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Revolution 21 - NE
Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, UK, November 15, 2008
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- Stuart O'Grady sits first wheel on the Derny in the elite motor-paced scratch
- Revolution 21 was the final race for Bradley McGee
- Bunch action in the DHL Future Stars girls points race
- The sprint series winner passes Pete Mitchell in the first round
- Ross Edgar at speed in the sprints. Edgar took Silver in the Keirin at the Beijing Olympics
- Alex Greenfield won the women's 10km points race
- Riders fill the track in the DHL Future Stars boys one mile race
- Top sprinters Matt Crampton and Jamie Staff treat the crowd to a track stand
- Ross Edgar comes over the top of Olympic silver sprint medallist Jason Kenny in the sprint series
- Close call: The heat between Kenny and Edgar was so close the judges needed a few minutes before they could announce that Edgar had won
- Stuart O'Grady hits the front of the bunch during the 10 km scratch race
- Bradley McGee celebrates his win in the scratch race at Revolution 21
- The girl's race in the DHL Future Stars scratch race
- Flowers for the winner of the girls under 16 scratch race
- Ever-popular Rob Hayles appointed himself as team coach for the flying 750m team sprint event, determined to help his fellow team pursuiters to victory
- Team sprint for pursuiters: Steve Burke swings off to let Geraint Thomas and Ed Clancy come through
- Lead-out man Jamie Staff kicks hard to lead the sprinters to... well, to second place in the team sprint event!
- Ross Edgar and Jason Kenny grit their teeth in the Team Sprint
- Olympic silver medallist Jason Kenny at work
- Happy chappies: Geraint Thomas, Ed Clancy and Steve Burke smile as they celebrate their win in the Team Sprint
- Jason Kenny celebrates a race win
- Sporting gesture: Matt Crampton won the sprint series. Ross Edgar stops by to congratulate the man who beat him
- Revolution visitors - Guy East and Austin Carroll from the USA, seen here in the Madison kilometre event
- One of the American riders at speed in the Madison kilometre
- Dan McLay gives it all he's got in the Madison kilometer
- Madison change: Jonny Bellis slings Ben Swift into the kilometre
- Ben Swift grew up riding the track league at Manchester, and still knows his way round the track!
- Chris Newton finds focus at speed
- Madison men: Steve Burke gives a handsling to Ed Clancy
- CSC Saxo Bank riders Stuart O'Grady and Brad McGee wind it up for their Madison kilometer
- Brad McGee is a very classy track rider
- McGee throws Stuart O'Grady into the race
- Steven Burke and Ed Clancy, winners of the Madison kilometre at Revolution 21 in Manchester
- The bunch in the senior women's 8 km scratch race
- American visitor Kacey Manderfield was never from the action in the women's events
- Becki James picked up a couple of wins in the women's events - a superb return to racing after a spell off the bike
- Bradley McGee was given a warm send-off by his fellow riders
- Hugh Porter interviews Brad McGee
- In amongst them: The bunch in the U16 boy's events
- The Keirin start. Riders pick up the derny pacing bike in the Keirin
- The Keirin race saw several top Keirin specialists in action, including Jamie Staff, Ross Edgar and Matt Crampton
- The Keirin race kicks off in earnest, and Jamie Staff makes his intentions clear
- Matt Crampton won the Keirin event, proving too strong for Staff
- Flowers for Keirin winner Matthew Crampton
- Brad McGee is all smiles as he starts his very last bike race
- Teammates Stuart O'Grady and Jonny Bellis
- And they're off!
- Rob Hayles is normally the tallest rider in the race, so he was glad to find another rider tall enough to shelter behind
- David Millar in the bunch at Revolution
- Millar shows off his fancy socks
- The old one-two: Brad McGee gives Stuart O'Grady a lead-out in the points race
- Guy East puts his foot down in the points race
- Rob Hayles shows off his British national champion's jersey
- A Crocodile Dundee moment: Remember the bit where he goes 'That's not a knife!'. Aussie riders Brad McGee and Stuart O'Grady show the Brits what a real lead-out looks like!
- Chris Newton was always in the thick of the action in the points race
- Newton celebrates his win in the points race
- Geraint Thomas, winner of the first elite race of the evening at Revolution 21
- The McGee family marks Brad's retirement from racing at the Revolution 21 track meeting in Manchester
Results
Men's motor-paced scratch race 1 Geraint Thomas 2 Jonny McEvoy 3 Steven Burke 4 Luke Rowe Revolution sprint Final standings 1 Matt Crampton 2 Ross Edgar 3 Jason Kenny 4 Dave Daniell 5 Christian Lyte Women's points race 1 Alex Greenfield 2 Lucy Martin 3 Kacey Manderfield 4 Hannah Mayho Men's scratch race 1 Brad McGee Men's points race 1 Chris Newton 2 Stuart O’Grady 3 Steven Burke Revolution Kierin 1 Matt Crampton Men's Madison 1000m TT 1 Ed Clancy/Steven Burke 2 Rob Hayles/Chris Newton 3 Guy East/Austin Caroll Women's scratch race 1 Becki James 2 Dani King 3 Alex Greenfield 4 Kacey Manderfield
