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Revolution #18 - NE
Manchester Velodrome, Great Britain, November 17, 2007
Revolution 18 brings out the champions
By Nick Rosenthal
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The 18th Revolution track meeting at Manchester Velodrome saw a near capacity crowd enjoying an evening of exciting racing from experienced six day track races professionals: talented junior sprinters (both male and female) from England, France and Germany, and seeing Britain's new crop of up and coming riders' progress through to the international ranks. Younger age groups rounded out the night in the Future Stars competition, sponsored by DHL.
World champions in virtually every discipline on the track made appearances for the event – from junior world champions in the sprint series through to world points race champion Joan Llaneras, world pursuit champion and Olympic pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins and world Madison champion Franco Marvulli.
For the six day stars, Revolution 18 was a change of format and an opportunity to please a different crowd. Fresh from wins in the Dortmund Six and Munich Six, Swiss ace Franco Marvulli showed his blistering pace to win the Men's Motor Paced Scratch. Belgium's Iljo Keisse kept a fairly low profile, but his natural talent still shone through. Keisse won the Amsterdam Six earlier this season, and is readying himself for some hard racing in this week's Gent Six, which he starts as hot favourite and local hero.
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But Keisse was not the only trackie born in Gent at Revolution 18 - Britain's Bradley Wiggins used Revolution 18 to find his track legs again after a long season on the road, and having won the Gent Six before with Matt Gilmore, Wiggins will be keen to notch up another six day win when he rides in Gent with Mark Cavendish (himself a former world madison champion). With addition racers, such as Peter Schep from the Netherlands, Joan Llaneras from Spain and Stefan Steinweg from Germany, the Manchester crowd got to see a good range of top six day riders.
However, the experienced track pros did not have it all there own way. Ben Swift and Jonathan Bellis of the 100% Me team won the 1km Madison time trial, beating all the top six day riders to do so. For Swift, who used to race in the local track league at Manchester when he was a youngster, it marks their arrival on the international stage.
The men's and women's sprint series were both top-level international sprinting. The English and German girls all rode to a very high standard, with track stands and skilful riding matched by top-end speed. The British girls had to work hard to beat the German team. For the male sprinters, the visiting French team pushed Britain's young sprinters very hard, winning the sprint competition and the team sprint.
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- Joan Llaneras behind the derny
- Iljo Keisse and Franco Marvulli get comfortable behind the Derny.
- Ben Swift celebrates a race victory.
- The winner of a girls’ Future Stars event
- Christian Lyte looks happy after winning a sprint event.
- World pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins was happy to spend time signing autographs for fans.
- The British girls won the sprint series, and they pose here with Germany’s world champion Kristina Vogel.
- Chris Newton is always a popular winner in Manchester.
- The winning French sprint team
- Franco Marvulli cracks a winning smile.
- The Future Stars event is a perfect training ground for Future stars!
- The boy Future Stars in action at Revolution 18
- The Future Stars series leader picks up a bouquet.
- Sprint action: Christian Lyte and France's Charlie Conord go head to head.
- Paul Kanzler of Germany, Quentin Lafargue of France and Britain's Josh Hargreaves in a three-up match sprint
- International: Britain's Steve Hill, France's world champion Thierry Jollet and Germany's Daniel Rackwitz mix it on the track.
- Track sprinters Peter Mitchel, Dave Daniell and Germany's Gregor Fischer
- The girl Future Stars take to the track at Revolution 18.
- More girl power. Germany's Charlen Delev leads Britain's Laura Trott in the women's sprint event.
- Dreaming of Beijing: Bradley Wiggins
- Sprinters need to give commitment in order to win.
- Six-day rider Iljo Keisse in a bunch event
- British world pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins follows Spanish world points champion Juan Llaneras.
- Juan Llaneras sports some fancy headware.
- Bradley Wiggins concentrates hard in mid-race.
- Iljo Keisse lets his true grit show through.
- Jess Varnish and Charlen Delev demonstrate the high standards seen in women's sprinting.
- Dean Downing throws his brother Russ Downing into the action during the 1 km Madison time trial.
- Six-day riders Peter Schep and Iljo Keisse pick up speed for the 1 km Madison time trial.
- Iljo Keisse gives it full gas.
- Peter Schep shows he knows how to go full-on, too!
- Event winners Ben Swift and Jonathan Bellis in the 1 km Madison time trial
- Ben Swift at speed
- Big Franco Marvulli leads the slightly shorter Juan Llaneras. Both are current world champions on the track.
- Juan Llaneras locks on.
- Franco Marvulli demonstrates the art of suffering with style.
- Top Brits Chris Newton and Bradley Wiggins
- Bradley Wiggins shows his speed.
- A gaggle of sprinters in the Revolution Sprint Losers race.
- Christian Lyte comes round the outside to win the Sprint Losers race.
- Bradley Wiggins was just one of several stars who were happy to spend time with their fans at Revolution 18.
- Hannah Welte of Germany and Laura Trott of Great Britain ride high on the Manchester banking.
- Good-natured Franco Marvulli is a favourite with the crowds and with the other riders.
- Juan Llaneras shows off his rainbow stripes at Manchester.
- Top six-day aces Stefan Steinweg, Iljo Keisse and Franco Marvulli in bunch race action
- Knowing when to respond to an attack is crucial for a six-day bike racer. Here, Belgium's Iljo Keisse has seen the danger from an attack, and bridges the gap.
- Peter Schep and Juan Llaneras follow a British rider.
- Top dogs Franco Marvulli and Bradley Wiggins are both multiple world champions.
- Even the top riders found the pace high. Iljo Keisse breaks a sweat.
- Two thirds of the winning French team sprint team in action
- World champions galore! The standard of rider at the Revolution track series is always high. Revolution 18 featured eight current world track champions
Results
Elite Men Motor Paced Scratch (20 Laps) 1 Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) 5.59.35 2 Ben Swift (100%ME) 3 Johnny Bellis (100%ME) 4 Russell Downing (HealthNet-Maxxis) 5 Sergi Escobar (Grupo Nicolas Mateos) 6 Juan Llaneras (Spain) 7 Iljo Keisse (Belgium) 8 Dean Downing (Rapha-Condor) 9 Miquel Alzamura (Spain) 10 Tom Murray (Merlin RT) 11 Mark Christian (Manx RC) 12 Alex Dowsett (100%ME) 13 Morgan Fox (Pezula Racing –Ireland) 14 Martyn Irvine (Pezula Racing –Ireland) 15 Stefan Steinweg (Germany) 16 Erick Rowsell (Team Corridori) 17 Pete Kennaugh (Pinarello RT) 18 Andy Williams (Cwmcarn Paragon) 19 Andy Tennant (100%ME) 20 Ian Stannard (100%ME) 21 Andy Fenn (Liverpool Mercury-Dolan) 22 Mark McNally (Liverpool Mercury –Dolan) 23 Paul Healion (Pezula Racing –Ireland) 24 Russell Hampton (100%ME) 25 David O'Loughlin (Pezula Racing –Ireland) 26 Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) 27 Toni Tauler (Illes Balears) 28 Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) 29 Peter Schep (Holland) Revolution Womens Sprint Team Omnium 200m TT 1 Kristina Vogel (Germany) 0.11.88 2 Becky James (Great Britain) 0.11.94 3 Laura Trott (Great Britain) 0.12.11 4 Jess Varnish (Great Britain) 0.12.14 5 Charlen Delev (Germany) 0.12.31 6 Hannah Welte (Germany) 0.12.90 DHL Future Stars Boys Elimination 1 Dan McLay (East Midlands Region) 8.21.74 2 Chris Whorral (North West Region) 3 George Atkins (East Midlands Region) 4 Simon Yates (North West Region) 5 Sandy King (Central) 6 Tom Wieskowski (South/South West Region) 7 Rich Forrest (Wales) 8 Aaron Murray (Scotland) 9 Jordan Hargreaves (Yorkshire Region) 10 Ewan McDonald (West Midlands Region) 11 Owain Doull (Wales) 12 Chris Legg (Central) 13 Lewis Balyicki (North West Region) 14 Peter Dibben (South/South West Region) 15 Tom Gosbee (Eastern Region) 16 Tom Walker (South/South West Region) 17 Patrick Galbraith (Scotland) 18 Felix English (South East Region) 19 Chris Nicholson (Yorkshire Region) 20 Sam Fry (Eastern Region) 21 Sam Harrison (Wales) 22 Matt Bailey (West Midlands Region) 23 Callum Mclean (Scotland) 24 Joe Perrett (Eastern Region) 25 Tim Kennaugh (Yorkshire Region) 26 Brock Dumcombe-Rogers (South East Region) 27 Jim Lewis (South East Region) 28 Jamie Rogers (East Midlands Region) Revolution Sprint Round 1 Heat 1 1 Charlie Conord (France) 0.11.49 2 Christian Lyte (Great Britain) 3 Jamie Bremner (ODP) Heat 2 1 Josh Hargreaves (Great Britain) 0.11.34 2 Paul Kanzler (Germany) 3 Quentin Lafargue (France) Heat 3 1 Thierry Jollet (France) 0.10.89 2 Steve Hill (ODP) 3 Daniel Rackwitz (Germany) Heat 4 1 Pete Mitchell (ODP) 0.11.41 2 Dave Daniell (Great Britain) 3 Gregor Fischer (Germany) DHL Future Stars Girls 1 mile 1 Ella Hopkins (South/South West Region) 2.03.43 2 Dani King (South/South West Region) 3 Hannah Manley (Wales) 4 Corrine Hall (South East Region) 5 Lucy Martin (North West Region) 6 Alex Greenfield (Central) 7 Harriet Owen (Central) 8 Katie Colclough (East Midlands Region) 9 Hannah Rich (Wales) 10 Kate Calvert (South/South West Region) 11 Hannah Mayho (Yorkshire Region) 12 Laura Allen (Central) 13 Jo Wilman (North West Region) 14 Katie Fearnehough (Yorkshire Region) 15 Gaby Shaw (Yorkshire Region) 16 Sarah Reynolds (West Midlands Region) 17 Ella Sadler (Andrews North West Region) 18 Penny Rowson (East Midlands Region) 19 Hayley Edwards (West Midlands Region) 20 Hannah Robinson (Eastern Region) Time: Revolution Womens Sprint Team Omnium Round 1 Heat 1 1 Charlen Delev (Germany) 0.12.64 2 Laura Trott (Great Britain) Heat 2 1 Jess Varnish (Great Britain) 0.13.53 2 Hannah Welte (Germany) Heat 3 1 Kristina Vogel (Germany) 0.12.73 2 Becky James (Great Britain) Revolution Sprint – Semi Finals Heat 1 1 Charlie Conord (France) 0.11.33 2 Thierry Jollet (France) Heat 2 1 Pete Mitchell (ODP) 0.11.19 2 Josh Hargreaves (Great Britain) Elite 10Km Scratch Race 1 Ben Swift (100%ME) 11.23.74 2 Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) 3 Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) 4 Iljo Keisse (Belgium`) 5 Juan Llaneras (Spain) 6 Pete Kennaugh (Pinarello RT) 7 David O'Loughlin (Pezula Racing –Ireland) 8 Alex Dowsett (100%ME) DHL Future Stars Girls 5Km Scratch 1 Harriet Owen (Central) 6.48.70 2 Corrine Hall (South East Region) 3 Kate Calvert (South/South West Region) 4 Dani King (South/South West Region) 5 Hannah Rich (Wales) 6 Hannah Manley (Wales) 7 Ella Hopkins (South/South West Region) 8 Alex Greenfield (Central) 9 Jo Wilman (North West Region) 10 Sarah Reynolds (West Midlands Region) 11 Katie Colclough (East Midlands Region) 12 Hayley Edwards (West Midlands Region) 13 Ella Sadler (Andrews North West Region) 14 Hannah Robinson (Eastern Region) 15 Katie Fearnehough (Yorkshire Region) 16 Laura Allen (Central) 17 Penny Rowson (East Midlands Region) 18 Gaby Shaw (Yorkshire Region) 19 Hannah Mayho (Yorkshire Region) Revolutin Womens Sprint Team Omnium Round 2 Heat 1 1 Jess Varnish (Great Britain) 0.12.87 2 Charlen Delev (Germany) Heat 2 1 Kristina Vogel (Germany) 0.12.72 2 Laura Trott (Great Britain) Heat 3 1 Becky James (Great Britain) 0.12.93 2 Hannah Welte (Germany) DHL Future Stars Boys 1 Mile 1 Chris Whorral (North West Region) 1.57.55 2 Jordan Hargreaves (Yorkshire Region) 3 Sam Harrison (Wales) 4 Dan McLay (East Midlands Region) 5 Felix English (South East Region) 6 Jamie Rogers (East Midlands Region) 7 Tom Wieskowski (South/South West Region) 8 Sandy King (Central) 9 Chris Legg (Central) 10 Peter Dibben (South/South West Region) 11 Lewis Balyicki (North West Region) 12 Tom Gosbee (Eastern Region) 13 Sam Fry (Eastern Region) 14 Chris Nicholson (Yorkshire Region) 15 Simon Yates (North West Region) 16 Patrick Galbraith (Scotland) 17 John Cooper (West Midlands Region) 18 George Atkins (East Midlands Region) 19 Ewan McDonald (West Midlands Region) 20 Tom Walker (South/South West Region) 21 Matt Bailey (West Midlands Region) 22 Tim Kennaugh (Yorkshire Region) 23 Owain Doull (Wales) 24 Joe Perrett (Eastern Region) 25 Aaron Murray (Scotland) 26 Jim Lewis (South East Region) 27 Callum Mclean (Scotland) 28 Brock Duncombe-Rogers (South East Region) 29 Rich Forrest (Wales) 1Km Madison Time Trial 1 Ben Swift (100%ME) 0.57.90 Johnny Bellis (100%ME) 2 Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) 0.58.67 Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) 3 Peter Schep (Holland) 0.59.57 Iljo Keisse (Belgium) 4 Juan Llaneras (Spain) 0.59.84 Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) 5 Russell Downing (HealthNet-Maxxis) 1.01.63 Dean Downing (Rapha-Condor) Revolution Sprint Losers 1 Mile 1 Christian Lyte (Great Britain) 1.59.72 2 Dave Daniell (Great Britain) 3 Steve Hill (ODP) 4 Gregor Fischer (Germany) 5 Thierry Jollet (France) 6 Josh Hargreaves (Great Britain) 7 Daniel Rackwitz (Germany) 8 Paul Kanzler (Germany) 9 Jamie Bremner (ODP) 10 Quentin Lafargue (France) Revolution Sprint Final 1 Charlie Conord (France) 0.11.11 2 Pete Mitchell (ODP) 3Km Team Pursuit Challenge 1 BC Academy 3.19.17 Andy Tennant (100%ME) Johnny Bellis (100%ME) Pete Kennaugh (Pinarello RT) 2 Spain 3.27.54 Toni Tauler (Illes Balears) Sergi Escobar (Grupo Nicolas Mateos) Miquel Alzamura (Spain) Dhl Future Stars Girls Elimination 1 Alex Greenfield (Central) 6.22.32 2 Hannah Rich (Wales) 3 Corrine Hall (South East Region) 4 Katie Colclough (East Midlands Region) 5 Hannah Manley (Wales) 6 Katie Fearnehough (Yorkshire Region) 7 Ella Hopkins (South/South West Region) 8 Penny Rowson (East Midlands Region) 9 Dani King (South/South West Region) 10 Kate Calvert (South/South West Region) 11 Sarah Reynolds (West Midlands Region) 12 Gaby Shaw (Yorkshire Region) 13 Jo Wilman (North West Region) 14 Lucy Martin (North West Region) 15 Hannah Mayho (Yorkshire Region) 16 Hannah Robinson (Eastern Region) 17 Harriet Owen (Central) 18 Ella Sadler (Andrews North West Region) 19 Hayley Edwards (West Midlands Region) 20 Laura Allen (Central) Revolution Womens Sprint Team Omnium – Round 3 Heat 1 1 Laura Trott (Great Britain) 0.12.31 2 Hannah Welte (Germany) Heat 2 1 Becky James (Great Britain) 0.12.31 2 Charlen Delev (Germany) Heat 3 1 Kristina Vogel (Germany) 0.12.63 2 Jess Varnish (Great Britain) DHL Future Stars Boys 5Km Scratch 1 Chris Whorral (North West Region) 6.07.90 2 Dan McLay (East Midlands Region) 3 George Atkins (East Midlands Region) 4 Chris Nicholson (Yorkshire Region) 5 Tom Wieskowski (South/South West Region) 6 Peter Dibben (South/South West Region) 7 Chris Legg (Central) 8 Simon Yates (North West Region) 9 Tom Walker (South/South West Region) 10 Tom Gosbee (Eastern Region) 11 Ewan McDonald (West Midlands Region) 12 Matt Bailey (West Midlands Region) 13 Rich Forrest (Wales) 14 Lewis Balyicki (North West Region) 15 Sam Harrison (Wales) 16 Sam Fry (Eastern Region) 17 John Cooper (West Midlands Region) 18 Jamie Rogers (East Midlands Region) 19 Patrick Galbraith (Scotland) 20 Sandy King (Central) 21 Felix English (South East Region) 22 Jim Lewis (South East Region) 23 Tim Kennaugh (Yorkshire Region) 24 Callum Mclean (Scotland) 25 Joe Perrett (Eastern Region) 26 Jordan Hargreaves (Yorkshire Region) 27 Owain Doull (Wales) 28 Aaron Murray (Scotland) 29 Brock Dumcombe-Rogers (South East Region) Revolution 20K Points Race 1 Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk) 2 Toni Tauler (Illes Balears) 3 David O'Loughlin (Pezula Racing –Ireland) 4 Franco Marvulli (Switzerland) 5 Russell Downing (HealthNet-Maxxis) 6 Alex Dowsett (100%ME) 7 Tom Murray (Merlin RT) 8 Sergi Escobar (Grupo Nicolas Mateos) 9 Erick Rowsell (Team Corridori) 10 Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) 11 Russell Hampton (100%ME) Revolution Team Sprint Heat 1 1 Germany Daniel Rackwitz (Germany) Paul Kanzler (Germany) Gregor Fischer (Germany) 1 ODP Pete Mitchell (ODP) Steve Hill (ODP) Jamie Bremner (ODP) Heat 2 1 France Thierry Jollet (France) Charlie Conord (France) Quentin Lafargue (France) 2 Great Britain Christian Lyte (Great Britain) Dave Daniell (Great Britain) Josh Hargreaves (Great Britain) DHL Future Stars Boys – Points Table 1 Dan McLay (East Midlands Region) 174 pts 2 Tom Gosbee (Eastern Region) 156 3 Tom Wieskowski (South/South West Region) 147 4 Chris Whorral (North West Region) 147 5 Jordan Hargreaves (Yorkshire Region) 134 6 Sam Harrison (Wales) 130 7 Chris Nicholson (Yorkshire Region) 126 8 Peter Dibben (South/South West Region) 126 9 Simon Yates (North West Region) 121 10 Sandy King (Central) 119 11 George Atkins (East Midlands Region) 111 12 Chris Legg (Central) 105 13 Lewis Balyicki (North West Region) 88 14 Sam Fry (Eastern Region) 84 15 Tom Walker (South/South West Region) 82 16 Kit Karzen (USA) 81 17 Rhys Matcham (West Midlands Region) 77 18 Owain Doull (Wales) 67 19 Tim Kennaugh (Yorkshire Region) 62 20 Rich Forrest (Wales) 62 21 Kian Emadi (West Midlands Region) 61 22 Aaron Murray (Scotland) 57 23 Tom Gregory (West Midlands Region) 55 24 Ewan McDonald (West Midlands Region) 53 25 John Cooper (West Midlands Region) 52 26 Callum Mclean (Scotland) 51 27 Felix English (South East Region) 49 28 Joe Perrett (Eastern Region) 49 29 Patrick Galbraith (Scotland) 47 30 Mark Baxter (Central) 41 31 Jamie Rogers (East Midlands Region) 41 32 Matt Bailey (West Midlands Region) 38 33 Jim Lewis (South East Region) 18 34 Brock Duncombe-Rogers (South East Region) 10 DHL Future Stars Girls – Points Table 1 Corrine Hall (South East Region) 163 pts 2 Hannah Manley (Wales) 160 3 Katie Fearnehough (Yorkshire Region) 146 4 Kate Calvert (South/South West Region) 143 5 Sarah Reynolds (West Midlands Region) 130 6 Laura Allen (Central) 112 7 Gaby Shaw (Yorkshire Region) 109 8 Jo Wilman (North West Region) 109 9 Penny Rowson (East Midlands Region) 104 10 Ella Sadler (Andrews North West Region) 101 11 Hayley Edwards (West Midlands Region) 91 12 Laura Trott (Eastern Region) 84 13 Hannah Robinson (Eastern Region) 79 14 Ella Hopkins (South/South West Region) 78 15 Dani King (South/South West Region) 78 16 Alex Greenfield (Central) 78 17 Hannah Rich (Wales) 76 18 Katie Colclough (East Midlands Region) 70 19 Sophie Terry (South East Region) 68 20 Harriet Owen (Central) 68 21 Laura Allen (North West Region) 67 22 Jess Booth (West Midlands Region) 66 23 Ruby Miller (Wales) 62 24 Hannah Mayho (Yorkshire Region) 48 25 Lucy Martin (North West Region) 43 26 Daisy Sherwood (Scotland) 16 27 Kayleigh Brogan (Scotland) 14 DHL Future Stars – Region Points Table 1 North West 676 pts 2 South/South West 654 3 Yorkshire 625 4 West Midlands 623 5 Wales 557 6 East Midlands 500 7 Central 456 8 Eastern 452 9 South East 308 10 Scotland 185 11 USA 81
