2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint

The men's team sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February 2018 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.[1][2]

Men's team sprint
at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
VenueOmnisport Apeldoorn
LocationApeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates28 February
Competitors44 from 13 nations
Teams13
Winning time42.727
Medalists
gold medal    Netherlands
silver medal    Great Britain
bronze medal    France
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Results edit

Qualifying edit

The eight fastest teams advance to the first round.[3]

Rank Nation Time Behind Notes
1   Netherlands
Nils van 't Hoenderdaal
Harrie Lavreysen
Jeffrey Hoogland
42.869 Q
2   France
François Pervis
Sébastien Vigier
Quentin Lafargue
43.389 +0.520 Q
3   Germany
Robert Förstemann
Maximilian Levy
Joachim Eilers
43.452 +0.583 Q
4   Great Britain
Jack Carlin
Ryan Owens
Joseph Truman
43.553 +0.684 Q
5   New Zealand
Ethan Mitchell
Sam Webster
Eddie Dawkins
43.736 +0.867 Q
6   Russia
Alexander Sharapov
Pavel Yakushevskiy
Aleksandr Dubchenko
43.905 +1.036 Q
7   Japan
Kazuki Amagai
Yudai Nitta
Kazunari Watanabe
44.240 +1.371 Q
8   Czech Republic
Pavel Kelemen
Martin Čechman
Robin Wagner
44.410 +1.541 Q
9   China
Li Jianxin
Luo Yongjia
Bi Wenjun
44.524 +1.655
10   Spain
Alejandro Martínez
Juan Peralta
José Moreno Sánchez
44.665 +1.796
11   Colombia
Kevin Quintero
Rubén Murillo
Santiago Ramírez
45.137 +2.268
12   Belarus
Yauhen Veramchuk
Artsiom Zaitsau
Uladzislau Novik
45.227 +2.358
13   Poland
Rafał Sarnecki
Mateusz Rudyk
Krzysztof Maksel
REL[A]
43.505
  • A Poland were relegated "for incorrect change" (Art 3.2.153)

First round edit

First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastest
Heat 2: 3rd v 6th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 7th fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 8th fastest

The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.[4]

Rank Overall Rank Name Nation Time Behind Notes
4 vs 5
1 2 Jack Carlin
Philip Hindes
Jason Kenny
  Great Britain 43.434 QG
2 6 Ethan Mitchell
Sam Webster
Eddie Dawkins
  New Zealand 44.146 +0.712
3 vs 6
1 3 Alexander Sharapov
Pavel Yakushevskiy
Aleksandr Dubchenko
  Russia 43.557 QB
2 5 Stefan Bötticher
Maximilian Levy
Joachim Eilers
  Germany 43.594 +0.037
2 vs 7
1 4 François Pervis
Sébastien Vigier
Michaël D'Almeida
  France 43.737 QB
2 8 Kazuki Amagai
Yudai Nitta
Kazunari Watanabe
  Japan REL[B]
1 vs 8
1 1 Nils van 't Hoenderdaal
Harrie Lavreysen
Matthijs Büchli
  Netherlands 43.234 QG
2 7 Pavel Kelemen
Martin Čechman
Robin Wagner
  Czech Republic 44.559 +1.325
  • QG = qualified for gold medal final
  • QB = qualified for bronze medal final
  • B Japan were relegated "for two false start[s]" (Art 3.2.155)

Finals edit

The final was started at 20:36.[5]

Rank Name Nation Time Behind Notes
Gold medal race
  Nils van 't Hoenderdaal
Harrie Lavreysen
Jeffrey Hoogland
  Netherlands 42.727 CR
  Jack Carlin
Ryan Owens
Jason Kenny
  Great Britain 43.231 +0.504
Bronze medal race
  François Pervis
Sébastien Vigier
Quentin Lafargue
  France 43.373
4 Alexander Sharapov
Pavel Yakushevskiy
Aleksandr Dubchenko
  Russia 43.584 +0.211

References edit

  1. ^ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-02-28. Retrieved 2018-02-26.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Qualifying results
  4. ^ First round results
  5. ^ Final results