behind. Semifinal 2 Cunault and Madelaine were lapped at five miles, with Cunault retiring shortly after. Madelaine fell at lap 44 and needed an ambulance. Avrillon, leading for stretches, retired shortly after; along with the other non-finishers to that point, there were only 15 cyclists left of the 26 starters. A crash a little after the one-hour mark eliminated Noon and Weintz, with Meredith falling but able to resume the race. After an hour and a half, Coeckelberg crashed into an athletics judge who had wandered onto the track, hitting his head on the concrete curb and sustaining cuts on his thigh and head; he was able to continue, however. Zanzottera retired at lap 60 with cramps, and Parini retired shortly after. It started to rain two hours into the race, continuing for half an hour; only nine men remained at the end of it. Seven of them finished together, with Coeckelberg 100 yards behind at the end. It is not clear how Young advanced to the final; the Official Report says in the results of this heat that Coeckelberg and Denny qualified as having led the most laps, and in the description of the final field says that Young was "permitted to start, having satisfied the judges that he was not lapped in Heat 2." Final It had rained before the start of the final and continued raining for most of the race. Meredith, Andrews, and Robertson crashed at 13 miles; they all continued but Meredith was behind the field and was lapped at lap 62, after which he retired. Bailey led at the halfway mark, but was lapped with 31 laps to go. The lead pack dwindled to seven riders at lap 115 and was down to four at the final lap. Three were British, allowing them to use teamwork to pace Bartlett for the final sprint. Denny led going into the final lap, with Lapize on the outside. Bartlett came down from the banking and sprinted to the finish, crossing the line a wheel ahead of Denny. Notes Sources De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Cycling 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at . Men's 100 kilometres Track cycling at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic track cycling events