Christian Grasmann and Leif Lampater from the Rudy Project Racing Team closed the winter track season with a win. In the last of five rounds of the Revolution Series, they made the overall victory clear in London.
Even before the final in London it was clear that victory would only go through them. The lead established in the first four laps was large. Accordingly, both went to the start with self-confidence.
The British riders, however, had other ideas and tried everything to snatch victory from Grasmann and Lampater. World and Olympic champion Ed Clancy of Rapha Condor JLT, in particular, put on a strong performance in London, winning three races and putting Grasmann and Lampater under pressure. "We knew we had a big lead. But we also knew we had to be careful and collect a lot of points ," said Lampater after the race. And that's exactly what they did. Grasmann won the points race, together they finished second in the elimination race, and third in the one-kilometer time trial.
Grasmann and Lampater's victory was now assured. "It's incredible to win here in front of this cycling-mad crowd ," Lampater enthused. "We were the most consistent and therefore the strongest team ," Grasmann added, acknowledging the contributions of Andreas Graf, Nico Heßlich, Claudio Imhof, and Marcel Kalz, who also played a part in the win. Two hours before the race, hundreds of spectators were already gathered outside the still-closed Olympic Hall, eagerly anticipating the finale of the Cycling Revolution.