European Track Championships 2006

 

July 19-23; Athens Olympic Velodrome

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Under 23 Mens Keirin

Despite a crash which was quite spectacular, Matt Crampton walked away from it and into the final of the Men's Keirin where he was fourth.

 

Final
Matt started the final event well bandaged and pinned together and the early laps was positioned near the back of the string behind the derny. When the derny pulled off and the push for position began, Matt was at the back on the outside of the line and it wasn't long before he sprung into action and went around the group to be in third position on the final lap. In the final push for the line though, with all the riders across the track in a line, Matt was just edged out of a medal position.

 

Not much between the riders with the Russian a surprise winner.

 

Max Levy of Germany leads the scrum as they make their final push with a lap to go.

 

Matt lies in second from last.

 

The start of the mens Under 23 Keirin final.

Round 2
First run of the second round and Matt Crampton was lying third wheel for most of it. Then, when the charge for position came after the derny pulled off for the final two laps, Matt found himself at the back. Leading the pack was the German Levy from Gregor Bauge with the Greek rider coming out the outside. Matt meanwhile was travelling now at speed, pulling up to the leaders as they came into the home straight and disaster when a fall took him out. You can see from the pictures from what happened and at the end of it, Matt walked away whilst the Greek rider was taken away on a stretcher and despite French protests, Bauge dq'd.

 

Matt in third place early on the 2nd round heat.

 

Gregory Bauge of France awaits a challenger on the bell lap.

 

Just after this, final bend, the Greek decided to lean on the Frenchman Bauge who gave as good he got and he sent the Greek rider sprauling on the track and it was him that Matt hit in the crash below. The Greek rider was taken away on a stretcher and Bauge was DQ'd.

 

Start of Matt's spectacular crash.

 

 

 

 

 

As soon as the crash happened, the gun went off and a rerun was ordered.

 

 

 

 

Iain Dyer attempts to unclip Matt whilst first aid GB's Natalie Lejune check toi make sure he is okay. Matt is however a hardy soul and despite making a hole in the fence and getting some splinters in some rather sensitive places, he did however get up and get himself ready to contents the rerun with a new bike after being the first rider to break a set of the forks used on the Teams SI bikes.

 

With peices of skin and skinsuit missing, Matt gets back into the race for a rerun of his round 2 match.

 

 

Russian leads the group on the bell lap.

 

Matt and Max Levy take the top two spots in the round 2 heat.

Round 1
Representing GB in this was Matthew Crampton who drew pole position and pulled in behind the derny for the opening few laps as the pace continued to build whilst at the back, Tim Veldt could be seen waiting for his moment.

As the derny pulled away, the charge began and the Spanish rider started his run pulling alongside Matt who was determined to hold his place in the line and not get swamped. As they came into the next bend, Matt started to pull away as the Spanish rider dropped back onto his wheel with Veldt ominously starting his charge.

Around the outside, Veldt started to gain on Matt whilst the Danish rider used the cote d'zur to get inside Matt to no avail as the GB rider crossed the line first just ahead of Veldt.

 

Results

Final 1-6
1. SHIKHALEV Mikhail RUS
2. LEVY Maximilian GER
3. SEIDENBECHER Michael GER
4. CRAMPTON Matt GBR
5. SCHMIDT Tomasz POL
REL VELDT Tim NED

Final 7-12
7. PTACNIK Adam CZE
8. POPER Rafal POL
9. JESSEN Kasper Lindholm DEN
10. VASEV Stoyan RUS
11. TSYUPYK Yuriu UKR
DNS HENRIETTE Didier FRA


ROUND 2
1. LEVY Maximilian GER
2. CRAMPTON Matt GBR
3. SHIKHALEV Mikhail RUS
4. VASEV Stoyan RUS
5. JESSEN Kasper Lindholm DEN
DNS PENTARAKIS Konstantinos GRE

1. VELDT Tim NED
2. SEIDENBECHER Michael GER
3. SCHMIDT Tomasz POL
4. TSYUPYK Yuriu UKR
5. PTACNIK Adam CZE
6. POPER Rafal POL
REL HENRIETTE Didier



ROUND 1
1. BAUGE Gregory FRA
2. SEIDENBECHER Michael GER
3. TSYUPYK Yuriu UKR
4. POPER Rafal POL
5. GEORGIOU Dimitrios GRE

1. HENRIETTE Didier FRA
2. LEVY Maximilian GER
3. SHIKHALEV Mikhail RUS
4. BOS Patrick NED
5. KARZHENEUSKI Yury BLR
6. BABEK Tomas CZE

1. PTACNIK Adam CZE
2. VASEV Stoyan RUS
3. RODRIGUEZ PEREZ Javier ESP
4. PENTARAKIS Konstantinos GRE
5. AHMED Ahmed BUL
6. ENDERS Rene GER

1. CRAMPTON Matt GBR
2. VELDT Tim NED
3. SCHMIDT Tomasz POL
4. ALONSO RUBIO Alvaro ESP
5. RADEV Svetlin BUL
REL 31 JESSEN Kasper Lindholm DEN


Reps
1. TSYUPYK Yuriu UKR
2. PENTARAKIS Konstantinos GRE
3. BOS Patrick NED
4. BABEK Tomas CZE
5. RADEV Svetlin BUL

1. SHIKHALEV Mikhail RUS
2. POPER Rafal POL
3. ALONSO RUBIO Alvaro ESP
4. ENDERS Rene GER
5. AHMED Ahmed BUL

1. JESSEN Kasper Lindholm DEN
2. SCHMIDT Tomasz POL
3. KARZHENEUSKI Yury BLR
4. GEORGIOU Dimitrios GRE
5. RODRIGUEZ PEREZ Javier ESP