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The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in
track cycling Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its i ...
, 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
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is a white and blue jersey with gold stars. Gold stars on a blue background have been an identifiably European symbol since the adoption of the
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Founding of the modern 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". Over the following decade the event grew to include a full programme of World Championship disciplines. Prior to 2010, championship events were run under the same name, but solely for junior and under-23 cyclists, and the 2010 event is therefore recognised as the first elite level senior championships. The first European Track Championships of any description were held in Berlin in 1886 and featured only 5 km and 10 km men's scratch races. Since 2010, separate annual European championships for under-23 and junior riders have continued, but described explicitly as such. The most successful nation since the inauguration of the elite event is Great Britain, the event's genesis coinciding with Britain's rise to dominance in world track cycling. The most successful individual rider in the history of the Elite event is
Katie Archibald Katie Archibald (born 12 March 1994) is an elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland. A member of the Great Britain 2016 Olympic champion and 2020 Olympic silver me ...
of Great Britain, who has won, as of the
2023 UEC European Track Championships The 2023 UEC European Track Championships were the thirteenth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland, from 8 to 12 February 2023. Schedule A = A ...
, 20 European titles. Among nations in the championships, aside from Great Britain itself, only Russia, Germany, Netherlands and France have won more gold medals than Archibald.


Other European track cycling competitions

The UEC agreed with the governing bodies of six other major European sports from 2018 to integrate its four Olympic-class events, including track cycling, into the new
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event on a quadrennial basis. Beginning with 2018, every fourth edition of the competition will form part of the multi-sport event. While track cycling also forms part of the
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in Minsk, these events are not regarded as European Championships but as the Cycling programme of the
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, and the UEC event will also be held later in the same year. Conversely, the events held in Glasgow in 2018, and Munich in 2022 as part of the multi-sport
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are treated as official UEA championships


Elite Competitions (2010-present)


Editions


Venues


Medals (2010–2025)

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Most successful riders

Below is a table of the most successful male and female riders at the European Track Cycling Championships from 2010 onwards. The most successful rider of either sex is
Katie Archibald Katie Archibald (born 12 March 1994) is an elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland. A member of the Great Britain 2016 Olympic champion and 2020 Olympic silver me ...
, with 20 European titles and 26 medals; in the history of the Championships, only Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy and Russia, in addition to her own nation, have won more gold medals than Archibald. The most successful male athlete is Dutch sprinter
Jeffrey Hoogland Jeffrey Hoogland (born 16 March 1993) is a Dutch track cyclist. He represented his nation in eleven editions of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships (since 2013). At the 2015 UEC European Track Championships, he collected a total of three g ...
on 14 gold medals and 18 medals total, the same numbers as Archibald's Madison and team pursuit partner
Laura Kenny Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny, ( Trott; born 24 April 1992) is a former British professional Track cycling, track and Road bicycle racing, road cyclist who specialised in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scra ...
. Kenny was the first rider to reach ten championship jerseys, a feat only equalled by Archibald, their fellow Brit
Elinor Barker Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Team . Representing British Cycling, Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic champio ...
, Hoogland, and Russian sprint pair
Anastasia Voynova Anastasia Sergeyevna Voynova ( rus, Анастасия Сергеевна Войнова, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲijə ˈvojnəvə; born 5 February 1993) is a Russian professional Track cycling, track cyclist. She won the bronze medal in the 2014 UCI Tr ...
and
Daria Shmeleva Daria Mikhailovna Shmeleva ( rus, Дарья Михайловна Шмелёва, , ˈdarʲjə ʂmʲɪˈlʲɵvə; born 26 October 1994) is a Russian professional track cyclist. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships along ...
. ''up to date after
2023 UEC European Track Championships The 2023 UEC European Track Championships were the thirteenth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland, from 8 to 12 February 2023. Schedule A = A ...
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Male


Female


Golden 'hat-tricks'.

No rider has won four gold medals at a single championships. The following riders have won a 'hat-trick' of three gold medals at a single championships on at least one occasion, the first being the Russian sprinter
Anastasia Voynova Anastasia Sergeyevna Voynova ( rus, Анастасия Сергеевна Войнова, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲijə ˈvojnəvə; born 5 February 1993) is a Russian professional Track cycling, track cyclist. She won the bronze medal in the 2014 UCI Tr ...
in 2014:
Katie Archibald Katie Archibald (born 12 March 1994) is an elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland. A member of the Great Britain 2016 Olympic champion and 2020 Olympic silver me ...
of Great Britain has achieved the feat on three separate occasions, a record, with three different combinations of events, and is the only rider to achieve such a 'hat-trick' without winning gold in either the team pursuit or team sprint. The most hat-tricks claimed in one championships was in the 2023 championships when Archibald and sprinters
Harrie Lavreysen Harrie Lavreysen (born 14 March 1997) is a Dutch track cyclist who competes in sprint events. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, having won the sprint and team sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and adding the sprint, the team spr ...
of the Netherlands, and
Lea Friedrich Lea Sophie Friedrich (born 7 January 2000) is a German professional track cyclist. In October 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's team sprint event at the 2019 UEC European Track Championships. Major results ;2017 :National Junior ...
of Germany won three golds apiece. Uniquely, all three won their respective 'Olympic' trebles by winning all three available golds in their Olympic events - Team pursuit, Omnium and Madison for Archibald, Team sprint, sprint and keirin for Lavreysen and Friedrich, a feat achieved by no rider prior to 2023. Lavreysen repeated his hat-trick in 2024, the first rider to do an 'Olympic' hat-trick twice. ''Riders are listed in order of their first 'hat-trick':''


Most successful in each event

22 Events are held as part of the European championships. The table below summarises the most successful athlete and nation in each of the 22 separate events. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of golds, silvers and bronze respectively won by the athlete or nation in that specific event. Athletes and nations are differentiated in the standard way, first by number of golds, then silvers, then bronze medals. Although both the Omnium and Madison had stand alone championships prior to 2010, only those contested at the European Track Cycling Championships from that year forward are included. The most dominant rider in a single event is
Laura Kenny Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny, ( Trott; born 24 April 1992) is a former British professional Track cycling, track and Road bicycle racing, road cyclist who specialised in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scra ...
who has won the women's team pursuit on eight occasions. This is also the event where a single nation is most dominant; Great Britain have won nine of the editions of the team pursuit, and medalled on a further two occasions. Kenny is also the most dominant rider in any event for individual riders, with four gold and two silver medals across various editions of the omnium. The records for medals in a single event is the 13 medals won by Russia in the 500 metre time trial.
Katie Archibald Katie Archibald (born 12 March 1994) is an elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland. A member of the Great Britain 2016 Olympic champion and 2020 Olympic silver me ...
holds the unique distinction of having been a European Champion across seven different events; team pursuit (7), individual pursuit (4), Scratch race (1), points race (1), Eliminator (1), omnium (4) and madison (2). ''This table does not include freestanding senior European Championships held prior to the 2010 UEC European Track Championships. Up to date after
2023 UEC European Track Championships The 2023 UEC European Track Championships were the thirteenth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Tissot Velodrome in Grenchen, Switzerland, from 8 to 12 February 2023. Schedule A = A ...
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Juniors and U23's and Open Omnium

Exclude Men's Open Madison events from 2001 to 2009 and include Open Omnium events from 2001 to 2009. 2023 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) Championnats d'Europe de cyclisme sur piste juniors et espoirs 2024


Medals (2001–2024)

Exclude Men's Open Madison events from 2001 to 2009 and include Open Omnium events from 2001 to 2009. * 2002 Doping Case: replaced by . (GER -1 Bronze / BEL +1 Bronze)


Disciplines

The historic results in each discipline can be found at the relevant link below:- ;Current disciplines - Men *
UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit The Men's team pursuit at the European Track Championships was first competed in 2010 in Poland. It has formed a part of each championship since. Great Britain, the double Olympic champions, dominated the event in its early years, winning all of ...
* UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit *
UEC European Track Championships – Men's elimination race The Men's elimination race at the UEC European Track Championships was first competed in 2015 UEC European Track Championships, 2015 in Grenchen, Switzerland. The elimination race, also known colloquially as "the Devil" (from the idiom "devil take ...
* UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race * UEC European Track Championships – Men's scratch race *
UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium The Men's omnium at the European Track Championships was first competed in 2010. Prior to 2010, there were two elite omniums held annually: an endurance omnium and a sprint omnium. The Omnium consists of six different competitions over two days. ...
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UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison The Men's madison is one of the disciplines of the annual UEC European Track Championships. It was first competed as a separate event in 1895. European championships Madison (cycling), Madison events were later held as European Criterion or Win ...
* UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint * UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint * UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin * UEC European Track Championships – Men's 1 km time trial ;Current disciplines - Women * UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit * UEC European Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit * UEC European Track Championships – Women's elimination race * UEC European Track Championships – Women's points race * UEC European Track Championships – Women's scratch race *
UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium The Women's omnium at the European Track Championships was first competed in 1997 European Track Championships, 1997. The Omnium event, consists of a combination of different disciplines, sharing similarities with other multi-event sports such as ...
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* UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint * UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint * UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin * UEC European Track Championships – Women's 500 m time trial ;Former disciplines * UEC European Track Championships – Derny * UEC European Track Championships – Stayer ; ;Age-group events *
UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) The European Track Cycling Championships (under-23 & junior) are a set of competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists under the ages of 23 and 18, and regulated by ...


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References


External links


Official website of the 2010 European Track Cycling Championships
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