 |
Follow britishcycling.org.uk on |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Report: Revolution 29
Event: 23rd October 2010, Manchester Velodrome | Full Results (Amended results below)
Report: Eddie Allen | Images: Larry Hickmott
Video highlights
Hoy's Amazing Keirin VictoryBurke & Clancy's 1km Madison TT win
Chris Newton's final Revolution winDHL Future Stars Boys' Points RaceDHL Future Stars Girls' Scratch
Towering performances by Olympic Champions Chris Hoy and Ed Clancy dominated the 29th Revolution meeting, which also saw Revolution regular Chris Newton say an emotional farewell to the series in front of another sell-out crowd.
Meanwhile, the DHL Future Stars Girls competition saw Emily Kay keen to defend her title while in the Boys event, the competition seemed closer than ever judging by the first round, with the spoils shared among a number of up and coming names.
Above: The action from Revolution 29 in pictures
CHAMPIONSHIP SPRINT
Above: In a repeat of the Olympic final in Bejing, four time Olympic champion Chris Hoy beats another Olympic champion in the form ofJason Kenny, to progress to the final of the Sprint competition.
Chris Hoy won the Championship sprint, showing an appreciative Manchester crowd that he was back on devastating form, following his recent withdrawal due to illness from the National Track Championships. Hoy, who captained the Team Sky squad, looked fully recovered and was head and shoulders above the opposition all evening, first taking top honours in the flying 200m competition. He then dispatched up and coming Kian Emadi in the first round before sweeping aside Jason Kenny in a semi final which was a veritable masterclass in sprinting technique.
Above: Chris Pritchard goes for a long one in the losers' six lap dash.
Hoy faced rising star Dave Daniell in the final, the latter qualifying 2nd fastest in the 200m and beating first Pete Mitchell and then Matt Crampton to earn his place in the final. However, come the final, it was Hoy that took victory. Daniell led it out on the bell lap, but it was always going to be Hoy, who unloaded and edged past his adversary to the win. Matt Crampton won the Loser's six lap dash, after reeling in an early solo bid for victory by Chris Pritchard.
INTERVIEW: Chris Hoy: "It has been great to know that the preparations have been going well for the Europeans and the World Championships. It has been a different approach this year where I have had a very much more solid foundation to my training rather than peaking too soon. On Thursday I produced my highest ever peak power in training, over 2,500 watts. You can't ague with the numbers, they're black and white, and then I came here to race some good opposition and you beat them and that has been great for the confidence"
"The time in qualifying was my target. A 10.0 would have been good. The problem with these type of events is you don't get the normal preparation and warm-up. The track is only open for a short a while and its always a bit rushed so you don't often go that fast so I'm pleased with that time tonight. I was in the gym yesterday and none of us are really flying as we're in the middle of a heavy training block."
Qualification 200m
1. Chris Hoy Team Sky 10.065
2. Dave Daniell Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta 10.263
3. Matt Crampton Revolution All Stars 10.363
4. Jason Kenny Maxgear Racing 10.480
5. Chris Pritchard Le Col 10.488
6. Ross Edgar Rapha Condor Sharp 10.516
7. Pete Mitchell MCC 10.552
8. Kian Emadi Chep 10.869
Round 1
Heat 1
Chris Hoy beat
Kian Emadi
Heat 2
Dave Daniell beat
Pete Mitchell
Heat 3
Matt Crampton beat
Ross Edgar
Heat 4
Jason Kenny beat
Chris Pritchard
Semi Final
Heat 1
Chris Hoy beat
Jason Kenny
Heat 2
Dave Daniell beat
Matt Crampton
Losers Six Lap Dash
1. Matt Crampton
2. Kian Emadi
3. Peter Mitchell
4. Jason Kenny
5. Chris Pritchard
6. Ross Edgar
Final
Chris Hoy beat
Dave Daniell
MOTOR PACED SCRATCH RACE
Above: Chris Newton gets the parade of wheels treatment on his Revolution swansong, shortly after winning the Motor Paced Scratch race.
Chris Newton won the opening endurance race of Revolution 29, the motor paced scratch race. In what was the final race of his final Revolution meeting, Chris Newton clocked-off in style with a fine win amid a class field of endurance riders and received a standing ovation from a typically warm and appreciative Revolution crowd. Later in the meeting, Newton was given an emotional farewell with a presentation from commentator Hugh Porter, Phil West and the traditional ‘arch of wheels' send-off from his fellow riders.
INTERVIEW: Chris Newton: "The standing ovation was fantastic. We know what these events are about, it's about crowd participation to get behind the riders with some sharp racing and a bit of fun. Over the eight series, this event has moved on so much and I was so nervous all afternoon. This season I just wanted to get on with it and race and enjoy it which I have. It is nice to go out winning. There is the danger that you'll carry on and that it'll be a season too much but I'll definitely miss it."
1. Chris Newton
2. Steven Burke
3. Luke Rowe
4. Robert Crampton
5. Adam Duggelby
DHL FUTURE STARS POINTS RACE - BOYS
Matt Cross just edged it in a tight Points race, beating Harry Tanfield by virtue of a higher placing in the final sprint, with top points divided between four different riders in the four sprints. The race was ridden at a blistering pace, with an average speed of over 31mph, despite restricted gears.
1. Matt Cross 6 pts
2. Harry Tanfield 6 pts
3. Zach May 5 pts
4. Chris Lawless 5 pts
5. Chris Latham 5 pts
DHL FUTURE STARS SCRATCH RACE GIRLS - 5KM
Above: Jess Crampton takes victory in the Girls' Scratch.
Jess Crampton of Maxgear Racing took the opening Future Stars Girls race, holding off Lucy Garner for second in a race which saw the first crash of the 2010 Revolution series, with Stephanie Higgs hitting the deck mid race. Thankfully Stephanie wasn't seriously hurt. Reigning champion Emily Kay was hotly tipped for a win, but was too far back to get involved in the final showdown.
1. Jess Crampton
2. Lucy Garner
3. Rebecca Hunt
4. Eleanor Barker
5. Amy Roberts
1KM MADISON TIME TRIAL
The classy pairing of Ed Clancy and Steven Burke showed their pace in one of Revolution's biggest crowd pleasers, the 1Km Madison Time Trial. It was a case of leaving the best for last, with only three other pairings dipping below the magic one-minute mark, before the Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta pairing took to the boards and put in a scorching 56.3 second ride to steal the top spot from previous leaders Dan Maclay and Alex Dowsett.
1. Steven Burke and Ed Clancy Motorpoint Marshalls Pasta 56.316
2. Dan Maclay and Alex Dowsett Chep 58.016
3. James Berryman and Luke Rowe Revolution All Stars 59.082
4. Tom Murray and Felix English Team Sky 59.638
5. Tony Gibb and Andy Magnier Le Col 1:00.348
DHL FUTURE STARS 6 LAP DASH - BOYS
Maxgear Racing's Matt Rotherham took a strong win in the six lap dash, just edging out James Berryman. Sam Lowe looked good for the win but attacked a tad too early, finishing in fourth place behind Harry Tanfield, who'd figured heavily in the earlier points race.
1. Matt Rotherham
2. James Berryman
3. Harry Tanfield
4. Sam Lowe
5. Chris Latham
POINTS RACE 15KM
Ed Clancy won the Revolution Points race in a fine controlling ride, despite the best efforts of Luke Rowe and TT specialist Alex Dowsett, the latter fresh from his Commonwealth Games silver medal.
Clancy imposed his authority from the outset, taking top points in the first sprint. However, he failed to figure in sprint two, with Andy Tennant gaining five points and sharing the early lead with the Huddersfield born World Omnium Champion. A group of four got away after Sprint Two, including danger men Rowe and Dowsett, eventually brought back before sprint three, which Clancy won, tightening his grip on the race. However, Luke Rowe wasn't giving up without a fight, taking five points in Sprint 4, with Clancy hot on his heels taking 3 pts. Sprint five came and Dowsett was at the head of the pack, adding a third name to the list of possible winners.
Clancy had no time to be complacent as the end of the race neared. With just the final sprint remaining, he was on 13 pts, with Rowe behind on 10 and Dowsett on 9. Knowing this, Clancy took the race by the scruff of the neck in the final sprint, sealing the victory with a 5 pointer in the final sprint, while his near rival Rowe taking just two points and Dowsett failing to score.
INTERVIEW: Alex Dowsett: Commonwealth Games Silver medallist is back on the track and says that "I've got good power at the moment and I'm just trying to move that up from 95 to 100 rpm to 120-130 that the Team Pursuiters are doing. It's going well and I'm not as out of my depth as I thought I might be. It is still a shock to the system though!"
1. Ed Clancy 18 pts
2. Luke Rowe 13 pts
3. Alex Dowsett 9 pts
4. Andy Tennant 8 pts
5. Martin Irvine 5 pts
DHL FUTURE STARS POINTS RACE GIRLS 5KM
Reigning DHL Future Stars Girls champ Emily Kay was back to her winning ways in the Points race, chalking up a sprint win and a second place to accumulate eight points, enough to beat nearest rival Hannah Layland who took the second sprint and offered Kay her only real challenge. Amy Jacobs and Lucy Garner both won a sprint apiece to claim third and fourth. Despite only figuring in two sprints, Kay had done enough to take the race win and her first steps towards retaining her DHL Future Stars crown.
1. Emily Kay 8 pts
2. Hannah Layland 6 pts
3. Amy Jacobs 5 pts
4. Lucy Garner 5 pts
DHL FUTURE STARS SCRATCH RACE BOYS 5KM
Sam Lowe won the final Future Stars Boys event, taking the win in a bunch sprint ahead of Chris Latham. The race lit up with 8 laps to go when James Locker went away alone and was joined by Jake Womersley. Kristian Woolf led the chase and the breakaway pair was caught with five laps to go. Woolf lost his pedal as the pace increased but managed to keep upright and avoid a pile up. In the end it was Sam Lowe, riding for Team Sky who had the leg speed and took the victory (and with it the DHL series lead at the end of the first event).
1. Sam Lowe
2. Chris Latham
3. Alex Minting
4. James Berryman
5. Matt Rotherham
REVOLUTION KEIRIN
Above: Chris Hoy with arm aloft receiving a standing ovation from the Manchester crowd, as Kenny's early bid for victory comes to naught.
After winning the sprint competition earlier in the evening, Chris Hoy wowed the crowd with another win in the keirin. It was a race that initially threatened to turn into farce, with a mix-up involving the starting gun meaning a false start. Take two and things got serious; it was Kenny who threw down the gauntlet taking first wheel and stealing a march on the opposition as the derny left the track with 2 ½ laps to go. Crampton tried to chase down but it looked like Kenny was home and dry with a colossal gap. But then came Hoy, unloading in the final lap as Kenny's charge ran out of pace. Spurred on by a crowd who clearly loved the big Scot, Hoy thundered past Kenny on the line to huge applause and a standing ovation. Another win for Hoy, another bouquet tossed into crowd, caught by another lucky punter. Awesome stuff from the man of the night.
INTERVIEW: Jason Kenny: "I got stuck in tonight with the Keirin and Sprint and was a little bit sick after one of the sprint rides. It has been a big week and I have a bit of a rest now to bounce back at the Europeans. It has been a really tough night tonight and hopefully that will help us in the long run."
1. Chris Hoy
2. Jason Kenny
3. Dave Daniell
4. Matt Crampton
5. Ross Edgar
6. Chris Pritchard
DHL FUTURE STARS GIRLS SIX LAP DASH
Emily Kay was back into top gear in the final girls' race of the evening, using her formidable sprint to take the six lap dash. Abbie-May Parkinson took a brave, early stab for home but was overhauled by the chasing pack just before the bell. At the line, Kay was the strongest and took the win despite not being the first to cross the line. That ‘honour' was taken by Jess Crampton, winner of the earlier Girl's Scratch race, who was swiftly relegated for overtaking on the apron. Kay was back on her game and led the DHL Future Stars Girls standings at the end of the first meeting.
1. Emily Kay
2. Amy Hill
3. Amy Roberts
4. Lucy Garner
SCRATCH RACE
Above: Luke Rowe and Ed Clancy make their decisive move in the Scratch.
If Chris Hoy was the head and shoulders ahead of the pack of sprinters, it was Ed Clancy who took that honour in the endurance category, taking his third win of the evening in the scratch race. However, it was no straightforward affair, with a concerted solo effort by TT specialist Alex Dowsett dominating the race. Here's how the action unfolded;
The irrepressible Dean Downing was first to attack chased down by Alex Dowsett. Once caught, Downing had trouble hanging onto TT specialist Dowsett's wheel and quickly fell away. Dowsett then pushed on alone, eager to put the race to bed early on with a lap gain. The pack, despite its best efforts, didn't seem able to do much to peg Dowsett back and team mate Maclay stalled the chase momentarily at the head of the field. However, Mould attacked off the front and woke up the chasing pack leaving Dowsett dangling in no man's land. Dowsett began to rock and roll but was spurred on by massive support from the crowd. Andy Tennant hit the front of the pack and lifted the pace again, then Maxgear took over and Dowsett knew that the game was over and sat up.
The action settled down for a moment until the pace was re-injected by Ed Clancy, keen for another win after his earlier victory in the Points race. Clancy was joined by Luke Rowe with eight laps to go. Clearly a dangerous pair had gotten away at a pivotal point in the race. The pair was joined by Martin Irvine, strengthening their chance of staying away with just three laps to go. Dowsett, however, clearly hadn't given up and in spite his earlier efforts, led the chase in the main field, as Clancy, Rowe and Irvine started to sit up and look around at each other. Clancy however, saw the danger of being swept up in the final few hundred metres and kicked away alone, taking the win. Rowe took second and Irvine third, while Steven Burke was best of the rest, heading up the pack in fourth.
INTERVIEW: Ed Clancy: "Now Chris Newton has retired, some one else has to start winning them (Points races)! It was a hard Points race though. With the Omnium in mind I have been dropping into one or two track leagues and just thinking about the bunch races a little bit more. It is important that now and again I get stuck in and learn more than anything. Learn to position myself and it was good to get a win tonight but it was more important that I am in there learning. I still have some work to do and I feel like my endurance is picking up possibly at the expense of some top end speed but we'll see how it goes."
1. Ed Clancy
2. Luke Rowe
3. Martin Irvine
4. Steven Burke
TEAM SPRINT SCOTLAND V ENGLAND
Above: Jason Kenny giving it everything in the Team Sprint, with Matt Crampton tucked in close, while man three Dave Daniell struggles to keep in touch.
And so came the final event of the evening - a post Commonwealth Games team sprint challenge between the a Scottish team of Chris Hoy, Ross Edgar and Chris Pritchard, who faced and England squad of Jason Kenny, Matt Crampton and Dave Daniell. A tantalising draw on paper, so it proved on the night, with only 3 tenths in it, the England trio the victors, no doubt keen to win back pride after all being done-over individually by Scotland's Hoy in the previous sprint events.
1. England - Jason Kenny, Matt Crampton, Dave Daniell 45.500
2. Scotland - Chris Hoy, Ross Edgar, Chris Pritchard 45.842
Amended Results:
Future Stars Boys Points Race Result
Future Stars Classification (only Boys classification has changed)
Team Classification
