News Shorts - 24 July

NSW CycloCross Championships @ Heffron Park @ 23 July - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Team Force) rode well in the Masters 9 category to take the M9 victory

NSW CycloCross Championships @ Heffron Park @ 23 July - Mike Lawson does the Heffron bunny hop with the BiciSport Flemish Fan Club

NSW CycloCross Championships @ Heffron Park @ 23 July - BiciSport Flemish Fan Club in search of Duvel beer and Uber Eats

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 23 July - Ian Grant (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) finished 3rd in B grade

Queensland CycoCross Championships @ 17 July - Klayton Smith (BiciSport Happy Wheels) took victory in the Masters M5 category in Queensland. Congratulations Klayton.

Queensland CycoCross Championships @ 17 July - Klayton Smith

Queensland CycoCross Championships @ 17 July - Klayton Smith

BiciSport Belgium @ Vrasene (Flanders) @ 16 July - Michael Blommaert (Team Force - black helmet - picture centre) takes a close third in Vrasene

BiciSport Belgium @ Vrasene (Flanders) @ 16 July - Michael Blommaert (right) third on the Vrasene podium

BICISPORT GRIFFITH TO MELBOURNE RIDE IN OCTOBER 23

  • Details are now listed in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website.

  • All welcome

SYDNEY SPRING CYCLE - CANCELLED

TOUR OF THE TROPICS - CANCELLED

  • On the back of other Queensland event cancellations (including the Noosa Classic CycloSportive) the NRS level Tour of the Tropics has just been cancelled with just 8 days notice.

  • One of the best community rides in NSW will not be held in October 23 due to rising event management costs and diminishing sponsorship.

SYDNEY MASTERS CHAMPS, NSW MASTERS CHAMPS & NATIONAL MASTERS CHAMPS - PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

  • Reserve the weekend of August 5 & 6

    • August 5 is Lansdowne Park (Sydney Championships)

    • August 6 is the Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre CarPark Circuit (NSW Masters Criterium Champs)

  • The following weekend (August 12 & 13) is the NSW Masters ITT & Road Championships at Gunning near Goulburn

  • The National Masters Road Championships (September21-24) are Shepparton & Dookie (Victoria)

    • 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 (Lansdowne Park)

  • Aug 6 - NSW Masters Criterium Championships (Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre - CarPark Circuit)

  • Aug 12-13 - NSW Masters ITT & Road Championships (Gunning, NSW)

  • Sept 21-24 - National Masters Road Championships (Shepparton, Vic)

  • Oct 7 - 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)

    • Tour of Bright stage maps for 2023 now posted in Special Events

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

  • 28 July

    • Friday Night Track Racing (Dunc Gray Velodrome)

  • 28-30 July

    • Tour of the Tropics (NRS - Qld) - CANCELLED

  • 30 July

    • NSW Cyclo Cross Series (Camden)

    • 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 25 July & Thurs 27 July

    • 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 27 July

    • Belgian Waffle Ride @ Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps

  • Sat 29 July

    • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Magniflex Pro Cycling Team (Italy) - 1973-87

Title sponsors were Magniflex Italian mattresses with either Olmo, Alan, Torpado or Rossin (all Italian) supplying the bikes. Secondary sponsors were Famcucine (kitchens) & Centroscarpa.

The team went for over a decade but victories were restricted to random stage wins in Grand Tours (mostly the Giro). Pierino Gavazzi (pictured above) was a pure sprinter and took a great victory in Milan San Remo in 1980 plus a win in Paris Brussels and several Giro stages. Numerous classy support riders in Bernt Johanssen, Paolo Rosola (another sprinter), Vittorio Algeri and a youthful Franco Ballerini (future winner of Paris Roubaix with team Mapei)