Revolution 38 | Season 10 – Round 2

Revolution Season 10 – Round 2

Author: Chris Maher, Pictures courtesy of: Chris Maher| Photography

Ev1 Championship – Flying Lap 12 Riders

Ed Clancy Rapha Condor Sharp 13.292
Steven Burke IG Sigma Sport 13.901
John Dibben Rouleur 14.063
Marcel Kalz Rudy Project RT 14.075
Chris Latham WD-40 14.162
Oliver Wood Sportscover 14.602
Russell Downing NetApp Endura 14.676
Luke Rowe Sky Procycling 14.694
Joe Kelly FACE Partnership 14.700
Owain Doull howies 14.705
Adam Yates Maxgear Racing 15.260
Graham Briggs Raleigh GAC 15.610

Ev2 DHL Future Stars Scratch Race – Boys 5km

Thomas Rotherham Maxgear Racing
Tristan Robbins howies
Levi Moody Sportscover

The first race in the special women’s event for round two, the Revolution Omnium is between Great Britain& the Netherlands. Bringing together for the first time on the track, the 2012 London Olympic Road Race Champion Marianne Vos and silver medalist Lizzie Armistead. This race is a crowd pleaser, and with a full house in Manchester once again, all eyes were on Lizzie Armistead. City of Edinburgh’s Charline Joiner was the first to leave the track but it’s very easy to get caught short in this fast paced race. Tension built at the riders were eliminated one by one, but the build up couldn’t of been scripted any better with Vos & Armitstead down into the last five. With Colclough, Roberts & Junior World Road Race Champion Lucy Garner leaving in that order, we got our re-match of the sprint on the Mall. Vos & Armitstead rode around the second last lap, switching positions, but Vos had the upper hand and went on to win this first round.

Ev3 Women’s – Elimination Race

Marianne Vos Rabobank
Lizzie Armitstead AA Drink – Leontien.nl
Lucy Garner Node 4 Giordana
Amy Roberts Team USN
Katie Colclough Team Specialized – Lululemon
Amy Pieters Skil -Argos
Emily Kay Scott Contessa – Epic
Nina Kessler Dolmans – Boels Cycling Team
Ellen Van Dyck Team Specialized – Lululemon
Hannah Barnes Team Ibis Cycles

Ev4 DHL Future Stars 6 Lap Dash – Girls 1.5km

Emily Nelson IG Sigmasport
Megan Barker Raleigh GAC
Sophie Capewell WD-40

Ev5/13 Championship – 1km Madison Time Trial

Rapha Condor Sharp 55.249
Rudy Project RT 56.660
Rouleur 58.464
IG Sigmasport 59.329
WD-40 59.524
Sky Procycling 59.956
howies 1.00.109
Maxgear Racing 1.00.177
FACE Partnership 1.00.280
NetApp Endura 1.01.131
Sportscover 1.01.160
Raleigh GAC 1.04.073

Ev6 DHL Future Stars Points Race – Boys 5km

Joe Evans Rudy Project RT
Levi Moody Sportscover
Gabriel Cullaigh NetApp Endura

It was the Brit’s that got the upper hand in the Revolution Omnium. Team Specialized – Lululemon’s Katie Colclough broke free in the dying laps to take the win, with Vos once again stamping her authority in the bunch sprint for second. Last years DHL Future Star Champion Emily Kay mixing it with the big girls now, pulled off an impressive third.

Ev7 Women’s – Scratch Race 8kms

Katie Colclough Team Specialized – Lululemon
Marianne Vos Rabobank
Emily Kay Scott Contessa – Epic
Amy Roberts Team USN
Lizzie Armitstead AA Drink – Leontien.nl
Corrine Hall Node 4 Giordana
Nina Kessler Dolmans – Boel Cycling Team
Alice Barnes twenty3c.co.uk
Lucy Garner Node 4 Giordana
Eileen Roe Team IBIS Cycles

Ev8 Championship – Points Race 10km

Luke Rowe Sky Procycling
Ed Clancy Rapha Condor Sharp
Simon Yates Maxgear Racing

Ev9 DHL Future Stars Points Race – Girls 5km

Emily Nelson IG Sigmasport
Grace Garner Sky Procycling
Lucy Shaw Rudy Project RT

TheGreat Britain squad of Armitstead, Rowsell & Barker took the Team Pursuit from theNetherlands, but only just. Vos & Co edged away in the beginning, but were reeled back by the Brits before Vos pulled them back into contention. Vos’s team mates couldn’t quite match her pace in the last kilometre and the gap that appeared probable cost them the win. Great entertainment for the Revolution crowd who were on the edges of their seats.

Ev10 Women’s Team Pursuit – GB V’s Ned 3000m

Great Britain 2.28.216
Netherlands 2.28.383

Ev11 Championship Elimination Race 5km

Luke Rowe Sky Procycling
Russell Downing NetApp Endura
Simon Yates Maxgear Racing

Ev12 DHL Future Stars 6 Lap Dash – Boys 1.5Km

Thomas Rotherham Maxgear Racing
Jack Hoyle Rapha Condor Sharp
Tristan Robbins howies

Ev14 DHL Future Stars Scratch Race – Girls 5km

Emily Nelson IG Sigma Sport
Grace Garner Sky Procycling
Charlotte Broughton Sky Procycling

A big turn around for the fortunes of Sky Procycling’s Luke Rowe & Alex Dowsett. Finishing in the bottom half of the championship leader board in round one, Rowe & Dowsett proved a winning combination that helped promote the team to fourth position. Rowe’s win in the Elimination & the Point’s Race, along with Dowsett’s victory in the Scratch Race has got them back in contention at the halfway point in the series.

Ev16 Championship – Scratch Race 10km