UEC European Track Championships

The European Champions Jersey

The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC). They were first held in their current format in 2010, when elite level cyclists competed for the first time following an overhaul of European track cycling

In line with cycling tradition, winners of an event at the championships are presented with, in addition to the gold medal, a special, identifiable jersey. This UEC European Champion jersey is a blue jersey with gold European stars.

History

Age group championships

Prior to 2010, championship events were run under the same name, but solely for junior and under-23 cyclists, and the 2010 event is recognised as the first elite level senior championships. Since 2010, separate annual European championships for under-23 and junior riders have continued, described explicitly as such.

European Track Cycling Championships have been held for junior and under-23 athletes for a long time, though records in earlier editions are incomplete. They provided useful experience for young riders with winners automatically qualifying to compete at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in which no age limit applied, and the world's best track cyclists competed.^[1]

A European Masters Track Championships also exists for riders over 35 years old.

Derny, Madison and Omnium championships

Men's European Track Championships for the "motor-paced" or "derny" track cycling discipline have been held since 1896. A separate European Madison championship event was also run for men.

Separate elite European Omnium Championships have been held since 1959, which were later incorporated into the senior European Track Championships on their introduction in 2010.^[2][3]

Founding of the Elite Championships

In 2010 the UEC instigated a significant overhaul of how cyclists qualify for the Olympic Games. As a result, the European Championships was also introduced for elite level European cyclists. The first elite championships thereafter took place at the beginning of November 2010. It followed the same ten event schedule for the 2012 Olympics but also included the Madison "due to popular demand".^[4]

The Under 23 and Junior championships thereafter were run as an annual separate event.

Competitions

Hosts of European Track Championships

Elite

Year	Date	Country	City	Velodrome
2010	5–7 November	Poland	Pruszków	BGŻ Arena
2011	21–23 October	Netherlands	Apeldoorn	Omnisport Apeldoorn
2012	19–21 October	Lithuania	Panevėžys	Cido Arena[5]
2013	18–20 October	Netherlands	Apeldoorn	Omnisport Apeldoorn[6]
2014	16–19 October	France	Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe	Vélodrome Amédée Détraux
2015	14–18 October	Switzerland	Grenchen	Velodrome Suisse
2016	19–23 October	France	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines	Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
2017	19–22 October	Germany	Berlin	Velodrom
2018[lower-alpha 1]	TBA	United Kingdom	Glasgow	Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome[7][8]

Elite Championships all-time Medal table : 2010–2016

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain ()	27	9	12	48
2	Russia	16	16	14	46
3	Germany	13	19	14	46
4	France	9	15	13	37
5	Netherlands ()	9	10	11	30
6	Italy	6	5	6	17
7	Poland	5	9	7	21
8	Spain	5	4	5	13
9	Lithuania	5	3	7	15
10	Czech Republic	4	0	6	10
11	Belgium	3	7	4	14
12	Switzerland	3	5	1	9
13	Belarus ()	3	3	4	10
14	Ukraine	2	2	4	8
15	Denmark	1	3	1	5
16	Austria	1	0	0	1
17	Greece	0	2	1	3
18	Ireland	0	0	2	2
Total		112	112	112	336

Juniors and U23's

See also

• UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)

References

External links

• Official website of the 2010 European Track Cycling Championships