Revolution Season 13 – Round 1
Author: Chris Maher, Photography: Chris Maher | Photography
Round 1: 14/15/16 August Derby
Round 2: 24 October Manchester
Round 3: 14 November London
Round 4: 28 November Glasgow
Round 5: 02 January Manchester
Round 6: 23 January Manchester
Saturday 14th March 2015, Afternoon Session 13.00 - 16.30, Evening Session 19.00 - 22.30.
Revolution 52
Build-up
T he Revolution Elite Championship and HOY Future Stars will begin at round 2 in Manchester on 24th October following the Special Opening Event at the Derby Arena on 14-16 August.The Derby event is a special ‘Olympic Qualification’ event which has been developed in conjunction with Team GB to provide an opportunity to score some crucial UCI qualification points before the 15th September 2015 cut-off date.
The Stars are coming out to play in the three day, four session event. Big guns from the road return to the track in a statement of intent, on the path to Rio 2016. None bigger than former Tour de France Winner, Sir Bradley Wiggins.
The Manx Missile, Mark Cavendish who recently road the track in Europe returns in the hope of a chance of Olympic glory, riding the Madison with Sir Brad, whilst regular Trackies Ed Clancy, Owain Doull and Mark Christian will want to stamp their authority on the event.
The competition in all disciplines are once more attracting huge European athletes. Tim Veldt, Kenny de Ketele, Francois Pervis, Hugo Haak but to name a few, with the Women’s Events attracting Jolien D’Hoore, Pascale Jeuland, Laurie Berthon and Sandie Clair.
Leading British Endurance Women include the darling of the track and the biggest crowd pleaser Laura Trott, with Katie Archibald, Joanna Rowsell Shand, Elinor Barker and Grace Garner. Competing for the Sprint glory will be Rebecca James, Jessica Varnish and Danielle Khan, whilst Shanaze Reade returns to put on a show.
FRIDAY EVENING SESSION:
Doors open at 18:00. Racing from 19:00 to 22:30.
S tars were falling in more ways than one in the opening session of Revolution 52 in Derby. World Champion Sprinter Francois Pervis tumbled in a collision with Matt Rotherham late-on into the evening as the Revolution Longest Lap came to its conclusion.Pervis had also been beating by fellow countryman Quentin Lefargue in the kilometer time trial, but surprise of the evening was Callum Skinner going one place better to top the leader board with a 1:01.135.
Crowd favorite Laura Trott road into third position in the opening race of the evening, the 3000m individual pursuit. Riding against a super strong Ciara Horne who’s shown consistent form over the Summer months on the road, pipped former National Champion Joanna Rowsell Shand in this qualifying session.
The pair locked horns again in the final play-off, but this time, Rowsell-Shand had the upper hand on Horne, producing another 03:37.
Another upset in the Women’s 500m Time Trial for the Sprinters, saw Katy Marchant taking the podium from Jess Varnish by a whisker. Youngster Danielle Khan claimed third with France’s Sandie Clair fourth.
The biggest attraction on the evening was of course, Sir Bradley Wiggin’s return to the Track. Riding in the four-man Team Pursuit, brought the crowd alive as the laps began counting down. Setting a qualifying time in first position, Great Britain was just shy of a sub four minute ride with a 04:00.324 going into the final with Youth Team 100% ME.
Substituting Jon Dibben for Ed Clancy in the podium play-off, saw the only sub four performance of the night with a 03:54.974. The Netherlands went on to beat Austria for the final placings.
Event 1 Individual Pursuit – Qualifying Women
- Ciara Horne GB 03.37.278
- Joanna Rowsell Shand GB 03.37.438
- Laura Trott GB 03.39.586
- Emily Kay GB 03.42.202
- Leire Olaberria Esp 03.43.916
- Emily Nelson GB 03.46.938
- Katie Archibald GB 03.48.178
- Lydia Gurley Irl 03.48.496
Event 2 Team Pursuit – Qualifying Men
- Great Britain Gbr 04.00.324
- 100% ME Gbr 04.04.568
- Netherlands Ned 04.06.251
- Austria Aut 04.26.297
Event 3 500m Time Trial Women
- Katy Marchant GB 00.34.117
- Jessica Varnish GB 00.34.292
- Danielle Khan GB 00.34.961
- Sandie Clair Fra 00.35.262
- Yesna Rijhoff Ned 00.35.757
- Laurine Van Riessen Ned 00.36.006
- Shanaze Reade GB 00.36.472
- Ellie Coster GB 00.36.651
Event 4 Individual Pursuit – Finals Women
Joanna Rowsell Shand beat Ciara Horne in the final play-off. Laura Trott beat Emily Kay for the third place.
Event 5 1km Time Trial Men
- Callum Skinner GB 01.01.135
- Quentin Lafague Fra 01.01.878
- Francois Pervis Fra 01.02.336
- Lewis Oliva GB 01.02.749
- Matthew Rotherham GB 01.02.810
- Matthew Crampton GB 01.03.786
- Hugo Haak Ned 01.03.794
- Jose Moreno Sanchez Esp 01.04.935
Event 6 Young Riders Scratch Race Mixed
The Youth Scratch race ran over two rounds with Brad Dransfield (Kirkless CA)winning both races. Thamana Nel, Tom Humphrey and Ellie Russell finished both races in the same positions. In the first round, many of the field were lapped as they settled into a high pace of the twenty lap race, but managed to stay together for round two.
Event 7 Team Pursuit – Finals Men
Great Britain beat 100% ME in the Men’s Team Pursuit final. The Netherlands beat Austria for third place.
Event 8 Revolution Longest Lap – Sprinters Men
Great Britain’s Lewis Oliva won the Revolution Longest lap sprint to the line, beating fellow countryman Callum Skinner. The Netherlands Hugo Haak came home third with France’s Quentin Lefarague fourth.
Event 10 Scratch Race Women
Katie Archibald (GB)gained a lap halfway through the Women’s Scratch Race to claim the podium finishing safely in the bunch. Although several attacks were made to escape the peloton, it was Laura Trott that took the final bunch sprint.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON SESSION:
Doors open at 11:00. Racing from 11:15 to 17:00.
Great Britain’s Matthew Gibson set the quickest qualifying time in the 4000m Individual Pursuit setting a time of 4.23.212 holding a perfect line around the boards of Derby Arena. His closest competitor Owain Doull will ride in the finals later in the day.
Event 1 Individual Pursuit – Qualifying Men
- Matt Gibson 04.23.212
- Owain Doull 04.25.420
- Germain Burton 04.25.664
- Dion Beukeboom 04.26.345
- Andrew Tennant 04.28.841
- Julien Morice 04.29.653
- Aleksandr Lisouski 04.32.144
- Jan-Willem Van Schip 04.33.110
- Jake Kelly 04.36.610
- Steven Burke 04.36.610
- Fintan Ryan 04.44.052
- Dennis Wauch 04.44.679
- Ivan Kovalev 04.45.562
- Mark Downey 04.46.751
- Roy Pieters 04.51.377
Event 2 Sprint Qualification Time Trial Men
- Lewis Oliva 10.067
- Callum Skinner 10.088
- Quentin Lafague 10.108
- Jason Kenny 10.109
- Francois Pervis 10.188
- Hugo Haak 10.327
- Philip Hindes 10.343
- Christos Volikakis 10.345
- Matthew Crampton 10.419
- Eoin Mullen 10.423
- Zafeiros Volikakis 10.508
- Matt Rotherham 10.530
- Jose Moreno Sanchez 10.633
Event 3 Sprint Qualification Time Trial Women
- Katy Marchant 11.163
- Jessica Varnish 11.276
- Dannielle Khan 11.286
- Victoria Williamson 11.333
- Tania Calvo 11.465
- Rebecca James 11.617
- Yesna Rijkhoff 11.644
- Olivia Montauban 11.662
- Sandie Clair 11.744
- Laurine Van Riessen 11.831
- Nicky Degrendele 11.942
- Shanaze Reade 12.043
T he first Women’s Omnium event a forty lap Scratch Race, saw the first thirty laps run at a steady pace staying all together. With no one willing to commit early on the pace didn’t lift until around ten laps remaining.
As the race intensified, Ciara Horne attacked off the front of the pack with three laps to go, but faded in the final few hundred meters as the battle for the overall title began to take shape.
The crowd, already whipped up into a frenzy by Horne, we delighted to see Laura Trott cross the line first, with Jolien D’Hoore second and Laurie Berthon third in the bunch sprint.
A good start to Laura Trott’s Omnium campaign, but her biggest rivals were still looming within striking distance. The next event in this session will be the 3000m IP.
Event 4 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – 10Km Scratch Race Women
- TROTT, Laura GBR
- D’HOORE, Jolien BEL
- BERTHON, Laurie FRA
- JEULAND, Pascale FRA
- KAY, Emily GBR
- WOJTYRA, Malgorzata POL
- OLABERRIA, Leire ESP
- ARCHIBALD, Katie GBR
- NELSON, Emily GBR
- STEEL, Elizabeth NZL
- BOYLAN, Lydia IRL
- HORNE, Ciara GBR
- REYBOULD, Rebecca GBR
- LLOYD, Manon GBR
Event 5 Sprint – First Round Men
Oliva, Skinner, Lafargue, Kenny, Volikakis (C) & Hindes progress through.
Event 6 Sprint – First Round Women
Marchant, Varnish, Khan, Williamson, Calvo & Rijkhoff progress through.
T he first Men’s Omnium event a sixty lap Scratch Race couldn’t of been any different to that of the Women’s event. An energetic start with small attacks from the start including Chris Latham whom managed a spell out-front.
It wasn’t long before a six man break got free to take a lap, with Clancy & Cavendish making the move. Seeing the danger, De Ketele and two others joined the front of the race also gaining a lap.
De Ketele and Lisouski manage to gain another lap on the field in the chaos as the race drew to it’s conclusion, with Dibben going for a long solo victory to cross the line first.
Clancy turned up the heat to take the bunch sprint for second placement, but both Brits were down a lap on De Ketele & Lisouski who lead the Men’s Omnium going into round two, the 4000m IP.
Event 7 The Sir Brailsford Omnium – Scratch Race Men
- DE KETELE, Kenny BEL
- LISOUSKI, Aleksandr BLR
- DIBBEN, Jonathan GBR -1
- CLANCY , Ed GBR -1
- STEWART, Mark GBR -1
- ELLORIAGA, Unai ESP -1
- THOMAS, Benjamin FRA -1
- EEFTING, Roy NED -1
- WOOD, Oliver GBR -1
- RODRIGUES, Gideoni BRA -1
- CAVENDISH, Mark GBR -1
- KNEISKY, Morgan FRA -1
- DE PAUW, Moreno BEL -1
- VELDT, Tim NED -1
- KOVALEV, Ivan RUS -1
- RYAN, Fintan IRL -2
- WAUCH, Tobias AUT -2
- DOWNEY, Mark IRL -2
- MATZNER, Stefan AUT -2
- LATHAM, Christopher GBR -2
- MASTALLER, Stefan AUT -2
- DOULL, Owain GBR DNF
Event 8 The Sir Brailsford Omnium – 3000m Individual Pursuit Women
- Jolien D’Hoore 03.36.130
- Laura Trott 03.38.769
- Katie Archibald 03.41.177
- Pascale Jeuland 03.44.607
- Ciara Horne 03.44.628
- Emily Kay 03.45.217
- Leire Olaberria 03.47.647
- Lydia Boyland 03.48.749
- Emily Nelson 03.48.935
- Manon Lloyd 03.49.707
- Laurie Berthon 03.50.325
- Malgorzata Wojtyra 03.51.420
- Elizabeth Steele 03.57.303
- Rebecca Raybould 03.59.550
Event 9 Sprint – Quarter Final Men
Oliva, Skinner, Hindes & Kenny progress through.
Event 10 Sprint – Quarter Final Women
Marchant, Varnish, Rijkhoff & Calvo progress through.
Event 11 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – 4000m Individual Pursuit Men
- Chris Latham 04.26.073
- Mark Cavendish 04.26.822
- Jon Dibben 04.27.335
- Ed Clancy 04.29.208
- Mark Stewart 04.29.502
- Kenny de Ketele 04.30.886
- Gideoni Rodrigues 04.32.437
- Aleksandr Lisouki 04.34.138
- Unai Elloriaga 04.34.258
- Oli Wood 04.35.182
- Benjamin Thomas 04.35.755
- Tim Veldt 04.35.971
- Morgan Kniesky 04.36.161
- Moreno de Pauw 04.40.976
- Roy Eefing 04.41.085
- Ivan Kovalev 04.41.916
Downey, Ryan, Wauch, Matzner & Mastaller.
SATURDAY EVENING SESSION:
Doors open at 18:00. Racing from 19:00 to 22:00.
Event 12 Sprint – 5-8th Finals Men
Volikakis, Haak, Lafargue & Pervis
Event 13 Sprint – 5-8th Finals Women
Williamson, Khan, Clair & Montauban.
Event 14 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Elimination Women
- TROTT, Laura GBR
- D’HOORE, Jolien BEL
- ARCHIBALD, Katie GBR
- JEULAND, Pascale FRA
- KAY, Emily GBR
- NELSON, Emily GBR
- OLABERRIA, Leire ESP
- BERTHON, Laurie FRA
- WOJTYRA, Malgorzata POL
- STEEL, Elizabeth NZL
- BOYLAN, Lydia IRL
- REYBOULD, Rebecca GBR
- LLOYD, Manon GBR
- HORNE, Ciara GBR
Event 15 Sprint – Semi Final (Match A) Men
Lewis Oliva beat Jason Kenny in the semis. Callum Skinner beat Philip Hindes in a three round tie breaker to join Oliva.
Event 16 Sprint – Semi Final (Match A) Women
Katy Marchant beat Tania Calvo in the semis. Jessica Varnish beat Yesna Rijkhoff to join Marchant.
Event 17 Individual Pursuit – Finals Men
Matthew Gibson continued his impressive qualifying performance to win the 4000 Individual Pursuit, passing Owain Doull in the closing stages of the race. Germain Burton squeezed a marginal win over Netherland’s Dion Beukeboom for third place.
Event 20 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Elimination Men
A fast start in the final Omnium Session from the day came to a halt as a collision on the home straight neutralized the race. The race then re-started and it wasn’t long before the pace intensified. Another crash, once again neutralized the race involving the same rider Rodrigues, this time with Jon Dibben.With Omnium leader De Ketele finding himself out of contention early on, second place man Lisouski went out soon after.
With four Brits left to battle the top slots, Cavendish found himself on the Cote Azure and relegated from the remainder of the race. Ed Clancy went on the win the second round, with Chris Latham second and Benjamin Thomas of France third.
Event 23 Madison Time Trial Men
Great Britain’s Steven Burke & Owain Doull set the quickest time 0.55.240 in the Revolution Madison Time Trial, getting to close to the sub 55s Revolution record.
- 100% ME 0.56.774
- Austria 0.58.514
- France 0.59.434
- Belarus 1.00.316
- Ireland 1.02.181
- Belgium 1.21.760
Event 29 Revolution Longest Lap Men
- Matthew Gibson
- Morgan Kniesky
- Thomas Benjamin
- Alekandr Lisouki
- Ivan Kovalev
- Roy Eefing
Event 30 Sprint – Final Men
Lewis Oliva beat Callum Skinner to clinch the Sprint Title. Jason Kenny beat Philip Hindes.
Event 31 Sprint – Final Women
Katy Marchant beat Jessica Varnish to take the Sprint Title. Tania Calvo beat Yesna Rijkhoff over three heats.
SUNDAY AFTERNOOON SESSION:
Doors open at 11:00. Racing from 12:00 to 17:30.
Event 1 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – 1000m Time Trial Men
- Ed Clancy 01.02.628
- Chris Latham 01.04.383
- Roy Eefing 01.04.690
- Tim Veldt 01.04.770
- Mark Cavendish 01.05.282
- Jon Dibben 01.05.405
- Moreno De Pauw 01.05.938
- Kenny De Ketele 01.06.273
- Oli Wood 01.06.392
- Morgan Kniesky 01.06.538
- Aleksandr Lisouki 01.06.940
- Ryan Fintan 01.07.231
Event 2 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – 500m Time Trial Women
- Laura Trott 00.35.972
- Jolien D’Hoore 00.36.282
- Laurie Berthon 00.36.421
- Lydia Boyland 00.36.795
- Leire Olaberria 00.37.132
- Malgorzata Wojtyra 00.37.253
- Katie Archibald 00.37.279
- Pascale Jeuland 00.37.445
- Emily Kay 00.37.982
- Emily Nelson 00.38.027
- Rebecca Raybould 00.38.151
- Liz Steele 00.38.525
Event 3 Keirin – First Round Men
Two heats saw Volikakis, Oliva & Crampton from heat one, and Kenny, Hindes & Haak from heat two progressed straight through to the next round.
Event 4 Keirin – First Round Women
Two heats saw Khan, Marchant & Calvo from heat one, and Clair, Van Riessen & Montauban from heat two progressed straight through to the next round.
Event 5 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – 250m Flying Lap Men
- Ed Clancy 13.120
- Roy Eefing 13.201
- Mark Cavendish 13.352
- Tim Veldt 13.488
- Jon Dibben 13.655
- Moreno De Pauw 13.663
- Chris Latham 13.680
- Kenny De Ketele 13.815
- Thomas Benjamin 14.001
- Unai Elloriaga 14.016
- Morgan Kniesky 14.064
- Tobias Wauch 14.159
Event 8 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – 250m Flying Lap Women
- Laura Trott 14.424
- Jolien D’Hoore 14.472
- Laurie Berthon 14.688
- Pascale Jeuland 14.744
- Katie Archibald 14.753
- Malgorzata Wojtyra 14.976
- Lydia Boyland 15.007
- Leire Olaberria 15.047
- Emily Nelson 15.192
- Emily Kay 15.257
- Rebecca Raybould 15.744
- Liz Steele 15.776
T he final round in the Women’s Omnium saw Trott & D’Hoore fighting for the remaining points on offer. Trott having won four of the previous five rounds led by six points going into the Points Race from Jolien D’Hoore. Pascale Jeuland, Katie Archibald and Laurie Berthon were next best placed.
With ten lots of five points for each sprint, everything was still to play for.
The race got off to a very sedate pace with no impetus until the first sprint with Poland’s Malgorzata Wojtyra taking maximum points. Trott managed a third place and increased her lead slightly.
Trott took the next five points and D’Hoore was second over the line. Emily Kay, whom picked up fourth in the sprint kept her speed up and attacked off the front, Leire Olaberria joined her. The bunch picked up their pace for the first time since the start, but soon dropped it again after a couple of laps and the pair had gone back into the pack.
On the run up to the third sprint, Trott injected a bit of pace once more, D’Hoore and Berthon went by her over the line with Kay picking up the final points.
It was Archibald’s turn to turn the heat up, and this split the peloton for the first time. Trott was in the front train, but they came back together with around sixty-four laps remaining.
Kay once again injected pace taking maximum points, D’Hoore then Trott, then Archibald.
Spain’s Leire Olaberria chanced an attack off the front, but her effort wasn’t sufficient to break free.
Ireland’s Lydia Boyland had a sneaky attack off the front to gain a lap. This time the bunch let her dangle midway around the track, where she stayed to collect maximum points. D’Hoore sprinted in-front of Trott twice again, but this wouldn’t be enough to claim the overall victory.
The pace picked up once more as the peloton became active. Boyland went off the front again. This time it was Archibald that began to reel her back, but not before she had claimed her third set of maximum points in a row. Trott next, then D’Hoore mopping up the rest of the points, leaving only three sprints left.
Archibald gets the next sprint, with Jeuland, Kay and D’Hoore the final place. Trott misses out with two sprints remaining.
D’Hoore goes a lap before the penultimate sprint, but Trott’s not having any of that. Steaming around the final bend, Trott takes the penultimate sprint. The crowd are elated. Trott has five points advantage going into the final sprint.
Closing the competition in second place, Jolien D’Hoore takes the final sprint in style from Trott. But there wasn’t enough points left for her to take the victory from Laura Trott.
It took a number of cool down laps for Trott to regain her breath back. D’Hoore had pushed her to the limit. Once the colours had returned to her cheeks, the flowers were given over and several circuits of the track were appreciated by the audience.
Event 9 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Points Race Women
- Laura Trott
- Jolien D’Hoore
- Pascale Jeuland
- Katie Archibald
- Laurie Berthon
- Emily Kay
- Leire Olaberria
- Lydia Boyland
- Malgorzata Wojtara
- Emily Nelson
- Rebecca Raybould
- Manon Lloyd
- Liz Steele
Final Classification Omnium Results – Women
- TROTT, Laura 222
- D’HOORE, Jolien 219
- JEULAND, Pascale 172
- ARCHIBALD, Katie 162
- BERTHON, Laurie 161
- KAY, Emily 150
- OLABERRIA, Leire 143
- BOYLAN, Lydia 143
- WOJTYRA, Malgorzata 137
- NELSON, Emily 124
- REYBOULD, Rebecca 88
- LLOYD, Manon 85
- STEEL, Elizabeth 77
Event 12 The Sir Dave Brailsford Omnium – Points Race Men
- Ed Clancy
- Mark Cavendish
- Chris Latham
- Jon Dibben
- Thomas Benjamin
- Kenny De Ketele
- Mark Stewart
- Unai Ellorriaga
- Tim Veldt
- Alexsandr Lisouki
- Moreno De Pauw
- Morgan Kniesky
Final Classification Omnium Results – Men
- CLANCY , Ed 228
- CAVENDISH, Mark 210
- LATHAM, Christopher 184
- DIBBEN, Jonathan 183
- THOMAS, Benjamin 182
- DE KETELE, Kenny 171
- STEWART, Mark 164
- ELLORIAGA, Unai 149
- VELDT, Tim 129
- LISOUSKI, Aleksandr 126
- DE PAUW, Moreno 116
- KNEISKY, Morgan 104
- RODRIGUES, Gideoni 96
- WAUCH, Tobias 64
- RYAN, Fintan 64
- DOWNEY, Mark 38
- MATZNER, Stefan 34
- KOVALEV, Ivan 31
- MASTALLER, Stefan 7
- EEFTING, Roy DNF
Event 13 Keirin – Final Men
Jason Kenny won the Keirin final beating Lewis Oliva and Christos Volikakis.
Event 14 Keirin – Final Women
Katy Marchant won the Keirin final beating Sandie Clair and Dannielle Khan.
Event 15 40 Km or 160 lap Madison Men
Great Britain’s Sir Bradley Wiggins joined forces with Mark Cavendish to win a action packed, energetic session that lasted just shy of forty-five minutes.
Closest rivals were Belgium’s Kenny De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw who were eleven points behind after riding an average speed of 53.401kmph.
100%ME’s Chris Latham and Mark Stewart were third on the night, whilst early leaders ODP’s Germain Burton and Matthew Gibson dropped to fourth by one point scoring fourteen in total.
Event 16 Presentation – Omnium Winners & Winning Team
The next round of Revolution will be Race 53.
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