You can rely on the German sprinters. On the first day of the European Championships in Apeldoorn, the men clearly won the team sprint with the best time of the day ahead of France. The Russian sprinters secured third place, beating the British team around the two Olympic champions Philip Hindes and Jason Kenny in the small final.
For the German team it was the fourth title in a row. However, Robert Förstemann replaced the position of sprint world champion Stefan Bötticher, who had secured the rainbow jersey in Minsk in February together with René Enders and Maximilian Levy.
In the women's category, Miriam Welte and Kristina Vogel won silver. The Olympic champions and reigning world champions had to admit defeat to the Russian team in the final in their parade discipline. Bronze went to the British duo.
In the men's points race, Italian Cannondale pro Elia Viviani prevailed over the competition. He relegated Thomas Boudat (France) and Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spain) to their places. Theo Reinhardt was 15th. Kirsten Wild from the Netherlands won the women's race. She prevailed in an exciting race against the British Dani King and the Spaniard Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro. Stephanie Pohl took a good fifth place.
The British Olympic champions confidently secured the team pursuit. In the final they beat Russia with a time of 4:02.258 minutes. The team from the Netherlands took third place. The German team with Maximilian Beyer, Henning Bommel, Theo Reinhardt and Kersten Thiele took 13th place.
Similar to the men, the British team also dominated the women's competition. After their victory at the Olympics in London in 2012, the women's four now also celebrated gold at the European Championships. And with a more than outstanding performance. In the final, the British were a full nine seconds ahead of Poland. Bronze went to the team from Russia. The German women's four around Lisa Fischer, Mieke Kröger, Lisa Küllmer and Stephanie Pohl finished eighth.
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