Former junior champion Peter Kennaugh took the title with his partner Luke Rowe; ahead of Jon Mould and Tom Moses. Once the Madison riders got the crowd going, it was time for more of the home-grown talent to hit the boards. Back after being sidelined with flu was, crowd favourite, Craig McLean.
Maxgear Take the Spoils
Maxgear was confirmed the first big winners of this winter’s series, when they were given the team prize just one point ahead of Team Sky. The pro tour team made a late surge on the night winning four events overall, but there just wasn’t enough races to overhaul the gap.
Sky started how they meant to go on that night, with victory in the opening team elimination race in front of Chep and Maxgear. It was new signing, and under-23 time-trial champion, Alex Dowsett who showed his tem they had made no mistake signing him a couple of months ago. Le Col went out early without the help of Franco Marvulli to force the pace.
More Madison Madness
Not content with an afternoon of Madison racing, the audience were treated to the frantic even that is, the 1km Madison time-trial. The current record is held by kilo specialists Chris Hoy and Arnaud Tournant and set in 2008. It wasn’t broken but winners Ed Clancy and Andy Tennant came close; giving their team some much needed points. The pair have recently moved from Motorpoint to Rapha Condor Sharp, who only amassed nine points in the championship.
The Team points race proved to be one of the most exciting of the night with all the teams contending for victory. First out of the traps were Le Col and Team Sky before Manchester City Council and the Revolution Allstars began to put the pressure on. In the end it was Kennaugh, Dowsett and Tom Murray of Sky who claimed the team’s second win of the night.
Rowe Shine Again
After a successful debut, the Australian Pursuit was on the cards again and this time there was no stopping Rowe, who had already won gold in the Madison championships. The scratch race gave Rowe another chance to shine and give the Revolution Allstars more points. McLean showed he hadn’t lost his speed by getting to the final in the sprint, but he was eventually beaten by fellow Scotsman Ross Edgar.
Edgar didn’t stop there though and went on to win the team sprint with Pete Mitchell and Philip Hindes. Mitchell also took the Revolution Kerin by fighting off the strong competition to maintain his good starting position once the derny had moved away.
The DHL Future Stars also rounded-up the series and will be hoping their great performances will help in moving up the cycling ranks. In the girls competition Emily Kay made sure she wasn’t going to fall at the last hurdle by winning another two races. Sam Lowe also maintained his lead in the competition by a clear 24 point margin. The Revolution series will pick up again at the start of the next track season towards the end of the year.
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