UEC European Track Championships for Juniors / U23 2017

The Velódromo Nacional competition site

The UEC-track European Championships Junior / U23 2017 (2017 UEC Jun / U23 European Championships Track) found from 18 to 23 July 2017 in Portugal Sangalhos in the local Velódromo Nacional instead. This is the fifth time that the European Championships for the U23 and Juniors classes have been held in Sangalhos after 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Around 380 athletes started. 59 juniors, 113 juniors, 88 women (U23) and 123 men (U23) from 25 countries were registered. 44 titles were awarded.

In the nations ranking, the team from Italy won ten gold medals and a total of 14 medals. Most of the medals went to the endurance riders, outstandingly junior Letizia Paternoster , who started in five disciplines and took gold in all of them. In the qualification of the single pursuit over 2000 meters, she also set a new junior world record with 2: 20.92 minutes. Second place in the medal table went to Russia with seven gold medals and a total of 20 medals, ahead of Great Britain with 24 medals, six of which were gold. France took fourth place, also thanks to the excellent performance of junior Mathilde Gros , who won the sprint , 500-meter time trial and Keirin disciplines and took silver in the team sprint. Among the U23 endurance riders, Briton Mark Stewart won gold in the Omnium and in the single pursuit. The Russian junior trio Daniil Komkow , Dmitri Nesterow and Pawel Rostow set a new junior world record in the team sprint with 44.460 seconds .

The team of the Association of German Cyclists came in seventh with a total of nine medals, including two gold medals. The four-time junior world champion Pauline Grabosch won the 500-meter time trial of the U23, and - surprisingly - Tatjana Paller won the points race. Switzerland won three medals, one silver and two bronze.

Time schedule

U23

date	Disciplines men	Disciplines women
Tuesday July 18th	Elimination driving , one's pursuit	Elimination driving , one's pursuit
Wednesday July 19th	Scratch , team sprint	Scratch , team sprint
Thursday 20th July	1000 meter time trial , team pursuit	Team pursuit
Friday July 21st	Points race	Points race , sprint
Saturday July 22nd	Sprint , omnium	500-meter time trial , Omnium
Sunday 23rd July	Keirin , two-man team driving	Keirin , two-man team driving

Juniors

date	Disciplines Juniors	Disciplines Juniors
Tuesday July 18th	Scratch , team sprint	Scratch , team sprint
Wednesday July 19th	1000 meter time trial , team chase , elimination race	Team pursuit , elimination drives
Thursday 20th July	One's pursuit	One chase , sprint
Friday July 21st	Sprint , omnium	500-meter time trial , Omnium
Saturday July 22nd	Keirin , points race	Keirin , points race
Sunday 23rd July	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

space athlete country Time (s) Sébastien Vigier  FRA Harrie Lavreysen  NED Joseph Truman  GBR

space sportswoman country Time (s) Olena Starykowa  UKR Pauline Grabosch  GER Hetty van de Wouw  NED

Keirin

space athlete country Harrie Lavreysen  NED Jiri Fanta  CZE Jack Carlin  POLE

space sportswoman country Hetty van de Wouw  NED Tatiana Kisseljowa  RUS Melissandre Pain  FRA

Team sprint

space athlete country Time (s) Jack Carlin Ryan Owens Joseph Truman  GBR 44,167 G Mikhail Dmitrijew Alexander Dubchenko Alexei Nossow  RUS 44,529 G Michal Lewandowski Mateusz Milak Patryk Rajkowski  POLE 45,406 B

space sportswoman country Time (s) Kyra Lamberink Hetty van de Wouw  NED 33,739 G Mathilde Gros Melissandre Pain  FRA 35.205 G Natalja Antonowa Tatiana Kisseljowa  RUS 34,218 B

Time trial

space athlete country Time (min) Alexander Wasjuchno  RUS 1: 01.345 Joseph Truman  GBR 1: 01.830 Sam Ligtlee  NED 1: 02.045

space sportswoman country Time (s) Pauline Grabosch  GER 33,703 Olena Starykowa  UKR 34,423 Kyra Lamberink  NED 34,562

One's pursuit

space athlete country Time (min) Mark Stewart  GBR 4: 18.843 G. Ivo Oliveira  POR 4: 23.221 G. Daniel Staniszewski  POLE Opponent caught up

space sportswoman country Time (min) Justyna Kaczkowska  POLE 3: 32.684 G. Eleanor Dickinson  GBR 3: 34.948 G. Francesca Pattaro  ITA 3: 35.417 B

Team pursuit

space athlete country Time (min) Matthew Bostock Ethan Hayter Joe Holt Matthew Walls  GBR Lindsay De Vylder Robbe Ghys Tanning Thijssen Sasha Weemaes  BEL caught up Dawid Czubak Szymon Krawczyk Bartosz Rudyk Daniel Staniszewski  POLE 4: 03.441 B.

space sportswoman country Time (min) Martina Alzini Elisa Balsamo Marta Cavalli Francesca Pattaro  ITA Justyna Kaczkowska Weronika Humelt Nikol Płosaj Wiktoria Pikulik  POLE caught up Franziska Brauße Tatjana Paller Gudrun Stock Laura Sweet Milk  GER 4: 39.028 B

Elimination run

space athlete country Rui Oliveira  POR Damian Sławek  POLE Maxim Piskunov  RUS

space sportswoman country Emily Nelson  GBR Olivija Baleišytė  LTU Ziortza Isasi  ESP

Scratch

space athlete country Jauhen Karaljok  BLR Niklas Larsen  THE Maxim Piskunov  RUS

space sportswoman country Rachele Barbieri  ITA Eleanor Dickinson  GBR Amalie Dideriksen  THE

Points race

space athlete country Points Niklas Larsen  THE 103 Ethan Hayter  GBR 76 Mark Downey  IRL 72

space sportswoman country Points Tatjana Paller  GER 55 Amalie Dideriksen  THE 43 Manon Lloyd  GBR 36

Omnium

space athlete country Points Mark Stewart  GBR 121 Niklas Larsen  THE 113 Adrien Garel  FRA 108

space sportswoman country Points Elisa Balsamo  ITA 140 Eleanor Dickinson  GBR 136 Amalie Dideriksen  THE 134

Madison

space athlete country Points (laps) Lindsay De Vylder Robbe Ghys  BEL 51 Maxim Piskunow Sergei Rostovtsev  RUS 31 Roman Hladysh Vitaly Hryniw  UKR 29

space sportswoman country Points (laps) Eleanor Dickinson Manon Lloyd  GBR 46 Diana Klimowa Marija Petuchowa  RUS 44 Elisa Balsamo Rachele Barbieri  ITA 27

Results juniors

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

sprint

space athlete country Time (s) Rayan Helal  FRA Dmitri Nesterov  RUS Pavel Pertschuk  RUS

space sportswoman country Time (s) Mathilde Gros  FRA Lea Friedrich  GER Steffi van der Peet  NED

Keirin

space athlete country Pavel Pertschuk  RUS Daniel Rochna  POLE Cezary Laczkowski  POLE

space sportswoman country Mathilde Gros  FRA Martina Fidanza  ITA Lauren Bate  GBR

Team sprint

space athlete country Time (s) Daniil Komkow Dmitri Nesterow Pavel Rostov  RUS 44,460 G WR Lukasz Kowal Daniel Rochna Krystian Ruta  POLE 46,070 G Timo Bichler Elias Edbauer Carl Hinze  GER 45,406 B DR

space sportswoman country Time (s) Polina Waschenko Jana Tischenko  RUS 35.107 G Emma Götz Lea Friedrich  GER 35,361 G. Georgia Hilliard Lauren Bate  GBR 35,387 B

Time trial

space athlete country Time (min) Pavel Perschuk  RUS 1: 02.134 Carl Hinze  GER 1: 03.746 Jakub Stastny  CZE 1: 03.976

space sportswoman country Time (s) Mathilde Gros  FRA 34.672 Lea Friedrich  GER 34.735 Lauren Bate  GBR 35,407

One's pursuit

space athlete country Time (min) Ivan Smirnov  RUS 3: 19.050 G. Xeno Young  IRL 3: 22.268 G. Rhys Britton  GBR 3: 20.125 B

space sportswoman country Time (min) Letizia Paternoster  ITA 2: 22.140 G. Maria Novolodskaya  RUS 2: 25.499 G. Mylene de Zoete  NED 2: 25,166 B

Team pursuit

space athlete country Time (min) Lev Gonov Dmitri Muchamedjarow Ivan Smirnow Gleb Syriza  RUS 4: 04.023 Rhys Britton Joseph Nally Jake Stewart Fred Wright  GBR 4: 08.652 Scott Quincey Mauro Schmid Valère Thiébaud Alex Vogel  SUI 4: 08.360

space sportswoman country Time (min) Chiara Consonni Letizia Paternoster Martina Fidanza Vittoria Guazzini  ITA 3: 23.419 Amber van der Hulst Kirstie van Haaften Marit Raaijmakers Mylene de Zoete  NED 3: 25.168 Anastassija Lukashenko Darja Malkowa Karine Minasjan Marija Novolodskaja  RUS 3: 29.231

Elimination run

space athlete country Michele Gazzoli  ITA Jb Murphy  IRL Unai Iribar  ESP

space sportswoman country Letizia Paternoster  ITA Maria Martins  POR Pfeiffer Georgi  GBR

Scratch

space athlete country Daniel Babor  CZE Filip Prokopyszyn  POLE Michele Gazzoli  ITA

space sportswoman country Martina Fidanza  ITA Petra Ševcíková  CZE Jenny Holl  GBR

Points race

space athlete country Points Oleg Kanaka  UKR 58 Fabio Van den Bossche  BEL 50 Mauro Schmid  SUI 34

space sportswoman country Points Olha Kulynych  UKR 41 Aksana Salaueva  BLR 35 Valentine Fortin  FRA 31

Omnium

space athlete country Points Fred Wright  GBR 134 Alex Vogel  SUI 123 Valentin tabellion  FRA 111

space sportswoman country Points Letizia Paternoster  ITA 137 Olha Kulynych  UKR 115 Maria Novolodskaya  RUS 115

Madison

space athlete country Points (laps) Fabio Van den Bossche Nicolas Wernimont  BEL 37 Daniel Babor Daniel Rybin  CZE 27 Rhys Britton Jake Stewart  GBR 26th

space sportswoman country Points (laps) Chiara Consonni Letizia Paternoster  ITA 32 Darja Malkowa Marija Novolodskaja  RUS 25th Pfeiffer Georgi Jenny Holl  GBR 21st

Medal table

The most successful female athlete with five gold medals: the Italian Letizia Pasternoster (here at the Junior World Championships 2016)

Mathilde Gros from France won three gold medals

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Italy	10	1	3	14th
2	Russia	7th	7th	6th	20th
3	United Kingdom	6th	6th	11	24
4th	France	5	1	4th	10
5	Netherlands	3	2	5	10
6th	Ukraine	3	2	1	6th
7th	Germany	2	5	2	9
8th	Belgium	2	2	-	4th
9	Poland	1	5	4th	10
10	Denmark	1	3	2	6th
11	Czech Republic	1	3	1	5
12	Portugal	1	2	-	3
13	Ireland	-	2	1	3
14th	Belarus	1	1	-	2
15th	Switzerland	-	1	2	3
16	Lithuania	-	1	-	1
17th	Spain	-	-	2	2
total		44	44	44	132

Bids

Association of German Cyclists

U23

• Women (short term): Pauline Grabosch
• Men (short term): Domenique Anklam , Jan May , Nik Schröter , Moritz Meißner , Marc Jurczyk
• Women (perseverance): Gudrun Stock , Tatjana Paller , Laura Süßemilch , Franziska Brauße , Michaela Ebert
• Men (perseverance): Moritz Malcharek , Erik Schubert

Juniors

• Juniors (short term): Emma Götz , Lea Friedrich
• Juniors (short term): Elias Edbauer , Timo Bichler , Valentin Schumann , Carl Hinze
• Juniors (endurance): Calvin Dik , Nils Weispfennig

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  Emma Goetz

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  Lea Friedrich

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  Elias Edbauer

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  Timo Bichler

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  Calvin Dik

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  Nils Weispfennig

Swiss Cycling

• Juniors: Aurèle Paroz , Scott Quincey , Mauro Schmid , Valère Thiébaud , Alex Vogel
• Women U23: Michelle Andres , Léna Mettraux , Aline Seitz
• Men U23: Stefan Bissegger , Robin Froidevaux , Reto Müller , Lukas Rüegg , Joab Schneiter , Nico Selenati

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  Stefan Bissegger

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  Reto Mueller

Austrian RV

• Men U23: Stefan Mastaller , Tobias Edelbauer
• Juniors: Lukas Viehberger

Web links

• Results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} UEC press release, July 17, 2017.