West Head Road Race @ 18 Oct - Conor Tarlington, MOR, Eric Dole & Tom Green
West Head Road Race @ 18 Oct - Ian Cocks (3rd from right, Pilu Racing) rode well in Masters A grade
West Head Road Race @ 18 Oct - Travis Shields looking comfortable in the Masters A peloton
West Head Road Race @ 18 Oct - Conor Tarlington in the B grade peloton
West Head Road Race @ 18 Oct - Eric Dole leads the Masters peloton and got in the break of the day with his trademark style of racing.
Singleton Masters @ 10 Oct - Ian Grainger (second on right) goes bunch sprinting in the Masters 9 Road Race finish just outside Singleton
BICISPORT TEAM TIME TRIAL TRAINING on 25 OCTOBER RESCHEDULED to 1 NOVEMBER
BiciSport Team Time Trial Training @ 25 Oct - POSTPONED to 1 NOVEMBER
Due to bad weather in Sydney the final BiciSport TTT session is now set for Sunday 1 November
BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS
West Head @ 18 Oct - Another well organised Manly CC promotion, albeit with slightly fewer numbers than entered due to uncertain weather conditions (the day dawned delightful and yes, you missed a great race). Masters A - good rides by Ian Cocks & Travis Shields. Masters - Eric Dole rode assertively as is his trademark. B grade Masters - Jeremy Hopson, Conor Tarlington rode well and poor Tom Green punctured (again !).
Recovery Ward - Speedy recovery to David Cooper (in Orange) & Mike Lawson
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
20 Oct - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)
24 Oct - HEZ Criteriums (Kurri Kurri)
25 Oct - Heffron Park (Waratah Masters)
Courtesy of the latest Covid outbreak in Belgium the Ghent 6 won’t be happening in late November 2020.
BiciSport supported the Tumut Classic in 2019 …. to such an extent Melissa & Peter Budd featured in the 2021 publicity poster above. BiciSport will be returning in January 2021 so reserve the date. Its a great course & the event raises money for the Tumut Hospital.
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK
20 & 22 Oct - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee
21 Oct - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
22 Oct - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe
24 Oct - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am
25 Oct - BiciSport Team Time Trial Training @ Sandstone Cafe @ 7.30am
Jollj Ceramica # 1 - After weeks in Belgium, its back to Italy and Jollj Ceramica. The team was only small but highly accomplished from 1973 to 1977. As the name implies the main sponsor was ceramic kitchen tiles and pavers. Campagnolo was the groupset of choice. Bikes were Pinerello.
The team itself was mostly Italian pure class - Gio Battaglin, Fausto Bertoglio (won the 1975 Giro), Knut Knudsen, Pierino Gavazzi (the designated team sprinter) and Martin Van Den Bossche (ex team mate of Eddy Merckx from the Faema days).
Jollj Ceramica # 2 - Fausto Bertoglio climbing the Stelvio Pass on the way to victory at the 1975 Giro
Jolly Ceramica # 3 - Team Presentation from the 1976 Tour de France
Jollj Ceramica # 4 - Martin Van Den Bossche maybe did not win a lot by was undoubtedly one of the best super domestics of all time
Jollj Ceramica # 5 - Martin Van Den Bossche was a famous team mate to Eddy Merckx at the 1969 Tour de France (riding for team Faema). Martin switched to the Jollj Ceramica team late in his very successful career.
It was March 2015 and Mike O’Reilly was determined to see if he could get a Jollj Ceramica jersey autographed by Martin himself. So with the assistance of Sille De Bock we located Martin in nearby East Flanders. Martin now owns a successful kitchen renovations business and greeted us both warmly and kindly signed a jersey and duly dated it 19-3-15. Martin couldn’t speak a word of English but it didn’t deter from a totally great experience.
Martin Van Den Bossche (Faema Team) leads Eddy Merckx in the 1969 Milan San Remo Classic
