| Men's madison at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venue | Hong Kong Velodrome | |||||||||
| Location | Hong Kong | |||||||||
| Dates | 16 April 2017 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 30 from 15 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 15 | |||||||||
| Winning points | 45 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The Men's madison competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 16 April 2017. [1] [2]
200 laps (50km) with 20 sprints were raced. [3]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points | Laps Down |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Morgan Kneisky Benjamin Thomas |  France | 45 | |
 | Cameron Meyer Callum Scotson |  Australia | 41 | |
 | Moreno De Pauw Kenny De Ketele |  Belgium | 32 | |
| 4 | Niklas Larsen Casper von Folsach |  Denmark | 22 | |
| 5 | Tristan Marguet Claudio Imhof |  Switzerland | 12 | |
| 6 | Felix English Mark Downey |  Ireland | 12 | |
| 7 | Albert Torres Sebastián Mora |  Spain | 11 | −1 |
| 8 | Wim Stroetinga Yoeri Havik |  Netherlands | 5 | |
| 9 | Theo Reinhardt Henning Bommel |  Germany | −15 | −1 |
| 10 | Liam Bertazzo Simone Consonni |  Italy | −16 | −1 |
| 11 | Alan Banaszek Daniel Staniszewski |  Poland | −35 | −2 |
| 12 | Jiří Hochmann Martin Bláha |  Czech Republic | −39 | −2 |
| – | Mark Stewart Oliver Wood |  Great Britain | DNF | |
| Andreas Müller Andreas Graf |  Austria | |||
| Leung Ka Yu Leung Chun Wing |  Hong Kong | |||
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