2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit

Women's team pursuit
at the 2013 UEC European Track Championships
Women's team pursuit ; at the 2013 UEC European Track Championships
	UEC European Champion jersey
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn
Date	18 October
Competitors	37 from 9 nations
Winning time	4:26.556 WR
Medalists
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The Women's team pursuit at the 2013 UEC European Track Championships was held on 18 October 2013. 9 nations participated.^[1] This was the first time the event had been held in the new four person, 4000 metres format. Notwithstanding the change in format, the event continued to be dominated by Great Britain, who won the final against Poland in a new world record.^[2]

Results edit

The event was held over two rounds, both run on the same day. all teams competed in the qualification round, while the teams with the fastest 2 teams raced for gold in the final. The teams with the third and fourth fast times raced in the bronze medal final. The Great Britain team set a new world record in qualification, bettering their own previous mark. In the final, with a slightly revised line up, they repeated the feat against fellow finalists Poland to set a second world record. In the bronze medal ride off, russia held off the team from Belgium for the last medal.

Qualifying edit

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
1	Laura Trott Joanna Rowsell Elinor Barker Katie Archibald	Great Britain	4:28.738	Q, WR
2	Katarzyna Pawłowska Eugenia Bujak Małgorzata Wojtyra Edyta Jasińska	Poland	4:38.229	Q
3	Aleksandra Chekina Evgenia Romanyuta Gulnaz Badykova Maria Mishina	Russia	4:38.304	q
4	Evelyn Arys Els Belmans Jolien D'Hoore Kelly Druyts	Belgium	4:40.953	q
5	Ivanna Borovychenko Valeriya Kononenko Anna Nahirna Hanna Solovey	Ukraine	4:41.990
6	Beatrice Bartelloni Elena Cecchini Simona Frapporti Chiara Vannucci	Italy	4:42.073
7	Volha Masiukovich Polina Pivavarava Ina Savenka Marina Shmayankova	Belarus	4:44.195
8	Lisa Fischer Mieke Kröger Lisa Küllmer Stephanie Pohl	Germany	4:44.241
9	Aušrinė Trebaitė Roberta Pilkausaitė Vitalija Sereikaitė Eglė Zablockytė	Lithuania	5:00.623

Finals edit

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Notes
	Laura Trott Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Dani King	Great Britain	4:26.556	WR
	Katarzyna Pawłowska Eugenia Bujak Małgorzata Wojtyra Edyta Jasińska	Poland	4:35.957
	Aleksandra Chekina Evgenia Romanyuta Gulnaz Badykova Maria Mishina	Russia	4:34.491
4	Evelyn Arys Els Belmans Jolien D'Hoore Kelly Druyts	Belgium	4:43.337

References edit

^ "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
^ title= trackcyclingnews.com | url=http://www.trackcyclingnews.com/euros13-wtp.html Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Start list" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2013-10-18.

[2] title= trackcyclingnews.com | url=http://www.trackcyclingnews.com/euros13-wtp.html Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine

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