DGV Christmas Carnivals @ 28-30 Dec - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) in the centre of the DGV line up
DGV Christmas Carnivals @ 28-30 Dec - Davide Browne (centre) with Geoff Baxter (right - Randwick)
DGV Christmas Carnivals @ 28-30 Dec - Davide Browne in third wheel
BiciSport Saturday morning coffee has relocated to Berkelow Cafe at Terrey Hills (at the top of McCarrs Creek Rd) - all welcome from 9.30am every Saturday (cancelled if wet)
Berkelow Cafe Terrey Hills offers great bike support
Berkelow Cafe Terrey Hills
TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK
Every Mon/Wed/Fri Mornings @ 8.15am
# Centennial Park Molteni Masters @ Centennial Park - Meet at the corner of Parkes Drive/Grand Drive at 8.15am and do CP laps until 9.30am then coffee at Spruce Goose Cafe.
Every Tues/Sat/Sun Mornings
# Depart Shark Park carpark near Cronulla @ 9.30am for Kurnell & return
Tues 7 Jan & Thurs 9 Jan
# Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills
Faster group departs @ 7.50am (don’t be late)
Slower group departs @ 8.00am (sharp … don’t be late) 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 9 Jan
# Belgian Waffle Ride @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am for CP laps
Sat 11 Jan
# CHANGE OF VENUE - BiciSport Coffee @ Berkelo Cafe @ McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 9.30am
RACING THIS WEEK
6-12 Jan
AC National Road Championships (Perth, WA)
21 Jan
Tuesday Night Heffron Criteriums - the action resumes 21 January 2025 at The Heff
11 Jan
BiciSport Coffee @ Berkelow Cafe Terrey Hills @ 9.30am
12 Jan
Central Coast Criteriums (Kariong, NSW)
Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters) xx
RIP Gianni Savio (Italy) just before this New Year … something of a magician in keeping Second Division Italian cycling teams alive in tough financial times. Always with an interesting comment or a controversial view on any cycling subject.
The career of Rik van Looy (left) is celebrated by this popular murial at the Koers Cycling Museum (in the outside laneway) in Roesalare Belgium.
Sadly Rik left us last week at the age of 93.
The rider on the right is also a Belgian (in Behoni Beheyet) who defeated Rik van Looy at the World Pro Road Championships in Ronse Belgium in 1962. Both being Belgian team mates this nearly caused a domestic riot after the finish ... being joined together on a wall in Roeselare would be as close as it gets without fireworks.
Rik van Looy (right) not happy with Beheyet after the 1962 Ronse World Championship double cross
Rik van Looy won everything
Rik van Looy in the World Champions jersey during the 1962 Paris Roubaix Classic
Rik van Looy (right) leads the charge at the Paris Roubaix Classic
Rik Van Looy (Belgian Champions Jersey) at the Paris Roubaix Classic
Rik van Looy with Hennie Kuiper (right - TI Raleigh)
Rik van Looy (right - World Champions jersey) at the 1962 Paris Roubaix Classic
The famous Van Looy “Red Guard” with Rik in the Belgian Champions Jersey (far right)