The 2012 European Track Championships was the third edition of the elite

European Track Championships 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 ...

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. It was held on October 19–21, 2012 and took place at the Cido Arena in

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, Lithuania. It was the first European Elite Track Championships that had opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was held on 19 October, an hour before the start of the evening session. Held some time after the 2012 Summer Olympics, a number of elite European cyclists, notably from

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and

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were not in attendance, either through retirement or a rest period. In their absence, the medal table was headed by

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and the east European track powers;

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and hosts Lithuania.

Schedule

The competition days were split into two Sessions.

Events

* shaded events are non-Olympic

Medal table

Participating nations

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Netherlands at the 2012 European Track Championships The Netherlands competed at the 2012 European Track Championships in Panevėžys, the Lithuania, from 19 October to October 2012. The Netherlands competed in 4 of the 13 different disciplines. Results Sprint Team sprint Keirin Omnium Sourc ...

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References

External links

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European Cycling UnionResultsResults book
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