Some of the world’s best junior sprinters will make the trip to the Manchester
Velodrome on November 17th as Revolution hosts its second international junior
sprint competition.

The inaugural event at last season’s Revolution 14 witnessed some phenomenal
sprint racing often exceeding the elite racing in excitement and intensity.
This year the top sprinters from France and Germany will take on the best of
British including Junior World Champions Dave Daniell, Christian Lyte and Pete
Mitchell.

Daniell, Lyte and Mitchell took the Junior World Championships by storm this
year winning the Team Sprint and taking a one two in the Keirin with Lyte beating
Daniell to the title. Nations such as France and Germany are now eager to challenge
the British champions and Revolution has become the main event to do so outside
of the Worlds.

“Outside of the championship events there aren’t many opportunities
for our riders to race against their top rivals” commented British Sprint
coach Iain Dyer. “The Revolution event provides this opportunity and that’s
why it is attracting a field of this calibre.”

In the men’s racing Junior Sprint World Champion Thierry Jollet will
be one of the main challengers along with top German juniors Paul Kanzler and
Daniel Rackwitz. With these riders in the line up double Junior World Champion
Christian Lyte is relishing the chance to repeat his world’s success in
front of a home crowd,

“We’re all looking forward to the racing at the next Revolution.
There isn’t much of an opportunity for us to race the World Cups in Olympic
year so Revolution will be the focus and will give an opportunity to build confidence
and test out different tactics.”

“The French always provide a tough challenge” he continued. “Things
were really close between us at the Junior Worlds in all the events so it will
be good to race them in front of the home crowds.”

The competition will feature four teams of three riders with squads from Great
Britain, the British Olympic Development Programme, France and Germany racing
in sprint and team sprint events.

In the women’s racing Germany will go head to head with Great Britain in a
team omnium sprint competition. The line up will include Junior Sprint World
Champion Kristina Vogel. The German beat Britain’s Jess Varnish to take
the title so Revolution will provide the opportunity for these riders to go
head to head again. Varnish hopes home advantage will give her the edge this
time,

“I’ve ridden that race over and over in my mind since the final
and I feel even more determined to beat her now” she said. “Everyone
also always seems to be up for Revolution because its great fun and the crowd
are really noisy which gives you an extra buzz. It will be great to have all
the power of the crowd behind me on the night.”

“The Germans are a very strong team” she continued. “But
I think us British girls can give them a good competition if we all ride well.
We have definitely got a chance of beating them, because on the night we all
start at a level plain. How many world jerseys you have doesn’t matter,
it’s all about how you race on the night! I’m definitely up for
the challenge, there is going to be some exciting racing.”

Tickets
Tickets for Revolution on November 17th are on sale at www.cyclingrevolution.com
or by calling 0845 686 0105 or 0161 223 2244.

With the first Revolution of the 2007/8 Season over, the competition in the
Future Stars will be fierce at Revolution 18 on Saturday 17th November. Despite
an opening victory by Corrine Hall, Katie Fearnehough leads the ladies by just
4 points. Dan McLay has little more breathing space, and is 10 points clear
of his nearest rival. However, he knows this will count for little with some
of the best British juniors close behind, “it’s likely to be tight
and the points between us are very small. I’m just going for wins and
I’ll take it from there.”

The Future Stars racing always gets the crowds going and this season has been
no exception. Not only do the riders relish racing in front of sell out crowds
but the event is now one of the main targets for the British Juniors and a great
way to impress the British Cycling Performance management. Katie Fearnehough
agrees, “Its one of the best races to ride and the atmosphere is amazing.”

The programme for November 17th includes a Devil, 1Mile Dash and a Scratch
Race. Maintaining the lead will be tough for both Dan and Katie, both of whom
excel at the scratch race but find the shorter races like the 1mile dash more
difficult to judge, “it’s harder if your not a pure sprinter as
they’re fresh for the finish” commented McLay.

Nonetheless, he is confident that he can off his rivals and hold on to his
leaders Jersey, not just for this event but for the season, “Chris Whorral
should be a major threat but as long as nothing goes wrong I can win the series
over all.” Katie, however, knows with the likes of Laura Trott, Jess Booth
and Jo Wilman to contend with she’s going to have to work hard to keep
her Jersey, “I race against them quite regularly and Jess Booth is such
a strong rider and you have to be wary of her dangerous attacks, it’s
still early days at the moment.”

Laura Trott, currently in 2nd place won’t be competing in the Future
Stars in November as she’s racing in the Junior International Sprint competition,
“I would have liked to push my self into the lead but riding the Sprint
competition means I will lose ground over the other competitors… depending
on the way the racing goes, sprinter Jo Wilman or endurance rider Jess Booth
could take the head of the race.”

The winning rider at Revolution 18 will have to defend their jersey at another
two more Revolutions, so the competition will be getting tougher at each event.
All the riders are eager to accumulate points to put them in a strong position
for the final event in February.

Tickets
Tickets for Revolution on November 17th can be purchased at www.cyclingrevolution.com
or by calling 0845 686 0105.