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Revolution 22 - NE
Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, UK, December 6, 2008
Photography
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- Close action in the DHL Future Stars boys race
- Geraint Thomas shows off his rainbow jersey
- Peter Kennaugh heads for the finish line for a win in the Elite Devil / Scratch race, followed by Luke Rowe and Andy Tennant
- Jamie Staff sportingly congratulates Ross Edgar for beating him in round one of the sprint series
- Dave Daniell puts Teun Mulder out of the sprint series
- Christian Lyte gives it his best shot but is unable to stop triple Olympic champion Chris Hoy powering past
- Ross Edgar and Dave Daniell go head to head in the sprints; Daniell won this match
- Fresh from racing in a couple of Europe’s tough six-day races, Australia’s Luke Roberts joined us in Manchester for Revolution 22
- Matt Crampton meets the unstoppable Chris Hoy in the semi-final of the sprints.
- Cycling is a tough sport. But we care, too. Here, a rider offers moral support to an injured rider
- The Future Stars riders ready to take to the track in front of a capacity crowd
- Italian sprinter Roberto Chiappa is a favourite with the Manchester fans
- Chris Hoy kicks hard and the world becomes a blur of speed
- Rob Hayles puts the hammer down
- Luke Roberts checks the results board during the 1 km Madison time trial
- Madison winners: Steve Burke slings Ed Clancy into the 1 km Madison time trial, on their way to a win … and their time of 54.666 seconds was very close to the event record
- Steve Burke and Ed Clancy celebrate their Madison win
- Triple Olympic champion Chris Hoy was in demand all evening, but still made time to sign autographs for fans
- Jo Rowsell won the women’s 500 m time trial and got a chance to show us her world cup jersey
- Series leader Sam Harrison of Wales celebrates a win in the DHL Future Stars series
- Still smarting from their defeat in November, the sprint team made sure of victory over the endurance riders in the 1 km Team Sprint Challenge, with Jamie Staff leading them off
- Laura Trott with her victory bouquet after winning the DHL Future Stars points race
- Hannah Mayho won the women’s six-lap dash – by the smallest of margins!
- Pete Williams hard at work in the 10km scratch race
- Steve Cummings grits his teeth during the 10 km scratch race
- The leaders head towards the finish line in the 10 km scratch race, with race winner Rob Hayles in second place behind Geraint Thomas
- Rob Hayles celebrates his victory in the scratch race
- Dave Daniell (in second place) picked up a win in the Revolution Keirin
- Jason Kenny and Jamie Staff fight for the back wheel of the Derny in the Revolution Invitation Keirin
- Chris Hoy, fresh from winning the Revolution Invitation Keirin
- A victory bouquet for Chris Hoy
Results
200m time trial Qualifying 1 Jason Kenny 10.247 2 Matt Crampton 10.267 3 Dave Daniell 10.279 4 Ross Edgar 10.336 5 Chris Hoy 10.352 6 Jamie Staff 10.495 7 Roberto Chiappa 10.645 8 Craig Maclean 10.645 9 Teun Mulder 10.714 10 Pete Mitchell 10.809 11 Christian Lyte 10.851 12 Itmar Esteban 10.973 Final 7-12 1 Matt Crampton 2 Roberto Chiappa 3 Jamie Staff 4 Jason Kenny Final 1-6 1 Chris Hoy 2 Dave Daniell Elite men Devil/6km scratch race 1 Peter Kennaugh 2 Luke Rowe 3 Andy Tennant 4 Alex Dowsett Elite women 5km scratch race 1 Sarah Reynolds 7 pts 2 Jess Allen 6 3 Dani King 6 4 Kate Calvert 5 5 Anna Blyth 5 Elite men 10km points race 1 Luke Roberts 2 Geraint Thomas 3 Chris Newton 4 Luke Rowe 5 Alex Dowsett 1km Madison time trial 1 Ed Clancy/Steven Burke 54.666 2 Rob Hayles/Chris Newton 58.448 3 Luke Rowe/Andy Fenn 1.01.433 Elite women 500 flying start time trial 1 Joanna Rowsell 32.829 2 Kacey Manderfield 33.184 Elite men 10km scratch race 1 Rob Hayles
