The Men's keirin at the 2012 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn on December 27, 2011. 12 athletes participated in the contest.
Hugo Haak won the gold medal, Nils van `t Hoenderdaal took silver and Matthijs Büchli won the bronze.
Competition format The Keirin races involve 6.5 laps of the track behind a pace-setter, followed by a 2.5 lap sprint to the finish. The tournament consisted of preliminary heats and finals. The heats divided the riders into six finalists. The final round also included a ranking race for 7th to 12th place.
Results
Qualification The top 2 athletes of each heat advanced to the gold medal race.
Heat 1 Rank NameNote 1 Hugo Haak Q 2 Patrick Bos Q 3 Hylke van Grieken 4 Hidde de Vries
Heat 2 Rank Name Note 1 Matthijs Büchli Q 2 Nils van `t Hoenderdaal Q 3 Jeffrey Hoogland 4 Michael Veen
Heat 3 Rank NameNote 1 Rigard van Klooster Q 2 Bart Hommes Q 3 Yorick Bos 4 Niels van Otterloo
Finals Ranking race for 7th to 12th place Rank Name 1 Jeffrey Hoogland 2 Hylke van Grieken 3 Yorick Bos 4 Niels van Otterloo 5 Michael Veen 6 Hidde de Vries
Gold medal match Rank Name Hugo Haak Nils van `t Hoenderdaal Matthijs Büchli 4 Patrick Bos 5 Bart Hommes 6 Rigard van Klooster
Final results Rank Name Hugo Haak Nils van `t Hoenderdaal Matthijs Büchli 4 Patrick Bos 5 Bart Hommes 6 Rigard van Klooster 7 Jeffrey Hoogland 8 Hylke van Grieken 9 Yorick Bos 10 Niels van Otterloo 11 Michael Veen 12 Hidde de Vries Results from nkbaanwielrennen.nl
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