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Revolution Champions League 2016 – Session 2 – Manchester

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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

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Quentin Lafargue and Melvin Landernau of France in the Keirin heats

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

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Verena Eberhardt of Austria wins the opening event of the Women’s Omnium – the 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