The second session of the opening round of the Revolution Champions League saw the first two events of the Women’s Omnium – plus an Elimination/Scratch races, two rounds of the Keirin and a 6 Lap Dash towards the Sprinters’ Omnium and another trio of Scratch, Points and Team Elimination races in the Elite Men’s competition.
Sprinter’s Omnium
Round 2 – Keirin
The first round of the Keirin saw the top four from yesterday’s Sprint competition divided between the two heats with Sprint winner Vasilijus Lendel of Lithuania taking heat one ahead of Thomas Copponi of France and Matthew Rotherham of Maloja Pushbikers who finished fourth last night.
The second heat saw a very close finish between last night’s second and third placed riders – French duo Quentin Lafargue and Melvin Landernau – with Lafargue coming out ahead and last night’s 6 Lap Dash winner Dominic Suozzi taking third.
Results
Heat 1
1 LENDEL, Vasilijus LTU
2 COPPONI, Thomas FRA
3 ROTHERHAM, Matthew MAL
4 CHRISTIANSEN, Joe STC
5 STEWART, Lewis GBR
6 JONAUSKA, Svajūnas LTU
Heat 2
1 LAFARGUE, Quentin FRA
2 LANDERNAU, Melvin FRA
3 SUOZZI, Dominic STC
4 JOLIFFE, Alex GBR
5 CECI, Davide ITA
6 HUTCHINSON, Ryan GBR
Elite Women’s Championship
Omnium Scratch Race
The opening event of the Women’s Omnium was active throughtout with several attempts to break away pulled back, including an early effort from Vere