BiciSport to Belgium in 2024 - The Belgian Spring Classics for 2024 are just a Sydney summer season away. If watching the best bike racing on the planet, coupled with several Classic cyclosportives over truly Classic terrain, the odd historic cycling museum or visiting the rustic Roubaix Velodrome is you then you should contact BiciSport and reserve your place in the Bici peloton. The contact is Mike O”Reilly on 0417 403 244
BiciSport to Belgium in 2024 - The BiciSport Service Corse is the Kokerelle B&B in Maarke Kerkem near Oudenaarde. An ideal location with the Koppenberg & Old Kwaremont just 5 kilometres down the Schelde bike path. A chance to walk up the Koppenberg every day of your holidays …
BiciSport team coffee is taken every Saturday morning @ 9.30am @ Sandstone Cafe on Myoora Road Terrey Hills. All welcome.
BiciSport Belgium @ Kruibeke East Flanders @ 11 June - Nick Felix (front row, 2nd from left) leads the Team Force squad at Kruibeke. The inaugural season for the Force peloton and the results just keep coming. Mike Lawson (BiciSport) heads to Belgium in November and based on the roadies results, Mike will have some challenges to match the roadies.
BiciSport Belgium @ Kruibeke East Flanders @ 11 June - Nick Felix (third from left) on the front row at Kruibeke
BiciSport Belgium @ Kruibeke East Flanders @ 11 June - Nick Felix (second right) at Kruibeke
BiciSport Belgium @ Kruibeke East Flanders @ 11 June
BiciSport Belgium @ Kruibeke East Flanders @ 11 June
BICISPORT ANNOUNCES GRIFFITH TO MELBOURNE RIDE IN OCTOBER 23
Details are now listed in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website.
All welcome
NSW MASTERS SYDNEY CHAMPS & NSW MASTERS ROAD CHAMPS - PROGRAM ANNOUNCED
Reserve the weekend of August 5 & 6 for the Penrith Lakes World Masters Championships - the Saturday is the Lake Circuit and Sunday is the Car Park for the NSW Criterium Championships
The following weekend (August 12 & 13) is the NSW Masters ITT & Road Championships at Gunning near Goulburn
Full Championship details are now posted in the Special Events section of this website
BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS FOR 2023
Bicisport has a range of primary & secondary Special Events listed on this website (see the separate web page). These events receive personal rider support and the primary events also come with some financial support. Any questions should be directed to Mike O’Reilly on 0417 403 244
Upcoming primary Special Events for 2023 include -
Aug 5 - Sydney & Country Championships (Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre)
Aug 6 - NSW Masters Criterium Championships (Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre)
Aug 12-13 - NSW Masters ITT & Road Championships (Goulburn, NSW)
Sept 21-24 - National Masters Road Championships (Shepparton, Vic)
Oct 7-8 - NSW Team Time Trial Championships (Singleton, NSW)
Oct 12-15 - BiciSport Enduro Ride from Griffith to Melbourne
Oct 21-22 - Bowral Classic CycloSportive (Bowral, NSW)
Dec 2-3 - Tour of Bright (Bright, Vic)
WARATAH MASTERS RACE PROGRAM OUT TO 31 DEC 23 ANNOUNCED
Waratahs continue to organise high quality interclub events on a weekly basis and Waratah’s recently announced their race calendar out to 31 Dec 23. Their race dates can now be found on the Calender section of this website
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
24 June
AusCycling National Gravel Championships (Tasmania)
25 June
Orica Classic (Kurri Kurri, NSW)
Melburn Roobaix CycloSportive (Melbourne, Vic)
Heffron Park Criteriums (Waratah Masters)
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES
Every Mon/Wed/Fri Mornings
Centennial Park Masters @ Centennial Park
Meet at the corner of Parkes Drive/Grand Drive at 8.30am and do CP laps until 9.30am then coffee at Spruce Goose Cafe
Tues 20 June & Thurs 22 June
Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am 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
Thurs 22 June
Belgian Waffle Ride @ Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps
Sat 24 June
Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Gewiss Ballan Pro Cycling (Italy) - 1993-97
Much has been written about this team, and its not all about a bunch of high level results and a nice retro jersey - there was a substantial dark side. Sponsorship was by Gewiss (electrical engineering), Ballan (garage doors). Bikes were Bianchi and groupsets Campagnolo. Team clothing was by Biemme. Jersey design was a stunner and a retro classic.
The team enjoyed success at the Giro, the Tour and numerous single day Classics. This team wasn’t the only pro team fueled by the performance enhancing EPO drug but you get a sense of the problem when the team doctor publicly stated “taking EPO is like taking orange juice”. Geez, where can I get those oranges !! …
The Gewiss team is generally noted as performing somewhat spectacularly on the “orange juice” when they took 1-2-3 at the Fleche Walloone Classic in Belgium in 1994 (the fact that the Mapei team took the 1-2-3 podium at the Paris Roubaix Classic a staggering THREE times and this is somehow always ignored).
Team members were big hitters at all Tours & Classics - Evgeni Berzin, Ivan Gotti (famous for his dad ferrying the “orange juice” in his campervan at the Giro), Giogio Furlan (won the Milan San Remo Classic), Nicola Minali (sprinter), Moreno Argentin (Classics), Piotr Ugrumov (Giro specialist) and Bjarne Rijs (his nickname was Mr 60 % based on excessive EPO consumption).
… Mr 60% ….
Fleche Walloone Classic 1994 … and The Fix is in …
The infamous Fleche Walloone Classic podium 1994