2014 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit

Men's team pursuit at the 2014 UEC European Track Championships
UEC European Champion jersey
Venue	Vélodrome Amédée Détraux, Baie-Mahault
Date	15-16 October
Competitors	57 from 13 nations
Medalists
Ed Clancy Jon Dibben Owain Doull Andy Tennant    Great Britain   Henning Bommel Theo Reinhardt Nils Schomber Kersten Thiele Leon Rohde    Germany   Alexey Kurbatov Evgeny Kovalev Ivan Kovalev Alexander Serov Artur Ershov    Russia
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The Men's team pursuit was held on 15–16 October 2014.

The fastest 8 teams qualify for the first round, from which the top 4 remain in contention for the gold medal final and the other 4 for the bronze medal final.

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

The winners of heats 3 and 4 proceed to the gold medal final. The remaining 6 teams are ranked on time, then proceed to the finals for bronze, 5th or 7th place.

The final classification is determined in the ranking finals.

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