From February 12 to 16, 2025, the Sport Vlaanderen Velodrome in Heusden-Zolder, in the Limburg region of Belgium, will host the Elite Track European Championships, the opening event of the 2025 UEC season. The event will see continental specialists competing, with a high-level participant field: 326 registered athletes from 26 nations will vie for 22 titles.

Italy arrives with a good balance between experience and young talents. Among the standout names are Elia Viviani, Olympic champions Vittoria Guazzini and Chiara Consonni, and quartet pillars like Francesco Lamon and Davide Boscaro, who were on the third step of the podium at the Elite European Championships in Apeldoorn last year. Alongside them, many young talents are making a breakthrough: Davide Stella, world champion with the quartet and in the Elimination for juniors; Anita Baima, who distinguished herself among juniors by climbing the podium at both World and European Championships in the Madison and Elimination; speed promises like Matilde Cenci and Siria Trevisan, already on the junior world podium.

Finally, there will be sprinters already prominent at the Elite level such as Matteo Bianchi, who will try to defend the European title in the KM won last year, and Stefano Moro, European bronze in the Keirin in 2024.

THE CALLED-UP ATHLETES:

ALZINI MARTINA - CENTRO SPORTIVO ESERCITO
BAIMA ANITA - HORIZONS CYCLING CLUB
BERTOLINI BEATRICE - TEAM VANGI IL PIRATA
BIANCHI MATTEO - CENTRO SPORTIVO ESERCITO
BOSCARO DAVIDE - G.S. FIAMME AZZURRE
CENCI MATILDE - U.C.CONSCIO PEDALE DEL SILE
CONSONNI CHIARA - G.S. FIAMME AZZURRE
FAVERO RENATO - SOUDAL QUICK-STEP DEVO TEAM
FIDANZA MARTINA - G.S. FIAMME ORO
GALLI NICCOLO' - ARVEDI CYCLING ASD
GRIMOD ETIENNE - BIESSE - CARRERA - PREMAC
GUAZZINI VITTORIA - G.S. FIAMME ORO
LAMON FRANCESCO - G.S. FIAMME AZZURRE
MINUTA STEFANO ANTONIO - SCUOLA CICLISMO VERSO L'IRIDE
MORO STEFANO - G.S. FIAMME AZZURRE
NAPOLITANO DANIELE - MBHBANK BALLAN CSB COLPACK
PREDOMO MATTIA - CENTRO SPORTIVO ESERCITO
SIERRA JUAN DAVID - TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM U23
STELLA DAVIDE - UAE TEAM EMIRATES GEN Z
TREVISAN SIRIA - SCUOLA CICLISMO LIONS D - CAVARZERE
VECE MIRIAM - G.S. FIAMME ORO
VIVIANI ELIA - UNION CYCLISTE DE MONACO

THE PROGRAM

FEBRUARY 12

13:00
Men – Elimination – Qualifications

13:30
Women – Team Sprint – Qualifications
Men – Team Sprint – Qualifications
Women – Team Pursuit – Qualifications
Men – Team Pursuit - Qualifications

19:00
Women – Team Sprint – First Round
Men - Team Sprint – First Round
Women – Scratch – Final
Men – Elimination – Final
Women – Team Sprint – Finals
Men – Team Sprint – Finals

FEBRUARY 13

12:30
Men – Points Race – Qualifications

13:30
Women – Sprint – Qualifications
Men – KM TT – Qualifications
Women – Sprint – 1/16
Women – Team Pursuit – First Round
Men – Team Pursuit – First Round
Women – Sprint – 1/8

18:30
Women – Sprint – 1/4
Men – Points Race – Final
Women – Elimination – Final
Men – KM TT – Final
Women – Team Pursuit – Finals
Men – Team Pursuit – Finals

FEBRUARY 14

12:30
Men – Scratch – Qualifications

13:00
Men – Sprint – Qualifications
Women – Omnium 1 – Scratch
Men – Sprint – 1/16
Men – Individual Pursuit – Qualifications
Men – Sprint – 1/8
Women – Omnium 2 – Time Race

18:30
Women – Sprint – Semi-Finals
Men – Sprint – Quarter-Finals
Women – Omnium 3 – Elimination
Men – Scratch – Final
Men – Individual Pursuit – Finals
Women – Sprint – Finals
Women – Omnium 4 – Points Race

FEBRUARY 15

14:00
Men – Omnium – Qualifications

15:00
Women – KM TT – Qualifications
Men – Omnium 1 – Scratch
Women – Individual Pursuit – Qualifications
Men – Omnium 2 – Time Race

18:30
Men – Sprint – Semi-Finals
Men – Omnium 3 – Elimination
Women – KM TT – Finals
Women - Individual Pursuit – Finals
Men – Omnium 4 – Points Race
Men – Sprint – Finals
Women – Points Race – Finals

FEBRUARY 16

12:00
Women – Keirin – First Round and Repechages
Men – Keirin – First Round and Repechages

14:30
Women – Keirin – Semi-Finals and Finals
Men – Keirin – Semi-Finals and Finals
Women – Madison – Finals
Men – Madison – Finals