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World & Olympic Champion Luke Roberts to race Bradley Wiggins in Pursuit Match : 23/3/06
The SCCU Good Friday Track Meeting on April 14 is shaping up nicely with riders coming from Belgium, Holland, Italy, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Japan and Australia swelling the largest field ever in the history of the meet.

Star Rider Olympic Champion Bradley Wiggins (Cofidis) is challenged in the Pursuit Match by Australian Luke Roberts (CSC). More announcements about this will follow shortly.

Other events on the almost settled progame include;

- The SCCU Golden Wheel 20km Scratch Race is the richest race of its kind in the country, with a prize fund of £2850 and £1000 going to the winner.

- National Derny Paced Champion Bryan Taylor will be looking for a win in the BPA Derny Paced Race. More announcements about this will follow shortly.

- The gates open at 10 am with Sprint preliminaries starting at 11. The main meeting starts at 1 pm and is scheduled to finish about 6 pm.

- Admission is £6 for children, £12 for adults and a Super Saver Family Ticket is only £30 and are available from the Good Friday Box Office c/o Classic Wills, 11 Addington Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 9BW or at the gate on the day.

Luke Roberts
Luke Roberts rides for top professional road race team CSC is the man that Bradley Wiggins beat at the 2003 Pursuit World Championships.

His Palamares include World Championship & Olympic successes as well as making a mark on the professional road race scene. Without doubt Roberts will offer the huge Easter crowd something special as he takes on local man, Bradley Wiggins in the Pursuit Match.

Palmares
2005
6 TAEG Hainleite
8 San Francisco GP
17 GP Cholet

2004
1 Olympic Team Pursuit
1 Team Pursuit World Championship
1 Stage 1, Rheinland Pfalz Rundfahrt
3 Australian Championship, ITT
4 Individual Pursuit World Championship
4 Madison World Championship
5 Olympic Individual Pursuit
7 CSC Classic
8 Grand Prix SATS
9 Tour Down Under

2003
1 Team Pursuit World Championship
1 Prologue, Giro del Veneto, U/23
1 Stage 4, Giro del Veneto, U/23
1 Stage 5, Ringerike Grand Prix
2 Individual Pursuit World Championship
2 Herald Sun Tour

2002
1 Team Pursuit World Championship
2 Individual Pursuit World Championship

2001
1 Stage 4, Tour Down Under

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