Eurotrack 2024: Gran Bretagna al top ad Apeldoorn

Con l’assegnazione del titolo del Keirin uomini si è conclusa ad Apeldoorn (Paesi Bassi) l’edizione 2024
dei Campionati Europei su pista per la categoria Elite. All’evento, che ha registrato complessivamente oltre 21.500 presenze, hanno preso parte complessivamente 260 atleti (152 uomini e 108 donne), in rappresentanza di 25 nazioni, che nel corso delle cinque giornate di gare hanno gareggiato in quello che è stato uno degli ultimi eventi validi per la fase di qualificazione per i Giochi Olimpici di Parigi che, per quanto riguarda il ciclismo su pista, si terranno dal 5 all’11 Agosto 2024.

2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – WomenÕs Keirin – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024

Ad imporsi nel medagliere è stata la Gran Bretagna, che con 6 medaglie d’oro, 6 d’argento e 2 di bronzo,
ha preceduto la Germania, seconda con un bottino complessivo di 9 medaglie (3, 3 e 3) e i Paesi Bassi
che hanno chiuso con 6 medaglie (3, 1 e 2).

2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024

Sotto l’aspetto tecnico da segnalare in campo femminile l’eccezionale prestazione della belga, campionessa del mondo su strada, Lotte Kopecky che, nella serata di sabato, in 19 minuti ha conquistato i titoli della corsa a punti e dell’eliminazione. Le tedesche Emma Hinze, Pauline Grabosch e Lea Sophie Friedrich si sono confermate, un anno dopo Grenchen 2023, nella Velocità a Squadre (Friederich ha anche conquistato il titolo nel Keirin), mentre le britanniche Emma Finucane e Katy Marchant si sono imposte rispettivamente nella Velocità e nei 500 metri, la norvegese Anita Stenberg nella corsa a punti e l’Italia nell’Inseguimento a squadre.

2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – Men’s 1km Time Trial – Matteo Bianchi (Italy) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024

Tra gli uomini, a fare da padroni nelle gare del settore della velocità sono state le star di casa, in modo
particolare Harrie Lavreysen che, dopo essersi imposto nella Velocità a squadre con Jeffrey Hoogland,
Roy van den Berg e Tijmen van Loon, ha conquisto i titoli della velocità e del Keirin mentre il giovane
Matteo Bianchi ha regalato all’Italia un oro storico nel chilometro. Doppietta per i britannici Daniel Bigham ed Ethan Hayter che, oltre ad essersi imposti rispettivamente nell’Inseguimento Individuale e nell’Omnium, hanno fatto parte della formazione che ha vinto l’oro nell’Inseguimento a Squadre con Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon e Charlie Tanfield.

2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – Men’s 1km Time Trial – Matteo Bianchi (Italy) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024

La prossima edizione dei Campionati Europei su pista per la categoria Elite si terrà ad Heusden-Zolder
(Belgio) dal 12 al 16 Febbraio 2025.

2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – WomenÕs 500 m TT – Katy Marchant (GBR) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – Taky Marie Divine Kouame /FRA) – WomenÕs 500 m TT – Katy Marchant (GBR) – Pauline Sophie Grabosch (GER) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 1 – 10/01/2024 – Men’s Elimination – Tobias Hansen (Denmark) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 1 – 10/01/2024 – Men’s Elimination – Tobias Hansen (Denmark) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – Men’s Team Pursuit – Ethan Hayter (Great Britain) – Dan Bigham (Great Britain) – Ethan Vernon (Great Britain) – Charlie Tanfield (Great Britain) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – Men’s Team Pursuit – Ethan Hayter (Great Britain) – Dan Bigham (Great Britain) – Ethan Vernon (Great Britain) – Charlie Tanfield (Great Britain) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – WomenÕs Team Pursuit – Vittoria Guazzini (Italy) – Elisa Balsamo (Italy) – Letizia Paternoster (Italy) – Martina Fidanza (Italy) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – WomenÕs Team Pursuit – Elisa Balsamo (Italy) – Martina Fidanza (Italy) – Letizia Paternoster (Italy) – Vittoria Guazzini (Italy) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – WomenÕs Team Pursuit – Elisa Balsamo (Italy) – Martina Fidanza (Italy) – Letizia Paternoster (Italy) – Vittoria Guazzini (Italy) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – Men’s 1km Time Trial – Matteo Bianchi (Italy) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – Men’s 1km Time Trial – Matteo Bianchi (Italy) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – WomenÕs Elimination – Lotte Kopeky (BEL) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – WomenÕs point race – Lotte Kopeky (BEL) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 3 – 12/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – Men’s Madison – Roger Kluge (Germany) – Theo Reinhardt (Germany) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – Men’s Madison – Roger Kluge (Germany) – Theo Reinhardt (Germany) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – MenÕs Omnium – Ethan Hayter (GBR) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – MenÕs Omnium – Ethan Hayter (GBR) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 3 – 12/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – MenÕs Omnium – Ethan Hayter (GBR) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 3 – 12/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 3 – 12/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 5 – 14/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – WomenÕs point race – Lotte Kopeky (BEL) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – WomenÕs point race – Lotte Kopeky (BEL) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – WomenÕs Elimination – Lotte Kopeky (BEL) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – WomenÕs point race – Lotte Kopeky (BEL) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – Scenery – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 3 – 12/01/2024 – Scenery – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – Scenery – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – Scenery – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – Scenery – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – Scenery – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – Scenery – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 3 – 12/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 3 – 12/01/2024 – Men’s Scratch Race – Iuri Leitao (Portugal) – Tim Waller (Austria) – Tobias Hansen (Denmark) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – WomenÕs Scratch Race – Clara Copponi (France) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 2 – 11/01/2024 – WomenÕs Scratch Race – Lani Wittenvrongel (Belgium) – Clara Copponi (France) – Martina Fidanza (Italy) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – MenÕs Sprint – Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 4 – 13/01/2024 – MenÕs Sprint – Harrie Lavreysen (Netherlands) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 3 – 12/01/2024 – – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 3 – 12/01/2024 – Women’s Sprint – Lea Sophie Friedrich (Germany) – Emma Finucane (Great Britain) – Emma Hinze (Germany) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 3 – 12/01/2024 – Women’s Sprint – Emma Finucane (Great Britain) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 1 – 10/01/2024 – Team Sprint – Jeffrey Hoogland (NED) – Harrie Lavreysen (NED) – Roy van den Berg and – Tijm van Loon (NED) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024
2024 UEC Track Elite European Championships – Apeldoorn (Netherlands) – Day 1 – 10/01/2024 – Team Sprint – Jeffrey Hoogland (NED) – Harrie Lavreysen (NED) – Roy van den Berg – Tijm van Loon (NED) – photo Roberto Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2024