title: 2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit
text: # 2018 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit
  
  The men's team pursuit competition at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships was held on 2 and 3 August 2018.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualifying
  
  The eight fastest teams advanced to the first round.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Elia Viviani Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon | Italy | 3:56.559 | | Q |
  | 2 | Claudio Imhof Cyrille Thièry Stefan Bissegger Frank Pasche | Switzerland | 3:57.925 | +1.366 | Q |
  | 3 | Benjamin Thomas Adrien Garel Corentin Ermenault Louis Pijourlet | France | 3:58.254 | +1.695 | Q |
  | 4 | Ethan Hayter Oliver Wood Steven Burke Kian Emadi | Great Britain | 3:58.529 | +1.970 | Q |
  | 5 | Alexander Evtushenko Lev Gonov Ivan Smirnov Gleb Syritsa | Russia | 3:58.746 | +2.187 | q |
  | 6 | Theo Reinhardt Leon Rohde Nils Schomber Domenic Weinstein | Germany | 3:59.627 | +3.068 | q |
  | 7 | Robbe Ghys Kenny De Ketele Lindsay De Vylder Sasha Weemaes | Belgium | 4:00.022 | +3.463 | q |
  | 8 | Szymon Sajnok Szymon Krawczyk Dawid Czubak Adrian Tekliński | Poland | 4:01.261 | +4.702 | q |
  | 9 | Raman Tsishkou Yauheni Akhramenka Yauheni Karaliok Mikhail Shemetau | Belarus | 4:03.582 | +7.023 | |
  | 10 | Casper von Folsach Matias Malmberg Oliver Frederiksen Rasmus Pedersen | Denmark | 4:06.124 | +9.565 | |
  | 11 | Volodymyr Dzhus Ilya Klepikov Timur Maleev Maksym Vasilyev | Ukraine | 4:07.001 | +10.442 | |
  | 12 | Julio Amores Joan Bennàssar Marc Buades Illart Zuazubiskar | Spain | 4:15.166 | +18.607 | |
  
  ### First round
  
  First round heats were held as follows: Heat 1: 6th v 7th fastest Heat 2: 5th v 8th fastest Heat 3: 2nd v 3rd fastest Heat 4: 1st v 4th fastest
  
  The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceeded to the gold medal race. The remaining six teams were ranked on time, from which the top two proceeded to the bronze medal race.
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nation | Time | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 4 | Elia Viviani Liam Bertazzo Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon | Italy | 3:54.778 | QG |
  | 2 | 3 | Claudio Imhof Cyrille Thièry Stefan Bissegger Frank Pasche | Switzerland | 3:56.452 | QG |
  | 3 | 4 | Ethan Hayter Steven Burke Kian Emadi Charlie Tanfield | Great Britain | 3:56.007 | QB |
  | 4 | 1 | Theo Reinhardt Leon Rohde Nils Schomber Domenic Weinstein | Germany | 3:56.852 | QB |
  | 5 | 2 | Szymon Sajnok Szymon Krawczyk Dawid Czubak Bartosz Rudyk | Poland | 3:58.781 | |
  | 6 | 2 | Alexander Evtushenko Lev Gonov Ivan Smirnov Gleb Syritsa | Russia | 3:59.095 | |
  | 7 | 1 | Robbe Ghys Kenny De Ketele Lindsay De Vylder Sasha Weemaes | Belgium | 3:59.519 | |
  | 8 | 3 | Benjamin Thomas Adrien Garel Aurélien Costeplane Corentin Ermenault | France | 4:08.283 | |
  
  * QG = qualified for gold medal final
  * QB = qualified for bronze medal final
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Time | Behind |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold medal final ||||||
  | | Elia Viviani Michele Scartezzini Filippo Ganna Francesco Lamon | Italy | 3:55.401 | |
  | | Cyrille Thièry Frank Pasche Stefan Bissegger Théry Schir | Switzerland | 3:59.705 | +4.304 |
  | Bronze medal final ||||||
  | | Ethan Hayter Kian Emadi Charlie Tanfield Steven Burke | Great Britain | 3:57.463 | |
  | 4 | Theo Reinhardt Leon Rohde Domenic Weinstein Nils Schomber | Germany | 4:00.007 | +2.544 |
  