SWINDON Robins team manager Alun Rossiter has said that he has been left disappointed by Peter Kildemand’s decision to not ride for the team next year.

After months of ‘will he, won’t he?’ since the end of last season, the Danish rider has finally confirmed that he will not be riding in the UK in 2015.

Rossiter had hoped that they would be able to persuade last season’s number one to return to the Abbey Stadium once the draft fixture list came out over Christmas.

However, those plans have failed, with the 25-year-old confirming what he told the Adver before Christmas that he would be taking a break from riding in the UK.

“Of course I am disappointed but there is not a lot I can do really,” said Rossiter after hearing the news yesterday.

“We’ve got irons in the fire and I will have to go down another route.

“We only gave him the fixture list late last night and I got an email stroke phone call about midday today.

“We worked hard on the fixture list and it was a lot better but he still didn’t really fancy it, but there are no bridges that have been burnt.”

When asked who the Abbey Stadium boss was now looking at to be his number one rider for next year, he replied: “Anyone and everyone really.

“We have got our own assets still that I can look at and then we’ll go from there.

“It is not the fact that we are dragging it out, we just want to make sure it is a satisfactory outcome and what we are happy with. We are not dragging our feet for the sake of it.

“In the next week or so we will hope to have something battened down.”

Poole Pirates asset Darcy Ward, who is still waiting for a disciplinary hearing after failing an alcohol test ahead of the Latvian Grand Prix last August, is a name that has been mentioned by Robins fans, but Rossiter believes that he will be wanted by his parent club.

“He is not our rider,” he added. “He is a Poole asset and at the end of the day, I am sure Poole will be using him.”

Kildemand has blamed a hectic personal schedule on the reason why a season in the UK would not work and he wants to be at 100 per cent fitness to aim for a regular Grand Prix slot.

“I hope to be back in Britain in the future but at this stage in my career, it is not possible. I enjoyed my time at Swindon and hope to back there in the future,” he told Speedway 365, blaming a hectic schedule.

“After sitting down over the winter with my team, we have decided to miss out racing in the UK.

“My calendar is full and adding a UK season would only make it worse. Instead of racing 7-9 days in a row, it will give me some time to rest and train.

“I missed out on that last season and I feel that I needed it. At one time last year I did over 40 meetings in two months and that is too much.”