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September 30, 2010, Thursday
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NEW Zealand's Greg Henderson was still counting the cost of a lost luggage fiasco as the world championships got underway in Australia, with his training bike yet to be recovered after his flight from Europe.
Henderson, who pulled out of the Commonwealth Games citing safety concerns last week, had been forced to rest for four days instead of training ahead of Sunday's 262.7km road race in Melbourne and Geelong.
His race bike had shown up this week but was damaged and unfit for competition.
"It's not ideal. Unfortunately it took four days for the bike to get here, it was damaged and my training bike still hasn't shown up," New Zealand Press Association quoted him as saying. "The forks were smashed to pieces, British Airways have looked after my gear yet again."
Henderson, who will ride with Julian Dean and Hayden Roulston on New Zealand's team, did source a replacement through his Team Sky team, but still lacked a backup after declining to order one following repeated assurances from the airline.
"They says it's coming, it'll be tonight, so you don't make plans. Then you get on the phone again... I should have known better really," he said. He and his wife Katie Mactier, a former Australian Olympian, had lost six bags including their daughter's stroller.
Henderson, who pulled out of the Commonwealth Games citing safety concerns last week, had been forced to rest for four days instead of training ahead of Sunday's 262.7km road race in Melbourne and Geelong.
His race bike had shown up this week but was damaged and unfit for competition.
"It's not ideal. Unfortunately it took four days for the bike to get here, it was damaged and my training bike still hasn't shown up," New Zealand Press Association quoted him as saying. "The forks were smashed to pieces, British Airways have looked after my gear yet again."
Henderson, who will ride with Julian Dean and Hayden Roulston on New Zealand's team, did source a replacement through his Team Sky team, but still lacked a backup after declining to order one following repeated assurances from the airline.
"They says it's coming, it'll be tonight, so you don't make plans. Then you get on the phone again... I should have known better really," he said. He and his wife Katie Mactier, a former Australian Olympian, had lost six bags including their daughter's stroller.
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