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Italy won gold in the European championship team relay in Moscow
(Image credit: Armin Küstenbrück)
The gold medal winning Italian team relay squad
(Image credit: Armin Küstenbrück)
Eva Lechner (Italy)
(Image credit: Armin Küstenbrück)
Eva Lechner waits her turn in the team relay
(Image credit: Armin Küstenbrück)
The team relay was on the schedule for the first day of competition. Teams were composed of one elite man, one junior, one U23 rider and one elite woman. The Italian "Azzurri" won by four seconds ahead of Switzerland and 12 seconds ahead of the Dutch team.
With two strong riders missing from Italy's team, this win came a bit of a surprise. Eva Lechner, who had started as third rider after Michele Casagrande and Gioele Bertolini was seventh fastest in her category and passed on to the last rider Luca Braidot as third. Braidot, the U23 rider, was able to pass Switzerland's Kathrin Stirnemann on the penultimate hill and took the win home for Italy.
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Team relay
#
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Italy
1:01:14
Row 1 - Cell 0 Michele Casagrande
Row 1 - Cell 2
Row 2 - Cell 0 Gioele Bertolini
Row 2 - Cell 2
Row 3 - Cell 0 Eva Lechner
Row 3 - Cell 2
Row 4 - Cell 0 Luca Braidot
Row 4 - Cell 2
2
Switzerland
1:01:18
Row 6 - Cell 0 Martin Gujan
Row 6 - Cell 2
Row 7 - Cell 0 Dominic Zumstein
Row 7 - Cell 2
Row 8 - Cell 0 Katrin Leumann
Row 8 - Cell 2
Row 9 - Cell 0 Matthias Stirnemann
Row 9 - Cell 2
3
Netherlands
1:01:26
Row 11 - Cell 0 Michiel Van Der Heijden
Row 11 - Cell 2
Row 12 - Cell 0 Jesper Slik
Row 12 - Cell 2
Row 13 - Cell 0 Anne Terpstra
Row 13 - Cell 2
Row 14 - Cell 0 Henk Jaap Moorlag
Row 14 - Cell 2
4
Poland
1:01:31
Row 16 - Cell 0 Marek Konwa
Row 16 - Cell 2
Row 17 - Cell 0 Piotr Brzozka
Row 17 - Cell 2
Row 18 - Cell 0 Piotr Konwa
Row 18 - Cell 2
Row 19 - Cell 0 Maja Wloszczowska
Row 19 - Cell 2
5
Czech Republic
1:01:55
Row 21 - Cell 0 Jan Škarnitzl
Row 21 - Cell 2
Row 22 - Cell 0 Tereza Huriková
Row 22 - Cell 2
Row 23 - Cell 0 Martin Fusek
Row 23 - Cell 2
Row 24 - Cell 0 Ondrej Cink
Row 24 - Cell 2
6
Germany
1:02:11
Row 26 - Cell 0 Julian Schelb
Row 26 - Cell 2
Row 27 - Cell 0 Ben Zwiehoff
Row 27 - Cell 2
Row 28 - Cell 0 Sabine Spitz
Row 28 - Cell 2
Row 29 - Cell 0 Moritz Milatz
Row 29 - Cell 2
7
Sweden
1:02:16
Row 31 - Cell 0 Olof Jonsson
Row 31 - Cell 2
Row 32 - Cell 0 Emil Linde
Row 32 - Cell 2
Row 33 - Cell 0 Alexandra Engen
Row 33 - Cell 2
Row 34 - Cell 0 Emil Lindgren
Row 34 - Cell 2
8
Russian Federation
1:03:08
Row 36 - Cell 0 Vera Andreeva
Row 36 - Cell 2
Row 37 - Cell 0 Alexey Lomilov
Row 37 - Cell 2
Row 38 - Cell 0 Timofey Ivanov
Row 38 - Cell 2
Row 39 - Cell 0 Evgeny Pechenin
Row 39 - Cell 2
9
France
1:03:17
Row 41 - Cell 0 Victor Koretzky
Row 41 - Cell 2
Row 42 - Cell 0 Romain Seigle
Row 42 - Cell 2
Row 43 - Cell 0 Pauline Ferrand Prevot
Row 43 - Cell 2
Row 44 - Cell 0 Stephane Tempier
Row 44 - Cell 2
10
Spain
1:05:00
Row 46 - Cell 0 Pablo Rodriguez Guede
Row 46 - Cell 2
Row 47 - Cell 0 Javier Cerdeño Rodrigu
Row 47 - Cell 2
Row 48 - Cell 0 Anna Villar Argente
Row 48 - Cell 2
Row 49 - Cell 0 Carlos Coloma Nicolas
Row 49 - Cell 2
11
Ukraine
1:06:02
Row 51 - Cell 0 Sergii Rysenko
Row 51 - Cell 2
Row 52 - Cell 0 Denys Gromko
Row 52 - Cell 2
Row 53 - Cell 0 Iana Belomoina
Row 53 - Cell 2
Row 54 - Cell 0 Dmytro Titarenko
Row 54 - Cell 2
