The men's Madison

Madison (cycling)

The madison is a team event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French and in Italian and Spanish as Americana.-History:...

at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

was held on August 19 at the Laoshan Velodrome

Laoshan Velodrome

The Laoshan Velodrome is a velodrome that is located in Laoshan, Shijingshan District, Beijing, China. It was built for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The venue was tested during the UCI Track World Cup in December 2007....

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This track cycling

Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

 event consists of a single race. This race is a 50 kilometre, 200 lap race. Cyclists compete in pairs, with one resting as the other rides. Placing is determined first by laps, then by points. Points are awarded based on intermediate sprints held every 20 laps. The first finisher in each sprint earns 5 points, the second gets 3, the third finisher earns 2, and the fourth place cyclist after each sprint gets 1 point. Ties after both laps and points are broken by the placing in the last sprint.

Results

Rank	Nation	Cyclist 1	Cyclist 2	Points	Laps
		Juan Curuchet Juan Curuchet Juan Esteban Curuchet is a road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina.Curuchet represented Argentina at the Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008....	Walter Pérez Walter Pérez Walter Fernando Pérez is an Olympic gold medal-winning racing cyclist from Argentina.Pérez, who joined the Argentine cycling team in 1992, won the Men's Madison gold medal at the 2008 Olympics with team-mate Juan Curuchet.-References:* Crítica Digital...	8
		Joan Llaneras Joan Llaneras Joan Llaneras Roselló is a Spanish World and Olympic points race champion track cyclist. He specialises in the madison and points race events....	Antonio Tauler	7
		Mikhail Ignatiev	Alexei Markov Alexei Markov Alexei Mikhailovich Markov is a Russian professional road bicycle racer.- Palmares :19961997...	6
4		Iljo Keisse Iljo Keisse Iljo Keisse is a Belgian racing cyclist, who has had his status altered many times as a result of a doping investigation. He rode part of the 2010 season for UCI ProTour team ....	Kenny de Ketele Kenny De Ketele Kenny De Ketele is a Belgian professional racing cyclist with UCI Professional Continental Team Topsport Vlaanderen.-Career highlights:20022003...	17	-1
5		Roger Kluge Roger Kluge Roger Kluge is a German professional racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team .-Career highlights:2003...	Olaf Pollack Olaf Pollack Olaf Pollack is a professional road racing cyclist specializing in sprint races and competitions....	15	-1
6		Michael Mørkøv Michael Mørkøv Michael Mørkøv is a Danish professional racing cyclist on UCI ProTeam .-Career highlights:# 2001: 3º in National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Denmark...	Alex Nicki Rasmussen	14	-1
7		Matthieu Ladagnous	Jérôme Neuville Jérôme Neuville Jérôme Neuville is a French racing cyclist.He had a break in his track cycling career between 1999 and 2002, during which time he competed on the road as a professional cyclist with the Crédit Agricole team , and Cofidis...	12	-1
8		Jens Mouris Jens Mouris Jens Mouris is a Dutch racing cyclist.Mouris represented the Netherlands at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where he took part in the 4 km team pursuit together with John den Braber, Robert Slippens and Wilco Zuijderwijk. They ended up in seventh position after being lapped by the Ukraine...	Peter Schep Peter Schep Pieter Otto Schep is a Dutch racing cyclist, specializing in track cycling endurance events.-Biography:...	6	-1
9		Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season...	Bradley Wiggins Bradley Wiggins Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE is a British professional track and road bicycle racer, currently riding for Team Sky. Wiggins' career began on the track, where he specialised in the pursuit and madison disciplines....	6	-1
10		Greg Henderson Greg Henderson Gregory Henderson is a professional track and road racing cyclist who rides for , but who will ride for Lotto in 2012. His career includes winning the 15 km scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in road cycling, winning the points competition at the 2005 Tour de Georgia. He...	Hayden Roulston Hayden Roulston Hayden Roulston, MNZM is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team . He won the silver medal in the men's 4000 m individual pursuit and a bronze medal in the men's 4000 m team pursuit at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Roulston was a talented junior rider on both road and...	5	-1
11		Franco Marvulli Franco Marvulli Franco Marvulli is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.-Palmares:20002001Franco Marvulli is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.-Palmares:2000...	Bruno Risi Bruno Risi Bruno Risi is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.He is the ninth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics , after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul...	3	-1
12		Zachary Bell Zachary Bell Zachary "Zach" Bell is a Canadian professional racing cyclist from Watson Lake, Yukon. He finished in 7th place at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's point race and 12th in the men's madison...	Martin Gilbert	5	-3
13		Milan Kadlec Milan Kadlec Milan Kadlec is a Czech racing cyclist, who has ridden both on the road and the track. In 2010, he won the bronze medal in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships points race-Road results:...	Alois Kaňkovský Alois Kankovský Alois Kaňkovský is a Czech professional track cyclist. At the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, he became world champion in the omnium event and also won a bronze medal in the madison....	3	-3
14		Angelo Ciccone	Fabio Masotti	0	-3
15		Lyubomyr Polatayko Lyubomyr Polatayko Lyubomyr Polatayko is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist.-Career highlights:# 2002: 1º in Moscou, Scratch # 2003: 2º in European Championship, Track, Omnium, Elite, Moscou# 2005: 3º in Los Angeles, Team Pursuit...	Volodymyr Rybin Volodymyr Rybin Volodymyr Ivanovych Rybin is a Ukrainian professional racing cyclist, who has achieved most success on both the track, where he was 2005 world champion in the points race. Rybin also won a silver medal in the Madison in 2006 and has represented Ukraine at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.-...	0	-3
16		Michael Friedman	Bobby Lea	3	-4