Bowral Classic this coming Sunday 12 December - the best cyclosportive in the country launches on Saturday with a criterium around Bowral on the Saturday afternoon (around Bradman Oval) then the main cyclosportive on the Sunday commences in the Bowral main street from 6.30am, finishing at nearby Loseby Park (near the Bowral Hospital)
BiciSport is taking a good sized peloton of team members to Tumut on January 9. This is a great cyclo over some delightful country roads just outside Tumut. Details in the Special Events section of this website.
The European road season has finished but Milan San Remo is just over three months away … can’t wait
MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY
National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22
Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial
Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial
Jan 14 - Masters Criterium
Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)
SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM
Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.
BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022
With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.
Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information
NSW ROAD CALENDAR FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED
The NSW road calendar for the 2022 season has now been posted on the Calendar & Special Events section of this website
RACE CANCELLATIONS DRAWING TO A CLOSE
The current event cancellations & changes include -
Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)
Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)
Heffron Park Retro Celebration - Feb 22 (date to be confirmed)
Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.
Drops & Hoods (Jindabyne, NSW) - moved to Dec 22
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
7 Dec - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums (until 21 Dec)
11 Dec - Bowral Classic Criteriums (Bowral, NSW)
12 Dec
Bowral Classic Cyclosportive (Bowral, NSW)
Fitz’s Challenge Cyclosportive (Canberra, ACT)
The Wall Handicap (West Head, NSW)
Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES
Tues 7 Dec
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
Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am
Wed 8 Dec
Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
Thurs 9 Dec
Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am
Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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
Fri 10 Dec - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse
Sat 12 Dec - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Caja Rural Professional Cycling Team (Spain) - 1987-2021
Caja Rural is a Spanish Rural Bank (Caja means bank) and Seguros is insurance, AKAI was stereos. Bikes have been Fuji, Orbea, De Rosa or Vivelo.
A Spanish team of note but a bit of a mixed bag results wise in the more current years. In the early years the team was definitely top tier and the team rode several Tours of Italy, France & Spain with several international riders. Wins of note being the 1985 Tour of Spain with Pedro Delgado. In the current years its now in the middle tier with a complete Spanish team roster with limited results.
Prominent riders were Pedro Delgado, Matthieu Hermans (sprinrer), Marino Lejarreta (Tour rider) and aussies Hodge & Stephens.
Caja Rural Professional Cycling Team - Matthieu Hermans
Caja Rural Professional Cycling Team - Marino Lejarreta (… riding Campagnolo “Delta” brakes he couldn’t stop anyway so winning came naturally …)
