Riders who should have made the World Final but never did!

[iris123 20,922]

These line-ups really are underwhelming !!!

[fatface 2,549]

3 hours ago, iris123 said:

These line-ups really are underwhelming !!!

Sadly, I think you are right! 

A passable Star of Anglia, but certainly no Spring Classic! 

Although, they are well before my time and based on nothing more than anecdotes among fans, I was surprised to see Charlie Monk and Norman Hunter as riders who never made the big night too. Perhaps to maintain the underwhelming feeling, a list of the worst riders ever to reach the World Final?

Edited April 24, 2019 by falcace

[Gavan 5,049]

47 minutes ago, falcace said:

Sadly, I think you are right! 

A passable Star of Anglia, but certainly no Spring Classic! 

Although, they are well before my time and based on nothing more than anecdotes among fans, I was surprised to see Charlie Monk and Norman Hunter as riders who never made the big night too. Perhaps to maintain the underwhelming feeling, a list of the worst riders ever to reach the World Final?

Wouldnt be to hard with the number of riders from the Eastern block that used to make it

From 1980 -1994 which is when i can remember from up until the last world final i would go for......

Petr Ondrasik

Michail Starostin

Georg Hack

Henny Kroeze

Sandor Tihanyi

If we go away from the Eastern Block then i would say

Finn Thomsen

Troy Butler

Olli Tyrvainen

 

I appreciate that all the above riders were good riders but you asked for a list of the less talented

Edited April 24, 2019 by Gavan

[BOBBATH 466]

6 hours ago, Gavan said:

Wouldnt be to hard with the number of riders from the Eastern block that used to make it

From 1980 -1994 which is when i can remember from up until the last world final i would go for......

Petr Ondrasik

Michail Starostin

Georg Hack

Henny Kroeze

Sandor Tihanyi

If we go away from the Eastern Block then i would say

Finn Thomsen

Troy Butler

Olli Tyrvainen

 

I appreciate that all the above riders were good riders but you asked for a list of the less talented

Without being negative-the ones who in all honesty were extremely lucky to get to the old one off World Final would have to be Bryan Elliott, Howard Cole and Rick France, also maybe Ron Mountford.

[Tracy Bird 66]

On 4/23/2019 at 8:35 PM, chunky said:

I even thought of making the non-world finalist world final a little more specific, and narrow it down to riders of a specific year. Good to see some names already mentioned, but leaving out the 70's and 80's, let's look at riders who were active in1969 who never made a World Final (reserve spot included).

1 - Tommy Roper

2 - Dave Younghusband

3 - Garry Middleton

4 - Sandor Levai

5 -George Hunter

6 - Bob Kilby

7 - Odd Fossengen

8 - Roy Trigg

9 - Geoff Mudge

10 - Chris Pusey

11 - Charlie Monk

12 - Jan Holub

13 - Tony Clarke

14 - Norman Hunter

15 - Bruce Cribb

16 - Oyvind S. Berg

I would pay to watch that line-up today...

Steve

You missed pete smith who had over a 9 point average  in 1969 a lot more than some mentioned

[chunky 6,081]

16 hours ago, Tracy Bird said:

You missed pete smith who had over a 9 point average  in 1969 a lot more than some mentioned

Nah, I just didn't want to include too many Poole riders!

Steve

[waiheke1 4,295]

On 4/24/2019 at 10:34 PM, Gavan said:

Wouldnt be to hard with the number of riders from the Eastern block that used to make it

From 1980 -1994 which is when i can remember from up until the last world final i would go for......

Petr Ondrasik

Michail Starostin

Georg Hack

Henny Kroeze

Sandor Tihanyi

If we go away from the Eastern Block then i would say

Finn Thomsen

Troy Butler

Olli Tyrvainen

 

I appreciate that all the above riders were good riders but you asked for a list of the less talented

ok. line up of worst riders to finish in each position world final in the 80s, limiting to only 5 from the continental round. 

1. Egon Muller

2. Les Collins

3 Lance King

4 Kai Nieme

5 Mitch shirra

6 Viktor Kuznetsov

7 Andy Smith

8 Tony Olsson

9 Conny Ivarsson

10 Finn Thomsen

11 Dolomisiewicz 

12 Troy Butler

13 Olli Tyrvainen

14 Ronnie Correy

15 Sandhor Tihanyi

16 Mikhail Starostin

Edited April 26, 2019 by waiheke1

[Gavan 5,049]

1 hour ago, waiheke1 said:

ok. line up of worst riders to finish in each position world final in the 80s, limiting to only 5 from the continental round. 

1. Egon Muller

2. Les Collins

3 Lance King

4 Kai Nieme

5 Mitch shirra

6 Viktor Kuznetsov

7 Andy Smith

8 Tony Olsson

9 Conny Ivarsson

10 Finn Thomsen

11 Dolomisiewicz 

12 Troy Butler

13 Olli Tyrvainen

14 Ronnie Correy

15 Sandhor Tihanyi

16 Mikhail Starostin

Gert Handberg over Lance King?

Oops sorry just seen you put 1980's