Friday Ligtlee won all the sprint. Along with Laurine van Riessen she also took bronze in the team sprint, while the non-Olympic 500 meter time trial took the silver.
In the keirinfinale held Ligtlee in the sprint Frenchwoman Virginie Cueff and Russian Ekaterina Gnidenko behind. It marked the ninth medal for the Netherlands:. Five gold, two silver and two bronze
“This is also nice for the medals,” Ligtlee said after her victory, she had not seen it coming. “This morning I thought Pooh, I’ll see what it is, but it went very well, although I was hit by the German Kristina Vogel..”
Van Riessen stranded on the keirin in the first round. She received a disqualification for exceeding the blue line during the sprint. In the rematch, they finished fourth
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Men
In the men knew Matthijs Büchli and Hugo Haak not to qualify for the semifinals in the keirin.
Büchli was third in his heat, Crochet second. Also through the retakes both Dutch did not give the tournament to follow.
Jeffrey Highland, which in Grenchen won three European titles, did not take off in the keirin. At the Madison came Roy Eefting and Wim Stroetinga fall.
Omnium
Kirsten Wild finished the omnium eighth. The gold was for the British Olympic champion Laura Trott.
In the final knockout Wild was fourth. The gold was for Katie Archibald, who also gold in the individual pursuit Britain over Netherlands helped in the first place in the medal standings
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