Kurri Kurri Interclub @ 24 Jan - Darren Benson (left) featured in A grade
Kurri Kurri Interclub @ 24 Jan - Darren Benson (left, BiciSport Happy Wheels)
Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - David Cooper, Ian Grainger & John Robb
Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - Klayton Smith & Tom Green
Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - A2 grade and Klayton Smith in the early breakaway that was caught after some 5 laps
Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - A2 grade and both Tom Green & Klayton Smith on the attack with 2 laps to go
Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - C grade with Ian Grainger and David Cooper
Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - C grade with John Robb (left) and Ian Grainger (right)
Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - BiciSport post race discussion self help group that went along the lines of “… if, maybe, next time, should have, could have, my gears weren’t working, it was an early start, see you next week, where is my next coffee coming from ? …” with Ian Grainger, Mike O’Reilly, David Cooper & John Robb
Heffron Park Criteriums @ 19 Jan - Klayton Smith, Rolly Delaytz & Conor Tarlington
Heffron Park Criteriums @ 19 Jan - Rolly Delaytz in A grade
Heffron Park Criteriums @ 19 Jan - Conor Tarlington & Klayton Smith
BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS
Tuesday Heffron Park @ 19 Jan - Rolly Delaytz rode well in A grade as did Klayton Smith & Conor Tarlington in B grade.
Kurri Kurri Interclub @ 24 Jan - Darren Benson ventured north to Newcastle for the 100k Interclub in preparation for the upcoming National Elite Road Championships in Ballarat
Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 24 Jan - A slightly earlier start time didn’t deter from a big rollup across all grades. A2 grade - prominent rides by both Tom Green & Klayton Smith. C grade - John Robb, Ian Grainger & David Cooper rode well in C grade with a notable case of “photographer surfing” in the back straight. All races started fast with C grade approaching 7min30 secs per lap on laps 2 & 3.
EASTERN CREEK RACES NOW A 6.45AM START
Effective immediately all Waratah Masters races at ECR go to a 6.45am start
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
26 Jan - THERE ARE NO HEFFRON PARK CRITERIUMS THIS TUESDAY
30-31 Jan - Goulburn & Bowral Track Opens
31 Jan - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters), West Head Road Race (Manly)
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK
Tues 26 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 27 Jan
Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
Thurs 28 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 30 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Watney Professional Cycling Team (Belgium) from 1966-77. Bikes were Diamant (1966-69) & Groene Leeuw (1970-77) both being Belgian cycle manufacturers. Groupsets were Campagnolo. The picture above is the !973 Ghent Wevelgem Classic finish where Merckx defeats Verbeek … not for the first time.
Sponsorship was originally Okay Whiskey, then Watney (beer), Avia (petrol), Maes Pils (more beer) and Geens (a very potent Belgian Advocaat Liquor)
Watney Professional Cycling Team (Belgium) - Frans Verbeek (pictured) carried the nickname of the Flying Milkman being a dairy farmer by trade. Frans won several one day Classics (Amstel Gold, Fleche Wallonne & Belgian National Champion) but a staggering 17 times finished second in one day Classics. After a very successful racing career Frans launched Vermarc Clothing - a major European cycling clothing company.
Watney-Maes was an outstanding team with Frans Verbeek, Willy & Walter Planckaert, Frans Van Looy & Andre Dierickx. It was one tough Flemish unit
Tour of Flanders (Ronde) 1975 - A very talented Verbeek was one of the few to finish with Merckx on Flemish roads. Second place again beckons for Verbeek.
Frans Verbeek
Liege Bastogne Liege Classic 1973 - the Rocourt Velodrome at the Liege finish and Merckx again defeats Verbeek by the narrowest of margins
Belgian Cyclocross and Frans Verbeek (left) teams up with Roger De Vlaeminck (Brooklyn)
Watney-Avia team presentation circa 1971