Nelson, Dickinson and Lloyd shine in British colours at Revolution Cycling Champions League

Nelson, Dickinson and Lloyd shine in British colours at Revolution Cycling Champions League

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Emily Nelson led Team Breeze to second place in the overall team standings at the first round of the Revolution Cycling Champions League in Manchester.

The Great Britain Cycling Team Senior Academy rider took second place in the elite women’s omnium competition, beating two-time world cup medallist Emily Kay and Olympian Elinor Barker.

Nelson leads Team Breeze at Revolution

Nelson also collected points for Team Breeze with third place in the scratch race and a second place finish in the flying lap competition.

Manon Lloyd and Ellie Dickinson, representing the Great Britain Cycling Team, also impressed; Lloyd won the elimination scratch race while Dickinson put in a series of excellent races, winning the scratch race, taking a third place finish in the flying lap and finishing fourth in the omnium scratch race.

Dickinson wins scratch race

The British duo of Ed Clancy and Jon Mould rode to a convincing win for JLT Condor in the opening round of the elite men’s competition of the Revolution Cycling Champions League.

The pair looked unstoppable, winning a total of five races out of a possible nine. They finished the weekend of racing leading the championship on 199 points from Team PedalSure in second and Maloja Pushbikers third.

“It’s been great and aside from the wins we’ve been pretty consistent, we’ve been up there in every race,” said Clancy.

“It’s always tough, I was tired on Saturday evening, the points race in the afternoon session killed me,” he added.

JLT Condor rule the Revolution

The Revolution Cycling Champions League was the first time the series saw seven WorldTour teams take to the track, including newcomers Team Sky and Cannondale-Drapac.

The HOY Future Stars competition provided great excitement as Ellie Russell continued her dominance in the girl’s competition.

Russell won all three of her races in convincing style, including the last race of the night by an astonishing six bike lengths. Her lead now stands at 66 points to nearest rival Anna Docherty.

Russell wins by 6 bike lengths

The boy’s competition will prove a much closer fight for the title, as leader Jim Brown must defend an eight-point lead to second placed Ethan Vernon.

The Grand Final of the Revolution Cycling Champions League will take place at the Lee Valley Velopark in London on the 2-3 December.

The Saturday evening in London will be live on Eurosport from 7pm.