2008 UEC European Track Championships

The 2008 European Track Championships took place in Pruszków, Poland from 3 September to 7 September 2008. They were the annual European championship for track cycling for junior and under 23 riders. Events were also held at elite level in the women's omnium discipline.[1][2] A men's omnium European Championship was held in Alkmaar, the Netherlands at 18 October 2008.

2008 UEC European Track Championships
VenuePruszków, Poland
Date(s) (2008-09-03 - 2008-09-07)3–7 September 2008
VelodromeBGŻ Arena
Events34+3
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Countries

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Incomplete list

Medal summary

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Open

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Open events were held in the omnium discipline only.

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Event held in Alkmaar, the Netherlands on 18 October 2008.
Men's Omnium[3]
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Wim Stroetinga
  Netherlands
44 Robert Bartko
  Germany
40 Elia Viviani
  Italy
38
Women's Event held in Pruszków, Poland in September 2008.
Women's Omnium
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Elena Tchalykh
  Russia
46 Ellen van Dijk
  Netherlands
41 Anastasia Tchulkova
  Russia
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Omnium sprint

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Année Gold Silver Bronze
2008   NED Theo Bos   NED Tim Veldt   FRA François Pervis
2008   NED Yvonne Hijgenaar   NED Elise Van Hage   ESP Helena Casas Roige

Under 23

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Podium of the Women's under-23 points race: 1) Ellen van Dijk, 2) Lizzie Armitstead, 3) Aksana Papko
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Men's under-23 sprint
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Kévin Sireau
  France
Michaël D'Almeida
  France
Matthew Crampton
  Great Britain
Men's under-23 1 km time trial
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Michaël D'Almeida
  France
David Daniell
  Great Britain
Tomáš Bábek
  Czech Republic
Men's under-23 individual pursuit
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Vitaliy Shchedov
  Ukraine
4:25.518 Jerôme Cousin
  France
4:29.383 Marco Coledan
  Italy
Men's under-23 team pursuit
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Steven Burke
Peter Kennaugh
Mark McNally
Andy Tennant

  Great Britain
4:05.568 Evgeny Kovalev
Ivan Kovalev
Alexander Petrovskiy
Valery Valynin
  Russia
4:10.139 Marcel Kalz
Ralf Matzka
Erik Mohs
Fabian Schaar
  Italy
4:07.730
Men's under-23 team sprint
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Denis Dmitriev
Stoyan Vasev
Pavel Yakushevskiy

  Russia
44.991 Matthew Crampton
David Daniell
Christian Lyte
  Great Britain
45.277 Krzysztof Szymanek
Maciej Bielecki
Adrian Telinski
  Poland
45.768
Men's under-23 keirin
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Matthew Crampton
  Great Britain
Michaël D'Almeida
  France
Denis Špička
  Czech Republic
Men's under-23 scratch race
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Elia Viviani
  Italy
Pim Ligthart
  Netherlands
Jiří Hochmann
  Czech Republic
Men's under-23 points race
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Ivan Kovalev
  Russia
31 Ralf Matzka
  Germany
30 Jiří Hochmann
  Czech Republic
30
Women's events
Women's under-23 sprint
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Miriam Welte
  Germany
12.206 / 11.898 Lyubov Shulika
  Ukraine
Anna Blyth
  Great Britain
12.045 / 12.046
Women's under-23 500 m time trial
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Sandie Clair
  France
33.872 Miriam Welte
  Germany
34.376 Anna Blyth
  Great Britain
35.035
Women's under-23 individual pursuit
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Vilija Sereikaitė
  Lithuania
3:34.781 Ellen van Dijk
  Netherlands
3:37.747 Joanna Rowsell
  Great Britain
Women's under-23 team pursuit
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Lizzie Armitstead
Katie Colclough
Joanna Rowsell

  Great Britain
3:26.836 Audrey Cordon
Elodie Henriette
Pascale Jeuland
  France
3:35.026 Victoriya Kondel
Oxana Cozonchuk
Maria Mishina
  Russia
3:35.369
Women's under-23 team sprint
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Sandie Clair
Virginie Cueff

  France
34.481 Renata Dąbrowska
Marta Janowiak
  Poland
36.303 Yulia Kosheleva
Olga Strelsova
  Russia
36.865
Women's under-23 keirin
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Miriam Welte
  Germany
Sandie Clair
  France
Lyubov Shulika
  Ukraine
Women's under-23 scratch race
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Ellen van Dijki
  Netherlands

Lizzie Armitsteadi
  Great Britain
N/A Evgenia Romanyuta
  Russia
Women's under-23 points race
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Ellen van Dijk
  Netherlands
32 Lizzie Armitstead
  Great Britain
27 Aksana Papko
  Belarus
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i) There were awarded 2 gold medals (and no silver medal) because Ellen van Dijk and Lizzie Armitstead finished at the same time. See the finishfoto.[4][5]

Juniors

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's events
Junior Men's Sprint Quentin Lafargue
  France
Charlie Conord
  France
Peter Mitchell
  Great Britain
Junior Men's 1 km Time Trial Quentin Lafargue
  France
Thomas Bonafos
  France
Loris Paoli
  Italy
Junior Men's Individual Pursuit Albert Torres Barcelo
  Spain
3:19.404 Artur Ershov
  Russia
3:22.034 Mark Christian
  Great Britain
3:19:683
Junior Men's Team Pursuit Julien Duval
Emmanuel Keo
Julien Morice
Erwan Teguel

  France
4:09.231 Luke Rowe
Mark Christian
Andrew Fenn
Erick Rowsell
  Great Britain
4:09.559 Thomas Juhas
Johannes Kahra
Theo Reinhardt
Jakob Steigmiller
  Germany
4:14.424
Junior Men's Team Sprint Charlie Conord
Thierry Jollet
Quentin Lafargue

  France
45.618 Steven Hill
Luc Jones
Peter Mitchell
  Great Britain
46.435 Grzegorz Drejgier
Karol Kasprzyk
Rafal Sarnecki
  Poland
45.768
Junior Men's Keirin Charlie Conord
  France
Steven Hill
  Great Britain
Juan Peralta Gascon
  Spain
Junior Men's Scratch Claudio Imhof
   Switzerland
Konstantin Kuperasov
  Russia
Vitaly Barbas
  Russia
Junior Men's Points Race Sam Bennett
  Ireland
29 Albert Torres Barcelo
  Spain
18 Michał Kwiatkowski
  Poland
16
Junior Men's Madison Mark Christian
Luke Rowe

  Great Britain
20 Niki Byrgese
Sebastian Lander
  Denmark
18 Thomas Juhas
Jakob Steigmiller
  Germany
15 (-1 lap)
Women's events
Junior Women's Sprint Victoria Baranova
  Russia
12.270 / 12.147 Barbora Drzkova
  Slovakia
Jessica Varnish
  Great Britain
13.462 / 12.359
Junior Women's 500 m Time Trial Jessica Varnish
  Great Britain
35.364 Victoria Baranova
  Russia
35.788 Magali Baudacci
  France
36.083
Junior Women's Individual Pursuit Hannah Mayho
  Great Britain
2:28.175 Jolien D'Hoore
  Belgium
2:28.537 Lucie Záleská
  Czech Republic
2:28.874
Junior Women's Team Pursuit Alex Greenfield
Hannah Mayho
Jessica Booth

  Great Britain
2:19.612 Evelyn Arys
Jessie Daams
Jolien D'Hoore
  Belgium
2:20.456 Giada Balzan
Rossella Callovi
Valentina Scandolara
  Italy
2:22.213
Junior Women's Team Sprint Aleksandra Drejgier
Kornelia Maczka

  Poland
35.562 Magali Baudacci
Olivia Montauban
  France
36.303 Victoria Baranova
Eena Melnichenko
  Russia
36.865
Junior Women's Keirin Jessica Varnish
  Great Britain
Galina Streltsova
  Russia
Giada Balzan
  Italy
Junior Women's Scratch Lucie Záleská
  Czech Republic
Valentina Scandolara
  Italy
Jolien D'Hoore
  Belgium
Junior Women's Points Race Alex Greenfield
  Great Britain
21 Jolien D'Hoore
  Belgium
12 Amy Pieters
  Netherlands
12

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Great Britain (GBR)106723
2  France (FRA)98219
3  Netherlands (NED)55111
4  Russia (RUS)45615
5  Germany (GER)2327
6  Italy (ITA)1168
7  Poland (POL)1135
8  Spain (ESP)1124
9  Ukraine (UKR)1113
10  Czech Republic (CZE)1056
11  Ireland (IRL)1001
  Lithuania (LTU)1001
  Switzerland (SUI)1001
14  Belgium (BEL)0314
15  Denmark (DEN)0101
  Slovakia (SVK)0101
17  Belarus (BLR)0011
Totals (17 entries)383637111

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Book (Start Lists, Reulst & Analysis)" (PDF). Tissot. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  2. ^ "European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite (F) 2008". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. ^ "European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite 2008". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Scratch race results". uci.ch. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Different articles about the Scratch race". ellenvandijk.nl. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
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