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Swansea 1km Race

The first UK footbike race held under IKSA rules took place at the famous International Swansea Bay 10km road run on September 21st. the European Champion Hannu Vierikko and well known Dutch ride Cees Bakker entered along with 13 other riders in this 1km sprint. Hannu, of course won by some margin, but competition in the middle order was fierce! The world record, currently stands at 1min 50.5 sec. The actual course was 1040m and Hannu finished in 1:58 - so not bad! The list of riders and positions is as follows :-

Rider

Position

Time

Hannu Vierriko

1st

1:58

Cees Bakker

2nd

2:27

Barry Phillipson

3rd

2:32

Rob Wachowski

4th

2:34

Xavier Disley

5th

2:42

Steve Long

6th

2:44

Paul Coleman

7th

2:49

Pete Sheterline

8th

2:52

Jon Stearn

9th

3:05

Mike Garley

10th

3:26

Heather Jenkins

11th

3:31

Helen Davies

12th

3:34

(Tomas Porthin unofficial time trial over 1000m 1:55)

Course & Conditions : Flat tarmac apart from small (50m) dip with slow uphill to finish.
Actual course distance 1040m, light winds, sunny.

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