Cycling: At the European Track Cycling Championships in Apeldoorn, the BDR can celebrate the first medal right at the start. Lea Sophie Friedrich and Emma Hinze were only beaten by the Russians in the team sprint.
Friedrich & Hinze ensure a successful start to the Track Cycling World Championships
The European Track Cycling Championships 2011 started today in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, on the World Championship track from 2018 and 2019. The fastest men and women will be going in circles here until October 20th. The BDR faces a major challenge. Because both the women's and the men's squad has changed noticeably compared to the years before. While the accident series world champion Kristina Vogel will not return, just like Miriam Welte after the end of her career, defending champion Stefan Böttcher and ex-world champion Joachim Eilers will be absent due to injury. Nevertheless, the Germans are to be expected. Lea Sophie Friedrich and Emma Hinze demonstrated this impressively right from the start. The duo won in Women's team sprint Silver behind Russia and ahead of the Netherlands. Marc Jurczyk, Eric Engler and Maximilian Levy in fourth place only just missed out on a medal when the Dutch won Men's team sprint.
national coach Detlef Uibel:
“We can be very satisfied with the medal, especially with regard to the points gained for the Olympic qualification. Things haven't gone smoothly yet, but it's a good start for both of them."
German record of pursuers
The European Track Cycling Championships opened at 19 p.m. local time Ladies scratch. Charlotte Becker was only 21st and last place. The 36-year-old put everything on one card and attacked early in the race. After the failed German attack, Britain's Emily Nelson won gold. Things went much better for Germany in the Women's team pursuit. Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein, Franziska Brausse and Mieke Kröger once again set a German record - both in qualifying and in the main round. With the best time, the quartet qualified for the final. The world record holders from Great Britain are now waiting there. Felix Groß, Theo Reinhardt, Domenic Weinstein and Nils Schomber were the Danes in the Men's team pursuit clearly inferior after 3:53,974 minutes. While the Germans were only fifth, the Swiss will compete against Great Britain in the small final on Thursday for bronze. At the Men's Elimination Elia Viviani was allowed to celebrate gold. The Italian won ahead of Frenchman Bryan Coquard. Both are mainly active on the street.
ELIA VIVIANI, BE UNO SPETTACOLO!
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