UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit

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The Men's team pursuit at the European Track Championships was first competed in 2010 in Poland. It has formed a part of each championship since. Great Britain, the double Olympic champions, dominated the event in its early years, winning all of the first five occasions they entered. A record sixth title was confirmed in 2024,

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Andy Tennant was ever present in each success of the British team before 2024, and as a result is the most successful individual rider in the event, with five gold medals.Thomas Denis of France is the most successful non-British rider, with three gold medals.

Format

Until 2014, the team pursuit consisted of two rounds; a qualifying round, followed by a final for the fastest two qualifiers, and the race for the bronze medal for the third and fourth fastest qualifiers. In 2014, a third intermediate round was added: two semifinals consisting of the top four qualifiers to decide the gold medal finalists, and two bronze medal raceoffs for teams placed fifth to eighth which, together with the times of the losing gold race semifinalists, decided the bronze medal finalists.

In that first amended event in 2014, France failed to make the 'gold medal semifinals', but having reached the bronze medal race-offs as the sixth placed team, raced a quicker time than Switzerland, one of the losing semifinalists, to reach the Bronze medal final; they lost the Bronze medal final to the other losing semifinalist, Russia.

Medalists

ChampionshipsGoldSilverBronze
2010 Pruszków
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Steven Burke
Ed Clancy
Jason Queally
Andy Tennant
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Evgeny Kovalev
Ivan Kovalev
Alexei Markov
Alexander Serov
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Levi Heimans
Arno Van Der Zwet
Tim Veldt
Sipke Zijlstra
2011 Apeldoorn
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Steven Burke
Ed Clancy
Peter Kennaugh
Andy Tennant
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Michael Mørkøv
Casper Folsach
Lasse Norman Hansen
Rasmus Quaade
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Valery Kaykov
Evgeny Kovalev
Ivan Kovalev
Victor Manakov
2012 Panevėžys
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Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Artur Ershov
Alexei Markov
Alexander Serov
Valery Kaykov
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Lucas Liss
Henning Bommel
Theo Reinhardt
Maximilian Beyer
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Elia Viviani
Michele Scartezzini
Liam Bertazzo
Ignazio Moser
2013 Apeldoorn
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Owain Doull
Steven Burke
Ed Clancy
Andy Tennant
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Artur Ershov
Ivan Kovalev
Evgeny Kovalev
Alexander Serov
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Tim Veldt
Dion Beukeboom
Roy Eefting
Jenning Huizenga
2014 Guadeloupe
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Owain Doull
Jonathan Dibben
Ed Clancy
Andy Tennant
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Henning Bommel
Theo Reinhardt
Nils Schomber
Kersten Thiele
Leon Rohde
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Alexey Kurbatov
Evgeny Kovalev
Ivan Kovalev
Alexander Serov
Artur Ershov
2015 Grenchen
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Owain Doull
Jonathan Dibben
Andy Tennant
Bradley Wiggins
Steven Burke
Matthew Gibson
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Silvan Dillier
Stefan Küng
Frank Pasche
Théry Schir
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Daniel Hartvig
Casper Pedersen
Lasse Norman Hansen
Rasmus Quaade
Mathias Møller Nielsen
2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
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Flag of France.svg  France
Thomas Denis
Corentin Ermenault
Florian Maitre
Sylvain Chavanel
Benjamin Thomas
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Filippo Ganna
Simone Consonni
Francesco Lamon
Michele Scartezzini
Liam Bertazzo
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Matthew Bostock
Oliver Wood
Kian Emadi Coffin
Mark Stewart
Steven Burke
2017 Berlin
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Flag of France.svg  France
Thomas Denis
Corentin Ermenault
Florian Maitre
Louis Pijourlet
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Filippo Ganna
Simone Consonni
Francesco Lamon
Liam Bertazzo
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Alexey Kurbatov
Alexander Evtushenko
Mamyr Stash
Dmitri Sokolov
2018 Glasgow
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Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Elia Viviani
Liam Bertazzo
Filippo Ganna
Francesco Lamon
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Claudio Imhof
Cyrille Thièry
Stefan Bissegger
Frank Pasche
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Ethan Hayter
Steven Burke
Kian Emadi
Charlie Tanfield
2019 Apeldoorn
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Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Lasse Norman Hansen
Rasmus Pedersen
Frederik Madsen
Julius Johansen
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Michele Scartezzini
Davide Plebani
Filippo Ganna
Francesco Lamon
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Ethan Hayter
Edward Clancy
Oliver Wood
Charlie Tanfield
2020 Plovdiv
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Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Alexander Dubchenko
Lev Gonov
Nikita Bersenev
Alexander Evtushenko
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Francesco Lamon
Stefano Moro
Jonathan Milan
Gidas Umbri
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Claudio Imhof
Simon Vitzthum
Lukas Rüegg
Dominik Bieler
2021 Grenchen
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Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Matias Malmberg
Rasmus Pedersen
Tobias Hansen
Carl-Frederik Bévort
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Claudio Imhof
Simon Vitzthum
Valère Thiébaud
Alex Vogel
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Rhys Britton
William Tidball
Oliver Wood
Charlie Tanfield
2022 Munich
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Flag of France.svg  France
Thomas Denis
Quentin Lafargue
Valentin Tabellion
Benjamin Thomas
Thomas Boudat
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Robin Juel Skivild
Rasmus Pedersen
Tobias Hansen
Carl-Frederik Bévort
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Rhys Britton
Kian Emadi
Oliver Wood
Charlie Tanfield
William Tidball
2023 Grenchen
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Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Jeffrey Hoogland
Harrie Lavreysen
Roy van den Berg
Tijmen van Loon
Flag of France.svg  France
Florian Grengbo
Rayan Helal
Sébastien Vigier
Flag of France.svg  France
Thomas Denis
Corentin Ermenault
Quentin Lafargue
Benjamin Thomas
Adrien Garel
2024 Apeldoorn
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Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Daniel Bigham
Ethan Hayter
Charlie Tanfield
Ethan Vernon
Oliver Wood
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Carl-Frederik Bévort
Tobias Hansen
Niklas Larsen
Rasmus Pedersen
Frederik Rodenberg
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Davide Boscaro
Simone Consonni
Francesco Lamon
Jonathan Milan

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