Team Elimination - Elite

The evening began with a rousing Elite Team Elimination, effectively a Madison Devil, with one team being eliminated every other lap. Run off at cracking pace, when the bell rang it came down to a straight sprint between Brad Wiggins (left with team-mate Chris Newton) and Dutch star Danny Stam. Stam surged past Wiggins in the back straight, only for Brad to slip it up a gear and snatch the win on the line, to the obvious delight of the crowd.

1. Newton/Wiggins Revolution
2. Slippens/Stam Manchester City Council
3. Gilmore/Keisse Macmillan Cancer Relief
4. Hayles/Cavendish (World Champions)
5. Tennant/Stannard Fred Williams
6. Blythe/Brammeier Sport & Publicity
7. Clancy /White DFL
8. Backstedt/Gibb PCA
9. Smith /Taylor Leica
10. Hampton/Bellis Go Ride
11. Murray/Williams Dolan
12. Rowe /Burke Raleigh
13. O'Brien/Murray Manchester Velodrome
Time : 6:58.801

Madison - 20km Elite

The showcase event of the evening was always going to be the big Madison and it turned out to be a great spectacle. Taking laps on a 250 metre track is never easy and the best way to do it is with a couple of other teams. With the points scoring sprints not coming until the later laps, gaining a lap was the sole focus of the teams in the early stages and, after some preliminary jockeying, the teams of Hayles and Cavendish, Gilmore and Keisse, Slippens and Stam and Newton and Wiggins broke clear and quickly stole that all-important march on the rest of the field. With the pace high, that seemed like the end of the action till the sprints, but the youthful pairing of Stannard and Tennant again showed their ability and guts as they then surged away and gained a lap of their own, unaided.

A really decisive move then came, with the Hayles and Cavendish and Wiggins and Newton pairings snatching a second lap. With the focus then changing to point scoring, the first sprint went to Newton and Wiggins, who took the five points. Cavendish and Hayles also scored well in the first two sprints, the race began to wind up for the finish with these two teams locked together. And so, with both teams a lap clear of the rest and with Wiggins and Newton on 5 points and Hayles and Cavendish on four, everything had to be decided on the final sprint.

At this point, with only a handful of laps to go, Rob Hayles (pictured) grabbed the initiative and attacked. Hayles looked in form all evening and this was a committed move. With Cavendish battling through his turns, Wiggins and Newton were left with no option but to chase. Newton was clearly not at his best, but with Hayles almost out of sight, Wiggins put in a great late surge which had the crowd on their feet. However, not only was Hayles riding like a man possessed, but the luck was with him too, as Wiggins was twice forced wide whilst passing slower teams. Hayles duly took the final sprint some lengths clear to snatch the vital five points, enabling his team to win by just a single point. Wiggins -- who showed real pride in his performance -- and Newton took second.

1. Hayles/Cavendish World Champions
2. Newton/Wiggins Revolution
3. Slippens/Stam Manchester City Council
4. Gilmore/Keisse Macmillan Cancer Relief
5. Blythe/Brammeier Sport & Publicity
6. Clancy /White DFL
7. Tennant/Stannard Fred Williams
Time : 22:16.131

1k Madison Time Trial

1. Gilmore/Keisse 1:00.054
2. Backstedt/Gibb 1:00.361
3. Slippens/Stam 1:00.731
4. Newton/Wiggins 1:00.774
5. Tennant/Stannard 1:00.825
6. Hayles/Cavendish 1:00.90