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Revolution Series season finale bodes well for Copenhagen

Hoy and Pendleton stars of the show while Slicks claim inaugural team crown

The Revolution Series signed off its 2009/10 season with a bang at Manchester Velodrome on Saturday evening, with the final event, the Men’s Sprint, seeing the Beiing Olympic finalists, Sir Chris Hoy and Jason Kenny, go shoulder to shoulder in a thrilling race with the Scot coming through to win as he had done to take Olympic Gold 18 months ago.

The form the pair displayed on the evening, as well as their obvious desire to win, bodes well for Britain in the World Championships in Copehagen next month, an meeting in which the team will seek to reassert their dominance at world level after the post-Beijing hangover resulted in a solitary individual gold last year in Poland.

That medal was won by another of the stars on show at Manchester on Saturday, Victoria Pendleton, who for now is concentrating on the Sprint although come London 2012 she is expected to also target a three medal haul with the Keirin and the Team Sprint.

Pendleton dominated the Women's Sprint event on Saturday, with Dutch rider Willy Kanis proving unable to match her strength or speed on the track. She also partnered Jess Varnish to victory in the Team Sprint over Germany. Hoy and Kenny, meanwhile, joined by Matt Crampton, completed a double over the Germans in the men’s version.

With the evening’s tickets sold out well in advance, organisers put on a special afternoon programme featuring the sprint qualifiers as well as the National Madison Championships, won easily by the 100% Me pairing of Luke Rowe and Mark Christian.

For the 2009/10 season, the Revolution Series switched to a team format, with The Slicks, captained by Craig Maclean, winning with 36 points, three ahead of the Forza team, with Dynamo trailing third on 25 points.

Full results from Saturday’s racing plus previous events in the Revolution series can be found on the website.
 

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Simon_MacMichael | 14 years ago
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Glad you enjoyed it, I've promised myself to try and get up there next year.

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Old Cranky | 14 years ago
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It was a fantastic evening of racing. The highlight was Hoy vs Kenny in the sprint final which demonstrated the speed, agility and superb reflexes of these top sprinters.

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