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The Madison is a relay race event in track cycling, named after the first Madison Square Garden in New York, and known as the "American race" in French (course à l'américaine) and as Americana in Spanish and in Italian.
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison is the world championship madison event held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.It was first held at the 1995 championships in Bogotá, Colombia.
A madison race is a tag team points race that involves all 16 teams competing at once. One cyclist from each team competes at a time; the two team members can swap at any time by touching (including pushing and hand-slinging). The distance is 200 laps (50 km). Teams score points in two ways: lapping the field and sprints.
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's madison is the world championship madison event held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.Although a storied and iconic event in male track cycling, it was first held for women only at the 2017 championships in Hong Kong, having been added to the Olympic programme for 2020.
The cycling competitions of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris occurred at four different venues (Pont d'Iéna for road and time trial races; Vélodrome de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines for track cycling and BMX racing; Élancourt Hill for mountain biking; and Place de la Concorde for the BMX freestyle), from 27 July to 11 August, featuring twenty ...
MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Harrie Lavreysen was walking through the purple-carpeted infield of the velodrome after defending his Olympic title in the men's sprint competition Friday ...
The NOCs qualifying directly in the madison also earned 1 spot in the omnium. [2] Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships on 1 March 2020 (the last event that contributed to the 2018–20 rankings), qualification was unaffected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI's predecessor, the International Cycling Association (ICA). Current events include: time trial, keirin, individual pursuit, team pursuit, points race, scratch race, sprint, team sprint, omnium, madison and elimination race. Women's events are generally shorter than men's.