2008 UEC European Track Championships – Women's under-23 scratch

U23 Women's scratch

2008 European Track Championships
UEC European Champion jersey
Race details
Dates	7 September 2008
Stages	1
Distance	10 km (6.214 mi)
Medalists
Gold Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands) Lizzie Armitstead (Great Britain)    Bronze  Evgenia Romanyuta (Russia)

The U23 Women's scratch was one of the 8 women's under-23 events at the 2008 European Track Championships, held in Pruszków, Poland. It took place on 7 September 2008. 23 cyclists were on the start list and 22 participated in the race.^[1][2][3]

Competition format

A scratch race is a race in which all riders start together and the object is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. There are no intermediate points or sprints.

Schedule

Sunday 7 September
10:55-11:20 Qualifying
14:50-15:05 Final
15:15-15:25 Victory Ceremony

Source^[1]

Final results

Rank	Name	Nation	Note
	Ellen van Dijk	Netherlands	2 gold medals^i
	Lizzie Armitstead	United Kingdom
	Evgenia Romanyuta	Russia
4	Elise van Hage	Netherlands
5	Annalisa Cucinotta	Italy
6	Alena Amialiusik	Belarus
7	Kelly Druyts	Belgium
8	Pascale Jeuland	France
9	Andrea Wölfer	Switzerland
10	Pelin Cizgin	Austria
11	Renata Dąbrowska	Poland
12	Małgorzata Wojtyra	Poland
13	Oksana Liensnik	Ukraine
14	Katie Colclough	United Kingdom
15	Franziska Merten	Germany
16	Marta Tagliaferro	Italy
17	Jarmila Machačová	Czech Republic
18	Monia Turin	Switzerland
19	Victoria Kondel	Russia
20	Aksana Papko	Belarus
21	Elodie Henriette	France
22	Inga Čilvinaitė	Lithuania

i) There were awarded 2 gold medals because Ellen van Dijk and Lizzie Armitstead finished at the same time. See the finishfoto.

Sources^[3][4]

See also

• 2008 European Track Championships – U23 Women's individual pursuit
• 2008 European Track Championships – U23 Women's points race

References

1. "Schedule". Tissottiming.com. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
2. "Start list". Tissottiming.com. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
3. "Final". Tissottiming.com. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
4. Scratch Race Results