The third day of the European Championships at the Heusden-Zolder velodrome will open with the men's sprint qualifications featuring Mattia Predomo and Stefano Moro.

Following this, the women's omnium will begin with the scratch race: defending the Italian colors will be the Olympic Madison champion Chiara Consonni.

Next will be the men's individual pursuit: with the "big names" Jonathan Milan and Filippo Ganna - who this season have decided to focus on road activities - absent, the young talents Etienne Grimod and Renato Favero, both born in 2005, will defend the Italian colors.

At 6:30 PM, at the start of the evening session, Miriam Vece will pursue her medal dream in the women's sprint tournament: the Italian will face the British rider Edmunds in the semifinal, while in the other semifinal, Burlakova and Lysenko, both competing under the white jersey of Independent Athletes, will compete.

In the evening, the spotlight will also be on the men's scratch race where another young Italian talent, Davide Stella, born in 2006, a multiple European and World champion in the junior category, will compete.

THE PROGRAM (finals in bold)

13:00 Men's Sprint - Qualifying (Mattia Predono, Stefano Moro)
13:45 Women's Omnium - Scratch Race 1/4 (Chiara Consonni)
14:02 Men's Sprint - 1/16 Finals
14:40 Men's Individual Pursuit - Qualifying (Etienne Grimod, Renato Favero)
16:06 Men's Sprint - 1/8 Finals
16:34 Women's Omnium - Tempo Race 2/4
18:30 Women's Sprint - Semifinals (Miriam Vece)
18:37 Men's Sprint - Quarterfinals
18:51 Women's Omnium - Elimination Race 3/4
19:30 Men's Scratch Race - Final (Davide Stella)
19:52 Men's Individual Pursuit - Finals
20:05 Women's Sprint - Finals
20:28 Women's Omnium - Points Race 4/4