EUROPE'S cycling stars dominated Saturday night's Australian Madison championship at Darebin's indoor velodrome.
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Germany's Leif Lampater and Belgium's Kenny de Ketele lapped the field twice on their way to victory in the 200-lap battle.
Runners-up were Germany's Christian Grassman and Switzerland's Franco Marvulli.
Lampater, Grassman and Marvulli have all won the Bendigo International Madison track classic held in March.
Team-mates in Bendigo a few months ago, Lampater and Grassman were opponents this time.
Third overall in a thrilling battle at Darebin, Jayco-AIS team-mates Alex Edmondson and Luke Davison won the national title as the highest placed Australian team.
Marvulli-Grassman took the first lap of the madison, with De Ketele-Lampater quick to respond with a lap of their own.
From there it was a rush of Aussie talent.
Eaglehawk's Glenn O'Shea and SA team-mate Jack Bobridge, Davison-Edmondson and Tyler Spurrel-Luke Parker all gained laps to stay in contention for the national championship.
The madison is decided on laps taken and sprint points.
Davison-Edmondson led the charge on 21 points, but could not halt the attack by De Ketele-Lampater to gain a second lap.
Marvulli-Grassman earned a second lap near the finish.