The Heavy Motors (Image credit: London Cycle Sport)
The Good Friday track meeting to be held on March 25 at Herne Hill stadium, London, UK is taking shape. One of the highlights of the programme will be the return of motor pacing, the Prix de BPA International Stayers Race, using the Triumph Thunderbirds that are based at the track. The legendary master motor pacer Bruno Walrave will travel to London to head up a field of internationally acclaimed pacers, partnering with British National Stayers Champion Simon Cope (Pacific RT). Other riders include Ronald Schur from Holland and Jan Richter, the German stayers champion.
The motor paced Stayers race pits rider against rider, who use the slipstream of a pacing Triumph Thunderbird to attempt to gain an advantage. Riders will have to work hard to stay on the pace, the track rumbling as they race by at fast speeds. The Pacers are almost as famous as the riders, many of whom play to the crowd and sport dashing mustaches to set them apart.
The following Pacers - Riders have been announced to participate:
Bruno Walrave (Netherlands) - Simon Cope (Great Britain) Current British National Stayers Champion
Wilfried Kluge (Germany) - Bryan Taylor (Great Britain) British National Stayers Champion 1991, 1992 British National Derny Champion 2003
Ronald Rol (Netherlands) - Ronald Schur (Netherlands) 1st International Stayers GP Alkmaar Feb 2005 1st Stayersrace Amsterdam Nov 2004 1st International Stayersmeet Amsterdam Dec 2004
Sam Mooij (Netherlands) - Patrick Kops (Netherlands) Netherlands National Stayers Champion 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 Netherlands National Derny Champion 2004
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Ronald Adelmayer (Germany) - Jan Richter (Germany) German National Stayers Champion 2002 2nd German Nat. Stayers Championship 2003 1st Steher Cup Erfurt (Germany) 2004 2nd Steher Deutschland Cup Bielefeld
