The 2013 UEC European Track Championships was the fourth edition of the elite

UEC 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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and took place at the Omnisport Arena in

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, between 18 and 20 October. The Event was organised by the European Cycling Union. All ten Olympic events, ( sprint,

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team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

and

omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...

, for both men and women) and the non-Olympic men's

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championship and points races for both genders were held as part of the championships. A highly competitive championships, gold medals were share among five teams, and medals among ten teams, with

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leading the medal table with three gold and three silver medals.

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won the most medals with eight, three of them also gold, the same number as

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. The host

also enjoyed a highly successful event, with two gold medals and six in all, by far their strongest showing at this level.

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also won its first ever medal at this level, a bronze in the men's omnium for world scratch race champion Martyn Irvine. Individually Laura Trott of Great Britain, Maximillian Levy of Germany and

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each won two gold medals, while

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won three medals, including gold in the women's sprint. Trott was also part of the Great Britain women's team pursuit quartet who twice lowered the

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in their event. 2013 European Track Championships, men's team pursuit

Events

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

Medal table

Participating nations

24 nations participated. * (3) * (13) * (12) * (4) * (13) * (6) * (1) * (4) * (17) * (1) * (18) * (18) * (4) * (2) * (3) * (13) * (9) * (19) (''See:

Netherlands at the 2013 European Track Championships The Netherlands competed at the 2013 European Track Championships in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, from 18 October to 20 October 2013. The Netherlands competed in 12 of the 13 disciplines. Ellen van Dijk, the strongest rider of the women's team pur ...

'') * (18) * (23) * (1) * (13) * (7) * (20)

References

External links

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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 ...

European Track Championships International cycle races hosted by the Netherlands

Cycling in Apeldoorn