The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC). They were first held in their current format in 2010, when elite level cyclists competed for the first time following an overhaul of European track cycling.

In line with cycling tradition, winners of an event at the championships are presented with, in addition to the gold medal, a special, identifiable jersey. This UEC European Champion jersey is a white and blue jersey with gold stars. Gold stars on a blue background have been an identifiably European symbol since the adoption of the Flag of Europe by the Council of Europe.

Founding of the modern Elite Championships

In 2010 the UEC instigated a significant overhaul of how cyclists qualify for the Olympic Games. As a result, the European Championships was also introduced for elite level European cyclists. The first elite championships thereafter took place at the beginning of November 2010. It followed the same ten event schedule for the 2012 Olympics but also included the Madison "due to popular demand". Over the following decade the event grew to include a full programme of World Championship disciplines.

Prior to 2010, championship events were run under the same name, but solely for junior and under-23 cyclists, and the 2010 event is therefore recognised as the first elite level senior championships. The first European Track Championships of any description were held in Berlin in 1886 and featured only 5 km and 10 km men's scratch races. Since 2010, separate annual European championships for under-23 and junior riders have continued, but described explicitly as such.

The most successful nation since the inauguration of the elite event is Great Britain, the event's genesis coinciding with Britain's rise to dominance in world track cycling. The most successful individual rider in the history of the Elite event is Katie Archibald of Great Britain, who has won, as of the 2023 UEC European Track Championships, 20 European titles. Among nations in the championships, aside from Great Britain itself, only Russia, Germany, Netherlands and France have won more gold medals than Archibald. Other European track cycling competitions The UEC agreed with the governing bodies of six other major European sports from 2018 to integrate its four Olympic-class events, including track cycling, into the new European Championships event on a quadrennial basis. Beginning with 2018, every fourth edition of the competition was to form part of the multi-sport event. The event, however, was cancelled in 2026 and the Championships returned to a stand-alone format.

While track cycling also forms part of the 2019 European Games in Minsk, these events are not regarded as European Championships but as the Cycling programme of the European Games, and the UEC event will also be held later in the same year. Conversely, the events held in Glasgow in 2018, and Munich in 2022 as part of the multi-sport European Championships are treated as official UEA championships

Elite Competitions (2010-present) Editions Number Year Date Country City Velodrome Events1 2010 5–7 November Pruszków BGŻ Arena 112 2011 21–23 October Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn 133 2012 19–21 October Panevėžys Cido Arena 134 2013 18–20 October Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn 135 2014 16–19 October Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe Vélodrome Amédée Détraux 196 2015 14–18 October Grenchen Velodrome Suisse 217 2016 19–23 October Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines 228 2017 18–22 October Berlin Velodrom 239 2018 2–7 August Glasgow Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome 2210 2019 16–20 October Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn 2211 2020 11–15 November Plovdiv Kolodruma 2212 2021 5–9 October Grenchen Tissot Velodrome 2213 2022 11–16 August Munich Neue Messe München 2214 2023 8–12 February Grenchen Tissot Velodrome 2215 2024 10–14 January Apeldoorn Omnisport Apeldoorn 2216 2025 12–16 February Heusden-Zolder 2217 2026 1–5 February Konya Konya Velodrome 22

Venues

All-time medal table

Updated to the 2026 UEC European Track Championships: Source:

Most successful riders Below is a table of the most successful male and female riders at the European Track Cycling Championships from 2010 onwards. The most successful rider of either sex is Katie Archibald, with 21 European titles and 28 medals; in the history of the Championships, only Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy and Russia, in addition to her own nation, have won more gold medals than Archibald. The most successful male athlete is Dutch sprinter Jeffrey Hoogland on 14 gold medals and 18 medals total, the same numbers as Archibald's Madison and team pursuit partner Laura Kenny. Kenny was the first rider to reach ten championship jerseys, a feat only equalled by Archibald, their fellow Brit Elinor Barker, Hoogland, and Russian sprint pair Anastasia Voynova and Daria Shmeleva.

up to date after 2023 UEC European Track Championships.

Male NoAthleteNation Total Years Events1Jeffrey Hoogland1522192015–2024Team sprint, sprint, Kilo and keirin2Harrie Lavreysen1422182017–2025Team sprint, sprint and keirin3Ben Thomas924152014–2023Team pursuit, Points race, Scratch race and omnium4Elia Viviani813122012–2022Team pursuit, Points Race, Eliminator, omnium and Madison5Maximilian Levy62192010–2020team sprint, sprint, keirinRoy van den Berg61182016–2024Team sprint, sprintSebastián Mora 60172015–2022Scratch race, Points race, Madison and omnium.Andy Tennant60062010–2016Team pursuit, individual pursuit.

Female NoAthleteNation Total Years Events1Katie Archibald2051262013–2023Team pursuit, individual pursuit, Scratch race, points race, eliminator, omnium and Madison.2Laura Kenny1431182010–2020Team pursuit, Scratch race, Eliminator, omnium and Madison.3Anastasia Voynova1362212012–2021Team sprint, sprint and 500 m time trial4Daria Shmeleva1236212012–2021Team sprint, sprint, keirin and 500 m time trial5Elinor Barker1021132013–2023Team pursuit, Eliminator, Madison and Scratch race.

Golden 'hat-tricks'. No rider has won four gold medals at a single championships. The following riders have won a 'hat-trick' of three gold medals at a single championships on at least one occasion, the first being the Russian sprinter Anastasia Voynova in 2014: Katie Archibald of Great Britain has achieved the feat on three separate occasions, a record, with three different combinations of events, and is the only rider to achieve such a 'hat-trick' without winning gold in either the team pursuit or team sprint. The most hat-tricks claimed in one championships was in the 2023 championships when Archibald and sprinters Harrie Lavreysen of the Netherlands, and Lea Friedrich of Germany won three golds apiece. Uniquely, all three won their respective 'Olympic' trebles by winning all three available golds in their Olympic events - Team pursuit, Omnium and Madison for Archibald, Team sprint, sprint and keirin for Lavreysen and Friedrich, a feat achieved by no rider prior to 2023. Lavreysen repeated his hat-trick in 2024, the first rider to do an 'Olympic' hat-trick twice.

Riders are listed in order of their first 'hat-trick':

+RiderNationHat-tricksYearsEventsAnastasia Voynova22014Sprint, Team sprint, 500m TT2019Sprint, Team sprint, 500m TTJeffrey Hoogland22015Sprint, Team sprint, Kilo2021Team sprint, Keirin, KiloKatie Archibald32016Team pursuit, Pursuit, Elimination race2021Omnium, Madison, Scratch race2023Team pursuit, Omnium, MadisonHarrie Lavreysen22023Sprint, Team sprint, Keirin2024Sprint, Team sprint, KeirinLaura Kenny12016Team pursuit, Omnium, Scratch raceDaria Shmeleva12018Sprint, Team sprint, 500m TTEmma Hinze12022Sprint, Team sprint, 500m TTLea Friedrich12023Sprint, Team sprint, Keirin

Most successful in each event 22 Events are held as part of the European championships. The table below summarises the most successful athlete and nation in each of the 22 separate events. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of golds, silvers and bronze respectively won by the athlete or nation in that specific event. Athletes and nations are differentiated in the standard way, first by number of golds, then silvers, then bronze medals. Although both the Omnium and Madison had stand alone championships prior to 2010, only those contested at the European Track Cycling Championships from that year forward are included.

The most dominant rider in a single event is Laura Kenny who has won the women's team pursuit on eight occasions. This is also the event where a single nation is most dominant; Great Britain have won nine of the editions of the team pursuit, and medalled on a further two occasions. Kenny is also the most dominant rider in any event for individual riders, with four gold and two silver medals across various editions of the omnium. The records for medals in a single event is the 13 medals won by Russia in the 500 metre time trial.

Katie Archibald holds the unique distinction of having been a European Champion across seven different events; team pursuit (7), individual pursuit (4), Scratch race (1), points race (1), Eliminator (1), omnium (4) and madison (2).

This table does not include freestanding senior European Championships held prior to the 2010 UEC European Track Championships. Up to date after 2025 UEC European Track Championships. +EventMenWomenBest Male AthleteBest Nation (male)Best Female AthleteBest Nation (female)Team Sprint (men/women) (7/0/1) (7/1/1) (7/1/1) (8/1/1)Sprint (men/women) (4/1/1) (6/4/1) (3/4/0) (4/5/2)Keirin (men/women) (4/0/0) (6/2/1) (4/1/0) (6/2/1)Kilo/500m (men/women) (4/0/0) (5/2/1) (4/1/2) (7/2/4)Team pursuit (men/women) (5/0/0) (6/2/5) (8/0/0) (9/2/1)Individual pursuit (men/women) (2/1/0) (3/3/1) (4/1/1) (6/2/4)Points Race (men/women) (3/1/0) (4/2/2) (3/0/0) (3/4/0)Scratch race (men/women) (3/0/0) (4/0/0) (2/0/0) (3/3/0)Omnium (men/women) (2/1/1) (3/1/3) (4/2/0) (8/3/0)Madison (men/women) (3/2/0) (3/2/1) (2/1/1) (3/1/2)Elimination (men/women) (2/0/0) (2/1/0) (3/0/0) (3/3/1)

Juniors and U23's and Open Omnium

Exclude Men's Open Madison events from 2001 to 2009 and include Open Omnium events from 2001 to 2009.

Number Year Country City Eventsas European Track Championships 1 2001 Brno (Under 23)Fiorenzuola d'Arda (Junior) 25 2 2002 Buttgen 27 3 2003 Moscow 32 4 2004 Valencia 32 5 2005 Fiorenzuola d'Arda 32 6 2006 Athens 32 7 2007 Cottbus 33 8 2008 Pruszków 37 9 2009 Minsk 37as UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) 10 2010 Saint Petersburg 38 11 2011 Anadia 38 12 2012 Anadia 38 13 2013 Anadia 38 14 2014 Anadia 38 15 2015 Athens 38 16 2016 Montichiari 38 17 2017 Sangalhos 44 18 2018 Aigle 44 19 2019 Ghent 44 20 2020 Fiorenzuola d'Arda 44 21 2021 Apeldoorn 44 22 2022 Anadia 44 23 2023 Anadia 44 24 2024 Cottbus 44 25 2025 Anadia 44 26 2026 Cottbus 44

Medals (2001–2025) Exclude Men's Open Madison events from 2001 to 2009 and include Open Omnium events from 2001 to 2009.

2002 Doping Case: replaced by . (GER -1 Bronze / BEL +1 Bronze)

Disciplines

The historic results in each discipline can be found at the relevant link below:-

Current disciplines - Men

UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit UEC European Track Championships – Men's individual pursuit UEC European Track Championships – Men's elimination race UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race

UEC European Track Championships – Men's scratch race UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint

UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin UEC European Track Championships – Men's 1 km time trial

Current disciplines - Women

UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit