Lucy Bnzet Minns Wins Gold in the Junior Track European ChampionshipsIrish athletes shine at the Junior and Under 23 European Track Championships in GermanyLucy Bnzet Minns wins gold at the 2024 Junior and Under 23 Track Cycling European ChampionshipsCredit: Arne MillsThe standout performance among the Irish success at the 2024 Junior and Under 23 UEC Track European Championships was Lucy Bnzet Minns winning the Junior Women Points Race on Saturday.Speaking after the race, Bnzet Minns said:I rode really hard because I knew I needed to make the race hard in order to get a good result. The race spilt up earlier than I was hoping for it to, but I think I did a good job of managing my effort and staying on the wheels and then hitting people when they were tired. It was a good race.Its really nice, Ive not done that much track until this year at this level so its nice to see that I can perform at this level.Im really thankful. Ive had a lot of support over the last few years with my track so Im just really grateful that I could pull off winning this jersey as a way of thanking everyone who has helped me over the years.On top of her gold medal winning performance, Bnzet Minns was sixth in the Junior Women Omnium on Friday. She showed great consistency across the four races, including winning the Tempo race and coming sixth in the Points race.Erin Creighton, who is the reserve rider for the Womens Team Pursuit at the upcoming Paris Olympic Games, had two top ten finishes this week. On Thursday, she was fifth in the Under 23 Women Scratch race, and on Saturday, she was eighth in the Under 23 Women Omnium.In the Omnium, Creighton was third in the opening Scratch race, 12th in the Points race, and eighth in both the Elimination and Points race.Seven athletes were in action this week at the championships, in Cottbus, Germany.Rhiannon Dolan, Mya Doocey and Lucy Bnzet Minns represented Ireland in the Junior Women category. Competing in the Junior Men events was Seth Dunwoody, Luca Holmes and Philip OConnor. Erin Creighton was Irelands sole representative in the Under 23 Womens endurance events.Racing got underway on Tuesday 9th of July and the championships concluded today, Sunday 14th of July.This years success marks the second consecutive year that Ireland have won a gold medal at the Junior and Under 23 Championships. Last year, Lara Gillespie won the Under 23 Womens Points Race and the Under 23 Womens Omnium.Full Results Click meTuesdayJunior Women Scratch Race14th Rhiannon DolanUnder 23 Womens Elimination Race14th Erin CreightonJunior Men Scratch RaceDNF Seth DunwoodyWednesdayJunior Men Elimination Qualification (Heat 1)11th Luca HolmesJunior Men 1km Time Trial16th Philip OConnorThursdayJunior Men Individual Pursuit22nd Luca HolmesUnder 23 Women Scratch Race5th Erin CreightonJunior Women Elimination Race13th Rhiannon DolanFridayJunior Women Omnium6th Lucy Bnzet MinnsScratch15th Lucy Bnzet MinnsTempo1st Lucy Bnzet MinnsElimination16th Lucy Bnzet MinnsPoints6th Lucy Bnzet MinnsJunior Men Omnium20th Philip OConnorScratch18th Philip OConnorTempo24th Philip OConnorElimination27th Philip OConnorPoints20th Philip OConnorSaturdayUnder 23 Women Omnium8th Erin CreightonScratch3rd Erin CreightonTempo12th Erin CreightonElimination8th Erin CreightonPoints8th Erin CreightonJunior Women Points Race1st Lucy Bnzet MinnsJunior Men Points Race13th Luca HolmesSundayJunior Women 500m Time Trial17th Rhiannon DolanUnder 23 Women Madison11th Lucy Bnzet Minns and Erin CreightonJunior Men MadisonDNF Luca Holmes and Philip OConnorThe post Lucy Bnzet Minns Wins Gold in the Junior Track European Championships appeared first on IrishCyclingNews.com | Irish Cycling News | IrishCycling.