The Revolution has had a facelift for 2016, the new look Revolution will see the season split into two Series of 3 rounds a UK Championship and a Championship League.
10 teams will race in the UK Championship hoping to win the competition but also grab one of the five qualification places for the new Championships League. Once there, they will race against seven World Tour teams with the goal of being crowned cycling champions.
As well as the UK Championship and Champions League there are three more competitions.
HOY Future Stars
The Hoy Future Stars returns. The leading 15 and 16 year old male and female riders will battle for individual glory and the chase to win the Hoy Future Stars Jersey following in the footsteps of riders like Steven Burke and Owain Doull.They ride for individual points across three races at each event:Scratch Race, Points Race and 6 Lap Dash. The male and female rider with the most points at the end of the season will become the HOY Future Stars Champion.
Elite Championship Women
New to the Revolution is the Elite Women’s Championship to accompany the mens competition. Teams will race for points with the aim of topping the league table at the end of the season – the only difference will be that the women’s championship will take place across all six events in the UK Championship and Champions League – there will be no qualification system and it will be the same nine pro teams fighting for the title across the season.
Elite Sprint Omnium
Some of the best British and international sprint stars will go head to head in a Sprint Omnium at each round of the UK Championship. The sprinters will score points across a series of races including Keirin, Elimination and 6 Lap Dash – the rider with the most points at the end of each event takes the victory.
Lead by Rio 2016 Olympic Gold medallist, Ed Clancy, the team look to be in a dominant position over nearest rivals Team Wiggins.
Clancy missed the whole season due to the worrying back injury that left his Olympic hopes in doubt last year.
It’s my first Revolution in ages, I didn’t race in a single one last year. I enter a lot of track racing, excluding from the Olympics, but really it’s good to be back to be honest, I really miss this place and I miss the series,
This is a lot different to the Rio Olympics; the team-pursuit is such a clinical organised event and then here at the Revolution Series you have the Madison elimination race, which is just absolute chaos. Proper bike racing, there isn’t that stress or pressure that fills you before the team pursuit, you just get on your bike and ride, it’s good.
But, now obviously we don’t want to just do half a series, it’s important we’re in the top five, the restructure of the Revolution Series has forced us to be consistent in every event.
The win meant that old rivalries between the two teams were reignited after Team Wiggins’ outstanding overall series win last season.
Owain Doull, his Olympic team-pursuit teammate won the elimination scratch race and the Points race in the afternoon session.
Also on hand was Olympic Golden couple Laura Trott and Jason Kenny, they signed autographs and gave an exclusive interview to the crowd alongside other Olympic champions, Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Clancy and Doull.
Amalie Dideriksen was outstanding across the new Women’s Elite Championship for team Voxwomen. Winning two events and finishing twice in second position. She managed to amount a significant amount of points to place them at the top of the general classification.
Dani Khan also earned her self a notable mention, getting two wins for Great Britain Cycling team.
The sprint Omnium proved to be a family affair, it was won by local lad Matt Rotherham, his brother Tom finished third behind Great Britain’s Joe Truman.
Jim Brown won three out of three races riding for Maloja Pushbikers to lead the boys HOY Future Stars competition after Round 1; the girl’s winner was Ellie Russell riding for Revolution All Stars.
Images by Chris Maher
Interviews by Amy Gornall
Results
- Competitors
- HOY Future Stars Girls
- HOY Future Stars Boys
- Mens Elite Championship - On the Evening
- Mens Elite Championship General Classification
- Womens Elite Championship - On the Evening
- Womens Elite Championship General Classification
- Sprinters Omnium Men
| 1 | TENNANT, Andy | GBR | GBR19870309 | 150 | CARLIN, Jack | GBR | GBR19970423 |
| 2 | HAVIK, Yoeri | NED | NED19910219 | 151 | TRUMAN, Joe | GBR | GBR19970214 |
| 11 | LEA, Bobby | USA | USA19831017 | 152 | JOLIFFE, Alex | GBR | GBR19980702 |
| 12 | KALZ, Marcel | GER | GER19870309 | 153 | STEWART, Lewis | GBR | GBR19990318 |
| 21 | CLANCY, Ed | GBR | GBR19850312 | 154 | TURNBULL, Hamish | GBR | GBR19990713 |
| 22 | MOULD, Jon | GBR | GBR19910404 | 155 | OWENS, Ryan | GBR | GBR19950925 |
| 31 | DOULL, Owain | GBR | GBR19930502 | 156 | HUTCHINSON, Ryan | GBR | GBR19980817 |
| 32 | HARRISON, Sam | GBR | GBR19920624 | 157 | MITCHELL, Jonathan | GBR | GBR19941109 |
| 41 | HOLT, Joe | GBR | GBR19971013 | 158 | ALEXANDER, Jamie | GBR | GBR19921120 |
| 42 | ROBERTS, Will | GBR | GBR19980604 | 159 | VAN DEN BERG, Roy | NED | NED19880908 |
| 51 | ESCRITT, Jack | GBR | GBR19971204 | 160 | ROTHERHAM, Matthew | GBR | GBR19941207 |
| 52 | MARTIN, Fraser | GBR | GBR19960909 | 161 | ROTHERHAM, Tom | GBR | GBR19970402 |
| 61 | CLAXTON, Angus | GBR | GBR19970413 | ||||
| 62 | BROWN, Andy | GBR | GBR19970428 | ||||
| 71 | ANDERSON, Peter | GBR | GBR19920101 | ||||
| 72 | TRODDEN, Phil | GBR | GBR19860802 | ||||
| 81 | ZAIDAN, Darragh | IRL | IRL19910924 | ||||
| 82 | SMITH, Luke | IRL | IRL19990119 | ||||
| 91 | BLYTHE, Adam | GBR | GBR19891001 | ||||
| 92 | BOSTOCK, Matt | GBR | GBR19970716 | ||||
| 100 | BARKER, Elinor | GBR | GBR19940907 | ||||
| 105 | ARCHIBALD, Katie | GBR | GBR19940312 | ||||
| 106 | DEW, Monica | GBR | GBR19980114 | ||||
| 107 | EVANS, Neah | GBR | GBR19900801 | ||||
| 110 | MCDERMOTT, Ellen | GBR | GBR19881203 | ||||
| 111 | HOLL, Jenny | GBR | GBR1990411 | ||||
| 112 | CALLANDER, Rhona | GBR | GBR19990919 | ||||
| 115 | BARKER, Megan | GBR | GBR19970815 | ||||
| 116 | LOWTHER, Melissa | GBR | GBR19960515 | ||||
| 117 | NELSON, Emily | GBR | GBR19961110 | ||||
| 120 | EBERHARDT, Verena | AUT | AUT19941206 | ||||
| 121 | VITTORIA SPEROTTO, Maria | ITA | ITA19961120 | ||||
| 122 | NIBLETT, Hetty | GBR | GBR19981217 | ||||
| 125 | BLOEM, Judith | NED | NED19900729 | ||||
| 126 | LIPIEJKO, Karolina | POL | POL19980626 | ||||
| 127 | BIELAWSKA, Klaudia | POL | POL19990928 | ||||
| 130 | JOSEPH, Amber | BAR | BAR19991215 | ||||
| 131 | DIDERIKSEN, Amalie | DEN | DEN19960524 | ||||
| 132 | BARBIERI, Rachele | ITA | ITA19970221 | ||||
| 135 | KAY, Emily | GBR | GBR19950907 | ||||
| 136 | KAHN, Dani | GBR | GBR19950901 | ||||
| 137 | DENTUS, Abbie | GBR | GBR19970503 |
| 1 | RUSSELL, Ellie | REV | 82 |
| 2 | DOCHERTY, Anna | PED | 70 |
| 3 | BARNWELL, Ella | USN | 69 |
| 4 | BACKSTEDT, Elynor | USN | 63 |
| 5 | ASHWORTH, Georgia | REV | 57 |
| 6 | HOMER, Gabriella | MAL | 55 |
| 7 | NIBLETT, Esme | PED | 53 |
| 8 | MELLOR, Aleshia | RAL | 52 |
| 8 | STEELE, Lusia | SBP | 52 |
| 10 | BOWLER, Lorna | WIG | 51 |
| 11 | TACEY, April | MAL | 49 |
| 12 | JONES, Chloe | CIR | 44 |
| 13 | MARTIN, Eve | SBP | 40 |
| 14 | ELLIS, Isabel | JLT | 39 |
| 14 | SHAW, Elena | JLT | 39 |
| 16 | MATRAVERS, Alice | WIG | 36 |
| 17 | GLEDHILL, Felicity | NAB | 27 |
| 17 | HALL, Leanne | RAL | 27 |
| 19 | NAYLOR, Lucy | NAB | 22 |
| 20 | NOVACKI, Alexandra | CIR | 21 |
| 1 | BROWN, Jim | MAL | 90 |
| 2 | VERNON, Ethan | PED | 70 |
| 3 | CALVERT, Charley | REV | 67 |
| 4 | RIDEHALGH, Alex | WIG | 62 |
| 5 | BARTON, Jack | CIR | 53 |
| 6 | BRIDGES, Zach | JLT | 52 |
| 7 | BURKE, Matthew | USN | 51 |
| 8 | DRAPER, Wiliam | NAB | 50 |
| 8 | LEWIS, Matthew | WIG | 50 |
| 10 | COOPER, Daniel | JLT | 49 |
| 11 | FIELDING, Alistair | REV | 47 |
| 12 | HILL, Caleb | MAL | 46 |
| 13 | CODD, James | RAL | 45 |
| 14 | GEORGE, Alfie | SBP | 42 |
| 15 | CRUDEN, Jack | SBP | 38 |
| 16 | KELLY, Charlie | RAL | 30 |
| 17 | LEIVERS, Alistair | CIR | 29 |
| 18 | MODELL, Theo | PED | 28 |
| 19 | BOSTOCK, Thomas | NAB | 26 |
| 20 | MINGAY, Oscar | USN | 23 |
| 1 | 803 | JLT | 122 | JLT Condor p/b Mavic |
| 2 | 804 | WIG | 115 | Team Wiggins |
| 3 | 801 | PED | 108 | Team Pedalsure |
| 4 | 802 | MAL | 86 | Maloja Pushbikers RT |
| 5 | 805 | USN | 71 | Team USN |
| 6 | 810 | REV | 56 | Revolution All Stars |
| 7 | 806 | RAL | 50 | Team Raleigh GAC |
| 8 | 807 | SBP | 42 | Scotland Burness Paull |
| 9 | 808 | NAB | 42 | NAB Racing |
| 10 | 809 | CIR | 12 | Cycling Ireland |
| 1 | 803 | JLT | 122 | JLT Condor p/b Mavic |
| 2 | 804 | WIG | 115 | Team Wiggins |
| 3 | 801 | PED | 108 | Team Pedalsure |
| 4 | 802 | MAL | 86 | Maloja Pushbikers RT |
| 5 | 805 | USN | 71 | Team USN |
| 6 | 810 | REV | 56 | Revolution All Stars |
| 7 | 806 | RAL | 50 | Team Raleigh GAC |
| 8 | 807 | SBP | 42 | Scotland Burness Paull |
| 9 | 808 | NAB | 42 | NAB Racing |
| 10 | 809 | CIR | 12 | Cycling Ireland |
| 1 | 907 | VOX | 102 | Voxwomen |
| 2 | 902 | POD | 96 | Podium Ambition pb Club La Santa |
| 3 | 908 | GBR | 96 | Great Britain |
| 4 | 904 | TBR | 72 | Team Breeze |
| 5 | 901 | MTX | 60 | Matrix Fitness RT |
| 6 | 905 | TFV | 54 | Team Footon Velosport |
| 7 | 903 | TJW | 42 | Team Jaden Weldtite |
| 8 | 906 | PLX | 38 | Planet X BOGO |
| 1 | 907 | VOX | 102 | Voxwomen |
| 2 | 902 | POD | 96 | Podium Ambition pb Club La Santa |
| 3 | 908 | GBR | 96 | Great Britain |
| 4 | 904 | TBR | 72 | Team Breeze |
| 5 | 901 | MTX | 60 | Matrix Fitness RT |
| 6 | 905 | TFV | 54 | Team Footon Velosport |
| 7 | 903 | TJW | 42 | Team Jaden Weldtite |
| 8 | 906 | PLX | 38 | Planet X BOGO |
| 1 | 160 | ROTHERHAM, Matthew | MAL | 10 |
| 2 | 151 | TRUMAN, Joe | GBR | 12 |
| 3 | 161 | ROTHERHAM, Tom | SCV | 15 |
| 4 | 159 | VAN DEN BERG, Roy | NED | 17 |
| 5 | 150 | CARLIN, Jack | GBR | 21 |
| 6 | 152 | JOLIFFE, Alex | GBR | 28 |
| 7 | 154 | TURNBULL, Hamish | GBR | 37 |
| 8 | 156 | HUTCHINSON, Ryan | GBR | 37 |
| 9 | 153 | STEWART, Lewis | GBR | 38 |
| 10 | 157 | MITCHELL, Jonathan | SCO | 40 |
Round 1 Interviews
Interview – Lewis Stewart – Round 1 Revolution 2016 by Cycling Shorts
Our Writer Amy Gornall chats to Lewis Stewart of Team GB. All content ©CyclingShorts.cc
Interview – Emily Nelson – Round 1 Revolution 2016 by Cycling Shorts
Our writer Amy Gornall caught up with Emily Nelson of Team Breeze at the Revolution Series Round 1 in Manchester. #revolutionseries All Content ©CyclingShorts.cc Images ©CyclingShorts.cc | Chrismaher.co.uk
Interview – Fraser Martin – Round 1 Revolution 2016 by Cycling Shorts
Amy Gornall chats to Team Raleigh GAC Rider Fraser Martin. Content ©CyclingShorts.cc
Interview – Georgia Ashworth & Ellie Russell – Round 1 Revolution 2016 by Cycling Shorts
Amy Gornall catches up with some new Future Stars riders; Ellie Russell and Georgia Ashworth. Content ©CyclingShorts.cc
Interview – Katie Archibald – Podium Ambition – Round 1 Revolution 2016 by Cycling Shorts
Our writer Amy Gornall catches up with Katie Archibald of Team Podium Ambition at the first round of the Revolution Series in Manchester. Content ©CyclingShorts.cc Images ©CyclingShorts.cc | ChrisMaher.co.uk
Interview – Jim Brown – Round 1 Revolution 2016 by Cycling Shorts
Amy Gornall chats to Jim Brown fresh from his win in the HOY Future Stars Competition. Content ©CyclingShorts.cc
Interview – Alex Ridehalgh – Round 1 Revolution 2016 by Cycling Shorts
Amy Gornall Chats to Alex Ridehalgh of Team Wiggins at the first round of the Revolution Series 2016 in Manchester.
Interview – Neah Evans – Round 1 Revolution 2016 by Cycling Shorts
Amy Gornall Catches up with her new team mate Neah Evans of Podium Ambition at the first round of the Revolution Series 2016. Content ©CyclingShorts.cc Image ©CyclingShorts.cc | ChrisMaher.co.uk
Interview – Monica Dew – Round 1 Revolution 2016 by Cycling Shorts
Amy Gornall caught up with Monica Dew after her debut in the Elite Women’s Competition of the Revolution Series 2016. Content ©CyclingShorts.cc Images ©CyclingShorts.cc | ChrisMaher.co.uk
