PLENTY of champions will pursue victory in tomorrow night’s Bendigo International Madison cycling classic.The field for the 200-lap race, backed by McCaig Airconditioning in association with Fujitsu, includes World, European, Australian, and World Junior championship winners.There are a few Bendigo International Madison winners who will be back on the Tom Flood Sports Centre track.The reigning champions, Eaglehawk’s Glenn O’Shea and Geelong’s Leigh Howard will attempt to match a feat many of the sport’s finest have.Nine cyclists have celebrated back-to-back wins in the 38 previous battles for Bendigo International Madison glory.O’Shea and Howard could etch their name into history alongside Keith Oliver, Bob Whetters, Don Allan, Danny Clark, Shane Sutton, Roland Gunther, Stephen Pate, Brett Aitken and Scott McGrory.The task for O’Shea and Howard will be far from easy.Among the greatest challenges will be Swiss star Franco Marvulli and Germany’s Leif Lampater.A winner of four world titles - two at madison and two at scratch - Marvulli makes a long-awaited return to Bendigo.Marvulli was a silver medallist in the madison at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and has racked up 23 victories on Europe’s six-day circuit.He is a superstar of cycling and joins forces with one of Europe’s most exciting talents - Lampater.Racing in Bendigo for the first time, Lampater won the Rotterdam and Stuttgart six-day races in 2008 and was in superb form as he teamed with Marvulli to be the No.1 team in last Saturay night’s Australian Madison championship.The Meyer brothers, Cameron and Travis, have always raced well in Bendigo.Fourth in the points score at the Beijing Olympics, Cameron Meyer is a brilliant all-rounder.The ability to sprint, chase, and keep on doing so lap after lap is what all madison competitors need to be able to do.The Meyers are two of the best.A victory for them would put in them elite company, as few brothers have teamed to win the great race.The Allan brothers, David and Don, ruled the track in 1976, and the Suttons, Gary and Shane, did so in ‘83.Castlemaine’s Sean Finning and Geelong’s James Langedyk were best-placed of the Aussie teams last Saturday night.A gold medallist in the points score at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Finning will have plenty of support.The fans will also cheer on Bendigo stars David Pell, Tim Decker, Jarrod Moroni, Kyle Marwood and Peter Ladd throughout 200 laps of exciting action.Based in Bendigo through university and cycling commitments, Horsham’s Mark O’Brien will pit his skills against the likes of the all-New Zealand team of Shane Archbold and Tom Scully, Japan’s Yoshi Koujii, and Australia’s young guns such as Luke Durbridge, Michael Frieberg, Dale Park, Alex Carver and Luke Davidson.From the first lap until the last, tomorrow’s contest could be one of the best in Bendigo International Madison history.