UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison

European Champion Jersey
The European Champion Jersey, from 2016

The Men's madison is one of the disciplines of the annual UEC European Track Championships.

It was first competed as a separate event in 1895.[1]

European championships Madison events were later held as European Criterion or Winter Championship (1949–1971).

From 1972 to 1990, they were organized by the FICP as European Championship.

Since 1995 the UEC is responsible for all European championships.

The Madison became part of the newly established senior UEC European Track Championship event in 2010 in Poland.

It presently consists of a race distance of 50 km (200 laps), where the pairs can gain points through sprints or by being one lap ahead.

Medalists

Championship Gold Silver Bronze
European Criterion or Winter Championship
1949 Brussels Gerrit Boeijen
Gerrit Schulte
Achiel Bruneel
Camiel Dekuysscher
Reginald Arnold
Alfred Strom
1950 Zürich Gerrit Peters
Gerrit Schulte
Achiel Bruneel
Guy Lapébie
Armin von Büren
Hugo Koblet
1951 Antwerp Valère Ollivier
Albert Sercu
Gerrit Peters
Gerrit Schulte
Ernest Thyssen
Albert Ramon
1952 Paris Jean Le Nizerhy
Roger Reynes
Reginald Arnold
Alfred Strom
Roger Godeau
Raymond Goussot
1953 Zürich Armin von Büren
Hugo Koblet
Gerrit Peters
Gerrit Schulte
Achiel Bruneel
Arsene Rijckaert
1954 Zürich Armin von Büren
Hugo Koblet
Gerrit Peters
Gerrit Schulte
Achiel Bruneel
Lucien Acou
1955 Paris Dominique Forlini
Georges Senfftleben
Walter Bucher
Jean Roth
Joseph Debeuckelaer
Arsene Rijckaert
1956 Dortmund Piet Haan
Jan Plantaz
Gerrit Peters
Gerrit Schulte
Reginald Arnold
Sid Patterson
1957 Kopenhagen Reginald Arnold
Ferdinando Terruzzi
Joseph Debeuckelaer
Arsene Rijckaert
Evan Klamer
Kay Werner Nielsen
1958 Kopenhagen Rik Van Steenbergen
Emile Severeyns
Émile Carrara
Georges Senfftleben
Dominique Forlini
Pierre Brun
1959 Zürich Rik Van Steenbergen
Emile Severeyns
Palle Lykke
Kay Werner Nielsen
Peter Post
Gerrit Schulte
1960 Antwerp Rik Van Steenbergen
Emile Severeyns
Fritz Pfenninger
Jean Roth
Lucien Gillen
Oscar Plattner
1961 Köln Rik Van Steenbergen
Emile Severeyns
Sigi Renz
Günther Ziegler
Rudi Altig
Hans Junkermann
1962 Zürich Klaus Bugdahl
Fritz Pfenninger
Rik Van Looy
Peter Post
Rik Van Steenbergen
Emile Severeyns
1963 Brussels Rik Van Steenbergen
Palle Lykke
Willy Vannitsen
Peter Post
Emile Severeyns
Reginald Arnold
1964 Zürich Peter Post
Fritz Pfenninger
Klaus Bugdahl
Sigi Renz
Lucien Gillen
Peter Tiefenthaler
1965 Bremen Rudi Altig
Hans Junkermann
Rik Van Steenbergen
Emile Severeyns
Dieter Kemper
Horst Oldenburg
1966 Brussels Klaus Bugdahl
Sigi Renz
Rik Van Steenbergen
Palle Lykke
Fritz Pfenninger
Ron Baensch
1967 Gent Peter Post
Fritz Pfenninger
Sigi Renz
Horst Oldenburg
Romain Deloof
Freddy Eugen
1968 Bremen Dieter Kemper
Horst Oldenburg
Freddy Eugen
Rolf Roggendorf
Patrick Sercu
Klaus Bugdahl
1969 Gent Patrick Sercu
Peter Post
Dieter Kemper
Horst Oldenburg
Klaus Bugdahl
Fritz Pfenninger
1970 Köln Patrick Sercu
Eddy Merckx
Peter Post
Leo Duyndam
Klaus Bugdahl
Dieter Kemper
1971 Gent Wilfried Peffgen
Sigi Renz
Peter Post
René Pijnen
Patrick Sercu
Graeme Gilmore
FICP European Championship
1972 Antwerp Klaus Bugdahl
Dieter Kemper
Patrick Sercu
Julien Stevens
Wilfried Peffgen
Sigi Renz
1973 Antwerp Wilfried Peffgen
Albert Fritz
Klaas Balk
René Pijnen
Rik Van Linden
Julien Stevens
1974 Grenoble Leo Duyndam
René Pijnen
Jacky Mourioux
Alain van Lancker
Wilfried Peffgen
Albert Fritz
1975 Rotterdam Patrick Sercu
René Pijnen
Graeme Gilmore
Dieter Kemper
Sigi Renz
Roy Schuiten
1976 Zürich Günter Haritz
René Pijnen
Donald Allan
Danny Clark
Patrick Sercu
Klaus Bugdahl
1977 Kopenhagen Patrick Sercu
Eddy Merckx
Gert Frank
René Pijnen
Wilfried Peffgen
Günter Haritz
1978 Milan Patrick Sercu
Gregor Braun
Danny Clark
Francesco Moser
René Savary
Kim Gunnar Svendsen
1979 Kopenhagen Danny Clark
Donald Allan
Francesco Moser
René Pijnen
Patrick Sercu
Dietrich Thurau
1980 Gent [2] René Pijnen
Michel Vaarten
Patrick Sercu
Albert Fritz
Heinz Betz
Günther Schumacher
1981 Kopenhagen Hans-Henrik Ørsted
Gert Frank
Roman Hermann
Horst Schütz
Albert Fritz
Wilfried Peffgen
1982 Gent Patrick Sercu
René Pijnen
Gert Frank
Josef Kristen
Maurizio Bidinost
Pierangelo Bincoletto
1983 Kopenhagen Hans-Henrik Ørsted
Gert Frank
Anthony Doyle
Gary Wiggins
Henry Rinklin
Josef Kristen
1984 Zürich Anthony Doyle
Gary Wiggins
Roman Hermann
Sigmund Hermann
Henry Rinklin
Josef Kristen
1985 Kopenhagen René Pijnen
Gert Frank
Anthony Doyle
Gary Wiggins
Dietrich Thurau
Josef Kristen
1986 Stuttgart Roman Hermann
Josef Kristen
Etienne De Wilde
Stan Tourné
René Pijnen
Gert Frank
1987 Zürich Volker Diehl
Roland Günther
Urs Freuler
Hans Rudi Maerki
Roman Hermann
Sigmund Hermann
1988 Kopenhagen Danny Clark
Anthony Doyle
Volker Diehl
Roland Günther
Roman Hermann
Hans Rudi Maerki
1989 Gent Danny Clark
Anthony Doyle
Bruno Holenweger
Daniel Wyder
Marc Meilleur
Philippe Tarantini
1990 Grenoble Pierangelo Bincoletto
Jens Veggerby
Laurent Biondi
Philippe Tarantini
Roland Günther
Carsten Wolf
1991–1994 Not held
UEC European Track Championship Madison (national teams)
1995 Manchester   Switzerland
Kurt Betschart
Bruno Risi
 Italy
Pierangelo Bincoletto
Marco Villa
 Belgium
Etienne De Wilde
Laurenzo Lapage
1996 Zürich  Denmark
Jimmi Madsen
Jens Veggerby
  Switzerland
Kurt Betschart
Bruno Risi
 Germany
Andreas Kappes
Carsten Wolf
1997 Dortmund  Denmark
Jimmi Madsen
Jens Veggerby
  Switzerland
Kurt Betschart
Bruno Risi
 Belgium
Etienne De Wilde
Frank Corvers
1998 Not held
1999 Gent  France
Damien Pommereau
Robert Sassone
 Austria
Andreas Müller
Bernhard Waechter
 Czech Republic
Martin Bláha
Jacub Lazar
2000 Not held
2001 Gent  Belgium
Matthew Gilmore
Etienne De Wilde
 Italy
Silvio Martinello
Marco Villa
  Switzerland
Kurt Betschart
Bruno Risi
2002 Amsterdam
 Netherlands
Danny Stam
Robert Slippens
  Switzerland
Kurt Betschart
Bruno Risi
 Slovakia
Martin Liška
Jozef Žabka
2003 Amsterdam
 Germany
Andreas Kappes
Andreas Beikirch
 Netherlands
Danny Stam
Robert Slippens
  Switzerland
Kurt Betschart
Bruno Risi
2004 Fiorenzuola
  Switzerland
Alexander Äschbach
Franco Marvulli
 Slovakia
Martin Liška
Jozef Žabka
 Denmark
Jens-Erik Madsen
Michael Smith Larsen
2005 Dalmine
 Belgium
Matthew Gilmore
Iljo Keisse
 Czech Republic
Martin Bláha
Petr Lazar
 Russia
Konstantin Ponomarev
Alexey Shmidt
2006 Ballerup
  Switzerland
Bruno Risi
Franco Marvulli
 Netherlands
Danny Stam
Peter Schep
 Czech Republic
Alois Kaňkovský
Petr Lazar
2007 Alkmaar
 Netherlands
Jens Mouris
Peter Schep
 Russia
Alexei Markov
Nikolay Trusov
 Russia
Ivan Kovalev
Alexey Shmidt
2008 Alkmaar
 Belgium
Iljo Keisse
Kenny De Ketele
 Denmark
Casper Jørgensen
Michael Mørkøv
 Russia
Ivan Kovalev
Sergueï Kolesnikov
2009 Ghent
 Germany
Roger Kluge
Robert Bartko
 Russia
Alexey Shmidt
Sergueï Kolesnikov
 Netherlands
Danny Stam
Peter Schep
UEC European Track Championships
2010 Pruszków
 Czech Republic
Martin Bláha
Jiří Hochmann
 Belgium
Kenny De Ketele
Tim Mertens
 Ukraine
Mykhaylo Radionov
Sergiy Lagkuti
2011 Apeldoorn
 Belgium
Kenny De Ketele
Iljo Keisse
  Switzerland
Claudio Imhof
Cyrille Thièry
 France
Vivien Brisse
Morgan Kneisky
2012 Panevėžys
 Czech Republic
Martin Bláha
Jiří Hochmann
 Russia
Artur Ershov
Valery Kaykov
 Italy
Angelo Ciccone
Elia Viviani
2013 Apeldoorn
 Italy
Liam Bertazzo
Elia Viviani
 Spain
David Muntaner
Albert Torres
 Belgium
Kenny De Ketele
Gijs Van Hoecke
2014 Guadeloupe
 Austria
Andreas Graf
Andreas Müller
 Belgium
Kenny De Ketele
Otto Vergaerde
 France
Morgan Kneisky
Vivien Brisse
2015 Grenchen
 Spain
Sebastián Mora
Albert Torres
 Russia
Mikhail Radionov
Andrey Sazanov
 France
Morgan Kneisky
Bryan Coquard
2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
 Spain
Sebastián Mora
Albert Torres
 France
Morgan Kneisky
Bryan Coquard
 Belgium
Kenny De Ketele
Moreno De Pauw
2017 Berlin
 France
Florian Maitre
Benjamin Thomas
 Denmark
Niklas Larsen
Casper Pedersen
 Poland
Wojciech Pszczolarski
Daniel Staniszewski
2018 Glasgow
 Belgium
Kenny De Ketele
Robbe Ghys
 Germany
Roger Kluge
Theo Reinhardt
 United Kingdom
Oliver Wood
Ethan Hayter
2019 Apeldoorn
 Denmark
Lasse Norman Hansen
Michael Mørkøv
 Netherlands
Yoeri Havik
Jan-Willem van Schip
 Germany
Maximilian Beyer
Theo Reinhardt
2020 Plovdiv
 Spain
Sebastián Mora
Albert Torres
 Portugal
Ivo Oliveira
Rui Oliveira
 Italy
Francesco Lamon
Stefano Moro
2021 Grenchen
 Netherlands
Yoeri Havik
Jan-Willem van Schip
 Belgium
Kenny De Ketele
Lindsay De Vylder
 Portugal
Iúri Leitão
Rui Oliveira
2022 Munich
 Germany
Roger Kluge
Theo Reinhardt
 France
Thomas Boudat
Donavan Grondin
 Belgium
Robbe Ghys
Fabio Van den Bossche
2023 Grenchen
 Germany
Roger Kluge
Theo Reinhardt
 Italy
Simone Consonni
Michele Scartezzini
 France
Benjamin Thomas
Donavan Grondin
2024 Apeldoorn
 Germany
Roger Kluge
Theo Reinhardt
 France
Thomas Boudat
Donavan Grondin
 Denmark
Michael Mørkøv
Theodor Storm

References

  1. ^ "European Omnium Endurance Championships for Professionals (historical)". sport-record.de. 20 January 2022.
  2. ^ "The cyclists initially ranked second and third were disqualified due to the positive doping tests of Albert Fritz, Heinz Betz and Günther Schumacher". Cycling News (in Dutch). 2022.