The 2025 UEC Juniors and Under 23 Track European Championships ended today in Anadia, Portugal after six action-packed days full of spectacle, emotion and new records, during which 428 athletes from 30 countries competed.
The final medal table puts Great Britain in first place with 10 gold medals, 8 silver medals and 8 bronze medals, followed by Italy (10, 6 and 6) and Germany (6, 7 and 5).
Italy played a major role by dominating the Juniors team pursuits achieving gold in the Men's with Cornacchini, Magagnotti, Colombo, Matteoli and Ferrari, and in the Women's with Sanarini, Bianchi, Rossignoli, Pegolo and Holt. Great Britain rose to the challenge in the Under 23 category, taking gold in the Men's (Rowe, Wiggins, Charlton, Hobbs and Salter) and Women's (Lloyd, Leech, Lister and Sharp) categories.
Among the names that stood out the most was Denmark's Ida Dam Fialla winning three gold medals (Scratch, Elimination and Individual Pursuit) and the Junior Pursuit world record with 3:32.060. Great Britain's Erin Boothman set a new world record in the Juniors Women's Kilometre (1:08.253), and Henry Hobbs stopped the clock at 3:03.246 in the Juniors Individual Pursuit, setting a new world record in the process. In the Under 23s, Josh Charlton (Great Britain) won gold in the Pursuit with an excellent time of 4:00.842.
The Omnium was won by Spain's Hector Alvarez Martinez and the Netherlands' Lisa Van Belle, while the Madison victories were secured by Great Britain (Women Juniors), Belgium (Men Juniors and Men Under 23) and Germany (Women Under 23).
In the sprint events, Italy, Great Britain and Germany confirmed their status as traditional powerhouses.
Enrico Della Casa, President of the Union Européenne de Cyclisme: ”These Championships demonstrated not only the excellent technical level of the young European athletes, but also the ability of a city like Anadia to host and promote an event of this magnitude.
I would like to sincerely thank the national teams for their participation, the organisers for their impeccable work, the Portuguese Cycling Federation, with its President Candido Barbosa, and the entire local community, with the President of the Camara Municipal d'Anadia Maria Teresa Cardoso and Vice-President Jorge Sampaio, for their warm welcome. This event has received a lot of media coverage and has left a strong mark on cycling and this region, which loves it in all its forms”.
