – First Round Repechage – Results". Tissot Timing. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
5. "Men's Keirin – Semifinals – Results". Tissot Timing. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
6. "Men's Keirin – Final Classification". Tissot Timing. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.