News for January 15

Villa-Martinello leads Bremen Six Day after Noght Three

World Madison champions Marco Villa and Silvio Martinello took over the lead after the third night of the Bremen Six Day, 16 points ahead of Jens Veggerby and Jimmy Madsen.

After the emergency operation on Andreas Kappes and Adriano Baffi falling badly and fracturing his shoulder on the second night, organiser Patric Sercu paired Pierangelo Bincoletto and Etienne de Wilde who now lies in fourth place, one lap behind.

Bremen Six Day - Standings after third night (1/13/95):

 1. Marco Villa-Silvio Martinello (Ita)                 190 pts
 2. Jens Veggerby-Jimmy Madsen (Den)                    174

    One lap behind:
 3. Bruno Risi-Kurt Betschart (Sch)                     186
 4. Pierangelo Bincoletto-Etienne de Wilde (Ita/Bel)    166

    Two laps behind:
 5. Olaf Ludwig-Carsten Wolf (Ger)                      176
 6. Danny Clark-Urs Freuler (Aus/Sch)                   142

    Four laps behind:
 7. Matthew Gilmore-Dean Woods (Aus)                    107

    Seven laps behind:
 8. Lars Teutenberg-Torsten Schmidt (Ger)               132
 9. Andreas Beikirch-Uwe Messerschmidt (Ger)             92

Danish stars to Atlanta

Danish professional cycling stars Bjarne Riis, Rolf Sorensen and Bo Hamburger are now cleared for participation in the Olympic Games in Atlanta this summer. They overcame the last obstacle when the riders and their directeur sportifs signed an agreement to obey the doping rules set up by the Danish sports federation. (The federation had made that an absolute condition.)

British Cycling Federation calls for president to quit

MANCHESTER (Jan 13, 1995)

The executive board of the British Cycling Federation on Saturday demanded the resignation of its president, two-time world cycling champion Tony Doyle, only five weeks after he was elected to the post.

The board alleged in a statement that Doyle had been in "a clear breach of the president's fiduciary duty and of confidentiality" and that he "repeatedly misled the board on a number of key issues."

The statement said the board was seeking a High Court injunction "to prevent recurrences of such breaches" and would call an emergency meeting of national delegates to discuss the president's future.

Doyle hits back in BCF row

Under-fire British Cycling Federation president Tony Doyle today (Sunday, Jan. 14) vowed to battle the executive board members who are trying to force him out of office.