Italy’s Elia Viviani and Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands confirmed their pedigree as world class track riders by winning the points race title during the opening day of the European Track Championships in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands on Friday.
Russia won the women’s team sprint title, while Germany beat France to win the men’s team sprint. Great Britain continued to dominate the team pursuit events; the men’s quartet beat Russia in a close final, while the Great Britain women’s team set a new world record in both the qualifying and final rides in one of the first ever major championships with women racing over a distance of 4000 metres and with four riders.
Elinor Barker, Dani King, Joanna Rowsell, Katie Archibald and Laura Trott smashed their own world time of 4:28.738 seconds for the new 4000m distance. With King replacing Rowsell for the final, the Great Britain team then posted an even faster time of 4:26.453. The second-placed Polish team finished more than nine-seconds behind.
With all five riders having contributed to the team's performance, Barker, King, Rowsell, Trott and Archibald were all presented with a European champion’s jersey and medal.
In the men's team pursuit, Ed Clancy, Steven Burke, Owain Doull and Andy Tennant recorded a time of 4:02.258 to earn them both the gold medal and the European champions' jerseys. Russia put up a fight, finishing just 0.2 of second slower in the final. The Netherlands took the bronze beating Spain in their ride-off.
Points races
The women’s points race title was decided in the final sprint, with Kirsten Wild of the Netherlands getting the better of Dani King (Great Britain). The race saw riders share the sprints points but no one was able to take a lap and set up victory and three riders were tied on points late in the race. Wild reached 12 points to equal King and then finished second behind solo attacker Leire Olaberria of Spain in the last sprint to take the title.
Elia Viviani used his sprinting speed and some help from fellow Italian Marco Coledan to win the men’s point s title. Viviani rode the Tour of Beijing last week and clearly had better form than his rivals. He took a lap with some other riders mid-race and then defended his lead for the rest of race. France’s Thomas Bauda was second and Eloy Teruel of Spain took the bronze medal.
Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirsten Wild (Ned) | 80 | pts |
| 2 | Dani King (GBr) | 72 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (Spa) | 64 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Julie Leth (Den) | 58 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Stephanie Pohl (Ger) | 52 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Jarmila Machacova (Cze) | 46 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) | 40 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Eugenia Bujak (Pol) | 38 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) | 32 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Ina Savenka (Blr) | 26 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Laurie Berthon (Fra) | 22 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Malgorzata Wojtyra (Pol) | 18 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Polina Pivovarova (Blr) | 8 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Alzbeta Pavlendova (Svk) | 8 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Kate Archibald (GBr) | 8 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Ana Usabiaga Balerdi (Spa) | 8 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Evelyn Arys (Bel) | 8 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| DNF | Irina Molicheva (Rus) | 1 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| DNF | Roxane Knetemann (Ned) | 1 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| DSQ | Valeriya Kononenko (Ukr) | Row 19 - Cell 2 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | Header Cell - Column 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elia Viviani (Ita) | 80 | pts |
| 2 | Thomas Boudat (Fra) | 72 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
| 3 | Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) | 64 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
| 4 | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) | 58 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
| 5 | Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) | 52 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
| 6 | Wim Stroetinga (Ned) | 46 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
| 7 | Milan Kadlec (Cze) | 40 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
| 8 | Wojciech Pszczolarski (Pol) | 38 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
| 9 | Kirill Sveshnikov (Rus) | 32 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
| 10 | Anton Muzychkin (Blr) | 26 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
| 11 | Jesper Asselman (Ned) | 22 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
| 12 | Patrick Konrad (Aut) | 18 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
| 13 | Vivien Brisse (Fra) | 8 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
| 14 | Roman Lutsyshyn (Ukr) | 8 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
| 15 | Theo Reinhardt (Ger) | 8 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
| 16 | Oleksandr Martynenko (Ukr) | 8 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
| 17 | Marco Coledan (Ita) | 8 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
| DNF | Tristan Marguet (Swi) | 1 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
| DNF | Vojtech Hacecky (Cze) | 1 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
| DNF | Rafal Jeziorski (Pol) | 1 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
| DNF | Rafal Jeziorski (Pol) | 1 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
| DNF | Martyn Irvine (Irl) | 1 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
| DNF | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) | 1 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
| DSQ | Jonas Rickaert (Bel) | Row 23 - Cell 2 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 0:00:33.563 |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Elena Brejniva | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Olga Streltsova | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| 2 | Germany | 0:00:33.598 |
| Row 4 - Cell 0 | Kristina Vogel | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | Miriam Welte | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 0:00:33.771 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Rebecca Angharad James | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| Row 8 - Cell 0 | Jessica Varnish | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 0:00:34.235 |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | Shanne Braspennincx | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Elis Ligtlee | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Spain | 0:00:34.110 |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | Tania Calvo Barbero | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | Helena Casas Roige | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | France | 0:00:34.216 |
| Row 16 - Cell 0 | Sandie Clair | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | Virginie Cueff | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Poland | 0:00:36.476 |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | Katarzyna Kirschenstein | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| Row 20 - Cell 0 | Urszula Los | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 0:00:36.517 |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | Tetyana Klimchenko | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| Row 23 - Cell 0 | Olena Tsyos | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Finland | 0:00:37.990 |
| Row 25 - Cell 0 | Pia Pensaari | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| Row 26 - Cell 0 | Elisa Arvo | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| DNS | Belgium | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| Row 28 - Cell 0 | Gilke Croket | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| Row 29 - Cell 0 | Sarah Inghelbrecht | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 0:00:43.636 |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Rene Enders | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Robert Forstemann | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Maximilian Levy | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 2 | France | 0:00:43.902 |
| Row 5 - Cell 0 | Gregory Bauge | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Michaël D'almeida | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | François Pervis | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Russia | 0:00:44.537 |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | Denis Dmitriev | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| Row 10 - Cell 0 | Andrey Kubeev | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Pavel Yakushevskiy | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 0:00:44.670 |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | Kian Emadi-Coffin | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | Philip Hindes | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| Row 15 - Cell 0 | Jason Kenny | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Poland | 0:00:44.774 |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | Grzegorz Drejgier | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| Row 18 - Cell 0 | Kamil Kuczynski | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | Krzysztof Maksel | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Spain | 0:00:44.794 |
| Row 21 - Cell 0 | Hodei Mazquiaran Uria | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | Jose Moreno Sanchez | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| Row 23 - Cell 0 | Juan Peralta Gascon | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 0:00:44.807 |
| Row 25 - Cell 0 | Matthijs Buchli | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
| Row 26 - Cell 0 | Hugo Haak | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| Row 27 - Cell 0 | Jeffrey Hoogland | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 0:00:45.457 |
| Row 29 - Cell 0 | Tomas Babek | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| Row 30 - Cell 0 | Pavel Kelemen | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
| Row 31 - Cell 0 | Adam Ptacnik | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Greece | 0:00:45.543 |
| Row 33 - Cell 0 | Ioannis Kalogeropoulos | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| Row 34 - Cell 0 | Christos Volikakis | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| Row 35 - Cell 0 | Zafeirios Volikakis | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Belarus | 0:00:46.482 |
| Row 37 - Cell 0 | Uladzislau Novik | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| Row 38 - Cell 0 | Evgeni Veremchuk | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| Row 39 - Cell 0 | Artsiom Zaitsau | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 0:00:46.540 |
| Row 41 - Cell 0 | Gennadiy Genys | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| Row 42 - Cell 0 | Andriy Sach | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| Row 43 - Cell 0 | Andriy Vynokurov | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Lithuania | 0:00:49.136 |
| Row 45 - Cell 0 | Dominykas Bikinas | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| Row 46 - Cell 0 | Svajunas Jonauskas | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| Row 47 - Cell 0 | Arunas Lendel | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 0:04:26.556 |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Kate Archibald | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Elinor Barker | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Dani King | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| Row 4 - Cell 0 | Laura Trott | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 2 | Poland | 0:04:35.957 |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Eugenia Bujak | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Edyta Jasinska | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| Row 8 - Cell 0 | Katarzyna Pawlowska | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | Malgorzata Wojtyra | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Russia | 0:04:34.491 |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Gulnaz Badykova | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| Row 12 - Cell 0 | Maria Mishina | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | Irina Molicheva | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | Evgeniya Romanyuta | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Belgium | 0:04:43.337 |
| Row 16 - Cell 0 | Evelyn Arys | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | Els Belmans | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| Row 18 - Cell 0 | Jolien D'hoore | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | Kelly Druyts | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0:04:41.990 |
| Row 21 - Cell 0 | Ivanna Borovychenko | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | Valeriya Kononenko | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| Row 23 - Cell 0 | Anna Nahirna | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| Row 24 - Cell 0 | Hanna Solovey | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Italy | 0:04:42.073 |
| Row 26 - Cell 0 | Beatrice Bartelloni | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| Row 27 - Cell 0 | Elena Cecchini | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| Row 28 - Cell 0 | Simona Frapporti | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| Row 29 - Cell 0 | Chiara Vannucci | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Belarus | 0:04:44.195 |
| Row 31 - Cell 0 | Volha Masiukovich | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| Row 32 - Cell 0 | Polina Pivovarova | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| Row 33 - Cell 0 | Ina Savenka | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| Row 34 - Cell 0 | Marina Shmayankova | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Germany | 0:04:44.241 |
| Row 36 - Cell 0 | Lisa Fischer | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| Row 37 - Cell 0 | Mieke Kröger | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| Row 38 - Cell 0 | Lisa Küllmer | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| Row 39 - Cell 0 | Stephanie Pohl | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Lithuania | 0:05:00.623 |
| Row 41 - Cell 0 | Roberta Pilkauskaite | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| Row 42 - Cell 0 | Vilija Sereikaite | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| Row 43 - Cell 0 | Ausrine Trebaite | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| Row 44 - Cell 0 | Egle Zablotskyte | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 0:04:02.258 |
| Row 1 - Cell 0 | Steven Burke | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
| Row 2 - Cell 0 | Edward Clancy | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
| Row 3 - Cell 0 | Owain Doull | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| Row 4 - Cell 0 | Andrew Tennant | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 2 | Russia | 0:04:02.460 |
| Row 6 - Cell 0 | Artur Ershov | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | Evgeny Kovalev | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| Row 8 - Cell 0 | Ivan Kovalev | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| Row 9 - Cell 0 | Alexander Serov | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 0:04:04.998 |
| Row 11 - Cell 0 | Dion Beukeboom | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
| Row 12 - Cell 0 | Roy Eefting | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
| Row 13 - Cell 0 | Jenning Huizenga | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
| Row 14 - Cell 0 | Tim Veldt | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
| 4 | Spain | 0:04:05.605 |
| Row 16 - Cell 0 | Sebastian Mora Vedri | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
| Row 17 - Cell 0 | David Muntaner Juaneda | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
| Row 18 - Cell 0 | Eloy Teruel Rovira | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
| Row 19 - Cell 0 | Albert Torres Barcelo | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Italy | 0:04:07.614 |
| Row 21 - Cell 0 | Liam Bertazzo | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
| Row 22 - Cell 0 | Marco Coledan | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
| Row 23 - Cell 0 | Paolo Simion | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
| Row 24 - Cell 0 | Elia Viviani | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Belgium | 0:04:07.952 |
| Row 26 - Cell 0 | Jasper De Buyst | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
| Row 27 - Cell 0 | Kenny De Ketele | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
| Row 28 - Cell 0 | Moreno De Pauw | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
| Row 29 - Cell 0 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0:04:10.584 |
| Row 31 - Cell 0 | Olivier Beer | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
| Row 32 - Cell 0 | Tom Bohli | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
| Row 33 - Cell 0 | Kilian Moser | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
| Row 34 - Cell 0 | Loïc Perizzolo | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Denmark | 0:04:11.057 |
| Row 36 - Cell 0 | Casper Von Folsach | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
| Row 37 - Cell 0 | Mathias Krigbaum | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
| Row 38 - Cell 0 | Mathias Møller Nielsen | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 0:04:11.497 |
| Row 40 - Cell 0 | Volodymyr Dzhus | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
| Row 41 - Cell 0 | Illya Klepikov | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
| Row 42 - Cell 0 | Oleksandr Lobov | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
| Row 43 - Cell 0 | Vitaliy Popkov | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Belarus | 0:04:11.793 |
| Row 45 - Cell 0 | Aleh Ahiyevich | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
| Row 46 - Cell 0 | Siarhei Papok | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
| Row 47 - Cell 0 | Branislau Samoilau | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
| Row 48 - Cell 0 | Raman Tsishkou | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
| 11 | France | 0:04:12.046 |
| Row 50 - Cell 0 | Julien Duval | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
| Row 51 - Cell 0 | Damien Gaudin | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
| Row 52 - Cell 0 | Julien Morice | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
| Row 53 - Cell 0 | Sébastien Turgot | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
| 12 | Poland | 0:04:13.669 |
| Row 55 - Cell 0 | Rafal Jeziorski | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
| Row 56 - Cell 0 | Mateusz Nowaczek | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
| Row 57 - Cell 0 | Mateusz Nowak | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
| Row 58 - Cell 0 | Adrian Teklinski | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
| 13 | Germany | 0:04:13.755 |
| Row 60 - Cell 0 | Maximilian Beyer | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
| Row 61 - Cell 0 | Henning Bommel | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
| Row 62 - Cell 0 | Theo Reinhardt | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
| Row 63 - Cell 0 | Kersten Thiele | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 0:04:14.276 |
| Row 65 - Cell 0 | Roman Furst | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
| Row 66 - Cell 0 | Jan Kraus | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
| Row 67 - Cell 0 | Frantisek Sisr | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
| Row 68 - Cell 0 | Ondrej Vendolsy | Row 68 - Cell 2 |
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