Tennant and Keisse take Team Pedalsure to the top in the first round of the Revolution Championship 2015/16 in Manchester.
Author: Chris Maher, Photography: Chris Maher | Photography
Saturday 24th October 2015, Afternoon Session 13.00 – 16.00, Evening Session 18.45 – 22.15.
Revolution 53
Andrew Tennant and Iljo Keisse consistently rode well in the five Race Events taking Team Pedalsure to the top of the Championship League after the first full round of the 2015-16 Winter Season.
There was thrilling five-way sprint across the line of the UCI Scratch Race for Tennant beating Wiggins, Wood and Viviani. Mark Stewart had set off early, but was soon caught by Elia Viviani. Approaching the final couple of corners Tennant, Wiggins and Wood all took the longer path around the track, but it was Tennant that got there first. This provided the only victory for Team Pedalsure on the day. Keisse’s strong second place in the UCI Points Race and the teams second placement in the Revolution one-kilometre Madison Time Trial added valuable points to their tally.
Last years Champions Maloja Pushbikers pushed all the way, winning the 1km Madison Time Trial in the final heat, after Team Pedalsure set the initial 56.875 time that looked unbeatable on the night. Most of the other teams challenged with around the 58s time, but Maloja set the only sub 56s time with a 55.907, they are determined to beat Oli Wood and Ed Clancy’s record of 54.537 this season by all accounts.
HOY Future Star Events
The HOY future Star Championship got off to a great start for Rhys Britton and Jessica Roberts whom both lead into round three at the Lee Valley Velodrome in early November.
Rhys pulled the triple off, winning the Scratch, Points and Six-Lap Dash, giving him a clear lead over Fred Wright for the next round.
Roberts won both the Points and the Six-Lap Dash, also winning the bunch sprint in the Scratch Race after a gutsy solo victory by Maddie Gammons (Maloja Pushbikers).
Elite Women's Endurance Events
Matrix Fitness’s Laura Trott took a double win in the Elite Women’s UCI Events winning both the Points and Elimination Races.
Team USN’s Emily Nelson was the only rider to lap the field, to win the UCI Scratch Race.
Women's Sprint Events
Belgium’s Nicky Degrendele proved too strong to beat in the Women’s UCI Sprint racing. Winning the initial 200m Flying Start Qualifying in the Sprint Competition, set a time of 11.477 against her closest rival, GB’s Sophie Capewell with a 11.786.
Degrendele went on the reach the finals against Capewell, with a convincing two heat victory.
Degrendele’s strength also proved too powerful in both heats of the Keirin, winning easily against all her rivals.
AFTERNOON SESSION:
Doors open at 12:30. Racing from 13:30 to 16:00
Ev1 UCI Sprint – Qualification 200m Time Trial Women
- Nicky Degrendele BEL 11.447
- Sophie Capewell GBR 11.786
- Bernette Beyers RSA 11.0797
- Robyn Stewart SCO 12.128
- Neah Evans SCO 12.213
- Emma Baird SCO 12.412
- Odette Van Deventer RSA 12.883
- Shanaze Reade DNS
Ev2 Elite Championship Flying Lap Men
- Oli Wood JLT 13.692
- Marcel Kalz MAL 13.821
- Elia Viviani SKY 14.080
- Chris Latham VCU 14.094
- Andy Tennant PED 14.112
- Joe Holt USN 14.364
- Angus Claxton SCO 14.379
- Owain Doull WIG 14.762
- Marc Hester ONE 14.933
- Adam Blythe OGE 14.939
- Alastair Rutherford NAB 14.941
- Melvin Van Zijl TAL 15.042
Ev4 UCI Points Race (20km) Women
With an average speed just shy of forty-five kilometres an hour, Laura Trott, Matrix Fitness won the first Elite Women’s endurance race of the event. One of only two girls that lapped the field, Katie Archibald, Pearl Izumi Sports Tours Int’l being the other rode the eighty lap race in 26:42 mins.
Team-mate Elinor Barker set about claiming the first five points on offer after ten laps, but Trott tentative as ever was closely behind collecting three. Probably her other great threat of the day would come from Emily Kay, GBR who picked up two points and Abbie Dentus, 100%ME the final point. Only Archibald, missing out this first time around.
It was Archibald that set about stretching the peloton out soon after. Trott and Kay followed, and they sat around half a lap-up for a while.
Manon Lloyd, GBR closed the gap down, but was only rewarded with one point after twenty laps were complete. Trott took the next two sprints with Archibald placed second. The two-some lead the race for a while once-more taking a lap-up on the field eventually. Archibald, ever active, set-off once more for the fourth sprint. Trott, Megan Barker, 100%ME and Elinor Barker followed behind.
Rebecca Raybould made a brave move to take a lap, then after, but Archibald turned up the gas on the run-up-to sprint five. Failing to score, Kay took five, Trott, three, then Elinor, then Lloyd.
Emily Nelson, GBR and Manon Lloyd tried taking a lap too, but Archibald wanted the points. Barker (E), Trott, then Kay, with only two sprints left.
Lloyd took the penultimate sprint, Trott second, but Archibald’s efforts left her with-out scoring.
A late attack by Henrietta Colbourne, Team Jadan in the closing laps of the race got her on-to the score board, but no-one was going to let her take a lap too! Trott had done enough to win the race, but Kay, sitting in fourth place behind Elinor Barker by one point sprinted for the final time, and that was enough to secure third over-all, one point ahead of Barker, who took second in the final sprint.
- Laura Trott Matrix Fitness 44
- Katie Archibald Pearl Izumi Sports Tours Int’l 36
- Emily Kay Team USN 18
- Elinor Barker Matrix Fitness 17
- Manon Lloyd Team USN 7
- Megan Barker 100%ME 4
- Abbie Dentus 100%ME 1
- Henrietta Colbourne Team Jadan 1
- Emily Nelson Team USN
- Rebecca Raybould PWH
- Annasley Park 100%ME
- Sophie Black Isle of MAN
- Melissa Lowther Matrix Fitness
- Ellen McDermott Team Jadan
Ev6 Australian Pursuit (2km) Women
Emily Kay, Emily Nelson, Megan Barker, Abbie Dentus
Ev8 Elite Championship Points Race (30km) Men
- Elia Viviani Team Sky
- Iljo Keisse Team Pedalsure
- Mark Stewart Scotland
- Christian Grasmann Maloja Pushbikers
- Marc Hester ONE Pro Cycling
- Pim Lighart ONE Pro Cycling
- Anny Tennant Team Pedalsure
- Adam Blythe Orica GreenEdge
- Bradley Wiggins Team WIGGINS
- Alistair Rutherford The NAB Racing
- Yoeri Havik JLT Condor p/b
- Melvin Van Zijl Telegraph Allstars
Evening Session:
Doors open at 18:00. Racing from 18:45 to 22:15
Ev11 Elite Championship Scratch Race (15km) Men
- Andy Tennant Team Pedalsure
- Bradley Wiggins Team WIGGINS
- Oli Wood JLT Condor p/b Mavic
- Elia Viviani Team Sky
- Mark Stewart Team Scotland
- Yoeri Havik JLT Condor p/b Mavic
- Christian Grasmann Maloja Pushbikers RT
- Alastair Rutherford The NAB Racing
- Matt Bostock Team USN
- Reece Wood The NAB Racing
- Adam Blythe Orica GreenEdge
- Iljo Keisse Team Pedalsure
Ev13 Elimination Race Women
Laura Trott, Emily Kay, Katie Archibald, Manon Lloyd
Ev14 Elite Championship 1km Madison Time Trial -1 Men
- Maloja Pushbikers RT 55.907
- Team Pedalsure 56.875
- Team WIGGINS 57.135
- VCUK – Champion Systems 57.765
- Telegraph Allstars 58.054
- JLT Condor p/b Mavic
- Orica GreenEdge
- Team Scotland
- Team Sky
- Team USN
- ONE Pro Cycling
- The NAB Racing
Ev16 Revolution Longest Lap Men
Chris Latham, Reece Wood, Chris Lawless, Marc Hester
Ev17 HOY Future Stars 6 Lap Dash (1.5km) Boys
- Reece Britton Team USN
- Fred Wright Telegraph Allstars
- Jake Stewart Team WIGGINS
- Lewis Stewart Team Scotland
- Matthew Burke Team USN
Ev20 Elite Championship Team Elimination Men
- Team WIGGINS
- Team Pedalsure
- VCUK – Champion Systems
- Maloja Pushbikers RT
- ONE Pro Cycling
- JLT Condor p/b Mavic
- Telegraph Allstars
- Orica GreenEdge
- The NAB Racing
- Team Scotland
- Team Sky
- Team USN
Ev21 HOY Future Stars 6 Lap Dash (1.5km) Girls
- Jessica Roberts Team USN
- Rachel Jary Telegraph Allstars
- Rhona Callander Team Scotland
- Lauren Dolan ONE Pro Cycling
- Elizabeth Bennett Team USN
Ev22 Elite Championship Presentations – Winning Team
Andrew Tennant and Iljo Kiesse, Team Pedalsure
Ev23 UCI Scratch Race – (10km) Women
- Emily Nelson Team USN
- Emily Kay Team USN
- Megan Barker
- Katie Archibald
- Elinor Barker
- Laura Trott
- Henrietta Colbourne
- Abbie Dentus
- Manon Lloyd
- Annasley Park
- Rebecca Raybould
- Sophie Black
- Melissa Lowther
Ev24 HOY Future Stars Points Race (5km) Boys
- Reece Britton Team USN
- Jake Stewart Team WIGGINS
- Fred Wright Telegraph Allstars
- Lewis Stewart Team Scotland
- Ben Hardwick JLT Condor p/b Mavic
Ev25 UCI Sprint Keirin – First Round Women
Nicky Degrendele, Neah Evans, Robyn Stewart, Emma Baird
Ev26 HOY Future Stars Scratch Race (5km) Girls
- Maddie Gammons Maloja Pushbikers RT
- Jessica Roberts Team USN
- Georgia Hilliard Team WIGGINS
- Sophie Williams Orica GreenEdge
- Pfieffer Georgi ONE Pro Cycling
Ev28 HOY Future Stars Scratch Race (5km) Boys
- Reece Britton Team USN
- Fred Wright Telegraph Allstars
- Anthony Anderson Telegraph Allstars
- Jim Brown ONE Pro Cycling
- Matthew Shaw Maloja Pushbikers RT
Ev29 UCI Keirin Final Women
Nicky Degrendele, Robyn Stewart, Sophie Capewell, Emma Baird.
Ev30 HOY Future Stars Points Race (5km) Girls
- Jessica Roberts Team USN
- Charlotte Cole-Hossain VCUK – Champion Systems
- Sophie Williams Orica GreenEdge
- Rhona Callander Team Scotland
- Lauren Dolan ONE Pro Cycling
Ev31 Team Sprint Women
Team Scotland beat the Republic of South Africa.
Ev32 Presentations – HOY Future Stars
Reece Britton & Jessica Roberts
Elite Championship Table after round one
| 1 | 812 | Team Pedalsure, | PED | 97 |
| 2 | 802 | Maloja Pushbikers RT, | MAL | 83 |
| 3 | 804 | Team Wiggins, | WIG | 76 |
| 4 | 803 | JLT Condor p/b Mavic, | JLT | 66 |
| 5 | 801 | Team SKY, | SKY | 62 |
| 6 | 811 | VCUK-Champion Systems, | VCU | 48 |
| 7 | 807 | Scotland, | SCO | 46 |
| 8 | 809 | Orica Greenedge, | OGE | 31 |
| 9 | 806 | ONE Pro Cycling, | ONE | 31 |
| 10 | 810 | Telegraph Allstars, | TAL | 26 |
| 11 | 805 | Team USN, | USN | 22 |
| 12 | 808 | The Nab Racing, | NAB | 21 |
HOY Future Star Boys Table after round one
| 1 | 46 | BRITTON, Rhys | USN | 90 |
| 2 | 96 | WRIGHT, Fred | TAL | 73 |
| 3 | 36 | STEWART, Jake | WIG | 67 |
| 4 | 66 | STEWART, Lewis | SCO | 62 |
| 5 | 26 | HARDWICK, Ben | JLT | 59 |
| 6 | 57 | BROWN, Jim | ONE | 48 |
| 7 | 97 | ANDERSON, Anthony | TAL | 46 |
| 8 | 56 | HARDCASTLE, Harry | ONE | 43 |
| 9 | 77 | RIDEHALGH, Jamie | NAB | 43 |
| 10 | 86 | FIELDING, Alistair | OGE | 41 |
| 11 | 17 | SHAW, Matthew | MAL | 40 |
| 12 | 106 | VAUGHAN, Jacob | VCU | 40 |
| 13 | 16 | TURNBULL, Hamish | MAL | 36 |
| 14 | 107 | ROSE-DAVIES, Louis | VCU | 35 |
| 15 | 27 | COX, Charlie | JLT | 34 |
| 16 | 117 | THOMSON, Cameron | PED | 34 |
| 17 | 7 | HEATON, Chris | SKY | 32 |
| 18 | 116 | MINGAY, Oscar | PED | 30 |
| 19 | 76 | RIDEHALGH, Alex | NAB | 26 |
| 20 | 6 | HARTLEY, Theo | SKY | 25 |
| 21 | 47 | BURKE, Matthew | USN | 23 |
| 22 | 37 | DAVIES, Conor | WIG | 22 |
| 23 | 67 | MULHOLLAND, Danny | SCO | 21 |
| 24 | 87 | COX, Matthew | OGE | 15 |
HOY Future Star Girls Table after round one
| 1 | 48 | ROBERTS, Jessica | USN | 85 |
| 2 | 39 | HILLIARD, Georgia | WIG | 62 |
| 3 | 88 | WILLIAMS, Sophie | OGE | 62 |
| 4 | 69 | CALLANDER, Rhona | SCO | 59 |
| 5 | 58 | DOLAN, Lauren | ONE | 54 |
| 6 | 19 | GAMMONS, Maddie | MAL | 52 |
| 7 | 49 | BENNETT, Elizabeth | USN | 51 |
| 8 | 29 | ASHWORTH, Georgia | JLT | 49 |
| 9 | 18 | DOCHERTY, Anna | MAL | 48 |
| 10 | 38 | RUSSELL, Ellie | WIG | 48 |
| 11 | 98 | JARY, Rachel | TAL | 46 |
| 12 | 8 | VERRILL, Samantha | SKY | 43 |
| 13 | 59 | GEORGI, Pfieffer | ONE | 43 |
| 14 | 9 | FERGUSON, Tara | SKY | 42 |
| 15 | 108 | COLE-HOSSAIN, Charlotte | VCU | 38 |
| 16 | 68 | HOLL, Jenny | SCO | 34 |
| 17 | 28 | BATE-LOWE, Lauren | JLT | 30 |
| 18 | 109 | MELLOR, Harriet | VCU | 29 |
| 19 | 118 | JOSEPH, Amber | PED | 26 |
| 20 | 119 | HORROCKS, Lucy | PED | 25 |
| 21 | 79 | PENMAN, Gemma | NAB | 22 |
| 22 | 78 | KING, Amber | NAB | 16 |
| 23 | 99 | PIT, Emma | TAL | 14 |
| 24 | 89 | TILLETT, Emily | OGE | 12 |
The next round in bold:
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
Round 3 update from London’s Lee Valley Velodrome, 14 November 2015
Team Pedalsure hold onto their lead going into round four at Glasgow before the festive break. A good performance by Orica GreenEdge move them closer to the top of the leader board into third, whilst Maloja Pushbikers RT slip a little further behind in second, forty points adrift.
In the HOY future stars, Fred Wright slips into the lead of the boys competition as Rhys Britton is side-lined due to injury. The event finished prematurely due to a crash and the remainder of the program cancelled due to safety issues. All riders were reported to ok and racing will resume in Glasgow.
The girls competition saw Jessica Roberts retain her lead, but only scored third place in the Points Race. Again, only two of the events took place as stated above.
We will be back for the remaining rounds of the Revolution, Live on the night, as the Season draws to a close at the end of January 2016. Check back closer to the time for more information. In the mean time you can catch the highlights on Eurosport Player, or on clips via the Revolution website.
Elite Championship Table after round two
| Rank | Name | Points | |
| 1 | Team Pedalsure | 206 | ↔ |
| 2 | Maloja Pushbikers RT | 166 | ↔ |
| 3 | Orica Greenedge | 116 | ↑ |
| 4 | Team SKY | 106 | ↑ |
| 5 | Team Wiggins | 105 | ↓ |
| 6 | JLT Condor p/b Mavic | 104 | ↓ |
| 7 | ONE Pro Cycling | 95 | ↑ |
| 8 | VCUK-Champion Systems | 88 | ↓ |
| 9 | Telegraph Allstars | 78 | ↑ |
| 10 | Team USN | 62 | ↑ |
| 11 | Scotland | 61 | ↓ |
| 12 | The Nab Racing | 32 | ↔ |
HOY Future Star Boys Table after round two
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | |
| 1 | WRIGHT, Fred | T AL | 96 | ↑ |
| 2 | BRITTON, Rhys | USN | 90 | ↓ |
| 3 | STEWART, Jake | WIG | 89 | ↔ |
| 4 | STEWART, Lewis | SCO | 87 | ↔ |
| 5 | BROWN, Jim | ONE | 69 | ↑ |
| 6 | TURNBULL, Hamish | M AL | 66 | ↑ |
| 7 | RIDEHALGH, Jamie | NAB | 61 | ↑ |
| 7 | HARDWICK, Ben | JLT | 61 | ↓ |
| 9 | FIELDING, Alistair | OGE | 60 | ↑ |
| 10 | SHAW, Matthew | M AL | 55 | ↑ |
| 11 | ANDERSON, Anthony | T AL | 54 | ↓ |
| 12 | VAUGHAN, Jacob | VCU | 52 | ↔ |
| 13 | HEATON, Chris | SKY | 48 | ↑ |
| 13 | COX, Charlie | JLT | 48 | ↑ |
| 13 | ROSE-DAVIES, Louis | VCU | 48 | ↑ |
| 16 | HARDCASTLE, Harry | ONE | 43 | ↓ |
| 17 | DAVIES, Conor | WIG | 39 | ↑ |
| 18 | THOMSON, Cameron | PED | 38 | ↓ |
| 19 | MINGAY, Oscar | PED | 37 | ↓ |
| 20 | COX, Matthew | OGE | 35 | ↑ |
| 20 | RIDEHALGH, Alex | NAB | 35 | ↓ |
| 22 | BURKE, Matthew | USN | 29 | ↓ |
| 23 | HARTLEY, Theo | SKY | 28 | ↓ |
| 24 | MULHOLLAND, Danny | SCO | 21 | ↓ |
| 25 | PAGE, Charles | ONE | 11 | |
| 26 | TILLETT, Sam | USN | 10 | |
| 27 | NALLY, Joe | SCO | 5 |
HOY Future Star Girls Table after round two
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | |
| 1 | ROBERTS, Jessica | USN | 121 | ↔ |
| 2 | CALLANDER, Rhona | SCO | 100 | ↑ |
| 3 | DOCHERTY, Anna | M AL | 98 | ↑ |
| 4 | ASHWORTH, Georgia | JLT | 97 | ↑ |
| 5 | HILLIARD, Georgia | WIG | 95 | ↓ |
| 6 | RUSSELL, Ellie | WIG | 91 | ↑ |
| 7 | JARY, Rachel | T AL | 86 | ↑ |
| 8 | WILLIAMS, Sophie | OGE | 84 | ↓ |
| 9 | DOLAN, Lauren | ONE | 76 | ↓ |
| 10 | HOLL, Jenny | SCO | 72 | ↑ |
| 11 | VERRILL, Samantha | SKY | 70 | ↑ |
| 11 | GEORGI, Pfieffer | ONE | 70 | ↑ |
| 11 | BENNETT, Elizabeth | USN | 70 | ↓ |
| 14 | COLE-HOSSAIN, Charlotte | VCU | 64 | ↓ |
| 15 | MELLOR, Harriet | VCU | 60 | ↑ |
| 16 | BATE-LOWE, Lauren | JLT | 56 | ↑ |
| 17 | FERGUSON, Tara | SKY | 53 | ↓ |
| 18 | GAMMONS, Maddie | M AL | 52 | ↓ |
| 19 | JOSEPH, Amber | PED | 50 | ↔ |
| 20 | PENMAN, Gemma | NAB | 48 | ↑ |
| 21 | KING, Amber | NAB | 35 | ↑ |
| 22 | HORROCKS, Lucy | PED | 25 | ↓ |
| 23 | PIT, Emma | T AL | 21 | ↔ |
| 24 | TILLETT, Emily | OGE | 20 | ↔ |
| 25 | BARNWELL, Ella | PED | 19 | |
| 26 | HINE, Jayati | M AL | 16 |
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