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

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

Results

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

RankName Nation Points Laps Down
1st David Muntaner
Albert Torres
 Spain 18
2nd Martin Blàha
Vojtěch Hačecký
 Czech Republic 12
3rd Stefan Küng
Thery 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 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

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