Revolution 35 Round 3, 07th Jan 2012
Author: Chris Maher, Pictures courtesy of:Chris Maher| Photography
Revolution 35 Line-up
A wealth of Continental Stars proved a popular choice for Revolution 35. 2009 Scratch Champion Morgan Kniesky & Canadian Points Champion Jean-Michel Lachance are joined by seasoned Six Day specialists Christian Grassmam, Alex Aeschbach & Andreas Muller to name but a few.
Returning once more and riding for Endura Racing in 2012, Russell Downing played a key role for howies but failed to stop them sliding down the leader board slightly.
Sky Pro Cycling’s new signing for 2012, Luke Rowe will be riding his maiden race.
On the downside, the field will be reduced by Cunga Bikes Elite riders unable to make this round through various reasons.
The special guest racing for the evening plays tribute to our para-cycling athletes in the form of Tandem Sprint events. It takes form of an Omnium style contest between two teams, one from Great Britain and the other from Netherlands.
Race Analysis & Results
Man of the match in Footballing terms had to be Sky Pro Cycling’s new signing Luke Rowe. At times, it looked like the turbo button of the Hornby Scalextric Velo Set had been pushed (If it has one, that is!) as the blue figure whizzed around the boards. Even the seasoned Continental guests couldn’t contain his enthusiasm to show off his new colours , much to the delights of the crowd.
Reaching new heights in the DHL Future Stars competition, Cunga Bikes Emily, took her ninth consecutive win to dominate the Girls racing. With one round left, it is un-lightly that anyone will deny her a third title.
Event 1 – Elite Scratch Race 10Kms
- Luke Rowe Sky Pro Cycling
- Marcel Kalz CHEPUK
- Russell Downing howies
Event 2 – DHL Future Boys Scratch Race 5Kms
- Oliver Wood CHEPUK
- Jake Ragen Maxgear Racing
- James Owen howies
Event 3 – Tandem Sprint Omnium – Round 1 200m Flying Lap
- MacLean & Kappes 12.830
- Storey & Fachie 12.943
- Bos & Oost 13.535
- Bos & Bonnof 13.898
Event 4 – DHL Future Girls Points Race 5Kms
- Emily Kay Cunga Bikes
- Rebecca Hunt howies
- Ellie Coster howies
Event 5/ 13 – Madison 1Km Time Trial
- CHEPUK Dibben & Kalz 58.422
- Sky Pro Cycling Rowe & Muller 58.537
- howies Downing & Mould 59.662
- Maxgear Racing Yates & Grasmann 59.955
- Rouleur Murray & Lachance 1.00.662
- Rapha Condor Sharp Lowe & Aeshbach 1.00.883
- TeamUKYouth McGowan & Lowsley-Williams 1.00.140
- Cunga Bikes DNS DNS
Event 6 – DHL Future Boys Elimination Race
- Jake Ragen Maxgear Racing
- Chris Lawless Maxgear Racing
- Jacob Scott CHEPUK
Event 7 – Tandem Sprint Omnium – Round 2 – Sprint 1
- Storey & Fachie beat Bos & Oost 10.644
- MacLean & Kappes beat Bos & Bonnhof 11.497
Event 8 – Elimination Race
- Maxgear Racing 30
- Rapha Condor Sharp 25
- CHEPUK 23
- Sky Pro Cycling 22
- howies 21
- TeamUKYouth 20
- Rouleur 19
- Cunga Bikes DNS
Event 9 – DHL Future Girls Scratch Race 5Kms
- Emily Kay Cunga Bikes
- Ellie Coster howies
- Rebecca Hunt howies
Event 10 – Tandem Sprint Omnium – Round 2 – Sprint 2
- MacLean & Kappes beat Storey & Fachie 11.136
- Bos & Oost beat Bos & Bonnof 11.211
Event 11 – Australian Pursuit 3Kms
- Sky Pro Cycling Luke Rowe
- Rapha Condor Sharp Robert Bengsch
- TeamUKYouth Chris Opie
- Rouleur Michael Schmidt
- CHEPUK Morgan Kniesky
- Maxgear Racing Christian Grasmann
- howies Adam Duggleby
- Cunga Bikes DNS
Event 12 – DHL Future Boys Points Race 5Kms
- Chris Lawless Maxgear Racing
- James Owen howies
- Gabriel Cullaigh CHEPUK
Event 14 – Tandem Sprint Omnium – Round 3 – Sprint
- Storey & Fachie beat Bos & Bonnhof 11.683
- MacLean & Kappes beat Bos & Oost 11.293
Event 15 – DHL Future Girls Elimination Race
- Emily Kay Cunga Bikes
- Rebecca Hunt howies
- Emily Haycox howies
Event 16 – Elite 15Km Points Race
- Jon Mould howies
- Luke Rowe Sky Pro Cycling
- Marcel Kalz CHEPUK
Event 17 – Presentation Awards Ceremony
CHEPUK collected the most points of the evening with 194.
Maxgear Racing move up to the top of the Championship leader board going into the final round later in the month.
Event 18 – Tandem Sprint Omnium – 1000m TT
- Great Britain 33.328
- Netherlands 34.286
The Season 9 Championship standings after Round 2
- Maxgear Racing 501 ↑
- TeamUKYouth 494 ↓
- CHEPUK 491 ↑
- howies 479 ↓
- Sky Pro Cycling 472 ↔
- Rouleur 441 ↑
- Rapha Condor Sharp 410 ↑
- Cunga Bikes 306 ↓
DHL Future Stars
Boys
- Jake Ragen Maxgear Racing 218 points
- Oliver Wood CHEPUK 184
- Jacob Scott CHEPUK 184
Girls
- Emily Kay Cunga Bikes 270 points
- Ellie Coster howies 192
- Melissa Lowther CHEPUK 181
The next round of Revolution will be 36, the Season Finale on the 28th January 2012. This will feature Sir Chris Hoy. Tickets for the seated area’s have now all sold out with limited standing tickets still available at the time of going to press. SOLD OUT.
ITV 4 highlights are shown on the Monday after the event with catch-up TV on the ITV Player available soon after.
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