European Champs: Italy dominate team pursuit qualifying as British men crash
British women and French men to battle Italy for gold medals
Italy got their Track European Championships off to an excellent start, setting the fastest and second fastest times in the women’s and men’s team pursuit qualifying respectively.
The Italian women, Elisa Balsamo, Tatiana Guderzo, Letizia Paternoster and Silvia Valsecchi, out gunned the British squad of Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Eleanor Dickinson and Emily Kay by almost a second, despite a late surge from the British. Germany also rode a fast finish, but it was not enough to make up for their slow start and they finished third, with Poland, who was some five seconds slower than Italy, qualifying fourth.
Italy will face-off against Poland next, with the winner of that bout heading into the gold medal match-up against either Great Britain or Germany. Given their early performances, an Italy, Great Britain duel for Gold looks highly likely. The times of the losers and the other four teams will be ranked with the top two competing for the Bronze medal.
In the men’s team pursuit, France set the benchmark with a time of 3:58.060, which was less than a second quicker than Italy. Russia faded towards the end of their effort, but held on the take third place with Germany not too far behind in fourth place.
The British men looked like they were on course to set a time good enough to keep their medal hopes alive until Andy Tennant crashed on the last lap, leaving the team with just two riders after already dropping Kian Emadi. The team needed at least three riders to finish to set a time. Tennant later said that it was dizziness that had caused him to crash.
“I remember hearing the bell then I don’t remember anything after that,” Tennant told the British Cycling website. “I have been in the paramedic room for the last hour-and-a-half lying down. I’m alright now.”
Day 2 of competition will see the completion of the Team Pursuit, the team sprint, and the women’s elimination and men’s scratch races.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | France | 0:03:58.060 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Thomas Denis | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Benjamin Thomas | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Florian Maitre | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Corentin Ermenault | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
2 | Italy | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Liam Bertazzo | 0:03:58.720 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Michele Scartezzini | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Francesco Lamon | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Filippo Ganna | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
3 | Russia | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Alexander Evtushenko | 0:03:59.434 |
Row 12 - Cell 0 | Mamyr Stash | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Dmitrii Sokolov | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Sergei Shilov | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
4 | Germany | 0:03:59.730 |
Row 16 - Cell 0 | Felix Gross | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Domenic Weinstein | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | Kersten Thiele | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | Theo Reinhardt | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
5 | Denmark | 0:04:00.571 |
Row 21 - Cell 0 | Julius Johansen | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Casper Von Folsach | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | Casper Pedersen | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
Row 24 - Cell 0 | Niklas Larsen | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
6 | Switzerland | 0:04:01.325 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Claudio Imhof | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
Row 27 - Cell 0 | Cyrille Thiery | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
Row 28 - Cell 0 | Loic Perizzolo | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | Frank Pasche | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
7 | Poland | 0:04:01.709 |
Row 31 - Cell 0 | Alan Banaszek | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
Row 32 - Cell 0 | Daniel Staniszewski | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
Row 33 - Cell 0 | Szymon Sajnok | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
Row 34 - Cell 0 | Szymon Krawczyk | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
8 | Belgium | 0:04:02.954 |
Row 36 - Cell 0 | Kenny De Ketele | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
Row 37 - Cell 0 | Sasha Weemaes | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
Row 38 - Cell 0 | Gerben Thijssen | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
Row 39 - Cell 0 | Lindsay De Vylder | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
9 | Belarus | 0:04:05.780 |
Row 41 - Cell 0 | Yauheni Karaliok | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
Row 42 - Cell 0 | Raman Tsishkou | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
Row 43 - Cell 0 | Mikhail Shemetau | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
Row 44 - Cell 0 | Siarhei Papok | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
10 | Ukraine | 0:04:08.056 |
Row 46 - Cell 0 | Volodymyr Dzhus | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
Row 47 - Cell 0 | Illya Klepikov | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
Row 48 - Cell 0 | Maksym Vasyliev | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
Row 49 - Cell 0 | Roman Gladysh | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
11 | Spain | 0:04:09.542 |
Row 51 - Cell 0 | Vicente Garcia De Mateos Rubio | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
Row 52 - Cell 0 | Illart Zuazubiskar Gallastegi | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
Row 53 - Cell 0 | Albert Torres Barcelo | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
Row 54 - Cell 0 | Sebastian Mora Vedri | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
12 | Romania | 0:04:33.879 |
Row 56 - Cell 0 | Alexandru Niculae Ciocan | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
Row 57 - Cell 0 | Valentin Plesea | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
Row 58 - Cell 0 | Marius-Cristian Petrache | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
Row 59 - Cell 0 | Daniel Crista | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Great Britain | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
Row 61 - Cell 0 | Steven Burke | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
Row 62 - Cell 0 | Andrew Tennant | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
Row 63 - Cell 0 | Mark Stewart | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
Row 64 - Cell 0 | Kian Emadi | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Italy | 0:04:20.636 |
Row 1 - Cell 0 | Elisa Balsamo | Row 1 - Cell 2 |
Row 2 - Cell 0 | Silvia Valsecchi | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
Row 3 - Cell 0 | Letizia Paternoster | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
Row 4 - Cell 0 | Tatiana Guderzo | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
2 | Great Britain | 0:04:21.219 |
Row 6 - Cell 0 | Katie Archibald | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
Row 7 - Cell 0 | Emily Kay | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
Row 8 - Cell 0 | Eleanor Dickinson | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
Row 9 - Cell 0 | Elinor Barker | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
3 | Germany | 0:04:25.355 |
Row 11 - Cell 0 | Charlotte Becker | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
Row 12 - Cell 0 | Gudrun Stock | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
Row 13 - Cell 0 | Lisa Klein | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
Row 14 - Cell 0 | Lisa Brennauer | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
4 | Poland | 0:04:26.462 |
Row 16 - Cell 0 | Justyna Kaczkowska | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
Row 17 - Cell 0 | Nikol Plosaj | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
Row 18 - Cell 0 | Daria Pikulik | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
Row 19 - Cell 0 | Katarzyna Pawlowska | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
5 | France | 0:04:27.473 |
Row 21 - Cell 0 | Laurie Berthon | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
Row 22 - Cell 0 | Coralie Demay | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
Row 23 - Cell 0 | Elise Delzenne | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
Row 24 - Cell 0 | Marion Borras | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
6 | Russia | 0:04:34.561 |
Row 26 - Cell 0 | Gulnaz Badykova | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
Row 27 - Cell 0 | Anastasiia Iakovenko | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
Row 28 - Cell 0 | Alexandra Goncharova | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
Row 29 - Cell 0 | Aleksandra Chekina | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
7 | Belgium | 0:04:36.183 |
Row 31 - Cell 0 | Gilke Croket | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
Row 32 - Cell 0 | Saartje Vandenbroucke | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
Row 33 - Cell 0 | Lotte Kopecky | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
Row 34 - Cell 0 | Annelies Dom | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
8 | Belarus | 0:04:37.789 |
Row 36 - Cell 0 | Katsiaryna Piatrouskaya | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
Row 37 - Cell 0 | Hanna Tserah | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
Row 38 - Cell 0 | Tatsiana Sharakova | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
Row 39 - Cell 0 | Polina Pivovarova | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
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