2008 UEC European Track Championships explained

Venue:	Pruszków, Poland
Date:	3–7 September 2008
Velodrome:	BGŻ Arena
Events:	34+3
Previous:	2007
Next:	2009

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.

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.

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

Omnium sprint

2008	Theo Bos	Tim Veldt	France François Pervis
2008	Yvonne Hijgenaar	Elise Van Hage	Spain Helena Casas Roige

Under 23

- bgcolor="#cccccc"	Men's events
Men's under-23 sprint	Kévin Sireau		Michaël D'Almeida		Matthew Crampton
	Michaël D'Almeida		David Daniell		Tomáš Bábek
	Vitaliy Shchedov	4:25.518	Jerôme Cousin	4:29.383	Marco Coledan
Men's under-23 team pursuit	Steven Burke Peter Kennaugh Mark McNally Andy Tennant	4:05.568	Evgeny Kovalev Ivan Kovalev Alexander Petrovskiy Valery Valynin	4:10.139	Marcel Kalz Ralf Matzka Erik Mohs Fabian Schaar	4:07.730
Men's under-23 team sprint	Denis Dmitriev Stoyan Vasev Pavel Yakushevskiy	44.991	Matthew Crampton David Daniell Christian Lyte	45.277	Krzysztof Szymanek Maciej Bielecki Adrian Telinski	45.768
Men's under-23 keirin	Matthew Crampton		Michaël D'Almeida		Denis Špička
Men's under-23 scratch race	Elia Viviani		Pim Ligthart		Jiří Hochmann
Men's under-23 points race	Ivan Kovalev	31	Ralf Matzka	30	Jiří Hochmann	30
Women's events
Women's under-23 sprint	Miriam Welte	12.206 / 11.898	Lyubov Shulika		Anna Blyth	12.045 / 12.046
	Sandie Clair	33.872	Miriam Welte	34.376	Anna Blyth	35.035
	Vilija Sereikaitė	3:34.781	Ellen van Dijk	3:37.747	Joanna Rowsell
Women's under-23 team pursuit	Lizzie Armitstead Katie Colclough Joanna Rowsell	3:26.836	Audrey Cordon Elodie Henriette Pascale Jeuland	3:35.026	Victoriya Kondel Oxana Cozonchuk Maria Mishina	3:35.369
Women's under-23 team sprint	Sandie Clair Virginie Cueff	34.481	Renata Dąbrowska Marta Janowiak	36.303	Yulia Kosheleva Olga Strelsova	36.865
Women's under-23 keirin	Miriam Welte		Sandie Clair		Lyubov Shulika
Women's under-23 scratch race	Ellen van Dijk^i Lizzie Armitstead^i		N/A	Evgenia Romanyuta
Women's under-23 points race	Ellen van Dijk	32	Lizzie Armitstead	27	Aksana Papko	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

- bgcolor="#cccccc"	Men's events
Junior Men's Sprint	Quentin Lafargue		Charlie Conord		Peter Mitchell
	Quentin Lafargue		Thomas Bonafos		Loris Paoli
	Albert Torres Barcelo	3:19.404	Artur Ershov	3:22.034	Mark Christian	3:19:683
Junior Men's Team Pursuit	Julien Duval Emmanuel Keo Julien Morice Erwan Teguel	4:09.231	Luke Rowe Mark Christian Andrew Fenn Erick Rowsell	4:09.559	Thomas Juhas Johannes Kahra Theo Reinhardt Jakob Steigmiller	4:14.424
Junior Men's Team Sprint	Charlie Conord Thierry Jollet Quentin Lafargue	45.618	Steven Hill Luc Jones Peter Mitchell	46.435	Grzegorz Drejgier Karol Kasprzyk Rafal Sarnecki	45.768
Junior Men's Keirin	Charlie Conord		Steven Hill		Juan Peralta Gascon
Junior Men's Scratch	Claudio Imhof		Konstantin Kuperasov		Vitaly Barbas
Junior Men's Points Race	Sam Bennett	29	Albert Torres Barcelo	18	Michał Kwiatkowski	16
Junior Men's Madison	Mark Christian Luke Rowe	20	Niki Byrgese Sebastian Lander	18	Thomas Juhas Jakob Steigmiller	15 (-1 lap)
Women's events
Junior Women's Sprint	Victoria Baranova	12.270 / 12.147	Barbora Drzkova		Jessica Varnish	13.462 / 12.359
	Jessica Varnish	35.364	Victoria Baranova	35.788	Magali Baudacci	36.083
	Hannah Mayho	2:28.175	Jolien D'Hoore	2:28.537	Lucie Záleská	2:28.874
Junior Women's Team Pursuit	Alex Greenfield Hannah Mayho Jessica Booth	2:19.612	Evelyn Arys Jessie Daams Jolien D'Hoore	2:20.456	Giada Balzan Rossella Callovi Valentina Scandolara	2:22.213
Junior Women's Team Sprint	Aleksandra Drejgier Kornelia Maczka	35.562	Magali Baudacci Olivia Montauban	36.303	Victoria Baranova Eena Melnichenko	36.865
Junior Women's Keirin	Jessica Varnish		Galina Streltsova		Giada Balzan
Junior Women's Scratch	Lucie Záleská		Valentina Scandolara		Jolien D'Hoore
Junior Women's Points Race	Alex Greenfield	21	Jolien D'Hoore	12	Amy Pieters	12

See also

• 2008 in track cycling

External links

• Official website
• Official results at Tissottiming.com
• Results book

Notes and References

1. Web site: Book (Start Lists, Reulst & Analysis). https://web.archive.org/web/20120216074053/http://www.tissottiming.com/sports/cycling/track/ecj2008/Book.pdf. dead. 2012-02-16. PDF. Tissot. 2008-09-11.
2. Web site: European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite (F) 2008 . cyclingarchives.com. 2012-09-29.
3. Web site: European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite 2008 . cyclingarchives.com. 2012-09-29.
4. Web site: Scratch race results. uci.ch. 7 September 2008. 19 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200943/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=305&CompetitionID=15755&EditionID=439564&SeasonID=475&ClassID=101&GenderID=2&EventID=9548&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. 29 October 2013. dead. dmy-all.
5. News: Different articles about the Scratch race . ellenvandijk.nl. 7 September 2008. 19 April 2012.