BRITS CHASE U19 TITLE

BRITISH youngsters Luke Harrison, Will Cairns and Cooper Rushen are in Germany to compete in today’s (Saturday) European Under-19 Pairs Final at Pocking.

All three were involved in the recent individual Final at that level in Slovenia, and now they will be looking for a medal in the team event.

Harrison was the highest placed GB rider at Krsko where he finished sixth, and he admitted he could have had more than nine points on the night.

He said: “I finally found something that seems to be working a bit better for me out on the continent, which is good as a whole, and I put on a performance that I know I’m more than capable of.

“I think in hindsight it really should have been a podium had it not been for a few small mistakes here and there which I’m a little disappointed about, but I can’t really complain with sixth.

“With the team we have in Pocking, I think we should be going for a gold. We’ve got one of the strongest teams in the line-up with us three, so I have no doubt we’ll be there challenging.”

Amongst the eight competing nations in Pocking, Denmark include newly crowned SGP2 champion Mikkel Andersen, and Poland track a strong trio of Bartosz Banbor, Kevin Malkiewicz and Kacper Mania.