2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit explained

Event:Men's team pursuit
Championship:2018 UEC European Track Championships
Venue:Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow
Date:2–3 August
Competitors:53
Nations:12
Win Value:3:55.401
Gold:Elia Viviani
Michele Scartezzini
Filippo Ganna
Francesco Lamon
Liam Bertazzo
Goldnoc:ITA
Silver:Cyrille Thièry
Frank Pasche
Stefan Bissegger
Théry Schir
Claudio Imhof
Silvernoc:SUI
Bronze:Ethan Hayter
Kian Emadi
Charlie Tanfield
Steven Burke
Oliver Wood
Bronzenoc:GBR
Prev:2017
Next:2019

The men's team pursuit competition at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships was held on 2 and 3 August 2018.[1] [2]

Results

Qualifying

The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.[3]

Rank NameNation Time Behind Notes
1 Elia Viviani
Liam Bertazzo
Filippo Ganna
Francesco Lamon
3:56.559Q
2 Claudio Imhof
Cyrille Thièry
Stefan Bissegger
Frank Pasche
3:57.925+1.366 Q
3 Benjamin Thomas
Adrien Garel
Corentin Ermenault
Louis Pijourlet
3:58.254+1.695 Q
4 Ethan Hayter
Oliver Wood
Steven Burke
Kian Emadi
3:58.529+1.970 Q
5 Alexander Evtushenko
Lev Gonov
Ivan Smirnov
Gleb Syritsa
3:58.746+2.187 q
6 Theo Reinhardt
Leon Rohde
Nils Schomber
Domenic Weinstein
3:59.627+3.068 q
7 Robbe Ghys
Kenny De Ketele
Lindsay De Vylder
Sasha Weemaes
4:00.022+3.463 q
8 Szymon Sajnok
Szymon Krawczyk
Dawid Czubak
Adrian Tekliński
4:01.261+4.702 q
9 Raman Tsishkou
Yauheni Akhramenka
Yauheni Karaliok
Mikhail Shemetau
4:03.582+7.023
10 Casper von Folsach
Matias Malmberg
Oliver Frederiksen
Rasmus Pedersen
4:06.124+9.565
11 Volodymyr Dzhus
Ilya Klepikov
Timur Maleev
Maksym Vasilyev
4:07.001+10.442
12 Julio Amores
Joan Bennàssar
Marc Buades
Illart Zuazubiskar
4:15.166+18.607

First round

First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest
Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest

The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.[4]

Rank HeatNameNation Time Notes
1 4Elia Viviani
Liam Bertazzo
Filippo Ganna
Francesco Lamon
3:54.778 QG
2 3Claudio Imhof
Cyrille Thièry
Stefan Bissegger
Frank Pasche
3:56.452 QG
3 4Ethan Hayter
Steven Burke
Kian Emadi
Charlie Tanfield
3:56.007 QB
4 1Theo Reinhardt
Leon Rohde
Nils Schomber
Domenic Weinstein
3:56.852 QB
5 2Szymon Sajnok
Szymon Krawczyk
Dawid Czubak
Bartosz Rudyk
3:58.781
6 2Alexander Evtushenko
Lev Gonov
Ivan Smirnov
Gleb Syritsa
3:59.095
7 1Robbe Ghys
Kenny De Ketele
Lindsay De Vylder
Sasha Weemaes
3:59.519
8 3Benjamin Thomas
Adrien Garel
Aurélien Costeplane
Corentin Ermenault
4:08.283

Finals

[5]

RankName Nation Time BehindNotes
Gold medal final
Elia Viviani
Michele Scartezzini
Filippo Ganna
Francesco Lamon
3:55.401
Cyrille Thièry
Frank Pasche
Stefan Bissegger
Théry Schir
3:59.705+4.304
Bronze medal final
Ethan Hayter
Kian Emadi
Charlie Tanfield
Steven Burke
3:57.463
4 Theo Reinhardt
Leon Rohde
Domenic Weinstein
Nils Schomber
4:00.007+2.544

Notes and References

  1. https://www.europeanchampionships.com/results/resECG2018/pdf/ECG2018/CTR/ECG2018_CTR_C08_CTR-------------------------------.pdf Schedule
  2. https://www.europeanchampionships.com/results/resECG2018/pdf/ECG2018/CTR/ECG2018_CTR_C51B1_CTRMPURTEAM4----------QUAL--------.pdf Start list
  3. Web site: Qualifying results . 2018-08-03 . 2018-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180803101256/https://www.europeanchampionships.com/results/resECG2018/pdf/ECG2018/CTR/ECG2018_CTR_C73B1_CTRMPURTEAM4----------QUAL--------.pdf . dead .
  4. Web site: First round results . 2018-08-03 . 2018-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180803142546/https://www.europeanchampionships.com/results/resECG2018/pdf/ECG2018/CTR/ECG2018_CTR_C73B2_CTRMPURTEAM4----------RND1--------.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: Finals results . 4 August 2018 . 4 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180804042701/https://www.europeanchampionships.com/results/resECG2018/pdf/ECG2018/CTR/ECG2018_CTR_C73B2_CTRMPURTEAM4----------FNL---------.pdf . dead .