World Track Championships - CM

Stuttgart, Germany, July 30 - August 3, 2003

Event program and results

Men's 50 km Madison

Another gold for Marvulli, as Swiss take Madison

Marvulli and Risi
Photo: © Hennes Roth

By Valkerie Mangnall in Stuttgart, Germany

Franco Marvulli took his second gold medal of the championships when he combined with Bruno Risi to snare the Madison title for Switzerland. Marvulli, who won the scratch race, and Risi lapped the field and finished with 13 points.

New Zealand's Greg Henderson and Hayden Roulston took a lap with 21 laps of the 180-lap race to go to claim the silver medal. Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Perez of Argentina took the bronze medal.

Photography

Images by Hennes Roth/www.roth-foto.de

• Bruno Risi swings his partner Franco Marvulli in
• Juan Curuchet and Walter Perez during their bronze medal winning ride
• Guido Fulst and Andreas Mueller get into the swing of things
• New Zealanders Greg Henderson and Hayden Roulston in action during the men's madison
• Franco Marvulli (Swi) celebrates with the Swiss flag after he partnered Bruno Risi to win the madison
• Franco Marvulli (Swi) both exhausted and elated after winning the madison
• Franco Marvulli, coach Markus Nagel, and Bruno Risi celebrate after their win in the madison
• The podium (L to R): Henderson/Roulston (NZl, 2nd), Marvulli/Risi (Swi, 1st), Curuchet/Perez (Arg, 3rd)
• Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi on the podium after their madison win
• Franco Marvulli and Bruno Risi now in nice rainbow jerseys
• mmm....gold...

Images by AFP

• The Swiss pairing of Bruno Risi (closest) and Franco Marvulli worked superbly to take the gold medal.
• Jerome Neuville (France, L) lends a hand to his team-mate Franck Perque. The French duo eventually finished 9th.
• Slovakia's Martin Liska and Jozef Zabka had a solid ride to finish in fifth place.
• Argentina's Juan Esteban Curuchet and Walter Perez were delighted with their bronze medal performance.
• The New Zealand combination of Greg Henderson and Hayden Roulston had a great ride to finish with the silver.
• Bruno Risi (Switzerland) gets a big hug from his coach.
• Victory is sweet - The winning pair of Bruno Risi and Franco Marvulli revel in their success.

Results

Madison

1 Switzerland                                     13 pts
 Bruno Risi
 Franco Marvulli
2 New Zealand                                      5
 Gregory Henderson
 Hayden Roulston
3 Argentina                                        5
 Juan Esteban Curuchet
 Walter Perez

1 lap behind

4 Netherlands                                     18
 Robert Slippens
 Danny Stam
5 Slovakia                                        12
 Martin Liska
 Jozef Zabka
6 Austria                                          9
 Roland Garber
 Franz Stocher
7 Germany                                          8
 Guido Fulst
 Andreas Muller
8 Australia                                        6
 Graeme Brown
 Mark Renshaw
9 France                                           6
 Jérôme Neuville
 Franck Perque
10 Colombia                                        5
 Leonardo Duque
 Alexander Gonzalez
11 Spain                                           5
 Miguel Alzamora Riera
 Joan Llaneras Rosello
12 Czech Republic                                  3
 Martin Blaha
 Petr Lazar
13 South Africa                                    0
 Robert Dale
 Jean-Pierre Van Zyl

2 laps behind

14 Belgium                                         2
 Matthew Gilmore
 Wouter Van Mechelen

3 laps behind

15 Russia                                          2
 Andrei Minachkine
 Mikhail Mikheev
DNF Canada
 Alexandre Cloutier
 Martin Gilbert
DNF Denmark
 Jimmy Hansen
 Jens Erik Madsen
DNF Greece
 Vasilis Anastopoulos
 Elpidofos Potouridis