The stayer race is one of the 2 motor-paced racing disciplines of the annual UEC European Track Championships.[1]
In the past, private organizers of track cycling events organized championships (European Criterion or Winter championship) during the Winter months. The first European championship Stayer was held in 1896. [2]
The sub federation for professional cycling of the UCI, the FICP organized official European championships (called Championnats d'Hiver) between 1972 and 1990.[3]
Since 1995 the European Cycling Union is responsible for this event.[4]
| Winter Championship | ||||
| 1896 Berlin |  Lucien Lesna | Paul Münchner | Alphonse Baugé | |
| 1897 Berlin | Franz Gerger |  Henri Luyten | Alfred Köcher | |
| 1898 Mainz | Lucien Lesna | Wilhelm Struck | Paul Becker | |
| 1899 Berlin |  Artur Adalbert Chase | Albert E. Walters | Émile Bouhours | |
| 1900 Breslau | Piet Dickentman | Constant Huret | Eduard Taylor | |
| 1901 Leipzig | Thaddäus Robl | Piet Dickentman | Fritz Ryser | |
| 1902 Leipzig | Thaddäus Robl | Henri Contenet | Jimmy Michael | |
| 1903 Leipzig | Thaddäus Robl | Paul Dangla | Piet Dickentman | |
| 1904 Leipzig | Thaddäus Robl | Tommy Hall | Piet Dickentman | |
| 1905 Leipzig | Paul Guignard | Thaddäus Robl | Louis Darragon | |
| 1906 Dresden | Paul Guignard |  Robert Walthour | Thaddäus Robl | |
| 1907 Hannover | Thaddäus Robl | Piet Dickentman | Arthur Vanderstuyft | |
| 1908 Cologne | Arthur Stellbrink | Paul Guignard | Peter Günther | |
| 1909 Berlin | Paul Guignard | Albert Schipke | Thaddäus Robl | |
| 1910 Dresden | Friedrich Theile | Robert Walthour | Fritz Ryser | |
| 1911 Roubaix | Jimmy Moran | Paul Guignard | Willi Mauß | |
| 1912 Barmen | Paul Guignard | Peter Günther | Karl Saldow | |
| 1913 Antwerp | Victor Linart | Paul Guignard | Gustav Janke | |
| 1914-1919 | Not held | |||
| 1920 Tours | Georges Sérès | Jules Miquel | Karel Verkeyn | |
| 1921-1925 | Not held | |||
| European Criterion | ||||
| 1926 Brussels | Émile Aerts | Georges Paillard | Jan Snoek | |
| 1927-1930 | Not held | |||
| 1931 Nice | Jean Aerts | André Leducq | Paul Broccardo | |
| 1932 Nice | Antonin Magne | Romain Gijssels | Albert Büchi | |
| 1933 Nice |  Learco Guerra | Adrien Buttafochi | Paul Broccardo | |
| 1934-1948 | Not held | |||
| 1948 | Jacques Besson | Elia Frosio | August Meuleman | |
| 1949 Zürich | Jacques Besson | Elia Frosio | August Meuleman | |
| 1950 Antwerp | Raoul Lesueur | Elia Frosio | Cor Bakker | |
| 1951 | Not held | |||
| 1952 Dortmund | Adolf Verschueren | Raoul Lesueur | Erich Bautz | |
| 1953 Paris | Roger Queugnet | Adolf Verschueren | Roger Godeau | |
| 1954 Dortmund | Adolf Verschueren | Horst Holzmann | Guy Bethery | |
| 1955 Dortmund | Lothar Schiller | Adolf Verschueren | Jacques Besson | |
| 1956 Dortmund | Karl-Heinz Marsell | Adolf Verschueren |  Graham French | |
| 1957 Paris | Adolf Verschueren | Roger Godeau | Graham French | |
| 1958 Zürich | Karl-Heinz Marsell | Paul Depaepe | Walter Bucher | |
| 1959 Dortmund | Adolf Verschueren |  Guillermo Timoner | Valentin Petry | |
| 1960 Berlin | Karl-Heinz Marsell | Guillermo Timoner | Norbert Koch | |
| 1961 Dortmund | Adolf Verschueren | Wout Wagtmans | Otto Altweck | |
| 1962 Brussels | Paul Depaepe | Jean Raynal | Karl-Heinz Marsell | |
| 1963 Dortmund | Paul Depaepe | Karl-Heinz Marsell | Guillermo Timoner | |
| 1964 Dortmund | Paul Depaepe | Guillermo Timoner | Leo Proost | |
| 1965 Zürich | Leo Proost | Jaap Oudkerk | Domenico De Lillo | |
| 1966 WBerlin | Leo Proost | Ehrenfried Rudolph | Guillermo Timoner | |
| 1967 Dortmund | Dieter Kemper | Romain De Loof | Ehrenfried Rudolph | |
| 1968 Berlin | Jaap Oudkerk | Ehrenfried Rudolph | Romain De Loof | |
| 1969 Dortmund | Dieter Kemper | Jaap Oudkerk | Ehrenfried Rudolph | |
| 1970 Berlin | Hans Junkermann | Jaap Oudkerk | Ehrenfried Rudolph | |
| 1971 Dortmund | Ehrenfried Rudolph | Dieter Kemper | Jaap Oudkerk | |
| European Championship | ||||
| 1972 Dortmund | Dieter Kemper | Theo Verschueren | Jaap Oudkerk | |
| 1973 Dortmund | Dieter Kemper | Theo Verschueren | ||
| 1974 Dortmund | Piet De Wit | |||
| 1975 Berlin | Dieter Kemper | Wilfried Peffgen | ||
| 1976 Dortmund | Dieter Kemper | |||
| 1977 Dortmund | Wilfried Peffgen | René Savary | Walter Avogadri | |
| 1978 Dortmund | Wilfried Peffgen | René Savary | Willy De Bosscher | |
| 1979 Dortmund | Wilfried Peffgen | Horst Schütz | Martin Venix | |
| 1980 Dortmund | Wilfried Peffgen | Horst Schütz | Martin Venix | |
| 1981 Dortmund | Wilfried Peffgen | Horst Schütz | Martin Venix | |
| 1982 Dortmund | Horst Schütz | René Kos | Wilfried Peffgen | |
| 1983 Zürich | Horst Schütz | Max Hürzeler | Wilfried Peffgen | |
| 1984 Dortmund | Max Hürzeler | Martin Venix | Bruno Vicino | |
| 1985 Stuttgart | Werner Betz | Constant Tourné | Horst Schütz | |
| 1986 Zürich | Werner Betz | Max Hürzeler | Bruno Vicino | |
| 1987 Zürich | Max Hürzeler | Mathieu Hermans | Peter Steiger | |
| 1988 Copenhagen | Max Hürzeler | Peter Steiger | Constant Tourné | |
| 1989 Dortmund | Danny Clark | Constant Tourné | Torsten Rellensmann | |
| 1990 Dortmund | Torsten Rellensmann | Roland Günther | Peter Steiger | |
| 1991 Dortmund | Torsten Rellensmann | Andrea Bellati | Roland Günther | |
| 1992-1994 | Not held | |||
| UEC European Championship | ||||
| 1995 Zürich | Arno Küttel | Carsten Podlesch |  Roland Königshofer | |
| 1996 Forst | Carsten Podlesch | Richi Rossi | Roland Königshofer | |
| 1997 Berlin | Sabino Cannone | Hans-Kurt Brand | Carsten Podlesch | |
| 1998 Forst | Hans-Kurt Brand | Ronald Rol | Patrick Kops | |
| 2000 Chemnitz | Carsten Podlesch | Stefan Klare | Sabino Cannone | |
| 2001 Leipzig | Carsten Podlesch | Sabino Cannone | Stefan Klare | |
| 2006 Forst | Giuseppe Atzeni | Carsten Podlesch | Timo Scholz | |
| 2007 Alkmaar | Timo Scholz | Mario Vonhof | Peter Jörg | |
| 2008 Alkmaar | Timo Scholz | Reinier Honig | Peter Jörg | |
| 2009 Forst | Giuseppe Atzeni | Mario Vonhof | Peter Jörg | |
| 2010 Alkmaar | Giuseppe Atzeni | Patrick Kos | Bob Stöpler | |
| 2011 Nürnberg | Patrick Kos | Giuseppe Atzeni | Mario Birrer | |
| 2012 Zürich | Canceled (weather related) | |||
| 2013 Nürnberg | Mario Birrer | Florian Fernow | Giuseppe Atzeni | |
| 2014 Forst | Mario Birrer | Stefan Schäfer | Patrick Kos | |
| 2015 | Not held | |||
| 2016 Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines | Stefan Schäfer | Franz Schiewer | Giuseppe Atzeni | |
| 2017 Berlin | Franz Schiewer | Reinier Honig | Stefan Schäfer | |
| 2018 Erfurt | Franz Schiewer | Reinier Honig | Daniel Harnisch | |
| 2019 Pordenone | Reinier Honig | Christoph Schweizer | Daniel Harnisch | |
| 2020-2021 | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2022 Lyon | Kévin Fouache | Giuseppe Atzeni | Daniel Harnisch | |
| 2023 Pordenone | Reinier Honig | Daniel Harnisch | Robert Retschke | |