The 50 m sprint was great fun. The location was good with lots of people stopping to see what was going on. The yellow trike in the middle is Ymte Sybrandys Carbon Alleweder.
Here you see nicely the two different extremes of styling on recumbents. The black trike is of Jouta type and the golden one in the background is a Leitra.
Peter Groenenveld before the start of the 4000 m race. He did very well and won three WCs in Cologne.
Laurent Chapuis is trying to recover from his second crash in two days from a speed of 60 km/h. Fortunately, he was well protected by the fairing of the Nilgo II made out of carbon fibre, kevlar and epoxy.
This is the fastest partly faired heat just before the start in the 1 hour race.
Happy smiles from the three best in the fully faired 1 h race. From left to right Ymte Sybrandy (II), NL, Walter Berger (I), CH and Jürg Birkenstock (III) CH. Berger and Birkenstock rides the Birk lowracer recumbents.
Gerd Figge from Germany is waiting for a permission to start in the 200 m race.
Sergej Dachevski from Russia won the World Championship of the 6 hour race in 1995 in Lelystad with this trike. He took the trike to Cologne, but he did not race on it tough.
A lot more pictures from Cologne can be found on Esko Meriluotos home page. Click here to view his pictures.