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| Three-abreast Derny action from the heats at Newport velodrome, November 14 2003 | The Dernies roar round the banking at Newport track | Swiss ace Franco Marvulli grits his teeth and tries to get back behind the derny, while Sweden's Magnus Backstedt shows what a REALLY big track frame looks like! | The Newport velodrome, early in the evening |
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| UCI chief Hein Verbruggen gets ready to cut the ribbon and open the new cycle track at the magnificent Newport Velodrome | Newport's shiny new dernies wait in line | Graeme Obree (former world pursuit champion, former world hour record holder) dusted off "old faithful" and did a few laps of the new Newport track ... still oozing class | Flanked by two attractive ladies and a bunch of flowers, Obree gives us a winning smile. Obree was at Newport to promote his new autobiography |
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| Close-quarters action from the points race at Newport, with Marvulli and Franck Perque fighting for the overall victory | Switzerland's Franco Marvulli celebrates a win in the points race at Newport | Hugh Porter, himself a former world pursuit champion and now a leading race commentator, introduces Nicole Cooke to the Welsh crowd | Keirin action from Newport |
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| |Mirjam Melchers chose to ride her first ever points race at Newport | Leontien van Moorsel-Zijlaard pursuiting on the new Newport velodrome track | Leontien van Moorsel-Zijlaard shows how to ride a pursuit | The Mayor of Newport presents flowers to Leontien van Moorsel-Zijlard and Mirjam Melchers. Tony Doyle lends a hand from behind. |
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| A bird's eye view of the derny racing action | Holland's Rob Slippens tucks in close behind Derny pacer Bruno Walrave | Belgium's Steven de Neef heads for a silver medal, paced by Mr Vaarten | The closing phases of the Derny title race. Wiggins is already ahead, out of the shot, but the silver and bronze medallists are seen with Mario Vonhof following |
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| Zijlaard and Wiggins pass another rider in the European Derny championship | Bradley Wiggins looking comfortable behind Zijlaard | Bradley Wiggins and pacer Joop Zijlaard, European Derny Champions 2003 | The podium: Wiggins and Zijlaard, with runner-up Steven de Neef (Bel) and bronze medallist Rob Slippens (Ned) |