No he wasn`t unbeatable. He was nearly unbeatable He was beaten into third place by Magnus Zetterstrom the Poole rider.
Leigh Adams beat him the same year plus many many more.
Wasn`t that the time that they brought in the new rule you could only have two riders above eight point average and Coventry had three ! don`t think it was so much about the points limit. but hey I might be wrong.
Am not talking about the older Sheffield riders am talking about the older riders in general.
I cant see the likes of Nicholls. Harris. Andersen. Pedersen flying to Australia for some practice.
Its looking less likely we`ll be seeing Nicki riding this year at Sheffield and I have to wonder if he`ll still be Sheffield bound next season.
I think the older riders are more likely to suffer from match fitness issues after eighteen months out of the saddle.
At the moment they`re individual riders. it remains to be seen if they gel as a `Team` Hopefully
they`ll hit the ground running and get some early confidence. Don`t think they`re a bad bunch to say
that they`ve been assembled from scratch !