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

Venue	Pruszków, Poland
Date(s)	(2008-09-03 - 2008-09-07)3–7 September 2008
Velodrome	BGŻ Arena
Events	34+3
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Countries

• Belarus at the 2008 UEC European Track Championships
• Great Britain at the 2008 UEC European Track Championships
• Lithuania at the 2008 UEC European Track Championships
• Netherlands at the 2008 UEC European Track Championships

Incomplete list

Medal summary

Open

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] details	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 details	Elena Tchalykh  Russia	46	Ellen van Dijk  Netherlands	41	Anastasia Tchulkova  Russia	41

Omnium sprint

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

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 details	Kévin Sireau  France		Michaël D'Almeida  France		Matthew Crampton  Great Britain
Men's under-23 1 km time trial details	Michaël D'Almeida  France		David Daniell  Great Britain		Tomáš Bábek  Czech Republic
Men's under-23 individual pursuit details	Vitaliy Shchedov  Ukraine	4:25.518	Jerôme Cousin  France	4:29.383	Marco Coledan  Italy
Men's under-23 team pursuit details	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 details	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 details	Matthew Crampton  Great Britain		Michaël D'Almeida  France		Denis Špička  Czech Republic
Men's under-23 scratch race details	Elia Viviani  Italy		Pim Ligthart  Netherlands		Jiří Hochmann  Czech Republic
Men's under-23 points race details	Ivan Kovalev  Russia	31	Ralf Matzka  Germany	30	Jiří Hochmann  Czech Republic	30
Women's events
Women's under-23 sprint details	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 details	Sandie Clair  France	33.872	Miriam Welte  Germany	34.376	Anna Blyth  Great Britain	35.035
Women's under-23 individual pursuit details	Vilija Sereikaitė  Lithuania	3:34.781	Ellen van Dijk  Netherlands	3:37.747	Joanna Rowsell  Great Britain
Women's under-23 team pursuit details	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 details	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 details	Miriam Welte  Germany		Sandie Clair  France		Lyubov Shulika  Ukraine
Women's under-23 scratch race details	Ellen van Dijki  Netherlands Lizzie Armitsteadi  Great Britain		N/A		Evgenia Romanyuta  Russia
Women's under-23 points race details	Ellen van Dijk  Netherlands	32	Lizzie Armitstead  Great Britain	27	Aksana Papko  Belarus	24

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

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	10	6	7	23
2	France (FRA)	9	8	2	19
3	Netherlands (NED)	5	5	1	11
4	Russia (RUS)	4	5	6	15
5	Germany (GER)	2	3	2	7
6	Italy (ITA)	1	1	6	8
7	Poland (POL)	1	1	3	5
8	Spain (ESP)	1	1	2	4
9	Ukraine (UKR)	1	1	1	3
10	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	0	5	6
11	Ireland (IRL)	1	0	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	1	0	0	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	1	0	0	1
14	Belgium (BEL)	0	3	1	4
15	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia (SVK)	0	1	0	1
17	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		38	36	37	111

See also

• Sports portal

• 2008 in track cycling