2008 UEC European Track Championships

2008 UEC European Track Championships
Venue	Pruszków, Poland
Date(s)	3–7 September 2008
Velodrome	BGŻ Arena
Events	34+3
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The 2008 European Track Championships took place in Pruszków, Poland from 3 September to 7 September 2008. They were the annual European championship for track cycling for junior and under 23 riders. Events were also held at elite level in the women's omnium discipline.^[1]^[2] A men's omnium European Championship was held in Alkmaar, the Netherlands at 18 October 2008.

Countries

Incomplete list

Medal summary

Open

Open events were held in the omnium discipline only.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's Event held in Alkmaar, the Netherlands on 18 October 2008.
Men's Omnium^[3] details	Wim Stroetinga Netherlands	44	Robert Bartko Germany	40	Elia Viviani Italy	38
Women's Event held in Pruszków, Poland in September 2008.
Women's Omnium details	Elena Tchalykh Russia	46	Ellen van Dijk Netherlands	41	Anastasia Tchulkova Russia	41

Omnium sprint

Année	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008	NED Theo Bos	NED Tim Veldt	FRA François Pervis
2008	NED Yvonne Hijgenaar	NED Elise Van Hage	ESP Helena Casas Roige

Under 23

Podium of the Women's under-23 points race: 1) Ellen van Dijk, 2) Lizzie Armitstead, 3) Aksana Papko

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
Men's under-23 sprint details	Kévin Sireau France		Michaël D'Almeida France		Matthew Crampton Great Britain
Men's under-23 1 km time trial details	Michaël D'Almeida France		David Daniell Great Britain		Tomáš Bábek Czech Republic
Men's under-23 individual pursuit details	Vitaliy Shchedov Ukraine	4:25.518	Jerôme Cousin France	4:29.383	Marco Coledan Italy
Men's under-23 team pursuit details	Steven Burke Peter Kennaugh Mark McNally Andy Tennant Great Britain	4:05.568	Evgeny Kovalev Ivan Kovalev Alexander Petrovskiy Valery Valynin Russia	4:10.139	Marcel Kalz Ralf Matzka Erik Mohs Fabian Schaar Italy	4:07.730
Men's under-23 team sprint details	Denis Dmitriev Stoyan Vasev Pavel Yakushevskiy Russia	44.991	Matthew Crampton David Daniell Christian Lyte Great Britain	45.277	Krzysztof Szymanek Maciej Bielecki Adrian Telinski Poland	45.768
Men's under-23 keirin details	Matthew Crampton Great Britain		Michaël D'Almeida France		Denis Špička Czech Republic
Men's under-23 scratch race details	Elia Viviani Italy		Pim Ligthart Netherlands		Jiří Hochmann Czech Republic
Men's under-23 points race details	Ivan Kovalev Russia	31	Ralf Matzka Germany	30	Jiří Hochmann Czech Republic	30
Women's events
Women's under-23 sprint details	Miriam Welte Germany	12.206 / 11.898	Lyubov Shulika Ukraine		Anna Blyth Great Britain	12.045 / 12.046
Women's under-23 500 m time trial details	Sandie Clair France	33.872	Miriam Welte Germany	34.376	Anna Blyth Great Britain	35.035
Women's under-23 individual pursuit details	Vilija Sereikaitė Lithuania	3:34.781	Ellen van Dijk Netherlands	3:37.747	Joanna Rowsell Great Britain
Women's under-23 team pursuit details	Lizzie Armitstead Katie Colclough Joanna Rowsell Great Britain	3:26.836	Audrey Cordon Elodie Henriette Pascale Jeuland France	3:35.026	Victoriya Kondel Oxana Cozonchuk Maria Mishina Russia	3:35.369
Women's under-23 team sprint details	Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff France	34.481	Renata Dąbrowska Marta Janowiak Poland	36.303	Yulia Kosheleva Olga Strelsova Russia	36.865
Women's under-23 keirin details	Miriam Welte Germany		Sandie Clair France		Lyubov Shulika Ukraine
Women's under-23 scratch race details	Ellen van Dijkⁱ Netherlands Lizzie Armitsteadⁱ Great Britain		N/A		Evgenia Romanyuta Russia
Women's under-23 points race details	Ellen van Dijk Netherlands	32	Lizzie Armitstead Great Britain	27	Aksana Papko Belarus	24

i) There were awarded 2 gold medals (and no silver medal) because Ellen van Dijk and Lizzie Armitstead finished at the same time. See the finishfoto.^[4]^[5]

Juniors

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's events
Junior Men's Sprint	Quentin Lafargue France		Charlie Conord France		Peter Mitchell Great Britain
Junior Men's 1 km Time Trial	Quentin Lafargue France		Thomas Bonafos France		Loris Paoli Italy
Junior Men's Individual Pursuit	Albert Torres Barcelo Spain	3:19.404	Artur Ershov Russia	3:22.034	Mark Christian Great Britain	3:19:683
Junior Men's Team Pursuit	Julien Duval Emmanuel Keo Julien Morice Erwan Teguel France	4:09.231	Luke Rowe Mark Christian Andrew Fenn Erick Rowsell Great Britain	4:09.559	Thomas Juhas Johannes Kahra Theo Reinhardt Jakob Steigmiller Germany	4:14.424
Junior Men's Team Sprint	Charlie Conord Thierry Jollet Quentin Lafargue France	45.618	Steven Hill Luc Jones Peter Mitchell Great Britain	46.435	Grzegorz Drejgier Karol Kasprzyk Rafal Sarnecki Poland	45.768
Junior Men's Keirin	Charlie Conord France		Steven Hill Great Britain		Juan Peralta Gascon Spain
Junior Men's Scratch	Claudio Imhof Switzerland		Konstantin Kuperasov Russia		Vitaly Barbas Russia
Junior Men's Points Race	Sam Bennett Ireland	29	Albert Torres Barcelo Spain	18	Michał Kwiatkowski Poland	16
Junior Men's Madison	Mark Christian Luke Rowe Great Britain	20	Niki Byrgese Sebastian Lander Denmark	18	Thomas Juhas Jakob Steigmiller Germany	15 (-1 lap)
Women's events
Junior Women's Sprint	Victoria Baranova Russia	12.270 / 12.147	Barbora Drzkova Slovakia		Jessica Varnish Great Britain	13.462 / 12.359
Junior Women's 500 m Time Trial	Jessica Varnish Great Britain	35.364	Victoria Baranova Russia	35.788	Magali Baudacci France	36.083
Junior Women's Individual Pursuit	Hannah Mayho Great Britain	2:28.175	Jolien D'Hoore Belgium	2:28.537	Lucie Záleská Czech Republic	2:28.874
Junior Women's Team Pursuit	Alex Greenfield Hannah Mayho Jessica Booth Great Britain	2:19.612	Evelyn Arys Jessie Daams Jolien D'Hoore Belgium	2:20.456	Giada Balzan Rossella Callovi Valentina Scandolara Italy	2:22.213
Junior Women's Team Sprint	Aleksandra Drejgier Kornelia Maczka Poland	35.562	Magali Baudacci Olivia Montauban France	36.303	Victoria Baranova Eena Melnichenko Russia	36.865
Junior Women's Keirin	Jessica Varnish Great Britain		Galina Streltsova Russia		Giada Balzan Italy
Junior Women's Scratch	Lucie Záleská Czech Republic		Valentina Scandolara Italy		Jolien D'Hoore Belgium
Junior Women's Points Race	Alex Greenfield Great Britain	21	Jolien D'Hoore Belgium	12	Amy Pieters Netherlands	12

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	10	6	7	23
2	France (FRA)	9	8	2	19
3	Netherlands (NED)	5	5	1	11
4	Russia (RUS)	4	5	6	15
5	Germany (GER)	2	3	2	7
6	Italy (ITA)	1	1	6	8
7	Poland (POL)	1	1	3	5
8	Spain (ESP)	1	1	2	4
9	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	1	3
10	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	5	6
11	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
14	Belgium (BEL)	0	3	1	4
15	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
15	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
17	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		38	36	37	111

References

^ "Book (Start Lists, Reulst & Analysis)" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
^ "European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite (F) 2008". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
^ "European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite 2008". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
^ "Scratch race results". uci.ch. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
^ "Different articles about the Scratch race". ellenvandijk.nl. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

External links

[1] "Book (Start Lists, Reulst & Analysis)" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2008.

[2] "European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite (F) 2008". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

[3] "European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite 2008". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

[4] "Scratch race results". uci.ch. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

[5] "Different articles about the Scratch race". ellenvandijk.nl. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

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