News for May 27, 1998

UCI World Track Cup, May 22-24, in Cali, Colombia

Nation by points

 1. France
 2. United States
 3. Germany.

Nation by medals

 1. France
 2. Germany
 3. Italy

Men’s Match Sprint

 1. Arnaud Tournant (Fra)
 2. Marty Nothstein (USA)
 3. Laurent Gane (Fra)

Keirin

 1. Jens Fiedler (Ger)
 2. Laurent Gane (Fra)
 3. Marty Nothstein (USA)

Women’s Match Sprint

 1. Magali Faure (Fra)
 2. Michelle Ferris (Aus)
 3. Jennie Reed (USA)

500 Meters

 1. Magali Faure (Fra)			35.577
 2. Michelle Ferris (Aus)		35.941
 3. Galina Enioukhina (Rus) 		35.952

Women’s Individual Pursuit

 1. Antonela Belluti (Ita)
 2. Rasa Mazeikyte (Lit)
 3. Erin Veenstra (USA)

Men’s Individual Pursuit

 1. Luke Roberts (Aus) 			4:23.590
 2. Stephan Steinweg (Ger)		4:23.871
 3. Robert Karsnizi (Pol)		4:34.651

Team Pursuit

 1. France				4:13.367
 2. Argentina				4:17.048
 3. Spain				4:11.233

Men’s Points Race

 1. Juan Llaneras (Spa)			35 points
 2. Jean Michel Tessier (Fra)		25
 3. Andrei Minachkine (Rus)		14

Women’s Points Race

 1. Antonella Bellutti (Ita)		12 points
 2. Erin Veenstra (USA)			10
 3. Rawea Greewood (NZ)			 8

Kilometer Time Trial

 1. Stephan Nimke (Ger)			1:02.618
 2. José Escuredo (Spa)			1:03.261
 3. Dimitris Gerokalis (Gre)		1:03.373

Olympic Sprint

 1. France
 2. Germany
 3. Greece

Madison

 1. Argentina
 2. Spain
 3. Germany

Safety fears put brake on cycling push

This story appeared in the London Times and was written by Arthur Leathley, Transport Correspondent.

Ministers are having to rethink road safety plans after being told that encouraging motorists to walk and cycle could lead to more injuries.

John Prescott wants to quadruple the number of cyclists by 2012 as part of an effort to reduce congestion and pollution. But this is worrying advisers who point out that the injury rate among the diminishing band of cyclists has risen every year for the past five years.

Cycling a mile is now statistically 16 times as dangerous as car driving, while motorcycling is 15 times as risky. And if car traffic is reduced, the remaining vehicles may go faster, making pedestrians and cyclists more vulnerable.

Advisers are calling for action to protect them, saying: "Getting people out of their cars is not all benefits. Cyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists are highly vulnerable and unless changes are made to improve safety, they are just sitting ducks."

Bart Brentjens in the wars

After a crash with a car during training Bart Brentjens sustained some damaged tendons in his hand. Now the doctors have found he has a broken collar bone too. It is possible that he will make a comeback in the MTB peloton in the National Championships on June 21. An earlier return is not possible. Brentjens wants to make his return to the World Cup races in Canada and the USA in July.

Fife, Scotland, 2 Day Tour of the Kingdom, Premier Event, May 23-24

Final GC:

 1. I. Gilkes (Ambrosia)         	     7.22.18
 2. J. Bayfield (Harrods)			0.03
 3. D. Staite (North Mids)			0.13
 4. M. Anand (Mercury)				0.16
 5. A. Lyons (Cannons)				0.21
 6. D. Barclay (Artic)
 7. P. Swettenham (Twickenham)
 8. S. Tamlin (Middridge)
 9. S. Stoneman (Travelwise)
10. D. Fox (West Yorks)				0.23

Tour of Somerville, USA, May 25

In a day that promised rain, the 55th annual Tour of Somerville lucked out. Early morning thundershowers passed through the region, soaking the course, but the storm's second breath only threatened to dump more of the wet stuff.

While the weather was a surprise, the racing wasn't. All but one of the six races on the country's fastest course finished in a field sprint. The exception was Bob Clifford (Sony-CRCA), who stole the masters 50+ race on a solo breakaway.

In the featured events, the Mildred Kugler Women's Open and the Kugler- Anderson Memorial, national criterium champions won the day. Saturn's Karen Bliss Livingston showed her national champion's jersey when it counted, blazing by the field in the closing meters. Nicole Freedman (Shaklee) was second followed by Tina Mayolo (PowerBar). The women's race had been quite active, with members of the Shaklee, PowerBar, Saeco-Timex, Celestial- Seasonings, Ralph's-Klein and Saturn teams mixing it up early and often.

The real mania of the day was saved, at usually is, for the Kugler-Anderson Memorial, the elite men's race. Jonas Carney, Shaklee's USPRO criterium champion, showed up wearing a Breakaway Courier Systems jersey. Rumors of a back room deal went through the pack and the crowd, but once the racing was underway, it didn't matter. No break could stay away for long, and Carney's teammates-for-the-day wound up the field until springs were blowing, and Carney had an escort to the victory, with temporary teammate Adam Myerson taking second. After Carney dedicated his victory to former Toga Team boss Lenny Preheim, he paid tribute to his good fortune.

"When it was time to do the lead out, Scott Mercer and Kevin Monahan just dialed it up," Carney said. "No one was going anywhere really. Scott did the fastest lap of the day by himself -- he was going so fast." 

Men, 80 kms:

1. Jonas Carney (Breakaway-CRCA), Durango, Colo., 1 hr, 42 mins, 39 secs
(course record); 2. Adam Myerson, (Breakaway-CRCA), Northampton, Mass.; 3.
Torrey Marks (Snow Valley), Williamsport, Pa., 4. Jonathan Wirsing (Snow
Valley), Crofton, Md., 5. Yannick Cojan (Chrysler-Plymouth), St. Lanzant,
Quebec.

Women 34 kms:

1. Karen Bliss Livingston (Saturn), Gainesville, Fla., 45 mins; 2. Nicole
Freeman (Shaklee), Palo Alto, Calif., 3. Tina Mayolo (PowerBar), Athens, Ga.,
4. Kendra Wenzel (Saeco-Timex), McKenzie Bridge, Ore.; 5. Brenda Brashears
(PowerBar), Grants Pass, Ore.