The Belgian battled German Rolf Wolfshohl for supremacy — they swiftly distanced the rest of the field and would end up lapping Mernickle and fellow Brit Michael Coward, who would finish 28th.
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Time trialling on verge of step toward equality
Decision on prize money parity for male and female competitors imminent from governing body Cycling Time Trials
Froome ‘rejuvenated' at Israel Start-Up Nation
Being on the same team was like ‘copy and pasting’ year after year, says Brit
Tech trends for 2021
Stefan Abram dusts off the Cycling Weekly crystal ball and peers into 2021 to see how many extra sprockets the new year will bring
Cyclo-cross World Champs
20 February, 1983
Ewan: ‘Returning to racing could be difficult for Groenewegen'
Dutch fastman may struggle to find form after ban
OLD WINTER TRAINING TRICKS MADE NEW
For pioneering pros of a bygone age, winter was a time to roll out radical new training ideas. Chris Sidwells assesses whether their eye-popping methods still stack up today
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Regrettable disqualifications and complex calculations
Hill-climb champ: ‘I just ride on feel'
Recently crowned women’s champion Bithja Jones tells Snowdon Sports how she only took up cycling two years ago
Broken femur? Hey-ho!
After sustaining the type of leg break ‘no one comes back from’, Scott Heyhoe was determined to defy the odds and clinch a cyclo-cross top-10
A TEST FOR THE BEST
In the latest in our series looking back at the roads of classic races, Simon Warren explores the Chiltern routes of the Archer Grand Prix
