2011 Dutch National Track Championships – Women's madison

Women's madison

2011 Dutch National Track Championships
Podium women's madison.
Race details
Date		30 December 2011
Distance
Medalists
	Gold	Ellen van Dijk Kirsten Wild
	Silver	Kelly Markus Amy Pieters
	Bronze	Vera Koedooder Winanda Spoor

2011 Dutch National Track Championships
Sprint		men		women
Time trial		men		women
Individual pursuit		men		women
Keirin		men		women
Scratch		men		women
Points race		men		women
Madison		men		women

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 Dijk Kirsten Wild	20
	Kelly Markus Amy Pieters	10
	Vera Koedooder Winanda Spoor	9
4	Aafke Eshuis Nathalie van Gogh	5	-2
5	Nina Kessler Laura van der Kamp	0	-2
6	Daisy Rodenburg Nicky Zijlaard	0	-2
7	Martine van der Herberg Samantha van Steenis	0	DNF

DNF = did not finish.
Results from nkbaanwielrennen.nl.