2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint

Men's team sprint at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Venue	Omnisport Apeldoorn
Location	Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Dates	28 February
Competitors	44 from 13 nations
Teams	13
Winning time	42.727
Medalists
Nils van 't Hoenderdaal Harrie Lavreysen Jeffrey Hoogland Matthijs Büchli    Netherlands   Jack Carlin Ryan Owens Jason Kenny Philip Hindes Joseph Truman    Great Britain   François Pervis Sébastien Vigier Quentin Lafargue Michaël D'Almeida    France

The men's team sprint competition at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 28 February 2018 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.^[1][2]

2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Sprint	men	women
Time trial	men	women
Individual pursuit	men	women
Team pursuit	men	women
Team sprint		women
Keirin	men	women
Scratch	men	women
Points race	men	women
Madison	men	women
Omnium	men	women

The eight fastest teams advance to the first round.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
1	Netherlands Nils van 't Hoenderdaal Harrie Lavreysen Jeffrey Hoogland	42.869		Q
2	France François Pervis Sébastien Vigier Quentin Lafargue	43.389	+0.520	Q
3	Germany Robert Förstemann Maximilian Levy Joachim Eilers	43.452	+0.583	Q
4	Great Britain Jack Carlin Ryan Owens Joseph Truman	43.553	+0.684	Q
5	New Zealand Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Eddie Dawkins	43.736	+0.867	Q
6	Russia Alexander Sharapov Pavel Yakushevskiy Aleksandr Dubchenko	43.905	+1.036	Q
7	Japan Kazuki Amagai Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe	44.240	+1.371	Q
8	Czech Republic Pavel Kelemen Martin Čechman Robin Wagner	44.410	+1.541	Q
9	China Li Jianxin Luo Yongjia Bi Wenjun	44.524	+1.655
10	Spain Alejandro Martínez Juan Peralta José Moreno Sánchez	44.665	+1.796
11	Colombia Kevin Quintero Rubén Murillo Santiago Ramírez	45.137	+2.268
12	Belarus Yauhen Veramchuk Artsiom Zaitsau Uladzislau Novik	45.227	+2.358
13	Poland Rafał Sarnecki Mateusz Rudyk Krzysztof Maksel	REL[A] 43.505

• ^A Poland were relegated "for incorrect change" (Art 3.2.153)

First round heats were held as follows:
Heat 1: 4th v 5th fastest
Heat 2: 3rd v 6th fastest
Heat 3: 2nd v 7th fastest
Heat 4: 1st v 8th fastest

The heat winners were ranked on time, from which the top 2 proceed to the gold medal final and the other 2 proceed to the bronze medal final.^[4]

Rank	Overall Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
4 vs 5
1	2	Jack Carlin Philip Hindes Jason Kenny	Great Britain	43.434		QG
2	6	Ethan Mitchell Sam Webster Eddie Dawkins	New Zealand	44.146	+0.712
3 vs 6
1	3	Alexander Sharapov Pavel Yakushevskiy Aleksandr Dubchenko	Russia	43.557		QB
2	5	Stefan Bötticher Maximilian Levy Joachim Eilers	Germany	43.594	+0.037
2 vs 7
1	4	François Pervis Sébastien Vigier Michaël D'Almeida	France	43.737		QB
2	8	Kazuki Amagai Yudai Nitta Kazunari Watanabe	Japan	REL[B]
1 vs 8
1	1	Nils van 't Hoenderdaal Harrie Lavreysen Matthijs Büchli	Netherlands	43.234		QG
2	7	Pavel Kelemen Martin Čechman Robin Wagner	Czech Republic	44.559	+1.325

• QG = qualified for gold medal final
• QB = qualified for bronze medal final
• ^B Japan were relegated "for two false start[s]" (Art 3.2.155)

The final was started at 20:36.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nation	Time	Behind	Notes
Gold medal race
	Nils van 't Hoenderdaal Harrie Lavreysen Jeffrey Hoogland	Netherlands	42.727		CR
	Jack Carlin Ryan Owens Jason Kenny	Great Britain	43.231	+0.504
Bronze medal race
	François Pervis Sébastien Vigier Quentin Lafargue	France	43.373
4	Alexander Sharapov Pavel Yakushevskiy Aleksandr Dubchenko	Russia	43.584	+0.211