Palm Beach @ 1 Sept - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels)
Palm Beach @ 1 Sept - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels)
Breaking Away movie poster from 1979 being a comedy-drama featuring the Cutters Cycling Team and the Little 500 Cycle Classic
Cutters Cycling Team @ Mosman @ 8 Sept - Ian Grainger reliving the 1979 Breaking Away movie
Cutters Cycling Team @ Mosman @ 8 Sept - Ian Grainger looking more like he needs a (hair) cutter in these Covid lockdown times
Tour de France 1965 - a classic black & white retro pic featuring Felice Gimondi (leading) with the accompanying Tour de France motorcycle outriders
SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES
Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way through to the end September.
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
RACE CANCELLATIONS MOVE INTO OCTOBER & NOVEMBER
Recent announcements by the NSW Government on 9 September indicates a possible return to community sport when the vaccine rate hits the well published 80% figure. This is anticipated by mid November but there is no precise date yet on a return to community sport
The latest event cancellations now include -
NSW Masters Champs (Singleton) - 24-26 Sept moved to 29-31 Oct … watch this space regarding the viability of 29-31 Oct
Western Sydney Ironman - 26 Sept (cancelled)
World Masters Track Championships (Los Angeles) - 2-9 Oct (cancelled)
Metro & Country Champs (Penrith) - moved to 2 Oct - highly unlikely, watch this space
Sutherland Shimano Criterium - moved to 3 Oct - highly unlikely, watch this space
Noosa Classic (Qld) - moved to 10 Oct - possibly, watch this space
NSW Team Time Trial Championships (Singleton) - 31 Oct (cancelled)
Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)
Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)
Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov
NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov - highly unlikely, watch this space
Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to 21 Nov - highly unlikely, watch this space
L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)
Bowral Classic Cyclosportive - moved to 11-12 Dec
Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.
Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations
RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM
Currently there is no racing available until at least mid November 2021
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK UNTIL END SEPTEMBER
Tues 14 Sept
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 15 Sept
Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
Thurs 16 Sept
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
Sat 18 Sept - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Germanvox Wega Professional Cycling Team (Italy) - 1967-70
Germanvox made television sets, Wega the coffee, bikes were Coppi, groupsets were Campagnolo.
The team itself, well ... It was loaded full of Italians but if you wanted results it was all about the foreigners in Ole Ritter (Denmark) & Guido Reybrouck (100% Belgian with a very Italian first name).
The Germanvox team rode the Tour of Italy four times and Ritter won two stages plus held the World Hour Record on the velodrome. Reybrouck won three stages in the Tour of Spain plus the Points Classification as well, then managed two stage wins in the Paris Nice stage race. The highly regarded Vito Taccone (Italy) rode for the Germanvox team but had well and truly hit his “used by date” at this point in his career.
Ole Ritter (Germanvox Wega) sets the World Hour Record at the Mexico City Velodrome
