2011 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's madison

The women's madison at the 2011 Dutch National Track Championships in Apeldoorn took place at Omnisport Apeldoorn on December 30, 2011. 7 teams participated in the contest. Ellen van Dijk and Kirsten Wild won the gold medal, Kelly Markus and Amy Pieters took silver and Vera Koedooder and Winanda Spoor won the bronze.

Competition format Because of the number of teams, there were no qualification rounds for this discipline. Consequently, the event was run direct to the final. The competition consisted on 100 laps, making a total of 25 km.

Race The competition started at 20:40. Ellen van Dijk and Kirsten Wild, the favourites of the race, won all the intermediate sprints. After a few round of the madison Amy Pieters attacked, but was pulled back by Van Dijk. The medalists teams lapped the other teams with at least 2 laps. Near the end of the race Van Dijk and Wild raced clear of the others.

Results Rank Name Points Laps down Ellen van DijkKirsten Wild 20 Kelly MarkusAmy Pieters 10 Vera KoedooderWinanda Spoor 9 4 Aafke EshuisNathalie van Gogh 5 -2 5 Nina KesslerLaura van der Kamp 0 -2 6 Daisy RodenburgNicky Zijlaard 0 -2 7 Martine van der HerbergSamantha van Steenis 0 DNF DNF = did not finish. Results from nkbaanwielrennen.nl.

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