Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - the Tumut Cycle Classic podium with Eric Dole (3rd from left) who finished 2nd outright over the 100k journey
Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - the BiciSport peloton before the 6.15am start on the Tumut outskirts
Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - Eric Dole approaching the feed zone in the lead group at 50k
Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - Ruth Strapp in the lead group at the 50k mark
Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - Mike Taylor on one of the short sharp “grippy” climbs along the Goobarragandara River with 35k to go
Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - Melissa Budd with 20k to go
Tumut Cycle Classic @ 9 Jan - Ruth Strapp & Eric Dole on a training ride the day before the Tumut Classic on the road from Lacmalac heading back into Tumut
Tumut Cycle Classic @ 9 Jan - Ruth Strapp & Eric Dole at the Wee Jasper climb above Tumut
Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 10 Jan - Klayton Smith (Anytime Fitness Blue) in the A2 grade breakaway
BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS
Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 10 Jan - Klayton Smith featured in the A2 grade and Ian Grainger 6th in C grade
Gosford Central Coast Velodrome @ 6 Jan - Davide Browne (Happy Wheels) took 2 wins at Adcock Park
Tumut Classic Cyclosportive @ 10 Jan - Eric Dole takes 2nd outright in a great ride
Tumut as a cycling destination is something of a hidden gem. Cyclists from Sydney usually head for Jindabyne or Bright (Victoria) but Tumut is a real option next time you need a country escape. After keeping away from the more busy Snowy Mountains Highway there are numerous traffic free options alongside the Tumut River. The 13 BiciSport riders made the journey for the 6.15am start from the outskirts of Tumut. Just out of town it was a brief diversion to the top of the Blowering Dam wall, then a return journey down to the valley floor and the side roads along the Tumut River. More quiet back roads and home via Lacmalac and the final brief Wee Jasper climb then finishing again at Tumut.
Eric Dole & Ruth Strapp featured all day - both were in the small lead group at the 50k mark then Ruth got unshipped at approximately the 6ok mark on one of the short sharp climbs along the Tumut River. Eric went second outright & Ruth in the top 3 in the Womens category.
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
12 Jan - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra)
16 Jan - Sprint Grand Prix (DGV)
17 Jan - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney)
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK
Tues 12 Jan
Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am
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
Wed 13 Jan
Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
Thurs 14 Jan
Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am
Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps
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
Sat 16 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Le Groupment Professional Cycling Team 1995. We’re not sure what they did but it appears they didn’t either. Take a quick look because it didn’t last long.
The team jersey is universally acclaimed as the Worst Jersey Design of all time and always figures in any Lycra Hall of Shame competition. Nobody thought it (the jersey) was a good idea and the same could be said for the team itself as the ATM soon ran out of cash long before the tyres had a chance to go soft. The team never made it to the mid season Tour de France and the only people who got paid were the lawyers trying to figure it all out.
It was a pity that the team stopped before it really got going as the team was loaded with some super talent in Luc Leblanc (1994 World Professional Road Champion), Robert Millar (a great climber) and Marcel Wust (one of the best bunch sprinter’s of all time).
