2020 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit explained

Event:Men's team pursuit
Championship:2020 UEC European Track Championships
Venue:Kolodruma, Plovdiv
Date:11–12 November
Competitors:26
Nations:6
Win Value:3:54.677
Gold:Alexander Dubchenko
Lev Gonov
Nikita Bersenev
Alexander Evtushenko
Goldnoc:RUS
Silver:Francesco Lamon
Stefano Moro
Jonathan Milan
Gidas Umbri
Silvernoc:ITA
Bronze:Claudio Imhof
Simon Vitzthum
Lukas Rüegg
Dominik Bieler
Bronzenoc:SUI
Prev:2019
Next:2021

The men's team pursuit competition at the 2020 UEC European Track Championships was held on 11 and 12 November 2020.[1]

Results

Qualifying

All teams advanced to the first round.[2]

Rank NameNation Time Behind Notes
1 3:55.677
2 3:56.787 +1.110
3 3:57.881 +2.204
4 4:00.902 +5.225
5 4:04.057 +8.380
6 4:06.444 +10.767

First round

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

The winners of heats 2 and 3 proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining four teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.[3]

Rank HeatNameNation Time Notes
1 3 QG
2 2 3:56.569 QG
3 2 3:57.591 QB
4 3 3:59.079 QB
5 1 4:04.540
6 1 4:15.873

Finals

[4]

RankName Nation Time BehindNotes
Gold medal final
3:54.677
3:54.787 +0.110
Bronze medal final
3:55.051
4 4:00.372 +5.321

Notes and References

  1. http://eliteeuropean2020.veloresults.com/pdf/mtp1.pdf Start list
  2. http://eliteeuropean2020.veloresults.com/pdf/mtp2.pdf Qualifying results
  3. http://eliteeuropean2020.veloresults.com/pdf/mtp4.pdf First round results
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20201112183756/http://eliteeuropean2020.veloresults.com/pdf/mtp6.pdf Finals results