UEC European Track Championships for Juniors / U23 2019

The Vlaams Wielercentrum Eddy Merckx in Ghent

The Italian Letizia Paternoster won three titles in Gent

The German U23 driver Lea Sophie Friedrich (here at the Track World Cup in Berlin 2018) won three medals

The UEC European Track Championships for Juniors / U23 2019 (2019 UEC Jun / U23 Track European Championships) were held from July 9th to 14th in the Vlaams Wielercentrum Eddy Merckx in Ghent , Belgium .

Over 400 drivers from 25 countries were registered. 44 titles were awarded, 22 each in the U23 and junior areas.

The team of the Association of German Cyclists dominated these junior European championships. In total, she won 24 medals, 13 of them gold; an unprecedented success of the German national team in the history of the junior and U23 championships, which have been held annually since 2010. Great Britain (7, 5 and 2) and Russia in third place (6.3 and 7) followed in second place in the medal table. In the Italian team, the women with six endurance titles stood out in particular. In the juniors, the Greek talent Konstantinos Livanos surprised with two gold medals. The German junior Julien Jäger also secured two gold medals in the team sprint and in the keirin . In the sprint he lost to the Greek. The British Emma Finucane won three medals among the juniors in the short-term category , while the German Alessa Pröpster again won Keirin and Sprint . Three bronze medals went to the junior sprinter Marie-Divine Kouamé Taky from France, while the Irish junior Lara Gillespie won three silver medals in the endurance category. The strong Italian Letizia Paternoster convinced again with three gold medals in the endurance category. In the short-term category of the U23 men, the Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen and the Frenchman Sébastien Vigier dominated .

Drivers from Switzerland won a total of three medals: Robin Froidevaux , Valère Thiébaud and Mauro Schmid each won two medals (in individual and team competitions). The Austrian junior Tim Wafler won silver, the only medal for his country.

On the fourth day of the competition, the Italian driver Lorenzo Gobbo fell during the speed race as part of the juniors' omnium. A piece of wood about 40 centimeters long bored into his upper body and injured his lungs and one thigh. The 17-year-old Gobbo was operated on for three hours, but his life was not in danger. After about a week he was able to leave the hospital in Ghent and return to Italy to his parents.

Schedule (final)

U23

date	Disciplines men	Disciplines women
Tuesday July 9th	Elimination driving , one's pursuit	Elimination driving , one's pursuit
Wednesday July 10th	Team sprint , scratch	Team sprint , scratch
Thursday July 11th	1000 meter time trial , team pursuit	Team pursuit
Friday July 12th	Points race	Points race , sprint
Saturday July 13th	Sprint , omnium	500-meter time trial , Omnium
Sunday July 14th	Keirin , two-man team driving	Keirin , two-man team driving

Juniors

date	Disciplines Juniors	Disciplines Juniors
Tuesday July 9th	Scratch , team sprint	Scratch , team sprint
Wednesday July 10th	1000 meter time trial , team chase , elimination race	Team pursuit , elimination drives
Thursday July 11th	One's pursuit	One chase , sprint
Friday July 12th	Sprint , omnium	500-meter time trial , Omnium
Saturday July 13th	Keirin , points race	Keirin , points race
Sunday July 14th	Two-man team driving	Two-man team driving

Results U23

• Legend: "G" = time from the final for gold; "B" = time from the final for bronze

sprint

The Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen ...

... and the Frenchman Sébastien Vigier competed for dominance in the short-term area of ​​the U23

space athlete country Time (s) Harrie Lavreysen  NED 10.015 (1) 10.295 (2) Sébastien Vigier  FRA Rayan Helal  FRA 10.549 (1) 10.527 (2)

space sportswoman country Time (s) Mathilde Gros  FRA 11.243 (1) 11.337 (2) Lea Sophie Friedrich  GER Miriam Vece  ITA 11.695 (2) 11.511 (3)

Keirin

space athlete country Sébastien Vigier  FRA Harrie Lavreysen  NED Rayan Helal  CZE

space sportswoman country Lea Sophie Friedrich  GER Steffie van der Peet  NED Hetty van de Wouw  NED

Team sprint

space athlete country Time (s) Koen van der Wijst Harrie Lavreysen Sam Ligtlee  NED 43,783 G Melvin Landerneau Sébastien Vigier Rayan Helal  FRA 44,031 G. Daniil Komkow Alexei Nosow Pawel Rostow  RUS 44,223 B

space sportswoman country Time (s) Marlena Karwacka Nikola Sibiak  POLE 33,870 G Hetty van de Wouw Steffie van der Peet  NED 34,024 G. Millicent Tanner Blaine Ridge Davis  GBR 33,962 B

Time trial

Anton Höhne became the U23 European time trial champion

space athlete country Time (min) Anton Höhne  GER 1: 01.571 Melvin Landerneau  FRA 1: 01.624 Jiří Janošek  CZE 1: 01.826

space sportswoman country Time (s) Lea Sophie Friedrich  GER 33.635 Miriam Vece  ITA 34,046 Mathilde Gros  FRA 34,442

One's pursuit

The German Felix Groß defended his U23 title from the previous year in the single pursuit

space athlete country Time (min) Felix Gross  GER 4: 12.895 G. Ivan Smirnov  RUS 4: 16.049 G. Lev Gonov  RUS 4: 17.816 B.

space sportswoman country Time (min) Franziska Brauße  GER 3: 29.538 G. Vittoria Guazzini  ITA 3: 34.743 G. Maria Novolodskaya  RUS 3: 34.041 B.

Team pursuit

space athlete country Time (min) Ivan Smirnov Dmitri Muchamedjarow Lev Gonow Gleb Syriza  RUS 3: 53.843 g Fabio Van den Bossche Robbe Ghys Gerben Thijssen Sasha Weemaes  BEL 3: 59.100 Robin Froidevaux Valère Thiébaud Mauro Schmid Alex Vogel  SUI

space sportswoman country Time (min) Letizia Paternoster Marta Cavalli Elisa Balsamo Vittoria Guazzini  ITA 4: 15.915 Clara Copponi Valentine Fortin Marion Borras Marie Le Net  FRA 4: 19.593 Franziska Brauße Michaela Ebert Lena Charlotte Reissner Laura Sweet Milk  GER opposing team caught up

Elimination run

space athlete country Jules Hesters  BEL Miguel Do Rego  POR Wladislaw Schcherban  UKR

space sportswoman country Letizia Paternoster  ITA Maria Martins  POR Shari Bossuyt  BEL

Scratch

space athlete country Moritz Malcharek  GER Daniel Babor  CZE Aurélien Costeplane  FRA

space sportswoman country Daria Malkowa  RUS Oksana Kliaschina  UKR Daria Pikulik  POLE

Points race

space athlete country Points Richard Banusch  GER 71 Valère Thiébaud  SUI 59 Savva Novikov  RUS 38

space sportswoman country Points Natalia Studenikina  RUS 75 Wiktoria Pikulik  POLE 61 Shari Bossuyt  BEL 51

Omnium

space athlete country Points Matthew Walls  GBR 138 Donavan Grondin  FRA 118 Moritz Malcharek  GER 113

space sportswoman country Points Jessica Roberts  GBR 136 Clara Copponi  FRA 119 Daria Pikulik  POLE 129

Madison

space athlete country Points (laps) Matthew Walls Fred Wright  GBR 49 Donavan Grondin Thomas Denis  FRA 31 Robin Froidevaux Mauro Schmid  SUI 29

space sportswoman country Points (laps) Elisa Balsamo Letizia Paternoster  ITA 37 Daria Pikulik Wiktoria Pikulik  POLE 23 Marija Novolodskaja Marija Miliajewa  RUS 21st

Results juniors

• Legend: "G" = time from the final for gold; "B" = time from the final for bronze

The German junior Alessa Pröpster (here in 2016) won two golds and one bronze

sprint

space athlete country Time (s) Konstantinos Livanos  GRE 10.627 (1) 10.388 (2) Julien Hunter  GER Daan Kool  NED 10,570 (1) 10,570 (2)

space sportswoman country Time (s) Alessa Pröpster  GER 11.599 (1) 11.481 (3) Emma Finucane  GBR 11.864 (2) Marie-Divine Kouamé Taky  FRA 12.295 (1) 11.970 (2)

Keirin

space athlete country Julien Hunter  GER Ivan Gladishev  RUS Daan Kool  NED

space sportswoman country Alessa Pröpster  GER Nikola Seremak  POLE Marie-Divine Kouamé Taky  FRA

Team sprint

space athlete country Time (s) Domenic Kruse Laurin Drescher Julien Jäger  GER 45.526 G. Konrad Burawski Szymon Welens Mateusz Sztrauch  POLE 45.756 G Tijmen van Loon Daan Kool Gino Knies  NED 45,862 B

space sportswoman country Time (s) Nikola Seremak Nikola Wielowska  POLE 34.718 G. Emma Finucane Charlotte Robinson  GBR 35,166 G Christina Sperlich Alessa Pröpster  GER 35,133 B

Time trial

space athlete country Time (min) Konstantinos Livanos  GRE 1: 01.825 Daan Kool  NED 1: 01.827 Matteo Bianchi  ITA 1: 02.222

space sportswoman country Time (s) Emma Finucane  GBR 35,563 Alessa Pröpster  GER 35.658 Marie-Divine Kouamé Taky  FRA 35.917

One's pursuit

space athlete country Time (min) Nicolas Heinrich  GER 3: 12.890 G DR Tobias Buck-Gramcko  GER 3: 13.933 G. Leo Hayter  GBR 3: 16,197 B.

space sportswoman country Time (min) Elynor Backstedt  GBR 2: 18.288 G. Lara Gillespie  IRL 2: 21.579 G. Camilla Alessio  ITA 2: 23.359 B.

Team pursuit

space athlete country Time (min) Max Rushby Alfie George Sam Watson Leo Hayter Oscar Nilsson-Julien  GBR 4: 01.338 G. Igor Goschew van Novolodski Jewgeni Poludenko Ilya Tschegolkov Vlas Schischkin  RUS 4: 03.334 G. Hannes Wilksch Tobias Buck-Gramcko Nicolas Heinrich Pierre-Pascal Keup Moritz Kretschy  GER 4: 01.680 B DR

space sportswoman country Time (min) Eleonora Gasparrini Camilla Alessio Giorgia Catarzi Sofia Collinelli Matilde Vitillo  ITA 4: 26.951 G. Elynor Bäckstedt Sophie Lewis Ella Barnwell Eluned King Amelia Sharpe  GBR 4: 35.777 G. Finja Smekal Hanna Dopjans Paula Leonhardt Friederike Stern Hannah Buch  GER 4: 34.622 B DR

Elimination run

Tim Torn Teutenberg with his gold medal in the junior elimination race

space athlete country Tim Torn Teutenberg  GER Panagiotis Karatsivis  GRE Lubos Kominek  CZE

space sportswoman country Daniek Hengeveld  NED Amelia Sharpe  GBR Taisia ​​Churenkova  RUS

Scratch

space athlete country Denis Denisov  RUS Tim Wafler  AUT Raúl García Pierna  ESP

space sportswoman country Nikola Wielowska  POLE Lara Gillespie  IRL Maike van der Duin  NED

Points race

space athlete country Points Vlas Shishkin  RUS 80 Enzo Leijnse  NED 45 Hannes Wilksch  GER 39

space sportswoman country Points Matilde Vitillo  ITA 32 Lara Gillespie  IRL 21st Maike van der Duin  NED 13

Omnium

space athlete country Points Casper van Uden  NED 118 Szymon Potasznik  POLE 109 Javier Serrano  ESP 106

space sportswoman country Points Eleonora Gasparrini  ITA 146 Ella Barnwell  GBR 119 Maria Miliaeva  RUS 100

Madison

space athlete country Points Ilya Schegolkow Vlas Schischkin  RUS 56 Enzo Leijnse Casper van Uden  NED 45 Luca Dressler Tim Torn Teutenberg  GER 35

space sportswoman country Points Elynor Bäckstedt Sophie Lewis  GBR 29 Daniek Hengeveld Maike van der Duin  NED 21st Eleonora Gasparrini Sofia Collinelli  ITA 20th

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	13	4th	7th	24
2	United Kingdom	7th	5	2	14th
3	Russia	6th	3	7th	16
4th	Italy	6th	2	4th	12
5	Netherlands	4th	7th	6th	17th
6th	Poland	3	5	2	10
7th	France	2	7th	7th	16
8th	Greece	2	1	0	3
9	Belgium	1	1	2	4th
10	Ireland	0	3	0	3
11	Portugal	0	2	0	2
12	Czech Republic	0	1	2	3
	Switzerland	0	1	2	3
14th	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
15th	Austria	0	1	0	1
16	Spain	0	0	2	2
Total		44	44	44	132

Bids

Association of German Cyclists

U23

• Women (perseverance): Franziska Brauße , Michaela Ebert , Lena Reissner , Laura Süßemilch , Lea Lin Teutenberg
• Men (perseverance): Richard Banusch , Calvin Dik , Felix Groß , Moritz Malcharek , Elias Richter , Sebastian Schmiedel
• Women (short term): Lea Sophie Friedrich , Emma Götz
• Men (short term): Elias Edbauer , Carl Hinze , Anton Höhne , Nik Schröter

Juniors

• Juniors (endurance): Hannah Buch , Hanna Dopjans , Paula Leonhardt , Friederike Stern , Finja Smekal , Lea Waldhoff
• Juniors (endurance): Tobias Buck-Gramcko , Luca Dreßler , Nicolas Heinrich , Pierre-Pascal Keup , Moritz Kretschy , Tim Torn Teutenberg , Hannes Wilksch
• Juniors (short-term): Katharina Albers , Alessa Pröpster , Christina Sperlich
• Juniors (short term): Laurin Drescher , Julien Jäger , Dominic Kruse , Paul Schmidt

Austrian Cycling Association

U23

• Valentin Götzinger

Juniors

• Tim Wafler , Paul Buschek , Stefan Kovar

Swiss Cycling

U23

• Women: Michelle Andres , Léna Mettraux , Aline Seitz
• Men: Robin Ender , Robin Froidevaux , Marc Frossard , Mauro Schmid , Valère Thiébaud , Alex Vogel

Juniors

• Dominik Bieler , Fabio Christen , Nicolò De Lisi , Damien Fortis , Fabian Weiss

See also

• UEC European Rail Championships 2019
• UEC European Road Championships 2019

Web links

• Official website
• Results on uci.ch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ trafitto al torace da una traveling durante la gara: incidente choc by Lorenzo di anni bicyclist 17th In: leggo.it. Retrieved July 14, 2019 (Italian). 
2. ↑ Danilo Viganò: Lorenzo Gobbo e quella voglio de hamburger ... In: tuttobiciweb.it. July 22, 2019, accessed July 22, 2019 (Italian).