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Revolution 9 | Saturday, October 15, 2005 (Preview)
Holland came and in a few of the events including, Mens Keirin and Womens Team Sprint, took the honours and as always was great to have them here in Manchester. Saturday night saw non-stop international racing at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester take place in front of yet another packed velodrome. For over three hours, the riders entertained the crowd with some close attacking racing and for the GB supporters in the stands, their star riders didn't let them down with some close but nevertheless important victories over the strong Dutch squad that came to Manchester. Saturday night saw non-stop international racing at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester take place in front of yet another packed velodrome. For over three hours, the riders entertained the crowd with some close attacking racing and for the GB supporters in the stands, their star riders didn't let them down with some close but nevertheless important victories over the strong Dutch squad that came to Manchester. She Cycles.com Womens Omnium "Happily surprised again" she said smiling afterwards. When I said it looked from the track centre as if she was almost playing with her rivals on the track, daring them to beat her, Victoria replied "I wasn't playing! I was concentrating hard on winning and with my form, I did surprise myself and I seem to be going pretty well." The Sprint Omnium though was more than just about our Victoria doing what she does best but it was also a demonstration of how both Great Britain and Holland have some young champions coming along with Anna Blyth and Willy Kanis whilst Yvonne Hijgenaar looked also to be in good form as she gave Victoria a good run in her heats.
Victoria Pendleton was clearly the fastest of the international Women sprints looking great in her World Champions jersey as she won all her individual events. Mens International Sprint Events
There was lots of ever so close racing in both the sprint (above) and edurance events during the night. Great Britain again held their heads high in these events with some important victories. One of the biggest victories came for Chris Hoy in the 500 metre TT. The race started first with Chris having a false start due to a mechanical problem and he was then followed by Theo Bos having the same to make it one a piece going into the third start where they both got away well. Bos was the Kilometre champion in Los Angeles in March whilst the Olympic Champion had an 'off' day, finishing third. At Revolution 9 though Hoy was in super form as he had been at the Nationals a week earlier. The Scottish rider managed to just hold the challenge from Bos by the odd hundredth, to get the crowd on their feet cheering and bringing the place alive for not the first time that evening. Talking to him after the SIS Team Sprint win, Hoy said of the night "its been hard work, it always is when you're on and off your bike all night. But its nice though to get back into the competitive spirit again. It's not like we're up against a bunch of Muppets here -- all their guys are going well -- Theo, Teun and Tim. They're all fast bike riders so it was a nice positive start to the season." But if GB had some momentous victories, so did the Dutch and none more exciting than when the World Keirin Champion, Teun Mulder coming from behind to just take the victory in the International Keirin as all the contenders battled it out across the home straight in one of the closest finishes of the night. Matthew Crampton also scored a great victory as two of the under dogs in the sprint came through and contested the final with Crampton getting the better of his young (but older) rival from Holland, Tim Veldt.
Great Britain won the revenge match against Holland but only just in a very tight contest.
Geraint Thomas comes at Ed Clancy in the Scratch to take the victory with junior Adam Blythe in third. In the Endurance races the raging excitement continued to flow with Recycling.co.uk's Chris Newton (World Team Pursuit Champion) starting the night off with the first of his two victories with a win the Devil from an impressive looking Ed Clancy and a rider barely in the junior ranks this month, Adam Blythe. In the Points race, Newton was again on the attack looking great in his rainbow skinsuit, and as a former World Points Champion, he knew what he had to do to gain the victory but was again hard pushed by some young riders -- this time World Junior Pursuit champion Andy Tennant looking resplendent in his Fred Williams Cycles rainbow skin suit as well coming second and Geraint Thomas 3rd. But if those races were exciting, then the 1 kilometre madison was even more so as the World Madison Champions again looking absolutely fab in their Rainbow skin suits and World Champion bikes from Terry Dolan, rose to the occasion and won the race ahead of Ed Clancy and Geraint Thomas. The final endurance race of the night was the Scratch and this had former World Junior Scratch race champion Geraint Thomas, still only 19, winning that ahead of Ed Clancy and Adam Blythe who was showing that his third in the first race was far from a fluke. When you look at how many rainbow jersey's were racing around that track, the performance by Blythe was certainly quite awesome as was the one by another junior Tom Smith from Wales who had two sixth places in races during the night despite nursing yet more injuries after his forks broke recently. I should also mention the top 10 rides by Matt Rowe (1st year junior), Steven Burke (winner last series of the Future stars and also a 1st year junior), and Jonathon Bellis, another talent coming from the Isle of Man. These top 10's were made even more impressive as the class of the field saw the races develop into a war of attrition as break neck speeds and these riders who are the future of the sport, were able to hold their own. Well done to all! In the Raleigh Future Stars events, you could say Peter Kennaugh dominated the boys races as he took all the victories to be had to take away the leader's jersey in that competition. A teammate of Blythe's in Italy at the Youth Olympics this year, Kennaugh certainly looks well positioned to follow in the footsteps of another Isle of Man champion, Mark Cavendish. In the Girls races, the Welsh lasses were doing their best to control things and certainly did enough for Lucy Richards to gather enough points to take the Raleigh Future Stars leaders jersey for girls. Lucy won two races and team mate Katie Curtis the other to make a good night for the Welsh team. Overall, it had been a yet another exciting nights racing that was over before we even realised what time it was. There were many other special moments like when one of the organisers who was knocked off his bike in Rochdale recently, Gordon Harling, arrived and was given a huge cheer from the crowd. Gordon is up and about with the aid of crutches and we look forward to seeing him back in the control box at the next Revolution. To all the officials a big thank you for making my job easier and I for one can't wait to see what special international treats they have lined up for the next revolution. After two series where without fail the organising team come up with a superb mix of racing, I am sure the 10th will be just as action packed. Watch this space for news of what delights they will have for us in Revolution 10!
World Keirin Champion wearing the T-Shirt for the Macmillan Cancer Relief organisation, Teun Mulder, was a popular winner.
Before the start of proceedings, the Under 23 Academy was revealed to the crowd in the presence of Performance Director Dave Brailsford (right), Max Sciandri (left) and Rod Ellingworth (second from left). The riders are l-r, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant, Ross Sander, Ben Swift and Ian Stannard. REVOLUTION 9 RESULTS CARD SHE CYCLES.COM WOMENS INTERNATIONAL SPRINT OMNIUM She Cycles – Women Sprint Omnium Sprint 1 1. Willy Kanis Holland 2. Anna Blyth GB Time : 12.065 Heat 2 1. Victoria Pendleton GB 2. Yvonne Hijgenaar Holland Time : 12.651 Sprint 2 Heat 1 1. Victoria Pendleton GB 2. Anna Blyth GB Time : 12.255 Heat 2 1. Yvonne Hijgenaar Holland 2. Willy Kanis Holland Time : 12.691 Sprint 3 Heat 2 1. Victoria Pendleton GB 2. Willy Kanis Holland Time : 11.989 Heat 1 1. Yvonne Hijgenaar Holland 2. Anna Blyth GB Time : 12.216 She Cycles – 4 lap dash 1. Victoria Pendleton GB 2. Willy Kanis Holland 3. Yvonne Hijgenaar Holland 4. Anna Blyth GB Time : 12.086 SheCycles.com Womens Team Sprint 1. Holland 34.791 Willy Kanis, Yvonne Hijgenaar 2. G.B. 35.627 Anna Blyth, Victoria Pendleton INTERNATIONAL MENS SPRINT COMPETITION International 500m Standing Start Time Trial 1. Chris Hoy GB 31.807 2. Theo Bos Holland 31.823 Invitation Keirin 1. Tuen Mulder Holland 2. Ross Edgar VC St Raphael 3. Craig Maclean GB 4. Chris Hoy GB 5. Theo Bos Holland 6. Tim Veldt Holland 7. Jason Queally SIS Science In Sport Team Sprint 1. Great Britain 45.054 Craig MacLean, Jason Queally, Chris Hoy 2. Holland 45.223 Teun Mulder, Tim Veldt, Theo Bos Revolution Keirin 1. Jon Norfolk Trackcycling.com 2. Barney Storey VC St Raphael 3. Jason Kenny SportCity Velo 4. Marco Librizzi City of Edinburgh 5. Matt Crampton GB 6. Steve Harrison Cleveland Wheelers International Sprint Final 1. Matt Crampton GB 2. Tim Veldt Holland Time : 11.031 Minor Final 5 lap dash 1. Theo Bos Holland 2. Teun Mulder Holland 3. Craig Maclean GB 4. Ross Edgar VC St Raphael 5. Jason Kenny SportCity Velo 6. Jon Norfolk Trackcycling.com 7. Marco Librizzi City of Edinburgh 8. Steve Harrison Cleveland Wheelers 9. Barney Storey VC St Raphael Semi Final Heat 1 1. Tim Veldt Holland 2. Jason Queally SIS Time : 10.821 Heat 2 1. Matt Crampton GB 2. Chris Hoy GB Time : 11.093 Round 1 Heat 1 1. Jason Queally SIS 2. Theo Bos Holland 3. Barney Storey VC St Raphael 4. Marco Librizzi City of Edinburgh Time : 10.789 Heat 2 1. Chris Hoy GB 2. Teun Mulder Holland 3. Jason Kenny SportCity Velo Time : 11.012 Heat 3 1. Matt Crampton GB 2. Ross Edgar VC St Raphael 3. Steve Harrison Cleveland Wheelers Time : 11.030 Heat 4 1. Tim Veldt Holland 2. Craig Maclean GB 3. Jon Norfolk Trackcycling.com Time 11.265 ENDURANCE RACES Elite Devil Scratch 1. Chris Newton Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2. Ed Clancy Adidas – SIS 3. Adam Blythe Pinarello RT 4. Andy Tennant Fred Williams Cycles 5. Mark Cavendish Adidas – SIS 6. Tom Smith CC Cardiff 7. Rob Hayles Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8. Magnus Backstedt Liquigas – Bianchi 9. Matt Rowe Cardiff Ajax 10. Richard Teare TJ Wilson RT 11. Pete Williams Kinesis RT International Madison 1k Time Trial 1. Rob Hayles / Mark Cavendish 58.410 2. Ed Clancy / Geraint Thomas 59.053 3. Ross Sander / Matt Rowe 59.722 4. Ben Swift / Adam Blythe 1:00.233 5. Tony Gibb / Magnus Backstedt 1:00.466 Elite 10k Points Race 1. Chris Newton Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 pts 2. Andy Tennant Fred Williams Cycles 6 pts 3. Geraint Thomas Adidas – SIS 5 pts 4. Ed Clancy Adidas – SIS 5 pts 5. Adam Blythe Pinarello RT 5 pts 6. Tom Smith CC Cardiff 2 pts 7. Steven Burke SportCity Velo 2 pts 8. John Bellis Glendene CC 2 pts Time : 12:06.429 Elite Mens 10k Scratch 1. Geraint Thomas Adidas – SIS 2. Ed Clancy Adidas – SIS 3. Adam Blythe Pinarello RT 4. Tony Gibb PCA 5. Mark Cavendish Adidas – SIS 6. Steven Burke SportCity Velo 7. Rob Hayles Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8. John Bellis Glendene CC 9. Ben Hallam Team DFL 10. Chris Newton Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 11. Ian Holt Agisko – Viner Time : 11:52.394
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Raleigh Future Stars Boys 1 mile dash
1. Peter Kennaugh Manx RC
2. Luke Rowe Wales
3. Tom Hibbert West Midlands Division
4. Rhys Lloyd Wales
5. Alex Ainsley North East Division
6. Ross Dingley West Midlands Division
7. Luke Marlow East Midlands Division
8. Jason Crombie East Midlands Division
9. Christian Lyte North West Division
10. Ross Yates Scotland
11. Jack Hibbert West Midlands Division
12. Andrew Magnier West Midlands Division
13. Tom Price VC St Raphael
14. Mark McNally North West Division
15. Richard Guymer North West Division
16. Simon Lewis South East Division
17. Andy Fenn Agisko – Viner
18. Scott Elliott Agisko – Viner
29. Luc Jones Wales
Time : 1:53.801
Raleigh Future Stars Boys Devil
1. Peter Kennaugh Manx RC
2. Rhys Lloyd Wales
3. Tom Skubala Yorkshire Division
4. Luke Rowe Wales
5. Jack Hibbert West Midlands Division
6. Jason Crombie East Midlands Division
7. Tom Price VC St Raphael
8. Gareth James Wales
9. Alex Ainsley North East Division
10. Ross Dingley West Midlands Division
11. Tim Morris Mid Shropshire Wheelers
12. Joe Troughton East Midlands Division
13. Steven Guymer North West Division
14. Simon Lewis South East Division
15. Alex Aldham-Breary South East Division
16. Luke Marlow East Midlands Division
17. Scott Elliott Agisko – Viner
18. Andrew Magnier West Midlands Division
19. Josh Hargreaves North West Division
20. Tom Hibbert West Midlands Division
21. Charlie Porter East Midlands Division
22. Andy Fenn Agisko – Viner
23. Ross Yates Scotland
24. Richard Meadows North East Division
25. Tom Buck Yorkshire Division
26. Stephen Jefferson Yorkshire Division
27. Rhys Kerr Wales
28. Peter Mitchell South East Division
29. Christian Lyte North West Division
Raleigh Future Stars 5k Scratch
1. Peter Kennaugh Manx RC
2. Mark McNally North West Division
3. Rhys Lloyd Wales
4. Jason Crombie East Midlands Division
5. Jack Hibbert West Midlands Division
6. Ross Dingley West Midlands Division
7. Tom Price VC St Raphael
8. Ross Charlton Scotland
9. Christian Lyte North West Division
10. Tom Buck Yorkshire Division
11. Luke Rowe Wales
12. Luke Marlow East Midlands Division
13. Tom Skubala Yorkshire Division
14. Richard Guymer North West Division
15. Andrew Magnier West Midlands Division
16. Alex Aldham-Breary South East Division
17. Tim Morris Mid Shropshire Wheelers
18. Alex Ainsley North East Division
19. Peter Mitchell South East Division
20. Stephen Jefferson Yorkshire Division
21. Richard Meadows North East Division
22. Scott Elliott Agisko – Viner
23. Luke Marlow East Midlands Division
24. Rhys Kerr Wales
25. Josh Hargreaves North West Division
26. Stephen Jefferson Yorkshire Division
27. Tom Hibbert West Midlands Division
28. Jack Hibbert West Midlands Division
29. Scott Elliott Agisko – Viner
30. Charlie Porter East Midlands Division
Time : 6:16.815
Raleigh Future Stars - Boys Points Table
1. Peter Kennaugh (Manx RC) 45
2. Rhys Lloyd (Wales) 31
3. Luke Rowe (Wales) 23
4. Jason Crombie (East Midlands Division) 21
5. Jack Hibbert (West Midlands Division) 18
6. Ross Dingley (West Midlands Division) 17
7. Mark McNally (North West Division) 12
8. Tom Price (VC St Raphael) 12
9. Alex Ainsley (North East Division) 12
10. Tom Hibbert (West Midlands Division) 10
Tom Skubala (Yorkshire Division) 10
12. Ross Yates (Scotland) 8
13. Christian Lyte (North West Division) 8
14. Luke Marlow (East Midlands Division) 7
15. Gareth James (Wales) 5
16. Tom Buck (Yorkshire Division) 3
17. Tim Morris (Mid Shropshire Wheelers) 2
18. Andrew Magnier (West Midlands Division) 1
Joe Troughton (East Midlands Division) 1
Simon Lewis (South East Division)
Alex Aldham-Breary (South East Division)
Peter Mitchell (South East Division)
Stephen Jefferson (Yorkshire Division)
Scott Elliott (Agisko - Viner)
Richard Meadows (North East Division)
Rhys Kerr (Wales)
Charlie Porter (East Midlands Division)
Josh Hargreaves (North West Division)
Steven Guymer (North West Division)
Andy Fenn (Agisko - Viner)
Raleigh Future Stars Girls 5k scratch
1. Lucy Richards Wales
2. Alex Greenfield Cardiff Ajax
3. Katie Curtis Wales
4. Rebecca James Wales
5. Louise Mahe Sutton CC
6. Lucy Aires Sportcity Velo
7. Jessica Varnish West Midlands Division
8. Rachel Davis Cardiff Ajax
9. Eileen Roe Edinburgh Racers
10. Sophie Terry South East Division
11. Helen Scott West Midlands Division
12. Sarah Byrne West Midlands Division
13. Lucy Martin Mid Shropshire Wheelers
14. Gabriella Coates South East Division
15. Elliw Mostyn Wales
16. Bridie Hindle VC St Raphael
17. Monica Eden Sportcity Velo
18. Corrine Hall South East Division
19. Kim Robinson Yorkshire Division
20. Alix Chester Sportcity Velo
21. Jenny Middlehurst Raleigh ERV
Raleigh Future Stars Girls 1 mile dash
1. Katie Curtis Wales
2. Alex Greenfield Cardiff Ajax
3. Jessica Varnish West Midlands Division
4. Lucy Richards Wales
5. Greta Junker LUKRacing.net
6. Rebecca James Wales
7. Elliw Mostyn Wales
8. Rachel Davis Cardiff Ajax
9. Eileen Roe Edinburgh Racers
10. Lucy Martin Mid Shropshire Wheelers
11. Sophie Terry South East Division
12. Helen Scott West Midlands Division
13. Monica Eden Sportcity Velo
14. Lucy Aires Sportcity Velo
15. Alix Chester Sportcity Velo
16. Jenny Middlehurst Raleigh ERV
17. Tegan Millington Sportcity Velo
18. Kim Robinson Yorkshire Division
19. Corrine Hall South East Division
20. Louise Mahe Sutton CC
21. Bridie Hindle VC St Raphael
Raleigh Future Stars Girls Devil
1. Lucy Richards Wales
2. Alex Greenfield Cardiff Ajax
3. Alix Chester Sportcity Velo
4. Greta Junker LUKRacing.net
5. Gabriella Coates South East Division
6. Jessica Varnish West Midlands Division
7. Jenny Middlehurst Raleigh ERV
8. Rachel Davis Cardiff Ajax
9. Helen Scott West Midlands Division
10. Monica Eden Sportcity Velo
11. Lucy Aires Sportcity Velo
12. Sarah Byrne West Midlands Division
13. Katie Curtis Wales
14. Eileen Roe Edinburgh Racers
15. Elliw Mostyn Wales
16. Sophie Terry South East Division
17. Lucy Martin Mid Shropshire Wheelers
18. Kayleigh Brogan Scotland
19. Rebecca James Wales
20. Tegan Millington Sportcity Velo
21. Kim Robinson Yorkshire Division
22. Helen Clayton West Midlands Division
23. Bridie Hindle VC St Raphael
24. Corrine Hall South East Division
25. Louise Mahe Sutton CC
Time : 8:09.421
Raleigh Future Stars - Girls Points Table
1. Lucy Richards (Wales) 39
2. Alex Greenfield (Cardiff Ajax) 36
3. Katie Curtis (Wales) 25
4. Jessica Varnish (West Midlands Division) 23
5. Greta Junker (LUKRacing.net) 17
6. Rebecca James (Wales) 16
7. Rachel Davis (Cardiff Ajax) 15
8. Alix Chester (Sportcity Velo) 10
9. Lucy Aires (Sportcity Velo) 9
11. Gabriella Coates (South East Division) 8
10. Louise Mahe (Sutton CC) 8
12. Helen Scott (West Midlands Division) 7
13. Jenny Middlehurst (Raleigh ERV) 6
Elliw Mostyn (Wales) 6
15. Sophie Terry (South East Division) 5
16. Eileen Roe (Edinburgh Racers) 4
17. Monica Eden (Sportcity Velo) 3
Lucy Martin (Mid Shropshire Wheelers) 3
18. Sarah Byrne (West Midlands Division) 2
Kim Robinson (Yorkshire Division)
Helen Clayton (West Midlands Division)
Lorna Marlow (East Midlands Division)
Corrine Hall (South East Division)
Alice Monger-Godfrey (South East Division)
Kayleigh Brogan (Scotland)
Tegan Millington (Sportcity Velo)
Bridie Hindle (VC St Raphael)
Lara Wann (Agisko-Viner)
Jessica Allen (Abergavenny RC)