Fred Rompelberg
Overview
 
Fred Rompelberg is a Dutch
Netherlands
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 cyclist who has set several world cycling records. He is mainly known for his eleven world records cycling behind heavy engines, and for taking several attempts to break the Absolute World Speed Record Cycling. On 3 October 1995 he cycled behind a motor dragster on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...

, with a speed of 268.831 kilometers an hour (167.044 mph).
Quotations

The players have got to know that we are not firing by the seat of our pants.

Jun-2005, DCFC website

If that's foreign strength or that's English strength, it doesn't matter to me.

Jun-2005, DCFC website

I've got to try and educate not only the players but the Derby fans and the board of directors that...

29-Jun-2005, Radio 5

If we stand still, we're going backwards. We've got to keep moving forward and appear to be moving forward.

29-Jun-2005, Radio Derby

They know, in that changing room, that the strength is that changing room.

30-Jun-2005, Radio Derby

The way they questioned my decisions was absolutely disgraceful.

1-Oct-2005, Radio Derby

There was pride in the shirt. There was sweat in the shirt. There was blood in the shirt.

1-Oct-2005, Radio Derby

I asked for 11 men and I asked for 5 men as substitutes.

1-Oct-2005, Radio Derby

You've got a good manager.

1-Oct-2005, Radio Derby

If I get the good pictures I was getting at the beginning of the season, Lee Holmes will be knocking at the door.

5-Oct-2005, DCFC website

 
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