Cycling: The track cycling European Championship 2020 is over. The last medals were awarded today in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The German Maximilian Levy, who had previously won gold in the keirin and sprint, did not compete in the time trial.
Sebastian Mora also wins at Madison
Already yesterday the Spaniard Sebastián Mora can look forward to gold in the points race. Today he followed up with a gold medal at Madison. Together with his compatriot Albert Torres he became European champion for the third time. They won comfortably with 51 points ahead of the Portuguese twins Ivo Oliveira and Rui Oliveira and the Italians Francis Lamon and Stefano Moro, who came to 43 and 33 points respectively. In the case of the women, the decision was not made until the last lap. The Italians Elisa Balsam and Vittoria Guazzini still pulled on the Russians Diana Klimova and Maria Novodolskaya over. The final score: 52 to 51. Bronze went to the Brits Laura Kenny and Elinor Barker with 38 points.
Russian double victory in the time trial
Actually, before the start of the European Track Cycling Championships, gold hero Maximilian Levy toyed with the idea of also starting in the time trial. After his two European championship titles in the keirin and in the sprint, the 33-year-old probably didn't want to spoil his flawless record. He declined to take part. lucky for the competition. So won Tomas Babek (Czech Republic) before Ethan Vernon (Great Britain) and jonathan milan (Italy) the gold medal in 1.000 Meter time trial. Russia triumphed in the women's 500-meter event. Daria Shmeleva won ahead of compatriot Anastasia Voinova. Miriam Vece (Italy) can look forward to bronze.