News for January 16


Bremen Six Day - standings after fourth night (1/14/96):

 1. Marco Villa-Silvio Martinello (Ita)                 248 pts
 2. Bruno Risi-Kurt Betschart (Sch)                     246
 3. Jens Veggerby-Jimmy Madsen (Den)                    229
 4. Pierangelo Bincoletto-Etienne de Wilde (Ita/Bel)    218

    One lap behind:
 5. Olaf Ludwig-Carsten Wolf (Ger)                      242

    Two laps behind:
 6. Danny Clark-Urs Freuler (Aus/Sch)                   159

    Four laps behind:
 7. Matthew Gilmore-Dean Woods (Aus)                    135

    Eight laps behind:
 8. Andreas Beikirch-Uwe Messerschmidt (Ger)            116
 9. Gerd Dorich-Werner Stutz (Ger/Sch)                  109

Andrea Buffoni leads Vuelta al Tachira

Andrea Buffoni, Italy, took the lead in the Vuelta al Tachira, Venezuela, after winning the fifth stage, a circuit race of 115,2 kilometers in Caracas. Buffoni covered the distance in 2.58.36, 8 seconds ahead of Julio Blanco, Venezuela. The previous leader, Rodolfo Camacho, Venezuela, came in with the peloton and fell back to fifth place.

German selection for cyclocross Worlds

After the German cyclo cross championships National off-road coach Klaus Jordens presented his selection for the World championships in Montreuil, France, Feb. 2-4. Triple world champion Mike Kluge is the biggest medal hope.

Elite, Men: Mike Kluge, Ralph Berner, Jens Schwedler, Jorg Arenz and Marc-Timo Weichert.

Espoirs (U 23): Malte Urban, Tobias Nestle, Martin Weichert, Urs Steinmann and Stefan Schmidt.

Juniors: Kersten Worner, Uwe-Michael Fohrmeister, Bastian Marquard, Andreas Gebhard and Rainer Ziegler.

Doyle hits back after no-confidence vote

LONDON (Jan 14, 1995)

Under-fire British Cycling Federation (BCF) president Tony Doyle vowed on Sunday to battle executive board members who are trying to force him out after just five weeks in office.

On Saturday, the executive passed a vote of no confidence in Doyle after questioning him about his alleged comments on the federation's decision to take over promotion of this year's world track championships from a company with which Doyle has business links.

The championships are in Manchester from August 28 to September 1.

A statement issued by the BCF after a meeting in Manchester on Saturday said it had become evident that Doyle, an ex-world champion, had "repeatedly misled the board on a number of key issues."

But the former world pursuit champion hit back, saying: "I strenuously deny the vague allegations against me and challenge my opponents to show how any business association I may have has damaged the BCF.

"I am also seeking legal advice on the defamatory remarks made against me. I am utterly determined to complete my term of office and fulfil my commitments to the membership."

Doyle, 37, quit racing last year after a 12-year professional career which brought eight medals at world track championships and two European titles. He was world pursuit champion in 1980 and 1986.