Second Edition News for September 30, 1997

British Cycling Federation National TT Championship

This Time Trial was held in Ripon, North Yorkshire on September 28. The course was 26 miles long. [Bill notes: How far is that?!!!!! - calculator out...42.145 kms, aah, now we can judge] 

 1. G. Obree             	54.30
 2. S. Dangerfield         	54.36
 3. J. Clay                  	54.47
 4. A. Hornby                	56.47
 5. C. Robertson          	57.00
 6. J. Gladwell               	57.12
 7. H. Walker               	57.14
 8. J. Wright                	57.15
 9. J. Ramsbottom             	57.20
10. A. Hardy                  	57.35

Thanks to Paul Curran

Jeroen Blijlevens out of Worlds

Jeroen Blijlevens called National Coach Gerrie Knetemann on Monday and withdrew from the Dutch team to go to San Sebastion. The TVM-sprinter has not recovered after a bout of influenza. Knetemann will finalise his selection on Tuesday.

Russians pull out of Worlds

Russian cyclists Dimitri Konichev & Piotr Ugrumov, from Team Roslotto, will not participate in the World Championships in San Sebastian, because of money problems. Konichev, the team leader for Roslotto, explained, in a letter to the Russian Cycling Federation, that they had not paid the late payments that they were supposed to pay on Sept. 20. Konichev added that the Russian National Fund for Sports was incapable of respecting the financial promises contracted by the Italo-Russian Team (Roslotto), which owes the rider US$50,000.

The Russian Federation confirmed the participation of the following riders for the Worlds: Viatcheslav Ekimov, Eugeni Berzin, Pavel Tonkov, Vladislav Bobrik & Serguei Ivanov.