Track Cycling UEC European Championships 2024

[heywoodu 16,458]

12 hours ago, Bearas said:

Is there seriously no one else to host EuroTracks apart of Apeldoorn? How many times they hosted it already 

Right now, three times, as often as Grenchen (which held two of the previous three, whereas the first two in Apeldoorn are quite a while ago)  

 

Infrastructure is always excellent there, so there isn't really much of a problem with a relatively niche sport going to a well-known quality location more often, I think. Don't want those tournaments where like 15% of the stands are filled, which we'd sometimes see in sports like track cycling.

 

I also wouldn't mind it being whereever else by the way, as long as the atmosphere is great, I truly couldn't care less exactly which city it is in

 

Apeldoorn is close enough to often pass by there on my slightly longer cycling trips (one of my main 50+ kilometer laps), but I don't think I'll be going there this year. Funnily enough, Omnisport is right next to one of the parks where clients of my employer live, we were there in December and while walking through the park one sees Omnisport towering over it.

Edited January 5, 2024 by heywoodu

[Grassmarket 4,265]

7 hours ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Glasgow, Manchester, London...what's the fourth, Derby?

Yes, Derby.  Also Newport, but I don't think it meets spectator criteria.

[TeamGB 216]

No  on the start list in the Women's team pursuit. Any ideas why?

[TeamGB 216]

Never mind they've just been added.

[Rafa Maciel 1,704]

1 minute ago, TeamGB said:

Never mind they've just been added.

Had me worried there for a minute 

[dodge 1,041]

A strong team for GB too. You can tell it’s Olympic year…

[Rafa Maciel 1,704]

Women's Team Sprint qualifying completed with no surprises -  and  separated by just 0.061 seconds. Basically looks like we are heading towards a repeat of the result from last year's world championships for the European nations.

[Rafa Maciel 1,704]

Men's Team Sprint qualifying complete with   and  taking the top 3 spots.

 

Compared to last year's WC,  seemed to drop back a little (although they did field a different team this time around) and  will be a bit disappointed to finish behind  having been ahead of them in Glasgow. 

 

[Rafa Maciel 1,704]

First real surprise of the competition -  DNF in the Women's Team Pursuit. They were putting together a great performance and leading the competition before they had a crash after the 2km mark so are currently showing as DNF.

 

If I remember correctly from Glasgow, they would be allowed to ride again to get a qualifying time, if the same squad are passed as fit to ride but I could be wrong about that. 

[Rafa Maciel 1,704]

 top the qualifying for Women's Team Pursuit ahead of and  although worth saying that this whilst this was the same Italian squad as the World Champs, GB didn't have their strongest rider - Katie Archibald.

 

Germany will be happy to be above GB in qualifying but perhaps worried about the gap to Italy - in Glasgow they were only 0.3 seconds behind but here they were 1.9 seconds adrift. 

 

 were able to dust themselves off to take the restart and finish in 5th place.