2013 UEC European Track Championships
# 2013 UEC European Track Championships

The 2013 UEC European Track Championships was the fourth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Omnisport Arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, between 18 and 20 October. The Event was organised by the European Cycling Union.

All ten Olympic events, (sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and omnium, 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.

A highly competitive championships, gold medals were share among five teams, and medals among ten teams, with Germany leading the medal table with three gold and three silver medals. Great Britain won the most medals with eight, three of them also gold, the same number as Russia. The host Netherlands also enjoyed a highly successful event, with two gold medals and six in all, by far their strongest showing at this level. Ireland also won its first ever medal at this level, a bronze in the men's omnium for world scratch race champion Martyn Irvine.

Individually Laura Trott of Great Britain, Maximilian Levy of Germany and Elia Viviani each won two gold medals, while Kristina Vogel won three medals, including gold in the women's sprint. Trott was also part of the Great Britain women's team pursuit quartet who twice lowered the world record in their event.

## Events

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Men's events |||||||
| Sprint details | Denis Dmitriev Russia | | Robert Förstemann Germany | | Jason Kenny Great Britain | |
| Team sprint details | Germany René Enders Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy | 43.636 | France Grégory Baugé Michaël D'Almeida François Pervis | 43.902 | Russia Denis Dmitriev Andrey Kubeev Pavel Yakushevskiy | 44.537 |
| Keirin details | Maximilian Levy Germany | | Jason Kenny Great Britain | | François Pervis France | |
| Omnium details | Viktor Manakov Russia | 14 pt | Tim Veldt Netherlands (NED) | 29 pt | Martyn Irvine Ireland | 40 pt |
| Team pursuit details | Great Britain Owain Doull Steven Burke Ed Clancy Andy Tennant Sam Harrison (q) | 4:02.258 | Russia Artur Ershov Ivan Kovalev Evgeny Kovalev Alexander Serov | 4:02.460 | Netherlands Tim Veldt Dion Beukeboom Roy Eefting Jenning Huizenga | 4:04.993 |
| Points race details non-Olympic | Elia Viviani Italy | 76 pt | Thomas Boudat France | 64 pt | Eloy Teruel Spain | 51 pt |
| Madison details non-Olympic | Italy Elia Viviani Liam Bertazzo | | Spain David Muntaner Albert Torres | | Belgium Kenny De Ketele Gijs Van Hoecke | |
| Women's events |||||||
| Sprint details | Kristina Vogel Germany | | Elis Ligtlee Netherlands (NED) | | Jessica Varnish Great Britain | |
| Team sprint details | Russia Yelena Brezhniva Olga Stretsova | 33.563 | Germany Kristina Vogel Miriam Welte | 33.598 | Great Britain Jessica Varnish Becky James | 33.771 |
| Keirin details | Elis Ligtlee Netherlands (NED) | | Kristina Vogel Germany | | Virginie Cueff France | |
| Omnium details | Laura Trott Great Britain | 15 pt | Kirsten Wild Netherlands (NED) | 15 pt | Jolien D'Hoore Belgium | 18 pt |
| Team pursuit details | Great Britain Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell (q) Dani King Elinor Barker Katie Archibald | 4:26.453 WR | Poland Katarzyna Pawłowska Eugenia Bujak Małgorzata Wojtyra Edyta Jasińska | 4:35.957 | Russia Aleksandra Chekina Evgenia Romanyuta Gulnaz Badykova Maria Mishina | 4:34.491 |
| Points race details non-Olympic | Kirsten Wild Netherlands (NED) | 15 pt | Dani King Great Britain | 14 pt | Leire Olaberria Spain | 13 pt |

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

## Medal table

* Host nation (Netherlands)

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Netherlands* | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | France | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |

## Participating nations

24 nations participated.

* Austria (3)
* Belarus (13)
* Belgium (12)
* Bulgaria (4)
* Czech Republic (13)
* Denmark (6)
* Estonia (1)
* Finland (4)
* France (17)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (18)
* Great Britain (18)
* Greece (4)
* Hungary (2)
* Ireland (3)
* Italy (13)
* Lithuania (9)
* Netherlands (19) (See: Netherlands at the 2013 European Track Championships)
* Poland (18)
* Russia (23)
* Slovakia (1)
* Spain (13)
* Switzerland (7)
* Ukraine (20)
