‘Hattrick’ Harrie Lavreysen from Luyksgestel won the silver with his team at the European Baan cycling European Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. Beforehand was hoped in a place with the best four, because the Netherlands did not take on the familiar and successful team. There was even more (Brabants) success with the women: Hetty van de Wouw from Kaatsheuvel became European champion with her team.
The Dutch men, with Lavreysen, Loris Leneman and Tijmen van Loon, a composition with which a large tournament was never participated, reached the final surprisingly .. France was too strong in that: 42,609 compared to 43,253. On the team sprint, three riders from whom a track will send out after each round.
Roy van den Berg and Jeffrey Hoogland, the riders with whom Lavreysen won gold several times at the Olympic Games, World Cups and European Championships, let the European Championship shoot. They focus on the World Cup, in October in Chile.
Gold for team sprints
The Dutch team sprints, with Hetty van de Wouw from Kaatsheuvel, therefore took the gold in Heusden-Zolder. Van de Wouw, Kimberley Kalee and Steffie van der Peet defeated the team of Great Britain in the final: 46,322 against 46,929.
In the qualifications and the first round, the Orange rides were already faster than the British women, who are reigning Olympic and World Champions. Those titles were achieved with a different composition. This time Rhianna Parris-Smith, Lauren Bell and Rhian Edmunds rode. The bronze was for Germany, which defeated Poland.
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