2011 UEC European Track Championships
# 2011 UEC European Track Championships

The 2011 European Track Championships was the second edition of the elite European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Omnisport Arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, between 21 and 23 October.

All ten Olympic events, (sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and omnium all for both men and women) and the non-Olympic men's madison championship and points races for both genders were held as part of the championships. The Championships were a qualification event for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The opening night of competition was marred by technical difficulties, specifically the mechanical breakdown of the fixed gates system. as a result of which all releases reverted to hand or manual releases. This mechanical difficulty caused two German false starts in the Women's Team Pursuit final, and may have played some part in the shock failure of Great Britain to make the medal finals in the Men's Team Sprint event.

Despite this latter mishap, and the early withdrawal of Sir Chris Hoy with illness, the event was dominated by Great Britain, winning seven golds from the ten Olympic events, despite failing to medal in either individual sprint event.

## Events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's events |||||||
| Sprint details | Kévin Sireau France | | Maximilian Levy Germany | | Denis Dmitriev Russia | |
| Team sprint details | René Enders Robert Förstemann Stefan Nimke Germany | 44.022 | Mickaël Bourgain François Pervis Kévin Sireau France | 44.415 | Maciej Bielecki Kamil Kuczyński Damian Zieliński Poland | 44.809 |
| Keirin details | Matthew Crampton Great Britain | | Christos Volikakis Greece | | François Pervis France | |
| Omnium details | Ed Clancy (w) Great Britain | 33 pts | Bryan Coquard France | 33 pts | Elia Viviani Italy | 35 |
| Team pursuit details | Steven Burke Ed Clancy Peter Kennaugh Andy Tennant Geraint Thomas (q) Great Britain | 4:00.008 | Michael Mørkøv Casper Folsach Lasse Norman Hansen Rasmus Quaade Denmark | 4:06.787 | Valery Kaykov Evgeny Kovalev Ivan Kovalev Victor Manakov Russia | 4:04.508 |
| Points race details non-Olympic | Rafał Ratajczyk Poland | 43 +1 lap | Silvan Dillier Switzerland | 39 +1 lap | Milan Kadlec Czech Republic | 36 +1 lap |
| Madison details | Kenny De Ketele Iljo Keisse Belgium | | Claudio Imhof Cyrille Thièry Switzerland | | Vivien Brisse Morgan Kneisky France | |
| Women's events |||||||
| Sprint details | Lyubov Shulika Ukraine | | Olga Panarina Belarus | | Viktoria Baranova Russia | |
| Team sprint details | Victoria Pendleton Jessica Varnish Great Britain | 33.276 | Lyubov Shulika Olena Tsyos Ukraine | 33.786 | Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte Germany | 33.678 |
| Keirin details | Victoria Pendleton Great Britain | | Clara Sanchez France | | Sandie Clair France | |
| Omnium details | Laura Trott Great Britain | 25 pts | Tatsiana Sharakova Belarus | 29 pts | Kirsten Wild Netherlands | 32 pts |
| Team pursuit details | Dani King Joanna Rowsell Laura Trott Great Britain | 3:22.618 | Charlotte Becker Lisa Brennauer Madeleine Sandig Germany | 3:29.596 | Alena Dylko Aksana Papko Tatsiana Sharakova Belarus | 3:26.864 |
| Points race details non-Olympic | Evgenia Romanyuta Russia | 19 | Katarzyna Pawłowska Poland | 14 | Jarmila Machačová Czech Republic | 13 |

* q = rode in qualification round only.
* w = won on countback
* shaded events are non-Olympic

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |

## Participating nations

23 nations participated.

* Austria
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Great Britain
* Greece
* Hungary
* Ireland
* Italy
* Lithuania
* Netherlands, see: Netherlands at the 2011 European Track Championships
* Poland
* Russia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
