{{see also|2014 European Track Championships (under-23 & junior)}} {{Infobox cycling championship | image = Vélodrome Amédée Detraux 2015 03.jpg | venue = [[Baie-Mahault]], [[Guadeloupe]], France | date = 16–19 October 2014 | velodrome = [[Vélodrome Amédée Détraux]] | nations = [[#Participating nations|23]] | cyclists = 219 (93 women, 125 men) | events = [[#Events|19]] (9 women, 10 men) | previous = [[2013 UEC European Track Championships|2013]] | next = [[2015 UEC European Track Championships|2015]] }}
The '''2014 UEC European Track Championships''' was the fifth edition of the elite [[UEC European Track Championships]] in [[track cycling]] and took place at the [[Vélodrome Amédée Détraux]] in [[Baie-Mahault]], [[Guadeloupe]], France, between 16 and 19 October. The Event was organised by the [[European Cycling Union]]. All European champions are awarded the [[UEC European Champion jersey]] which may be worn by the champion throughout the year when competing in the same event at other competitions.
The programme for the 2014 championships was considerably extended, and all [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championship]] track events were held; ten [[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Olympic events]], ([[sprint (cycling)|sprint]], [[team sprint]], [[keirin]], [[team pursuit]] and [[omnium]], for both men and women), for which qualification points for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] were available for the first time, and nine non-Olympic events; the men's [[madison (cycling)|madison]] race and [[points race]]s, [[scratch race]]s, sprint [[time trials]] (1000 metres for men, 500 metres for women) and [[individual pursuit]]s for both genders were held as part of the championships. The omnium was held in its new format for the first time, ending with the points race, rather than the sprint time trial.
Unusually, the event was held on a fully outdoor concrete track with a 333-metre circumference, as opposed to the now standard 250 metre indoor wooden velodromes normally used in such events. As a result, several of the events (team sprints, omniums and points races) will be held over non-standard distances.
In addition, the event took place outside continental Europe for the first time, being held in the French caribbean province department of Guadeloupe.
==Summary==
Great Britain topped the medal table with six golds, including a clean sweep of team and individual pursuit titles. Germany won the most medals, with thirteen including a fifth successive men's [[team sprint]] title, while Russia were second on golds, with four, and medals with eleven. There was a first ever medal for Austria, gold in the men's madison.
The most successful individual was Russia's [[Anastasiia Voinova]] with three gold medals.
The redesigned omnium event, where all points won in the first five events go forward into the final points race, was held in its new format for the first time. Despite the change, [[Laura Kenny|Laura Trott]] of Great Britain defended her title in the women's edition to retain her claim as most successful cyclist in the history of the event with six golds. 2013 points race winner, [[Elia Viviani]] of Italy won the men's event, having entered the final points race already with a clear lead. [[Katie Archibald]] became the first winner of the women's individual pursuit at the championships. In doing so she ended British team-mate [[Joanna Rowsell Shand|Joanna Rowsell]]'s monopoly on all available major international team and individual pursuit titles.<ref>{{cite web |title=Joanna Rowsell not expecting European gold as she builds towards the 2015 Track World Cycling Championships |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011001638/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/11171533/Joanna-Rowsell-not-expecting-European-gold-as-she-builds-towards-the-2015-Track-World-Cycling-Championships.html |archive-date=2016-10-11 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/11171533/Joanna-Rowsell-not-expecting-European-gold-as-she-builds-towards-the-2015-Track-World-Cycling-Championships.html}}</ref>
[[Ed Clancy]]'s team pursuit gold made him the most successful male rider in the events history with five gold medals and one bronze medal in total. [[Grégory Baugé]]'s sprint gold was his first, and was won on home soil, as Bauge was born in Guadeloupe.
Events were delayed on a number of occasions by rain on the outdoor track, and times in the timed events were, as expected, significantly slower than usual.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uec.ch/results/2014/guadaloupe/results_book.pdf |title=Results Book |publisher=UEC |access-date=3 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125142238/http://uec.ch/results/2014/guadaloupe/results_book.pdf |archive-date=2015-11-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Participating nations== 218 cyclists (93 women, 125 men) from 23 nations participated at the championships. The number of cyclists per nation is shown in parentheses.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uec.ch/results/2014/guadaloupe/strat_list_women.pdf |title=Start list women |access-date=2014-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024153/http://uec.ch/results/2014/guadaloupe/strat_list_women.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://uec.ch/results/2014/guadaloupe/strat_list_men.pdf |title=Start list men |access-date=2014-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002429/http://uec.ch/results/2014/guadaloupe/strat_list_men.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * {{flagcountry|AUT}} (2) * {{flagcountry|AZE}} (4) * {{flagcountry|BLR}} <small>''([[Belarus at the European Track Championships|details]])''</small> (14) * {{flagcountry|BEL}} (10) * {{flagcountry|CZE}} (6) * {{flagcountry|DEN}} (6) * {{flagcountry|FIN}} (3) * {{flagu|France}} (19) '''(host)''' * {{flagu|Germany}} (17) * {{flagcountry|GRE}} (5) * {{flagu|Great Britain}} <small>''([[Great Britain at the European Track Championships|details]])''</small> (15) * {{flagcountry|HUN}} (1) * {{flagcountry|IRE}} (11) * {{flagu|Italy}} (12) * {{flagcountry|LTU}} (9) * {{flagcountry|NED}} <small>''([[Netherlands at the European Track Championships|details]])''</small> (11) * {{flagcountry|POL}} (14) * {{flagu|Russia}} (22) * {{flagcountry|SLO}} (1) * {{flagcountry|SUI}} (7) * {{flagcountry|ESP}} (15) * {{flagcountry|TUR}} (1) * {{flagcountry|UKR}} (13) {{div col end}}
==Events== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} |- style="background:#ccc; width:100%;" | colspan=7 | '''Men's Events''' |- | [[Sprint (cycling)|Sprint]] <br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint}} | '''[[Grégory Baugé]]<br /><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>'''|| | [[Damian Zieliński]]<br /><small>{{POL}}</small>|| | [[Robert Förstemann]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>|| |- | [[Team sprint]] <sup>§</sup> <br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint}} | '''{{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Robert Förstemann]]<br />[[Tobias Wächter]]<br />[[Joachim Eilers]]''' || 59.602 | {{flagu|France}}<br />[[Grégory Baugé]]<br />[[Kévin Sireau]]<br />[[Michaël D'Almeida]] || 59.820 | {{flagu|Russia}}<br />[[Pavel Yakushevskiy]]<br />[[Denis Dmitriev]]<br />[[Nikita Shurshin]] || 1:00.061 |- | [[Keirin]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin}} |''' [[Joachim Eilers]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>'''|| | [[Matthijs Büchli]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Netherlands}}</small>|| | [[Denis Dmitriev]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>|| |- style="background:#eee; width:100%;" | [[track time trial|1 km time trial]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's 1 km time trial}} | '''[[Callum Skinner]]<br /><small>{{GBR2}}</small>'''|| 1:02.399 | [[Joachim Eilers]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small> || 1:02.474 | [[Quentin Lafargue]]<br /><small>{{flagu|France}}</small> || 1:02.734 |- | [[Omnium]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium}} | '''[[Elia Viviani]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small> '''|| 219 pts | [[Jon Dibben]]<br /><small>{{GBR2}}</small> || 198 pts | [[Unai Elorriaga]]<br /><small>{{ESP}}</small> || 179 pts |- | [[Team pursuit]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit}} |'''{{GBR2}}<br /> [[Ed Clancy]]<br />[[Andy Tennant (cyclist)|Andy Tennant]]<br />[[Owain Doull]]<br />[[Jon Dibben]] ''' || 4:11.545 | {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Henning Bommel]]<br />[[Theo Reinhardt]]<br />[[Nils Schomber]]<br />[[Kersten Thiele]]<br />''[[Leon Rohde]]'' || 4:12.342 | {{flagu|Russia}}<br />[[Alexey Kurbatov]]<br />[[Evgeny Kovalev]]<br />[[Ivan Kovalev (cyclist)|Ivan Kovalev]]<br />[[Alexander Serov (cyclist)|Alexander Serov]]<br />''[[Artur Ershov]]'' || 4:13.318 |- style="background:#eee; width:100%;" | [[Individual pursuit]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit}} | '''[[Andy Tennant (cyclist)|Andy Tennant]]<br /><small>{{GBR2}}</small>'''||4:32.686 | [[Alexander Evtushenko]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>||4:34.954 | [[Kersten Thiele]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>||4:32.878 |- style="background:#eee; width:100%;" | [[Points race]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race}} | '''[[Benjamin Thomas (cyclist)|Benjamin Thomas]]<br /><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>'''|| 37 pts | [[Liam Bertazzo]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>|| 30 pts | [[Henning Bommel]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>|| 24 pts |- style="background:#eee; width:100%;" | [[Scratch race]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's scratch}} | '''[[Otto Vergaerde]]<br /><small>{{BEL}}</small>'''|| | [[Eloy Teruel]]<br /><small>{{ESP}}</small>|| | [[Ed Clancy]]<br /><small>{{GBR2}}</small>|| 1 lap down |- style="background:#eee; width:100%;" | [[Madison (cycling)|Madison]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison}} |'''{{AUT}}<br />[[Andreas Graf]]<br />[[Andreas Müller (cyclist)|Andreas Müller]]'''|| 6 pts | {{BEL}}<br />[[Otto Vergaerde]]<br />[[Kenny De Ketele]] || 21 pts<br />(1 lap down) | {{flagu|France}}<br />[[Vivien Brisse]]<br />[[Morgan Kneisky]] || 18 pts<br />(1 lap down) |- style="background:#ccc; width:100%;" | colspan=7 | '''Women's Events''' |- | [[Sprint (cycling)|Sprint]] <br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint}} | '''[[Anastasiia Voinova]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>'''|| | [[Tania Calvo]]<br /><small>{{ESP}}</small>|| | [[Kristina Vogel]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>|| |- | [[Team sprint]] <sup>§</sup> <br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint}} | '''{{flagu|Russia}}<br />[[Elena Brezhniva]]<br />[[Anastasiia Voinova]]<br />''[[Daria Shmeleva]]'''''|| 44.341 | {{flagu|Germany}}<br />[[Miriam Welte]]<br />[[Kristina Vogel]] || 44.623 | {{flagu|Netherlands}}<br />[[Elis Ligtlee]]<br />[[Shanne Braspennincx]]|| 45.302 |- | [[Keirin]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin}} | '''[[Kristina Vogel]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>'''|| | [[Elena Brezhniva]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>|| | [[Shanne Braspennincx]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Netherlands}}</small>|| |- style="background:#eee; width:100%;" | [[Track time trial|500 m time trial]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Women's 500 m time trial}} | '''[[Anastasiia Voinova]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>'''|| 34.242 | [[Elis Ligtlee]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Netherlands}}</small>|| 34.776 | [[Miriam Welte]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>|| 34.842 |- | [[Omnium]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium}} | '''[[Laura Kenny|Laura Trott]]<br /><small>{{GBR2}}</small>''' || 199 pts | [[Jolien D'Hoore]]<br /><small>{{BEL}}</small> || 198 pts | [[Anna Knauer]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>|| 167 pts |- | [[Team pursuit]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit}} | '''{{GBR2}}<br />[[Katie Archibald]]<br />[[Elinor Barker]]<br />[[Ciara Horne]]<br />[[Laura Kenny|Laura Trott]]<br />''[[Joanna Rowsell Shand|Joanna Rowsell]]''''' || 4:38.391 | {{flagu|Russia}}<br />[[Tamara Balabolina]]<br />[[Irina Molicheva]]<br />[[Aleksandra Goncharova (cyclist)|Aleksandra Goncharova]]<br />[[Evgenia Romanyuta]]<br />''[[Alexandra Chekina]]'' || 4:45.364 | {{flagu|Italy}}<br />[[Simona Frapporti]]<br />[[Beatrice Bartelloni]]<br />[[Tatiana Guderzo]]<br />[[Silvia Valsecchi]]<br />''[[Maria Giulia Confalonieri]]'' || 4:42.018 |- style="background:#eee; width:100%;" | [[Individual pursuit]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Women's individual pursuit}} | ''' [[Katie Archibald]]<br /><small>{{GBR2}}</small>'''|| 3:40.136 | [[Mieke Kröger]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Germany}}</small>|| 3:42.153 | [[Vilija Sereikaitė]]<br /><small>{{LTU}}</small>|| 3:45.811 |- style="background:#eee; width:100%;" | [[Scratch race]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Women's scratch}} |''' [[Evgenia Romanyuta]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Russia}}</small>'''|| | [[Laurie Berthon]]<br /><small>{{flagu|France}}</small>|| | [[Elena Cecchini]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>|| |- style="background:#eee; width:100%;" | [[Points race]]<br />{{DetailsLink|2014 UEC European Track Championships – Women's points race}} | '''[[Eugenia Bujak]]<br /><small>{{POL}}</small>'''|| 21 pts | [[Kelly Druyts]]<br /><small>{{BEL}}</small>|| 14 pts | [[Elena Cecchini]]<br /><small>{{flagu|Italy}}</small>|| 14 pts |}
§ = raced over non-standard distance (men=1000 metres, women=660 metres) * shaded events are non-Olympic * riders named in ''italics'' did not contest the corresponding finals
==Medal table== {{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = flagu | event = | team = | gold_GBR = 6 | silver_GBR = 1 | bronze_GBR = 1 | gold_RUS = 4 | silver_RUS = 3 | bronze_RUS = 3 | gold_GER = 3 | silver_GER = 4 | bronze_GER = 6 | gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 2 | gold_BEL = 1 | silver_BEL = 3 | bronze_BEL = 0 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 3 | gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 0 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 0 | gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 2 | bronze_NED = 2 | gold_SPA = 0 | silver_SPA = 2 | bronze_SPA = 1 | gold_LTU = 0 | silver_LTU = 0 | bronze_LTU = 1 }}
==References== {{reflist}}
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