UEC European Rail Championships 2017

The venue: the Berlin Velodrome

Opening with the flags of the participating nations, in the background Sports Senator Andreas Geisel , BDR President Rudolf Scharping and UEC Vice President Alexander Gusjatnikow (from left to right)

Won two gold and one silver medal: Sprint Olympic champion Kristina Vogel

The eighth UEC train European Championships the elite found from 19 to 22 October 2017 in Berlin Velodrome instead.

The last international cycling competitions in the Berlin Velodrome were the UCI Track World Championships in 1999 .

A total of 23 decisions were made, with 22 disciplines being contested by women and men. Only the pacemaker race was extended solely by male athletes.

Before the start of the European Championships, the surface of the 250-meter slope in the Velodrom was renewed; In addition, the cycling track was adapted to the current safety standards of the UCI World Cycling Association . The Senate Department for Home Affairs and Sport provided up to 1.6 million euros for this.

At the European Championships, 264 drivers from 29 nations started, the highest number since the introduction of the European Championship in 2010. Among them were the Olympic champions Kristina Vogel , Miriam Welte (both Germany), Elis Ligtlee (Netherlands), Katie Archibald , Elinor Barker , Steven Burke , Philip Hindes and Callum Skinner (all Great Britain) as well as numerous track world champions such as Lucas Liß , Maximilian Levy , Robert Förstemann , Joachim Eilers (all Germany), Filippo Ganna (Italy), Denis Dmitrijew (Russia), Lotte Kopecky (Belgium) and Benjamin Thomas (France).

The most successful nation with five gold, four silver and three bronze medals was the host country Germany, followed by France with a total of eight medals, including three gold medals, and Great Britain.

The German female drivers dominated the short-term disciplines. Kristina Vogel alone won the gold medal in Sprint and Keirin . In the team sprint she also won silver together with Miriam Welte and Pauline Grabosch , while Welte was European champion in the 500 meter time trial ahead of Grabosch. The Danish driver Trine Schmidt became two-time European champion in the points race and in the scratch . Brit Katie Archibald was also successful with two golds in single pursuit and omnium .

Among the men, the French athletes were particularly successful with five gold medals. Sébastien Vigier became European champion in sprint and team sprint (with Benjamin Édelin and Quentin Lafargue ), Florian Maitre and Benjamin Thomas were twice successful in team pursuit and in two-man team driving .

The German women's four-man team with Lisa Brennauer , Gudrun Stock , Charlotte Becker and Lisa Klein crashed in round one of the team pursuit after the team had set a new German record in qualifying with 4: 25.355 minutes . Brennauer broke his arm. Her teammate Romy Kasper fell during the scratch , but started the day after in the two-man team event . Post-EM examinations revealed that she had suffered two broken ribs and a bruised lung.

Time schedule

date	Decisions men	Decisions women
Thursday October 19th	Team pursuit , team sprint , scratch	Team pursuit , team sprint , elimination race ,
Friday October 20th	Omnium , elimination race , sprint	500-meter time trial , points race , individual pursuit
Saturday October 21	Points race , individual pursuit , 1000-meter time trial , standing races	Scratch , Keirin , Omnium
Sunday October 22nd	Keirin , two-man team driving	Two-man team driving , sprint

Results

sprint

European sprint champion Sébastien Vigier

Men 0# Surname nationality Time (s) Sébastien Vigier  FRA Jeffrey Hoogland  NED Denis Dmitriev  RUS 4th Andrij Vynokurow  UKR 5 Vasilijus Lendel  LTU 6th Mateusz Rudyk  POLE 7th Maximilian Levy  GER 8th Harrie Lavreysen  NED

Women 0# Surname nationality Time (s) Kristina Vogel  GER Mathilde Gros  FRA Darja Schmeljowa  RUS 4th Pauline Grabosch  GER 5 Anastasija Voinova  RUS 6th Miglė Marozaitė  LTU 7th Olena Starykowa  UKR 8th Simona Krupeckaitė  LTU

Keirin

Podium in the women's keirin
(from left to right): Simona Krupeckaitė, Kristina Vogel and Ljubow Bassowa

Men 0# Surname nationality Maximilian Levy  GER Shane Perkins  RUS Andrij Vynokurow  UKR 4th Tomáš Bábek  CZE 5 Denis Dmitriev  RUS 6th Sébastien Vigier  FRA 7th Harrie Lavreysen  NED 8th Joachim Eilers  GER 9 Matthijs Büchli  NED 10 Pavel Kelemen  CZE

Women 0# Surname nationality Kristina Vogel  GER Simona Krupeckaitė  LTU Lyubov Basova  UKR 4th Mathilde Gros  FRA 5 Tania Calvo  ESP 6th Anastasija Voinova  RUS 7th Pauline Grabosch  GER 8th Darja Schmeljowa  RUS 9 Nicky Degrendele  BEL 10 Laurine van Riessen  NED

Time trial

Men (1000 m) 0# Surname nationality Time (min) Jeffrey Hoogland  NED 1: 00.700 Joachim Eilers  GER 1: 00.733 Quentin Lafargue  FRA 1: 00.906 4th Eric Engler  GER 1: 01.430 5 Robin Wagner  CZE 1: 01.501 6th Joseph Truman  GBR 1: 01.816 7th Alexander Wasjuchno  RUS 1: 02.020 8th Callum Skinner  GBR 9 David Sojka  CZE 10 Aleksandr Dubschenko  RUS

Women (500 m) 0# Surname nationality Time (s) Miriam Welte  GER 33,321 Pauline Grabosch  GER 33,559 Darja Schmeljowa  RUS 33.757 4th Olena Starykowa  UKR 33.824 5 Tania Calvo  ESP 34.153 6th Katy Marchant  GBR 34,486 7th Helena Casas  ESP 34.771 8th Kyra Lamberink  NED 34.777 9 Urszula Łoś  POLE 10 Miriam Vece  ITA

Team sprint

Men 0# Surname nationality Time (s) Benjamin Édelin Sébastien Vigier Quentin Lafargue  FRA 43.254 Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy Joachim Eilers  DEU 43,398 Jeffrey Hoogland Harrie Lavreysen Matthijs Büchli Sam Ligtlee Roy van den Berg  NED 43,405 4th Pawel Jakuschewski Shane Perkins Denis Dmitrijew  RUS 43,601 5 Pavel Kelemen Tomáš Bábek David Sojka  CZE 6th Jack Carlin Ryan Owens Callum Skinner  GBR 7th Maciej Bielecki Mateusz Rudyk Krzysztof Maksel  POLE 8th Jauheni Veramchuk Artsiom Zaitsau Uladzislau Nowik  BLR

Women 0# Surname nationality Time (s) Anastassija Woinowa Darja Schmeljowa  RUS 32,560 Miriam Welte Kristina Vogel  GER 32,807 Kyra Lamberink Shanne Braspennincx Hetty van de Wouw  NED 33,180 4th Sandie Clair Mathilde Gros  FRA 33,700 5 Tania Calvo Helena Casas  ESP 6th Miglė Marozaitė Simona Krupeckaitė  LTU 7th Sophie Capewell Katy Marchant  GBR 8th Miriam Vece Elena Bissolati  ITA

One's pursuit

Filippo Ganna became European champion in the single pursuit.

Men 0# Surname nationality Time (min) Filippo Ganna  ITA 4: 18.779 Ivo Oliveira  POR 4: 19.084 Domenic Weinstein  GER 4: 20.568 4th Alexander Yevtushenko  RUS 4: 21.905 5 Claudio Imhof  SUI 6th Corentin Ermenault  FRA 7th Sasha Weemaes  BEL 8th Kersten Thiele  GER 9 Dion Beukeboom  NED 10 Bartosz Rudyk  POLE

Women 0# Surname nationality Time (min) Katie Archibald  GBR 3: 29.196 Justyna Kaczkowska  POLE 3: 32.452 Silvia Valsecchi  ITA 3: 33.908 4th Annemiek van Vleuten  NED 3: 36.581 5 Simona Frapporti  ITA 6th Gudrun Stock  GER 7th Marion Borras  FRA 8th Lisa Klein  GER 9 Anastasia Jakovenko  RUS 10 Élise Delzenne  FRA 3: 42.096

Team pursuit

The French "five" won the team pursuit (from left to right :):
C. Ermenault, L. Pijourlet, F. Maitre, T. Denis and B. Thomas

Start of the Italian women's foursome in the final

Men 0# Surname nationality Time (min) Louis Pijourlet Corentin Ermenault Florian Maitre Benjamin Thomas Thomas Denis  FRA 3: 55.780 Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon Simone Consonni Michele Scartezzini  ITA 3: 55.986 Alexander Evtuschenko Mamyr Stasch Dmitri Sokolow Alexei Kurbatow Sergei Schilow  RUS 3: 57.517 4th Felix Groß Theo Reinhardt Nils Schomber Domenic Weinstein  GER 3: 58.435 5 Julius Johansen Niklas Larsen Casper Pedersen Casper von Folsach  THE 6th Alan Banaszek Szymon Krawczyk Szymon Sajnok Bartosz Rudyk  POLE 7th Claudio Imhof Frank Pasche Loïc Perizzolo Cyrille Thièry  SUI 8th Kenny De Ketele Moreno De Pauw Tanning Thijssen Sasha Weemaes  BEL

Women 0# Surname nationality Time (min) Elisa Balsamo Tatiana Guderzo Letizia Paternoster Silvia Valsecchi  ITA 4: 17.853 Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Manon Lloyd Emily Kay  GBR 4: 21.164 Justyna Kaczkowska Katarzyna Pawłowska Daria Pikulik Nikol Płosaj  POLE 4: 24.705 4th Laurie Berthon Marion Borras Élise Delzenne Coralie Demay  FRA 4: 26.116 5 Gulnas Badykowa Aleksandra Tschekina Alexandra Goncharova Anastasija Jakowenko  RUS 6th Gilke Croket Annelies Dom Lotte Kopecky Saartje Vandenbroucke  BEL 7th Katsiarina Piatruskaja Polina Piwowarowa Tazzjana Sharakova Hanna Zerach  BLR 8th Charlotte Becker Lisa Brennauer Lisa Klein Gudrun Stock  GER

Points race

Alan Banaszek won the points race.

Men 0# Surname nationality Points Alan Banaszek  POLE 49 Niklas Larsen  THE 45 Maximilian Beyer  GER 34 4th Andreas Mueller  AUT 29 5 Christos Volikakis  GRE 28 6th Krisztián Lovassy  NED 28 7th Liam Bertazzo  ITA 22nd 8th Denis Nekrasov  RUS 22nd 9 Oddli is different  NOR 19th 10 Moreno De Pauw  BEL 13

Women 0# Surname nationality Points Trine Schmidt  THE 62 Gulnas Badykova  RUS 31 Tazzjana Sharakova  BLR 29 4th Anita Stenberg  NOR 29 5 Jarmila Machačová  CZE 28 6th Charlotte Becker  GER 23 7th Letizia Paternoster  ITA 18th 8th Elinor Barker  GBR 10 9 Hanna Solowej  UKR 8th 10 Verena Eberhardt  AUT 8th

Scratch

Men 0# Surname nationality Adrien Garel  FRA Krisztián Lovassy  HUN Roman Hladysch  UKR 4th Marc Potts  GBR 5 Oddli is different  NOR 6th Rui Oliveira  POR 7th Maksim Piskunov  RUS 8th Kenny De Ketele  BEL 9 Christopher Latham  GBR 10 Stefan Matzner  AUT

Women 0# Surname nationality Trine Schmidt  THE Tetiana Klimchenko  UKR Yevgenia Augustina  RUS 4th Lydia Gurley  IRL 5 Aline Seitz  SUI 6th Hanna Zerach  BLR 7th Ane Iriarte  ESP 8th Rachele Barbieri  ITA 9 Alžbeta Bačíková  SVK 10 Valentine Fortin  FRA

Elimination run

Men 0# Surname nationality Tanning Thijssen  BEL Maksim Piskunov  RUS Rui Oliveira  POR 4th Loïc Perizzolo  SUI 5 Michele Scartezzini  ITA 6th Adrien Garel  FRA 7th Roy Pieters  NED 8th Szymon Krawczyk  POLE 9 Taras Sevchuk  UKR 10 Jauheni Achramenka  BLR

Women 0# Surname nationality Kirsten Wild  NED Yevgenia Augustina  RUS Maria Giulia Confalonieri  ITA 4th Lotte Kopecky  BEL 5 Eleanor Dickinson  GBR 6th Trine Schmidt  THE 7th Romy Kasper  GER 8th Olivija Baleišytė  LTU 9 Valentine Fortin  FRA 10 Ana Usabiaga  ESP

Omnium

Podium of the men's omnium (from left to right): Julius Johansen, Albert Torres, Benjamin Thomas

Men 0# Surname nationality Points Albert Torres  ESP 142 Julius Johansen  THE 140 Benjamin Thomas  FRA 137 4th Szymon Sajnok  POLE 132 5 Felix English  IRL 102 6th Simone Consonni  ITA 96 7th Lindsay De Vylder  BEL 90 8th Raman Zishkou  BLR 88 9 Christos Volikakis  GRE 78 10 Krisztián Lovassy  HUN 76

Women 0# Surname nationality Points Katie Archibald  GBR 127 Kirsten Wild  NED 120 Elisa Balsamo  ITA 102 4th Andrea Waldis  SUI 101 5 Alexandra Goncharova  RUS 98 6th Gudrun Stock  GER 91 7th Anita Stenberg  NOR 86 8th Lydia Boylan  IRL 85 9 Katarzyna Pawłowska  POLE 81 10 Laurie Berthon  FRA 77

Madison (two-man team driving)

Eleanor Dickinson (left) and Elinor Barker became European champions in two-man team driving

Men 0# Surname nationality Points Florian Maitre Benjamin Thomas  FRA 43 Niklas Larsen Casper Pedersen  THE 42 Wojciech Pszczolarski Daniel Staniszewski  POLE 44 4th Claudio Imhof Tristan Marguet  SUI 39 5 Sebastián Mora Albert Torres  ESP 29 6th Kenny De Ketele Moreno De Pauw  BEL 28 7th Felix English Mark Downey  IRL 18th 8th Andreas Count Andreas Müller  AUT 9 9 Theo Reinhardt Kersten Thiele  GER 9 10 Yoeri Havik Roy Pieters  NED 8th

Women 0# Surname nationality Points Elinor Barker, Eleanor Dickinson  GBR 58 Lydia Boylan Lydia Gurley  IRL 50 Amy Pieters Kirsten Wild  NED 48 4th Amalie Dideriksen Trine Schmidt  THE 43 5 Maria Giulia Confalonieri Letizia Paternoster  ITA 42 6th Anna Nahirna Hanna Solowej  UKR 12 7th Laurie Berthon Coralie Demay  FRA 7th 8th Daria Pikulik Nikol Płosaj  POLE 0 9 Romy Kasper Lisa Küllmer  GER −20 10 Aline Seitz Andrea Waldis  SUI −20

Standing race

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Final run of the standing EM

Men (50 km)
0#	Driver / pacemaker	nationality
	Franz Schiewer / Gerd Gessler	GER	46:17 min
	Reinier Honig / Jos Pronk	NED	46:19 min
	Stefan Schäfer / Peter Bäuerlein	GER	46:30 min
4th	Davide Viganò / Christian Dagnoni	ITA	- 1 round
5	Patrick Kos / Jan-Willem Fack	NED	- 2 rounds
6th	Émilien Clère / Francois Toscano	FRA	- 3 rounds
7th	Thomas Steger / Thomas Ruder	GER	- 5 rounds

Medal table

The French team won five European titles and finished second in the medal statistics.

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	5	4th	3	12
2	France	5	1	2	8th
3	United Kingdom	3	1	0	4th
4th	Netherlands	2	3	3	8th
5	Denmark	2	3	0	5
6th	Italy	2	1	3	6th
7th	Russia	1	4th	5	10
8th	Poland	1	1	2	4th
9	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	Spain	1	0	0	1
11	Ukraine	0	1	3	4th
12	Portugal	0	1	1	2
13	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
16	Belarus	0	0	1	1
total		23	23	23	69

Bids

Association of German Cyclists

Short term women

Pauline Grabosch , Kristina Vogel , Miriam Welte

Perseverance women

Charlotte Becker , Lisa Brennauer , Romy Kasper , Lisa Klein , Lisa Küllmer , Gudrun Stock

Short term men

Maximilian Dörnbach , Joachim Eilers , Eric Engler , Robert Förstemann , Maximilian Levy , Max Niederlag (nominated, not run)

Perseverance men

Maximilian Beyer , Felix Groß , Lucas Liß , Theo Reinhardt , Nils Schomber , Kersten Thiele , Domenic Weinstein

Upright

Stefan Schäfer (behind Peter Bäuerlein ), Franz Schiewer (behind Gerd Gessler ), Thomas Steger (behind Thomas Ruder )

Austrian Cycling Association

Women

Verena Eberhardt

Men

Andreas Graf , Andreas Müller , Stefan Matzner , Stefan Mastaller

Swiss Cycling

Women

Léna Mettraux , Aline Seitz , Andrea Waldis . Substitute driver: Michelle Andres

Men

Claudio Imhof , Tristan Marguet , Frank Pasche , Loïc Perizzolo , Théry Schir , Gaël Suter , Cyrille Thièry . Substitute driver: Nico Selenati

Upright

Giuseppe Atzeni (behind Christian Dippel ), Peter Jörg (behind Sam Mooij ), Roberto Pasi-Puttini (behind Roberto Puttini )

See also

• UEC European Road Championships 2017

Web links

Commons : UEC European Rail Championships 2017  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rail European Championship 2017 in Berlin. In: bdr-medienservice.de. March 7, 2015, accessed March 8, 2015 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Vogel: "Berlin is a good place". BDR-Medienservice, June 21, 2017, accessed on June 21, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Germany hosts and dominates # Eurotrack17. In: UEC. October 23, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Rail European Championship 2017 Berlin. In: bahn-em2017.de. October 9, 2017. Retrieved October 9, 2017 . 
5. ↑ Brennauer breaks his upper arm. In: rad-net.de. October 21, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Kasper was also seriously injured by a fall at the European Championships. In: rad-net.de. October 24, 2017. Retrieved November 10, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Bahn EM: Chemnitz defeat has to do without the start. In: rad-net.de. October 16, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .