title: 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
text: # 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
  
  The Men's Keirin is one of the 10 men's events at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, held in Ballerup, Denmark on 25 March 2010.
  
  27 Cyclists from 16 countries participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the fastest 2 riders in each heat advance to the second round. The remaining ones face a first round repechage
  
  The riders that did not advance to the second round race in 4 repechage heats. The first rider in each heat advance to the second round along with the 8 that qualified before.
  
  The first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advance to the Final and the remaining will race a consolation 7–12 final.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### First round
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Matthew Crampton | Great Britain | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Jason Niblett | Australia | |
  | 4 | 1 | Francesco Ceci | Italy | |
  | 5 | 1 | Charlie Conord | France | |
  | 6 | 1 | Zafeirios Volikakis | Greece | |
  | 1 | 2 | François Pervis | France | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | Denis Špička | Czech Republic | |
  | 4 | 2 | Kota Asai | Japan | |
  | 5 | 2 | Carsten Bergemann | Germany | |
  | 6 | 2 | Michael Thomson | South Africa | |
  | 7 | 2 | Kasper Lindholm Jessen | Denmark | |
  | 1 | 3 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Christos Volikakis | Greece | |
  | 4 | 3 | Michael Seidenbecher | Germany | |
  | 5 | 3 | Simon Van Velthooven | New Zealand | |
  | 6 | 3 | Adam Ptáčník | Czech Republic | |
  | 7 | 3 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | |
  | 1 | 4 | Chris Hoy | Great Britain | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Shane Perkins | Australia | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | Roy van den Berg | Netherlands | |
  | 4 | 4 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | |
  | 5 | 4 | Travis Smith | Canada | |
  | 6 | 4 | Bao Saifei | China | |
  | | 4 | Josiah Ng | Malaysia | DSQ |
  
  ### First round repechage
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Simon Van Velthooven | New Zealand | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Denis Špička | Czech Republic | |
  | 3 | 1 | Andriy Vynokurov | Ukraine | |
  | 4 | 1 | Michael Thomson | South Africa | |
  | 1 | 2 | Jason Niblett | Australia | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Travis Smith | Canada | |
  | 3 | 2 | Francesco Ceci | Italy | |
  | 4 | 2 | Kasper Lindholm Jessen | Denmark | |
  | | 2 | Adam Ptáčník | Czech Republic | REL |
  | 1 | 3 | Michael Seidenbecher | Germany | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Christos Volikakis | Greece | |
  | 3 | 3 | Kazunari Watanabe | Japan | |
  | 4 | 3 | Charlie Conord | France | |
  | 5 | 3 | Bao Saifei | China | |
  | 1 | 4 | Kota Asai | Japan | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Carsten Bergemann | Germany | |
  | 3 | 4 | Zafeirios Volikakis | Greece | |
  | 4 | 4 | Roy van den Berg | Netherlands | |
  
  ### Second round
  
  | Rank | Heat | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Chris Hoy | Great Britain | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia | Q |
  | 3 | 1 | Sam Webster | New Zealand | Q |
  | 4 | 1 | Shane Perkins | Australia | |
  | 5 | 1 | Michael Seidenbecher | Germany | |
  | 6 | 1 | Kota Asai | Japan | |
  | 1 | 2 | Maximilian Levy | Germany | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | Q |
  | 3 | 2 | François Pervis | France | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Simon Van Velthooven | New Zealand | |
  | 5 | 2 | Jason Niblett | Australia | |
  | 6 | 2 | Matthew Crampton | Great Britain | |
  
  ### Final 7-12 places
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 7 | Matthew Crampton | Great Britain | |
  | 8 | Michael Seidenbecher | Germany | |
  | 9 | Simon Van Velthooven | New Zealand | |
  | 10 | Shane Perkins | Australia | |
  | 11 | Jason Niblett | Australia | |
  | | Kota Asai | Japan | DSQ |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Chris Hoy | Great Britain |
  | | Azizulhasni Awang | Malaysia |
  | | Maximilian Levy | Germany |
  | 4 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands |
  | 5 | François Pervis | France |
  | 6 | Sam Webster | New Zealand |
  