Cycling at the 2019 European Games – Men's team sprint explained

Event:	Men's team sprint
Games:	2019 European Games
Venue:	Minsk Velodrome
Date:	27 June
Competitors:	28
Nations:	8
Win Value:	42.385
Gold:	Roy van den Berg Harrie Lavreysen Jeffrey Hoogland Nils van 't Hoenderdaal
Goldnoc:	NED
Silver:	Grégory Baugé Rayan Helal Quentin Caleyron Quentin Lafargue
Silvernoc:	FRA
Bronze:	Jack Carlin Jason Kenny Ryan Owens Joseph Truman
Bronzenoc:	GBR
Next:	2023

The men's cycling team sprint at the 2019 European Games was held at the Minsk Velodrome on 27 June 2019.^{[1] [2]}

Results

Qualifying

The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1			43.111		Q
2			43.517	+0.406	Q
3			43.744	+0.633	Q
4			43.843	+0.732	Q
5			43.944	+0.833	Q
6			44.060	+0.949	Q
7			44.092	+0.981	Q
8			45.388	+2.277	Q
9			45.829	+2.718
10			47.341	+4.230

First round

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

The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceeded to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceeded to the bronze medal final.

Rank	Overall rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1 vs 8
1	1			42.342		QG
2	8			44.896	+2.554
2 vs 7
1	3			43.456		QB
2	7			43.794	+0.338
3 vs 6
1	2			43.445		QG
2	6			43.745	+0.300
4 vs 5
1	4			43.581		QB
2	5			43.634	+0.053

Finals

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal final
			42.385
			43.787	+1.402
Bronze medal final
			43.020
4			43.755	+0.735

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cycling - Track – Schedule and Results. MEGOC. 27 June 2019.
2. Web site: Men's Team Sprint – Qualifying – Start List. MEGOC. 26 June 2019. 27 June 2019.