2011 UEC European Track Championships

{{see also|2011 European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)}}

{{Infobox cycling championship

| image = 2011 European Track Championships logo.png

| venue = Apeldoorn, Netherlands

| date = 21–23 October 2011

| velodrome = Omnisport Apeldoorn

| nations =

| cyclists =

| events = 13

| previous = 2010

| next = 2012

}}

File:Omnisport Apeldoorn.jpg

The 2011 European Track Championships was the second edition of the elite European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Omnisport Arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, between 21 and 23 October.[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/european-track-championships-start-in-the-netherlands European Track Championships start in the Netherlands]

All ten Olympic events, (sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and omnium all for both men and women) and the non-Olympic men's madison championship and points races for both genders were held as part of the championships. The Championships were a qualification event for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The opening night of competition was marred by technical difficulties, specifically the mechanical breakdown of the fixed gates system. as a result of which all releases reverted to hand or manual releases. This mechanical difficulty caused two German false starts in the Women's Team Pursuit final, and may have played some part in the shock failure of Great Britain to make the medal finals in the Men's Team Sprint event.

Despite this latter mishap, and the early withdrawal of Sir Chris Hoy with illness, the event was dominated by Great Britain, winning seven golds from the ten Olympic events, despite failing to medal in either individual sprint event.

Events

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}}
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| colspan=7 | Men's events

Sprint
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Men's sprint}}

|Kévin Sireau
{{flagu|France}}

|Maximilian Levy
{{flagu|Germany}}
|Denis Dmitriev
{{flagu|Russia}}
Team sprint
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Men's team sprint}}

|René Enders
Robert Förstemann
Stefan Nimke
{{flagu|Germany}}

44.022

|Mickaël Bourgain
François Pervis
Kévin Sireau
{{flagu|France}}

44.415

|Maciej Bielecki
Kamil Kuczyński
Damian Zieliński
{{flagu|Poland}}

44.809
Keirin
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Men's keirin}}

|Matthew Crampton
{{flagu|Great Britain}}

|Christos Volikakis
{{GRE}}
|François Pervis
{{flagu|France}}
Omnium
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Men's omnium}}

|Ed Clancy (w)
{{flagu|Great Britain}}

33 pts

|Bryan Coquard
{{flagu|France}}

33 pts

|Elia Viviani
{{flagu|Italy}}

35
Team pursuit
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit}}

|Steven Burke
Ed Clancy
Peter Kennaugh
Andy Tennant
Geraint Thomas (q)
{{flagu|Great Britain}}

4:00.008

|Michael Mørkøv
Casper Folsach
Lasse Norman Hansen
Rasmus Quaade
{{DEN}}

4:06.787

|Valery Kaykov
Evgeny Kovalev
Ivan Kovalev
Victor Manakov
{{flagu|Russia}}

4:04.508
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| Points race
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Men's points race}}
non-Olympic

|Rafał Ratajczyk
{{flagu|Poland}}

43 +1 lap

|Silvan Dillier
{{flagu|Switzerland}}

39 +1 lap

|Milan Kadlec
{{CZE}}

36 +1 lap
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| Madison
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Men's madison}}

| Kenny De Ketele
Iljo Keisse
{{flagu|Belgium}}

| Claudio Imhof
Cyrille Thièry
{{flagu|Switzerland}}
| Vivien Brisse
Morgan Kneisky
{{flagu|France}}
style="background:#ccc; width:100%;"

| colspan=7 | Women's events

Sprint
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Women's sprint}}

|Lyubov Shulika
{{UKR}}

|Olga Panarina
{{BLR}}
|Viktoria Baranova
{{flagu|Russia}}
Team sprint
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Women's team sprint}}

|Victoria Pendleton
Jessica Varnish
{{flagu|Great Britain}}

33.276

|Lyubov Shulika
Olena Tsyos
{{UKR}}

33.786

|Kristina Vogel
Miriam Welte
{{flagu|Germany}}

33.678
Keirin
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Women's keirin}}

|Victoria Pendleton
{{flagu|Great Britain}}

|Clara Sanchez
{{flagu|France}}
|Sandie Clair
{{flagu|France}}
Omnium
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Women's omnium}}

|Laura Trott
{{flagu|Great Britain}}

25 pts

|Tatsiana Sharakova
{{BLR}}

29 pts

|Kirsten Wild
{{flagu|Netherlands}}

32 pts
Team pursuit
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit}}

|Dani King
Joanna Rowsell
Laura Trott
{{flagu|Great Britain}}

3:22.618

|Charlotte Becker
Lisa Brennauer
Madeleine Sandig
{{flagu|Germany}}

3:29.596

|Alena Dylko
Aksana Papko
Tatsiana Sharakova
{{BLR}}

3:26.864
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| Points race
{{DetailsLink|2011 European Track Championships – Women's points race}}
non-Olympic

|Evgenia Romanyuta
{{flagu|Russia}}

19

|Katarzyna Pawłowska
{{flagu|Poland}}

14

|Jarmila Machačová
{{CZE}}

13

  • q = rode in qualification round only.
  • w = won on countback
  • shaded events are non-Olympic

Medal table

{{Medals table

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| host =

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| event =

| team =

| gold_GBR = 7 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0

| gold_FRA = 1 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 3

| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 1

| gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 1

| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 0

| gold_RUS = 1 | silver_RUS = 0 | bronze_RUS = 3

| gold_BEL = 1 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 0

| gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 2 | bronze_BLR = 1

| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 2 | bronze_SUI = 0

| gold_DEN = 0 | silver_DEN = 1 | bronze_DEN = 0

| gold_GRE = 0 | silver_GRE = 1 | bronze_GRE = 0

| gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 0 | bronze_CZE = 2

| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 1

| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 0 | bronze_NED = 1

}}

Participating nations

23 nations participated.

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  • {{AUT}}
  • {{BLR}}
  • {{flagu|Belgium}}
  • {{CZE}}
  • {{DEN}}
  • {{EST}}
  • {{FIN}}
  • {{flagu|France}}
  • {{flagu|Germany}}
  • {{flagu|Great Britain}}
  • {{GRE}}
  • {{HUN}}
  • {{IRL}}
  • {{flagu|Italy}}
  • {{LTU}}
  • {{flagu|Netherlands}}, see: Netherlands at the 2011 European Track Championships
  • {{flagu|Poland}}
  • {{flagu|Russia}}
  • {{SVK}}
  • {{flagu|Spain}}
  • {{flagu|Switzerland}}
  • {{TUR}}
  • {{UKR}}

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References

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