Classic Line Up Partly Known
Posted 19/10/06

With three days to go, the majority of the riders for this Sunday's Ashfield Classic have now been named. It has been difficult for the promotion to finalise a field due to the number of other events taking place on the same day including the previously postponed Tyne Tees Trophy at Newcastle, the Fen Finale at Mildenhall and the Craven Shield Final involving Eastbourne, Poole and Coventry.

Sheffield's Ben Wilson earns a place in the Classic after his impressive performances at Ashfield this season. Adrian Rymel, a rider who is often mentioned when Tigers are putting their team together at the start of the season is also coming over.

There are two unknown names in the line up. Grzegorz Knapp rode in the Polish 1st Division for Tz Sipma Lubin alongside Marius Frankow, Adam Shields Bo Brhel and Lubos Tomicek. He ended up in the top twenty average wise recording 27 firsts, 23 seconds and 16 third places in his 15 meetings.

Czech rider Matej Kus was part of the Olymp Praha squad this season which again included Brhel and Tomicek. The seventeen year old youngster rode earlier this month in one of the main Czech meetings of the year, the Lubos Tomicek Memorial, and also made people sit up and take notice when finishing third behind Heffenbrock and Tomicek in the Golden Ribbon event in Pardubice on the 14th October.

The full line up is understood to be:-

1. David Howe
2. Robert Ksiezak
3. Theo Pijper
4. Ben Wilson
5. Mariusz Frankow
6. Adrian Rymel
7. Rusty Harrison
8. Derek Sneddon
9. Shane Parker (if fit)
10. Emil Kramer
11. tba
12. Grzegorz Knapp
13. tba
14. Matej Kus
15. David McAllan
16. Danny Bird

The Official Website is advising that there are still riders available for sponsorship and anyone interested should contact Elaine McSkimming on the Official Site as soon as possible.