Athens, Greece
The 2015 UEC European Junior Track Cycling Championships takes place from the 14th – 19th July 2015 at the Athens Olympic Velodrome in Greece.
Women’s Keirin: Emma Hinze (Germany)
20th July 2015: Emma Hinze continued her impressive development as the German rider won the Women’s Keirin in Athens. Hinze beat Kseniya Bogoyavlenskaya of Russia and Poland’s Marlena Karwacka.
Julita Jagodzinska of Poland was fourth, Sophie Capewell of Great Britain was fifth with German Pauline Grabosch sixth.
Women’s Omnium: Daria Pikulik (Poland)
20th July 2015: Daria Pikulik of Poland won the Women’s Omnium on 192 points, with Grace Garner of Great Britain taking the Silver medal on 181 points and Marion Borras of France winning Bronze on 178 points.
Kristina Selina of Russia was fourth with Italian Martina Alzini fifth.
Women’s Scratch Race: Elena Bissolati (Italy)
20th July 2015: Elena Bissolati of Italy won the Junior Women’s Scratch Race from Elinor Dickinson of Great Britain and Hetty Van de Wouw of the Netherlands.
Justyna Kaczkowska of Poland was fourth with Elisa Balsamo of Italy fifth.
Men’s Madison: Russia (Maksim Piskunov, Dmitriy Markov)
20th July 2015: Maksim Piskunov and Dmitriy Markov of Russia won the Junior Men’s Madison from Belgian riders Gerben Thijssen and Robbe Ghys. Mathias Pedersen and Andreas Nielsen of Denmark won the Bronze medal.
Ivan Villiers and Aurelien Costeplane of France were fourth with Switzerland fifth.
Men’s Keirin: Alexey Nosov (Russia)
20th July 2015: Alexey Nosov of Russia won the Junior Men’s Keirin from Jiri Janosek of the Czech Republic and Sebastian Vigier of France.
Joseph Truman of Great Britain was fourth, Russian Evgeniy Bobrakov fifth and Melvin Landerneau of France sixth.
Men’s Scratch Race: Edgar Stepanyan (Armenia)
20th July 2015: Edgar Stepanyan of Armenia won the Men’s Scratch Race from Russian Maksim Piskunov and Vitali Prakapchuk of Belarus.
Ivan Villiers of France was fourth with Italian Moreno Marchetti fifth.
Men’s Omnium: Dawid Czubak (Poland)
20th July 2015: Dawid Czubak of Poland won the Men’s Omnium with a points total of 238 points, a twelve point margin to Silver medallist Taras Shevchuk of the Ukraine.
Bronze went to Sergey Rostovtsev of Russia on 215 points with Robbe Ghys of Belgium fourth and Danish rider Frederik Rodenberg Madsen fifth.
Men’s Sprint: Melvin Landerneau (France)
20th July 2015: Melvin Landerneau beat team mate Sebastian Vigier of France to win the Junior Men’s Sprint.
Alexey Nosov beat team mate Aleksandr Vasyukhno of Russia to win the Bronze Medal.
Women’s Points Race: Rachele Barbieri (Italy)
17th July 2015: Rachele Barbieri of Italy won the Women’s Points Race in Athens, beating Daria Pikulik of Poland and Tessa Dijksman of the Netherlands to win the Gold Medal.
Wiktoria Pikulik of Poland was fourth with Irish rider Ciara Doogan fifth.
Women’s 500m Time Trial: Emma Hinze (Germany)
17th July 2015: Emma Hinze of Germany won the Women’s 500m Time Trial in a time of 35.188s, beating team mate Pauline Grabosch who took the Silver medal in 35.349s.
Bronze went to Hetty Van de Wouw of the Netherlands who recorded a time of 35.642s, Miriam Vece of Italy was fourth on 35.848s with Great Britain’s Sophie Capewell fifth on 36.065s.
Women’s Sprint: Emma Hinze (Germany)
17th July 2015: It was an all German affair in the final of the Junior Women’s Sprint here in Athens. Emma Hinze beat team mate Pauline Grabosch to win the Gold medal.
Julita Jagodzinska of Poland beat British rider Sophie Capewell in the Bronze Medal ride off, after the British rider was relegated in the first of three rides.
Men’s Points Race: Joey Walker (Great Britain)
17th July 2015: Joey Walker of Great Britain won the Junior Men’s Points Race, beating Szymon Krawczyk of Poland and Russian Denis Nekrasov to win the Gold medal.
Edgar Stepanyan of Armenia was fourth with Taras Shevchuk of Ukraine fifth.
Women’s Team Pursuit: Italy (Elisa Balsamo, Rachele Barbieri, Sofia Bertizzolo, Marta Cavalli)
16th July 2015: Italy won the Junior Women’s 4km Team Pursuit courtesy of Elisa Balsamo, Rachele Barbieri, Sofia Bertizzolo and Marta Cavalli who recorded a time of 4m 33.463s. Poland won the Silver medal in 4m 40.371s thanks to Daria Pikulik, Justyna Kaczkowska, Weronika Humelt and Nikola Rozynska.
France continued their impressive Championships by winning the Bronze medal after a close battle with Russia.
Women’s Individual Pursuit: Justyna Kaczkowska (Poland)
16th July 2015: Justyna Kaczkowska of Poland won the Women’s 2km Individual Pursuit at the Junior Europeans in a time of 2m 23.598s. Marion Borras of France claimed the Silver medal in a time of 2m 25.644s.
The Bronze Medal went to Olivija Baleisyte of Lithuania who clocked a time of 2m 26.041s to beat Russian rider Natalia Studenikina to the final place on the podium.
Men’s Individual Pursuit: Daniel Staniszewski (Poland)
16th July 2015: Daniel Staniszewski of Poland won the Men’s 3km Individual Pursuit at the Junior Europeans in a time of 3m 16.732s. Thomas Denis of France won the Silver medal on 3m 20.005s.
The Bronze medal went to Maksim Sukhov of Russia who clocked a time of 3.20.178s to beat French rider Aurelien Costeplane to the final place on the podium.
Men’s Kilometre Time Trial: Aleksandr Vasyukhno (Russia)
16th July 2015: Russian riders again dominated as they took a one-two in the Men’s Kilometre Time Trial. Aleksandr Vasyukhno won the Gold Medal on 1m 03.529s, with Maksim Piskunov in the Silver medal position on 1m 04.233s.
Sam Ligtlee of the Netherlands won the Bronze medal with a time of 1m 04.413s.
Men’s Team Pursuit: Russia (Sergey Rostovtsev, Dmitriy Markov, Maksim Piskunov, Maksim Sukhov)
15th July 2015: Sergey Rostovtsev, Dmitriy Markov, Maksim Piskunov and Maksim Sukhov continued the traditional domination of Russia at this event when they won the Men’s Team Pursuit in a time of 4m 05.305s. Danish quartet of Niklas Larsen, Rasmus Lund Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg Madsen and Tim Vang Cronqvist took the silver on 4m 12.141s.
Poland beat Switzerland to secure the Bronze medal.
Men’s Team Sprint: Russia (Sergey Isaev, Alexey Nosov, Aleksandr Vasyukhno)
15th July 2015: Russia won the Junior Men’s Team Sprint on Day One of the Championships in Athens. Sergey Isaev, Alexey Nosov, and Aleksandr Vasyukhno recorded a time of 45.021s to beat the trio of CZYSZCZEWSKI Marcin, Michal Lewandowski and Mateusz Milek who clocked 45.847s.
Great Britain’s Jack Carlin, Alex Joliffe and Joe Truman claimed the Bronze medal after beating France.
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