Welcome to Peloton Cafe’s live coverage of the 2015 Madison National Championships and Austral Wheelrace. We’ll be updating all evening with news, results, videos and images from the racing here in Hisense Arena here, so make sure you check out our Instagram, Facebook and Youtube channels as well.? First up this evening we have the Junior Women’s Keirin Final. Courtney Field (VIC) has taken out the Junior Women’s Keirin as the Junior Men fall in behind the durney for their final. And Thomas McFarlance has completed a clean sweep for Victoria in the Junior Keirin, taking out the men’s race. The bronze and gold medal finals for the men’s and women’s sprints are currently underway.? Matthew Glaetzer (SA) and Peter Lewis (NSW) are currently one heat of three up in the competition for the gold and bronze medals, respectively. Anna Meares (SA) put in a classy performance to win her first heat for sprint gold, while Caitlin Ward (VIC) is one-up for bronze. The Men’s A-Grade Scratch race has just concluded, with Simon van Velthooven (NZ) taking out a spirited sprint after 15 laps ahead of Dan Fitter (QLD) and Leigh Howard (VIC).? The women have just taken to the track for their 12-lap scratch race. South Australian Olympian takes a comfortable win in the Women’s Scratch Race ahead of her appearance in the Madison later tonight. Back in the sprint finals, Glaetzer, Lewis, Meares and Ward have all won their second heats.? As the sprints are best of three, Glaetzer and Meares have secured gold medals and Lewis and Ward both take bronze, with Patrick Constable (SA) and Rikki Belder (SA) taking home silver. 16-year-old Brooke Tucker has just taken out the Women’s Austral Race in a tight sprint with crowd favourite Nettie Edmondson.? Newly-crowned 2015 omnium champion Ashlee Ankudinoff has finished in third. The Men’s Austral Final is about to start. The men are now underway.? Olympian Glenn O’Shea and World Tour rider Jack Bobridge are starting from scratch tonight. Kiwi Zach Williams has taken out a fast-paced Men’s Austral Race, with NSW pair Cameron Scott and Nicholas Yallouris in second and third. The last of the keirin finals is just wrapping up.? Rikki Belder (SA) took a stunning victory over Anna Meares in the women’s final, while Shane Perkins and Matthew Glaetzer are expected to go head to head for the men’s in a few laps’ time. It’s Glaetzer who delivers, crossing the line in 10.56. We’re approaching the start for the women’s headline event, the Madison…off they go! ?After three sprints in the Women’s Madison, Nettie Edmondson and Jess Mundy for team SASI are leading on 11 points, with teams TIS and NSWIS tied for second on seven points.? A two-woman crash has taken out Jessie MacLean from team ACTAS and a rider from team Feel Good, but both riders are back on their feet and their bikes. Teams Cervelo and TIS have attacked.? Team SASI is sitting in third – and they’ve responded!? Edmondson has broken away! Georgia Baker from TIS has caught Edmondson.? They’re still away together at the bell lap for the fourth sprint. Edmondson leads Baker over the sprint and takes five more points – SASI now leads on 16 points to TIS’s 10. TIS are trying to take a lap to leapfrog SASI and take the lead, but the SASI pair are keeping the Tasmanians on a tight leash. Nettie Edmondson and Jess Mundy from SASI have just won back-to-back titles in? Australian Women’s Madison, with Macey Stewart and Georgia Baker of TIS a well-fought second place, and Imogen Jelbart and Ashlee Ankudinoff of NSWIS in third.
Event 59: Women’s Madison
100 Laps – Result
1. | 1 | SASI | 31:37.51 | 19 | Pts | |
Annette EDMONDSON (SA) | AUS19911212 | |||||
Jessica MUNDY (SA) | AUS19940925 | |||||
2. | 2 | TIS | 15 | |||
Macey STEWART (TAS) | AUS19960116 | |||||
Georgia BAKER (TAS) | AUS19940921 | |||||
3. | 3 | NSWIS | 7 | |||
Imogen JELBART (NSW) | AUS19940826 | |||||
Ashlee ANKUDINOFF (NSW) | AUS19900820 | |||||
4. | 5 | CERVELO | 6 | |||
Alexandra MANLY (SA) | AUS19960228 | |||||
Lauren PERRY (TAS) | AUS19960329 | |||||
5. | 10 | FEEL GOOD | 4 | |||
Chloe MORAN (SA) | AUS19981116 | |||||
Lauretta HANSON (VIC) | AUS19941029 | |||||
6. | 11 | CYCLING QLD | 2 | |||
Quinn CRAMER (QLD) | AUS19830123 | |||||
Brooke TUCKER (QLD) | AUS19980424 | |||||
7. | 8 | BICYCLE SUPERSTORE | ||||
Tayla EVANS (VIC) | AUS19940331 | |||||
Hayley JONES (QLD) | GBR19950926 | |||||
1 Lap Behind | ||||||
8. | 9 | PHYSIOHEALTH | ||||
Bridget MULLANY (NSW) | AUS19970529 | |||||
Nicola MACDONALD (NSW) | AUS19980602 | |||||
9. | 7 | ACTAS | ||||
Kimberly WELLS (ACT) | AUS19850718 | |||||
Jessie MACLEAN (ACT) | AUS19851017 | |||||
2 Laps Behind | ||||||
10. | 6 | SEIGHT | 2 | |||
Alexandria NICHOLLS (ACT) | AUS19951102 | |||||
Allison RICE (ACT) | AUS19940324 | |||||
3 Laps Behind | ||||||
11. | 14 | CANCER COUNCIL VIC | ||||
Nicole WHITBURN (VIC) | AUS19780919 | |||||
Grace PHANG (VIC) | MAS19850913 | |||||
dnf | 12 | BRUNSWICK CC | ||||
Gabrielle BELZ (VIC) | AUS19671115 | |||||
Rebecca SUTHERLAND (VIC) | AUS19770123 | |||||
dnf | 13 | SAM MIRANDA | ||||
Sarah KNIGHTS (VIC) | AUS19850913 | |||||
Catherine GAUTHIER (VIC) | AUS19891207 |
The men are now lining up for the final race of the night – the 2015 Men’s Madison championships. Race favourite Cameron Meyer earlier today:
If anyone has seen my track legs around melbourne from 2012 please drop them off to me as I will need them tonight. Thanks ? Cameron Meyer (@cammeyercyclist) December 19, 2014
He told us just before the start of the Madison that he still wasn’t sure where they were:
I don?t know if they?re in this building or somewhere out in Melbourne still. – Cameron Meyer
Jackson Law and Nick Yallouris of team NSWIS have gone out hard to take the first sprint, with Alex Edmondson and Miles Scotson of the National Team hard on their wheels. Both Law and Yallouris have been competing in the omnium over the past two days, as well as some of the races earlier this evening.
I?m starting to feel the effects of yesterday. The omnium – pretty draining over two days. – Jackson Law
It’s Law who powers ahead again for the second sprint.? The NSWIS team is a last-minute pairing after Law’s Madison partner and older brother, Scott, pulled out due to illness the day before the Omnium Championships:
When he came back from London from the World Cup [Scott] had a sore throat and it progressively got worse over the week. I?m riding with Nick now.?? We?ve done a few Madisons together and we make a pretty good team, and we?ll give it a crack in the sprints.
Youngster Dan Fitter from team QAS has gone off the front.? He’s switched with partner Callum Scotson. And the 18-year-old QAS pair have lapped the field! Jack Bobridge now moves to the front.? The Belkin rider is paired with fellow South Australian Glenn O’Shea. The NSWIS pair of Law and Yallouris and the Seight team, comprising German Achim Burkart and Austrian Andreas Graf, have also lapped the field. O’Shea from Belkin has gone and Alex Edmondson from the National Team is chasing. O’Shea and Edmondson are back in the field, but the attacks are coming more frequently now. Damien Howson (Team Baker IDI) has also been out the front lately. Howson and his teammate Martin Hacecky are still prominent as we count down the last 80 laps – the pair have taken out the sixth sprint of the race for another five points. World IP record holder Jack Bobridge and Olympian teammate Glenn O’Shea are half a lap up on the field and not slowing down! The Belkin pair of O’Shea and Bobridge have led teams TAC, Seight and QAS across the seventh sprint – and Bobridge has just clinched the deal by bridging the gap to lap the field, to resounding applause! Leigh Howard (TAC) has gone! It’s been almost three years since Howard and teammate Meyer have raced or even practiced a Madison – they last teamed up at the 2012 Track World Championships right here in Melbourne.
Little bit nervous, to say the least. We?ll see how it goes.? I?m sure as we get into the race we?ll get our feeling back and hopefully we?ll have a good one. – Cameron Meyer
It’s the NSWIS pair who have stepped up again for three more points at the second-last sprint – Jackson Law and Nick Yallouris are now leading on 22 points, eight points clear of the Belkin duo and a lap up on most of the field. Dan Fitter from team QAS is pelting around the track, about to take another lap of the field!? He’s just changed with partner Callum Scotson – the duo are just 18 years of age! One lap to go for Fitter – he won’t bridge for the lap, sadly, but the youngsters take a very respectable fourth place overall.? It’s Jackson Law and Nick Yallouris from NSWIS who become the new Madison champions!
Event 60: Men’s Madison
200 Laps – Result
1. | 6 | NSWIS | 53:39.61 | 23 | Pts | |
Nicholas YALLOURIS (NSW) | AUS19940224 | |||||
Jackson LAW (NSW) | AUS19930202 | |||||
2. | 2 | BELKIN | 19 | |||
Glenn O’SHEA (SA) | AUS19890614 | |||||
Jack BOBRIDGE (SA) | AUS19890713 | |||||
3. | 4 | SEIGHT | 15 | |||
Achim BURKART (GER) | GER19920630 | |||||
Andreas GRAF (AUT) | AUT19850807 | |||||
4. | 11 | QAS | 8 | |||
Callum SCOTSON (SA) | AUS19960810 | |||||
Dan FITTER (QLD) | AUS19960619 | |||||
1 Lap Behind | ||||||
5. | 3 | NATIONAL TEAM | 18 | |||
Alexander EDMONDSON (SA) | AUS19931222 | |||||
Miles SCOTSON (SA) | AUS19940118 | |||||
6. | 17 | BAKER IDI | 10 | |||
Damien HOWSON (SA) | AUS19920813 | |||||
Martin HACECKY (CZE) | CZE19880724 | |||||
7. | 1 | TAC TOWARD ZERO | 8 | |||
Leigh HOWARD (VIC) | AUS19891018 | |||||
Cameron MEYER (WA) | AUS19880111 | |||||
8. | 7 | CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA | 4 | |||
Sam WELSFORD (WA) | AUS19960119 | |||||
Rohan WIGHT (SA) | AUS19970130 | |||||
9. | 15 | MCL | ||||
Haydn BRADBURY (VIC) | AUS19740924 | |||||
Tyler SPURRELL (VIC) | AUS19920914 | |||||
2 Laps Behind | ||||||
10. | 5 | LOGIE SMITH LANYON | 2 | |||
Christian GRASSMAN (GER) | GER19810316 | |||||
Marcel KALZ (GER) | GER19870309 | |||||
11. | 13 | NEW ZEALAND | ||||
Regan GOUGH (NZL) | NZL19961006 | |||||
Luke MUDGWAY (NZL) | NZL19960612 | |||||
3 Laps Behind | ||||||
12. | 16 | VIS | 3 | |||
Jordan STANNUS (VIC) | AUS19960516 | |||||
Mathew ROSS (VIC) | AUS19960319 | |||||
4 Laps Behind | ||||||
13. | 18 | BUDGET FORKLIFTS | ||||
Danny CLARK (QLD) | AUS19510830 | |||||
George TANSLEY (SA) | AUS19930814 | |||||
5 Laps Behind | ||||||
14. | 12 | SASI | ||||
Alexander PORTER (SA) | AUS19960513 | |||||
Joshua HARRISON (SA) | AUS19950615 | |||||
7 Laps Behind | ||||||
15. | 8 | SV PARTNERS | ||||
Reece TUCKNOTT (WA) | AUS19960515 | |||||
Alex RENDELL (WA) | AUS19971127 |
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