Eleven women's teams and 14 men's teams will battle it out at the 2025 AusCycling Madison National Championships to close a massive Quest Ivanhoe 128th Austral Wheelrace Saturday at Melbourne's Darebin International Sports Centre (DISC).
Reigning men's champions Oliver Bleddyn and Zac Marriage will not defend their crown tomorrow, leaving the door wide open for a new champion pairing.
Across in the women, last year's winner Keira Will returns but without Keely Bennett. Will is set to join forces with Alyssa Polites, who won the Madison title in 2022 with Maeve Plouffe.
Other former Madison national champions on the start list are Georgia Baker, Conor Leahy, Josh Duffy and Graeme Frislie before his nationality switch to the United States of America.
Saturday night's racing will be broadcast live on SBS On Demand in Australia and internationally on AusCycling YouTube.
Teams containing two Australians (in bold below) are eligible to win the national title. All teams can medal on the night.
Women
- Alyssa Polites and Keira Will (Carnegie Caulfield CC/Lidcombe Auburn CC)
- Georgia Baker and Alli Anderson (Northern Districts CC/Port Adelaide CC)
- Rylee McMullen and Sophie Edwards (both Norwood CC)
- Claudia Marcks and Isla Carr (Canberra CC/X-Speed Australia CC)
- Maeve Plouffe and Nicole Duncan (Port Adelaide CC/Central Coast CC)
- Odette Lynch and Maddie Wasserbaech (Norwood CC/Port Adelaide CC)
- Mizuki Ikeda and Amelie Sanders (Japan/Gold Coast CC - Australia)
- Tegan Feringa and Elena Worrall (both Counties Manukau CC - New Zealand)
- Maho Kakita and Tsuyaka Uchino (Japan)
- Lucy Reeve and Amelia Sykes (both Canterbury Track Cycling - New Zealand)
- Anna Dubier and Leani van der Berg (Lidcombe Auburn CC/Norwood CC)
Men
- Tom Cornish and Conor Leahy (Southern Cross CC/Peel District CC)
- Kurt Eather and Graeme Frislie (Dubbo CC - Australia/Brunswick CC - United States of America)
- Oscar Gallagher and Noah Blannin (Blackburn CC/Gold Coast CC)
- Shunsuke Imamura and Kazushige Kuboki (Japan)
- Magnus Jamieson and Oliver Watson-Palmer (Cycling Southland - New Zealand/Te Awamutu Sports CC - New Zealand)
- Edward Marcks and Jonas Shelverton (Canberra CC/Hobert Wheelers Dirt Devils)
- Rohan Haydon-Smith and Liam Walsh (both Balmoral CC)
- Blake Quick and James Moriarty (both Balmoral CC)
- Sam Washington and Alex Hewes (X-Speed Australia CC/Gold Coast CC)
- Wil Holmes and Josh Duffy (Norwood CC/Launceston City CC)
- Kiaan Kerai Watts and Ollie Jirovec (Hamilton City CC - New Zealand/Brunswick CC - Australia)
- Maxx Nuspan and Alasdair Norris (Bendigo and District CC/Blackburn CC)
- Will Brown and Oliver Ward (Port Adelaide CC/Norwood CC)
- Logan Taplin and TBC (Hawthorn CC/TBC)
Feature picture: Con Chronis