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Edinburgh Festival Meadowbank GP
August 7-8, 2004
Librizzi turns on the style
Local favourite Marco Librizzi (City of Edinburgh RC) produced a polished performance to take the honours in the British Sprinters League at the Edinburgh Festival Grand Prix.
The Commonwealth Games team sprint bronze medallist was the fastest qualifier with a time of 11.58 seconds, and was barely troubled as he swept aside all comers in the early rounds to set up a final clash with Dave Heald (VC St Raphael).
Librizzi won the first leg with a long last lap effort that his rival could not match, then took the second ride with a scintillating effort around the final bend.
Heald had earlier eliminated league leader Matthew Haynes (City of Edinburgh) who later saw off his team mate Graeme Steen to take third place and retain top spot in the overall table.
Ben Elliott (VC St Raphael) lifted the British Omnium Championship on Day 1 by the narrowest of margins ahead of James McCallum (Pedal Power). The pair went into the final event, the 15 kilometres scratch, tied on points. McCallum tracked his rival throughout the 60 lap contest but narrowly failed to overhaul Elliott in the final sprint. Mark Kelly (City of Edinburgh RC) took third place and was back on the podium on Sunday after posting a stylish win in the Derny Challenge and taking third spot in the 15 kilometre scratch race.
Elliott also continued on the victory trail, winning his speciality event, the Keirin, and the 3 kilometre scratch, while hardworking 14 year old Adam Blythe (Planet X - On One) caught the eye when he mixed it with senior opponents and Adam Duggleby (Steve Goff Frames) brought down the curtain on a successful weekend's racing when he sprinted clear of John Stollery (Velo Ecosse) on the last lap to take the 15 kilometre scratch.
Kate Cullen (City of Edinburgh RC) was a class apart in the women's events, winning all five races in the Omnium League and setting a new Scottish record of 38.66 seconds in the 500 Metres time trial along the way. Angela Dolan (Terrydolan.com) battled hard for second place, with Katrina Hair (Johnstone Wheelers) third.
Martin McGarry (Edinburgh Racers) won the Youths Omnium ahead of Luke Jones (Nomads) and Kieron McMahon (Edinburgh Racers).
Results
Day 1 - August 7 British Omnium Championship 1 B Elliott (VC St Raphael) 2 J MacCallum (Pedal Power RT) 3 M Kelly (City of Edinburgh RC) BC Womens Omnium League 1 K Cullen (City of Edinburgh RC) 2 A Dolan (Terrydolan.com) 3 K Hair (Johnstone Wheelers) 5km Scratch 1 A Blythe (Planet X - On One) 2 Se Charlton (Fife Cycling 2000) 3 K Barclay (Edinburgh Racers) 2-up 500m Time Trial 1 S Charlton (Fife Cycling 2000) 32.27 K Barclay (Edinburgh Racers) 2 A MacIntosh (Musselburgh RCC) 32.49 C Adamson (Musselburgh RCC) 3 M Silver (Pedal Power RT) 32.61 I Humphries (Deeside Thistle) Unknown Distance 1 A Blythe (Planet X - On One) 2 E Derfel (CC Cardiff) 3 S Charlton (Fife Cycling 2000) Devil 1 K Barclay (Edinburgh Racers) 2 S Charlton (Fife Cycling 2000) 3 A Blythe (Planet X - On One) Day 2 - August 8 Sprinters League 1 Marco Librizzi (City of Edinburgh RC) 2 Dave Heald (VC St Raphael) 3 Matthew Haynes (City of Edinburgh RC) 4 Graeme Steen (City of Edinburgh RC) 5 Martin Ross (Edinburgh RC) 6 Peter Boyd (VC St Raphael) Derny Paced Challenge 1 Mark Kelly (City of Edinburgh RC) 2 Ben Elliot (VC St Raphael) 3 Adam Blythe (Planet X - On One) 4 Derek Smith (City of Edinburgh RC) 5 James MacCallum (Pedal Power RT) 6 Alistair Taylor (Musselburgh RCC) Womens Derny Paced Challenge 1 Kate Cullen (City of Edinburgh RC) 2 Rachell Ball (CC Cardiff) 3 Rusine Airstone (VC St Raphael) 4 Carol Scott (City of Edinburgh RC) 5 Emily Forde (Team Caledonia) Keirin 1 Ben Elliot (VC St Raphael) 2 Richard Kennedy (Chesterfield Coureurs) 3 Adam Duggleby (Steve Goff Frames) 4 Alan Peet (Halesowen A & CC) 5 James MacCallum (Pedal Power RT) 6 Shane Charlton (Fife Cycling 2000) 3km Scratch 1 Ben Elliot (VC St Raphael) 2 Mark Kelly (City of Edinburgh RC) 3 Adam Duggleby (Steve Goff Frames) 4 James MacCallum (Pedal Power RT) 5 Richard Kennedy (Chesterfield Coureurs) 6 Kevin Barclay (Edinburgh Racers) Devil 1 Alan Peet (Halesowen A & CC) 2 Shane Charlton (Fife Cycling 2000) 3 Ivor Reid (Clachnacuddin CC) 4 Alistair MacIntosh (Musselburgh RCC) 5 Paul West (Weaver Valley CC) 6 Rachell Ball (CC Cardiff) 500m Handicap 1 Luke Jones (Nomad) 2 Osian Meilyr (CC Cardiff) 3 Anthony Stirrat (City of Edinburgh RC) 4 Martin McGarry (Edinburgh Racers) 5 Keiron McMahon (Edinburgh Racers) 6 Alan Peet (Halesowen A & CC) 4km Scratch 1 Alistair Taylor (Musselburgh RCC) 2 Shane Charlton (Fife Cycling 2000) 3 Adam Blythe (Planet X - On One) 4 Kate Cullen (City of Edinburgh RC) 5 Emyr Derfel (CC Cardiff) 6 Alan Peet (Halesowen A & CC) 8km Points Race 1 Adam Blythe (Planet X - On One) 2 Alistair MacIntosh (Musselburgh RCC) 3 Emyr Derfel (CC Cardiff) 4 Graham Barclay (Kirkcaldy & Dist CC) 5 Kate Cullen (City of Edinburgh RC) 6 Rachell Ball (CC Cardiff) 15km Scratch 1 Adam Duggleby (Steve Goff Frames) 2 John Stollery (Team Velo Ecosse) 3 Mark Kelly (City of Edinburgh RC) 4 Matthew Haynes (City of Edinburgh RC) 5 Martin Ross (Edinburgh RC) 6 Martin Smith (Chesterfield Coureurs) Youth Omnium 1 Martin McGarry (Edinburgh Racers) 2 Luke Jones (Nomads) 3 Keiron McMahon (Edinburgh Racers) 4 Scot Robertson (Glasgow RC) 5 Osian Meilyr (CC Cardiff) 6 Craig Wilson (Edinburgh Racers)
