2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison

The Men's madison at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on 2 March 2014. 15 teams participated in the contest, which was contested over 200 laps, equating to a distance of 50 km (31.1 mi).[1]

There was confusion at the end of the race as the Belgian pairing of Jasper de Buyst and Kenny De Ketele celebrated victory when initially declared to be the winners, including a 'final' scoreboard presenting their victory, being cheered by the public, congratulated by the Spaniards and interviewed by the press as winners. But it emerged shortly afterwards that the win had gone to Spain's David Muntaner Juaneda and Albert Torres Barcelo instead. Commissaires held that Spain, as well as (now) silver medallists Czech Republic, Switzerland, who would become third and (now) fourth-placed Austria, had all gained a lap on the field and the Belgians had not succeeded in reaching the back of the peloton when during these last 30 laps, specifically during the last 10, part of the pairings was riding scattered over the track.

Medalists edit

Gold   Spain
David Muntaner
Albert Torres
Silver   Czech Republic
Martin Blàha
Vojtěch Hačecký
Bronze    Switzerland
Stefan Küng
Théry Schir

Results edit

The race was held at 17:35.[2]

Rank Name Nation Points Laps Down
  David Muntaner
Albert Torres
  Spain 18
  Martin Blàha
Vojtěch Hačecký
  Czech Republic 12
  Stefan Küng
Théry Schir
   Switzerland 7
4 Andreas Graf
Andreas Müller
  Austria 2
5 Jasper De Buyst
Kenny De Ketele
  Belgium 31 −1
6 Marco Coledan
Elia Viviani
  Italy 12 −1
7 Henning Bommel
Theo Reinhardt
  Germany 10 −1
8 Shane Archbold
Thomas Scully
  New Zealand 10 −1
9 Artur Ershov
Alexander Serov
  Russia 1 −1
10 Thomas Boudat
Vivien Brisse
  France 1 −1
11 Juan Esteban Arango
Edwin Ávila
  Colombia 0 −1
12 José Aguirre
Diego Yepez
  Mexico 0 −2
13 Cheung King Lok
Leung Chun Wing
  Hong Kong 2 −3
14 Alex Edmondson
Glenn O'Shea
  Australia 4 −4
15 Jonathan Dibben
Owain Doull
  Great Britain 0 −4

The average speed of the race was 54.784 km/h (34.0 mph).

References edit

  1. ^ "Men's Madison / Madison hommes – Final / Finale: Start List / Liste de départ". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 1 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Men's Madison / Madison hommes – Final / Finale: Results / Résultats". Sport Result. Tissot Timing. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.