Results and Reports for March 14

Rund um die Blumenstadt Straelen, NE

Straelen, Germany, March 12, 2000

Results - 140 km

1. Rudi Kemna (Ned) Batavus
2. Wolfgang Oschwald (Ger) Team EC/Bayer
3. Michael van der Wolf (Ger) Team Cologne
4. Christoph v.Kleinsorgn (Ger) Team Coast
5. Dirk Schumann (Ger) Team Cologne
6. Mathijs Loohuis (Ned) Löwik
7. Frank von Kleinsorgn (Ger) PSV Köln
8. Sander Olijeve (Ned) RTC Deters Stofwolk
9. Pascal Schoots (Ned)
10. Bastian Büffel (Ger) Team EC/Bayer

Courtesy of Radsport-News

French weekend roundup

Circuit du Morbihan, 150 km

March 12, 2000

1. Franck Laurance (Fra) VC Lanester 	     3.43.08
2. Cedric Hervé (Fra) Jean-Floc'h Mantes	0.02
3. Stéphane Bordes (Fra) CC Chatellerault	0.08
4. Olivier Ouvrard (Fra) Cycles Poitiers
5. Marc Feipeler (Fra) VC Dinan			0.17

March 12, 2000

1. Stéphane Simon (Fra) P. Plouvien, 	     3.56.20
2. Denis Salmon (Fra) UCL Hennebont		0.01
3. Anthony Rivière (Fra) UC Nantes		0.17
4. Stéphane Conan (Fra) P. Plouvien
5. Tony Macé (Fra) DIVPA Caen

March 12, 2000

1. Aidan Duff (Irl) Nantes-44			3.05.12
2. Jean-Luc Campagnola (Fra) VC Pontivy
3. Mickaël Raoul (Fra) CC Blavet
4. Jean-François Bodennec (Fra) P. Plouvien
5. Philippe Vaillant (Fra) EC Rennes

Courtesy of Jean-François Quenet

Bendigo Madison Carnival

Bendigo, Australia, March 11-12, 2000

80km Bendigo Madison

Between 5,000 - 6,000 people packed the Tom Flood Sports at Bendigo to witness 36 y.o Stephen Pate take out his 4th straight Bendigo Madison with partner, 21 y.o Baden Cooke . A record that may never be reached again. U.S madison champion Jamie Carney and Swiss Ace, Franco Marvulli where distant runners-up, 45 points behind Pate & Cooke.

Results

 
1 Stephen Pate/Baden Cooke              106 Points
2 Jamie Carney/Franco Marvulli          61
3 Graham Brown/Darren Young             49
4 Brett Aitken/Luke Roberts             40
5 A Harding/David Maltby                34
6 Tim Carswell/Glenn Thompson           28
7 Shane Kelly/Ashley Sheard             16
8 Matt Allan/Brent McCaig               9
9 Tim Bennett/David Pell                8
10 Hilton Clarke/Troy Clarke            7
11 Tim Decker/Todd Wilksch              6
12 Gene Bates/B. Lindsay                5
13 Nathan Clarke/Luke Gilmore           2
14 Gareth Atkins/Chris White            0

At one lap:

15 Brent Dawson/Stephen Woolridge
16 Scott Suckling/Russell Van Hout                                     
17 Joel Lenard/J. Maartenes

Simion Barnett of Horsham, Victoria took out the 2000 "Golden Mile" from a generous 260 meters. Heats of the "mile" where drastically changed with the first 6 riders of each scratch race (E grade-A grade) gaining selection through to the final, and all riding off the same mark.

Results

1 Simion Barnett (260 m)
2 Shane Kelly (Scr)
3 Brett Aitken (Scr)