News Shorts - 20 January

BiciSport Griffith @ Lake Cargelligo @ 12 Jan - If you can’t do the Tumut Classic courtesy of a bushfire cancellation …. lets do our own ’classic’ instead

BiciSport Griffith @ Lake Cargeliilgo @ 12 Jan - five hours of solid country riding from Griffith made the ‘arrivee’ all the more rewarding

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

BiciSport Lake Cargelligo Classic @ 12 Jan - with the Tumut Classic cancelled due to the bushfires the members of BiciSport Griffith formed their own “BiciSport Classic” out of Griffith

Report by Peter Budd - In true BiciSport style the clockwork organisation had us away at the scheduled departure time of 6.30am for the 135k journey. We had a 20 seat bus organised to bring the 13 riders and their bikes home again.

Morning tea was at the half way stop at Rankins Springs with Melissa Budd organising the refreshments including her famous fruit cake as well as banana bread amongst other carbo things.

Then it was on to Lake Cargelligo. We were surprised by the number of b-double trucks passing us carrying hay up north plus empty trucks returning. A sign of the plight the drought causes. Not something our city members get to see.

We rolled into Lake Cargelilgo after 4.5 hours in the saddle for a solid ride. Lunch was again courtesy of Melissa and down by the Lake which gave the town its name. Surprisingly it was full of water and a beautiful country backdrop for lunch. Is there anything better than a cold watermelon after a long hot ride ?. Maybe its a country thing but the melon was crispy superb. There was also an esky of beer …

The challenge of the day was packing the 13 bikes into the bus whilst still leaving enough seats for the riders. Myself and Big Frank (Signor) used his best Tetris (?) skills to somehow make bike frames pack together along with wheels with seats for all. It was a big day out and a great replacement for the Tumut Classic. Air quality was brilliant with no smoke from the fires to the east or south.

BiciSport riders were Big Frank Signor (who asked you Frank ?), Roger Thompson-Seagrave, Michael Taylor, Melissa & Peter Budd & Albert Ravenello. In all a great day out and likely to do it again …. maybe with an invitation to our city based members for a country road trip

Ciao from Griffith … Peter Budd

RACING THIS WEEK

• 19-26 Jan - Tour Down Under (Adelaide)

  • 21 Jan - Tanunda-Tanunda

  • 22 Jan - Woodside-Stirling

  • 23 Jan - Unley-Paracombe

  • 24 Jan - Norwood-Murray Bridge

  • 25 Jan - Glenelg-Victor Harbour

  • 26 Jan - McLaren Vale-Willunga Hill

• 21 Jan - Heffron Park Criteriums

• 25 Jan - CyclingNSW Sprint GP # 3

  • Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) struts his stuff

• 26 Jan - Heffron Park (Waratah Masters)

Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 12 Jan - the Eric Dole win at ECR … was it a late breakaway attempt ? (possibly) or simply one of the greatest displays of French sprinting since Andre Darrigade

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events have been added & updated on the BiciSport website which includes -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Goulburn & Bowral CycNSW Track Opens - 1 & 2 February

  • Davide Browne takes on the Goulburn-Bowral track double

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

  • Traditionally the first event on the NSW Open Winter program.

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

  • The premier weekend on the NSW calendar with criteriums on the Saturday in central Bathurst and a new B2B course on the Sunday

• Winter Special Events - now updated

  • Further information on some dates to follow

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244

* Motor traffic conditions are now LIGHTER with the NSW School holidays on the go

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the AusCycling fiasco

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 21 & 23 January - 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

• 22 January - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 23 January - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 9.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 25 January - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Ian Grainger (BiciSport Presidente) spotted this generous bit of cyclist friendly infrastructure at Seaforth with others at Church Point & Terrey Hills.

News Shorts - 13 January

Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 12 Jan - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) in the Masters peloton

Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 12 Jan - Eric Dole takes the sprint win comfortably

Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 12 Jan - and winners are grinners

Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 12 Jan - Ian Grainger (BiciSport IL Presidente) full gas at ECR

Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 12 Jan - Ian Grainger, Eric Dole & Raoul Westbrook

Bushfire Fund raiser ride @ 9 February attracted 130 riders from Pilu Freshwater to Church Point & return. Big thank you to Gio Pilu at Freshwater as over $6000 was raised.

VALE ALEX FULCHER

• There can’t be any more of a giving contributor to NSW & Australian cycling than Alex Fulcher, who sadly passed away over the weekend after a long illness. Alex was an outstanding cyclist in his own right, then became a proactive club organiser, a generous sponsor, then a NSW & Cycling Australia administrator without peer. Our thoughts are with his family at this time.

• Funeral details

  Thursday 16 January @ 2.00pm

  Si-Woronora Memorial Park, South Chapel

  Linden Street, Sutherland

BRIGHT ALPINE CLASSIC - CANCELLED DUE TO BUSHFIRES

• The 2020 event has been cancelled due to the bushfires and now set to run on 23 & 24 January 2021

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 12 Jan - Eric Dole took a cracker of a win B grade at ECR, with good rides by Ian Grainger & Raoul Westbrook

• CA National Road Championships @ Ballarat @ 11-12 Jan - Ballarat for another year is done for both Mike O’Reilly & Alex Simmons.

• BiciSport Lake Cargelligo Classic @ 12 Jan - with the Tumut Classic cancelled due to the bushfires the members of BiciSport Griffith formed their own “BiciSport Classic” - story and pictures next week

RACING THIS WEEK

• 14 Jan - Heffron Park Criteriums

• 19 Jan - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters) , Ourimbah Criteriums (Central Coast) , Peoples Classic (South Australia)

Cycling Australia National Road Championships @ Ballarat @ 12 Jan - The CA Nationals driving team for 2020 are well versed at doing laps at the Buningyong circuit just outside Ballarat. Alex Simmons (second right) drove Chief Commissaire over the Saturday & Sunday & Mike O’Reilly (second left) drove Commissaire #2.

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events have been added & updated on the BiciSport website which includes -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums

  • Racing them resumes on 14 January then every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Goulburn & Bowral CycNSW Track Opens - 1 & 2 February

  • Davide Browne takes on the Goulburn-Bowral double

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

  • Traditionally the first event on the NSW Open Winter program.

    • BiciSport support details to follow shortly.

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

  • The premier weekend on the NSW calendar with criteriums on the Saturday in central Bathurst and a new B2B course on the Sunday

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244

* Motor traffic conditions are now LIGHTER with the NSW School holidays on the go

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 14 & 16 January - 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

• 15 January - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 16 January - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 9.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 18 January - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

The Antwerp Canal (Belgium) cyclepath @ 5 January with Maarten Ver Hulst (BiciSport supporter) setting the scene for a great ride. The Antwerp Canal waterway is over the embankment on the right. No cars are permitted on the cyclepath.

News Shorts - 6 January

Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ Lidcombe Oval @ 29 Dec - Lise Benjamin full gas at Lidcombe

Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ Lidcombe Oval @ 29 Dec - Davide Browne at Lidcombe Oval

TUMUT CYCLOSPORTIVE - CANCELLED DUE TO BUSHFIRES

• Thoughts & prayers for all of those adversely impacted by the bushfires at present. The Tumut Cyclosportive on 12 January has been cancelled for 2020.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Sydney Christmas Track Carnivals @ 29-31 Dec - Davide Browne & Lise Benjamin (BiciSport) both rode consistently over the last three nights of the Sydney Christmas carnivals

RACING THIS WEEK

• 8-12 Jan - Cycling Australia National Road Championships (Ballarat, Vic)

  • Commissaire drivers - Alex Simmons & Mike O’Reilly

• 12 Jan - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events have been added & updated on the BiciSport website which includes -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - Racing them resumes on 14 January then every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Cycling Australia Elite National Championships (Ballarat, Vic) - 8-12 January

  • Wednesday 8 January - Para-cycling, Intellectually impaired, U19 Men, U19 Women, U23 Men, U23 Women,  Elite Men, Elite Women

  • Thursday 9 January - Para - UCI C1 Time Trial, Club Teams Time Trial, Schools Teams Time Trial

  • Friday 10 January - Fixie; Club Criterium, U19 Men; U19 Women; Sturt Street Hill Climb, U23 Men; U23 Women; Elite Men; Elite Women; Zwift Gold Rush

  • Saturday 11 January - U19 Men, U19 Women, U23 Men; Para-cycling, Intellectually Impaired, Gran Fondo National Championships

  • Sunday 12 January - U23 & Elite Women, Elite Men

  • Alex Simmons & Mike O’Reilly assist with Race Convoy duties during the CA Elite Championships

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

  • CANCELLED DUE TO BUSHFIRES

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

  • Traditionally the first event on the NSW Open Winter program.

  • BiciSport support details to follow shortly.

Miramare Gardens-Sandstone Cafe @ 4 Jan - L to R … Paulo Worby, Nigel Smith & Marty Wright

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244

* Motor traffic conditions are now LIGHTER with the NSW School holidays having now started

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 7 & 9 January - 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

• 8 January - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 9 January - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 9.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 11 January - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Cycling Australia National Road Championships are in Ballarat from 8-12 January

Cycling Australia National Road Championships - the revised Individual Time Trial course

….. in case you’ve forgotten what wet weather looks like …. Belgian cyclo cross in full swing

News Shorts - 30 December

Christmas Track Carnivals @ Tempe Velodrome @ 28 Dec - L to R … Rob Mayfield (USA), Lise Benjamin & Davide Browne (BiciSport)

Christmas Track Carnivals @ Tempe Velodrome @ 28 Dec - Tempe Velodrome attracted good sized fields and the grandstand was filled to overflowing. A good night was had.

Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ Tempe Velodrome @ 28 Dec - Lise Benjamin (BiciSport) taking second in the one lap dash

Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ Tempe Velodrome @ 28 Dec - Davide Browne in the action at Tempe

Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ Tempe Velodrome @ 28 Dec - Rob Mayfield (USA) has been hosted by Davide Browne for his Aussie sojourn and kindly carried the BiciSport colours in the Elite Madison. Thanks Rob.

Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ Tempe Velodrome @ 28 Dec - Rob Mayfield (USA) teamed up with the NSWIS team under the BiciSport Happy Wheels banner for the Elite Madison

Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ Tempe Velodrome @ 28 Dec - A nice touch was the inner west jazz band strutting their stuff during the action packed program.

Best wishes for 2020 - Long time BiciSport supporter Eddy Ver Bust (left) together with the Ghent 6 Day winner Kenny De Ketele wishing everybody a great 2020

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 29 dec - Raoul Westbrook finished 2nd in D grade

• Sydney Christmas Track Carnivals @ 27-28 Dec - Davide Browne & Lise Benjamin (BiciSport) both rode consistently over the first two nights of a 5 day program

RACING THIS WEEK

• 1 Jan - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

• 30-31 Dec - Sydney Christmas Carnivals - Lidcombe Velodrome & DGV Velodrome

• 5 Jan - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Ourimbah Criteriums (Central Coast)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events have been added & updated on the BiciSport website which includes -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - Racing them resumes on 14 January then every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• BiciSport Christmas-New Years Tour de Terrey Hills - 22 December to 2 January

  • For BiciSport members & friends who’d like a local club ride over the Christmas & New Year period

• Cycling Australia Elite National Championships (Ballarat, Vic) - 8-12 January

  • Wednesday 8 January - Para-cycling, Intellectually impaired, U19 Men, U19 Women, U23 Men, U23 Women,  Elite Men, Elite Women

  • Thursday 9 January - Para - UCI C1 Time Trial, Club Teams Time Trial, Schools Teams Time Trial

  • Friday 10 January - Fixie; Club Criterium, U19 Men; U19 Women; Sturt Street Hill Climb, U23 Men; U23 Women; Elite Men; Elite Women; Zwift Gold Rush

  • Saturday 11 January - U19 Men, U19 Women, U23 Men; Para-cycling, Intellectually Impaired, Gran Fondo National Championships

  • Sunday 12 January - U23 & Elite Women, Elite Men

  • Alex Simmons & Mike O’Reilly assist with Race Convoy duties during the CA Elite Championships

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

  • CANCELLED DUE TO BUSHFIRES

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

  • Traditionally the first event on the NSW Open Winter program.

  • BiciSport support details to follow shortly.

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244

* Motor traffic conditions are now LIGHTER with the NSW School holidays having now started

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 31 Dec & 2 January - 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

• 2 January - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 9.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 4 January - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ Tempe Velodrome @ 28 Dec - Davide Browne receives the USA handler support treatment by Rob Mayfield (USA)

Nole La Rose 82k Celebratory Ride @ Homebush Olympic Precinct @ 21 Dec - Noel celebrated his 82nd birthday with 82k around Sydney Olympic Park (that in itself deserved a medal).

L to R … John Lee, Joc Young, Barry Lywood, Dom Caravello & Noel La Rose.

News Shorts - 23 December

Sydney Christmas Track Carnivals run from 27 Dec through to 31 Dec at Dunc Gray Velodrome (27), Tempe (28), Hurstville (29), Lidcombe (30) & Dunc Gray Velodrome (31).

Davide Browne (pictured) will be leading the BiciSport charge.

Christmas in Sydney @ Narrabeen Fire Station @ 18 Dec - (L to R) … its a long way from Belgium for Lies Ver Hulst, Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) & Koen Ver Hulst. The Ver Hulst family have been a long time supporter of BiciSport riders in Belgium.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Happy Wheels Waterloo is closed from 24 December until 2 January

• Waratah Masters @ Heffron Park @ 22 Dec - Raoul Westbrook punctured in D grade, Ian Grainger punctured in C grade & Jeremy Hopson was a peloton finish in A grade

RACING THIS WEEK

• 27 Dec - 1 Jan - Sydney Christmas Carnivals

  • 27 Dec - Dunc Grey Velodrome

  • 28 Dec - Tempe Velodrome

  • 29 Dec - Hurstville Velodrome

  • 30 Dec - Lidcombe Velodrome

  • 31 Dec - Dunc Grey Velodrome

• 29 Dec - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events have been added & updated on the BiciSport website which includes -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums

  • Racing resumes every Tuesday from 14 January.

• BiciSport Christmas-New Years Tour de Terrey Hills - 22 December to 2 January

  • For BiciSport members & friends who’d like a local club ride over the Christmas & New Year period

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

  • Peter Budd will happily guide you through some delightful Snowy Mountains countryside outside Tumut.

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244

* Motor traffic conditions are now LIGHTER with the NSW School holidays having now started

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 24 & 26 December - 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

• 28 December - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

News Shorts - 16 December

BiciSport Happy Wheels Waterloo Christmas Party @ 13 Dec - Ian Grainger (BiciSport President) presented both Stewart & Mirielle Campbell with matching special Paris Roubaix cobbled stones

BiciSport Happy Wheels Waterloo Christmas Party @ 13 Dec - (L to R) Graham Cockerton, Noel LaRose, Peter Budd, Peter Davis, Ruth Strapp, Ian Grainger, Eric Dole, Tom Green & Dom Zumbo

Waratah Masters @ 15 Dec - Tom Green leads the charge at Eastern Creek Raceway

Waratah Masters @ 15 Dec - Tom Green maintaining the hurt on the peloton at Eastern Creek Raceway

Waratah Masters @ 15 Dec - Eric Dole finished 4th after another great ride at Eastern Creek

Waratah Masters @ 15 Dec - Tom Green, Ian Grainger & Eric Dole

BiCISPORT HAPPY WHEELS CHRISTMAS PARTY

• Special thanks to both Stewie & Mirielle Campbell for hosting a great night. Best wishes to everybody for a safe, healthy & happy 2020. Special mention for Peter Budd (who traveled from Griffith), and Ruth Strapp & Rhett Hall (from Newcastle)

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 15 Dec - good rides by Ian Grainger, Tom Green & Eric Dole (4th)

RACING THIS WEEK

• 17 Dec - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra, NSW)

• 20 Dec - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

• 21 Dec - CA National Madison Championships (Melbourne)

• 22 Dec - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Ourimbah Criteriums (Central Coast)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events have been added & updated on the BiciSport website which includes -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - last criterium on 17 December before the Christmas New Year break. Racing them resumes on 14 January. Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Celebratory Noel La Rose 82k ride - 21 December

  • Noel La Rose turns 82 years young & celebrates with 82k around Homebush Olympic Park

• BiciSport Christmas-New Years Tour de Terrey Hills - 22 December to 2 January

  • For BiciSport members & friends who’d like a local club ride over the Christmas & New Year period

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

  • Peter Budd will happily guide you through some delightful Snowy Mountains countryside outside Tumut.

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244

* Motor traffic conditions are now LIGHTER with the NSW School holidays having now started

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 17 & 19 December - 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

• 18 December - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 19 December - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 21 December - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

The Gent 6 Day at the t’Kuipe Velodrome with Iljo Keisse & Mark Cavendish

The Belgian Cyclocross season is currently dominated by Mathieu Van Der Poel (left)

News Shorts - 9 December

BiciSport Christmas Party is hosted by Happy Wheels Waterloo @ Friday 13 December from 5.30pm until late. Food & drink provided and all welcome.

Pilu Freshwater Bear Cottage Charity Ride @ 1 Dec - thank you to Gio Pilu & Pilu Racing for organsing & supporting Bear Cottage at Westmead Hospital.

MEMBER NEWS

• Pilu Bear Cottage Charity Ride @ 1 Dec - Congratulations to Gio Pilu (Pilu Racing) for another highly successful Bear Cottage Charity Ride from Pilu Freshwater

RACING THIS WEEK

• 10 Dec - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra, NSW)

• 10 Dec - CycNSW Special General Meeting (AusCycling)

• 13 Dec - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

• 13 Dec - BiciSport Christmas Party (Happy Wheels Waterloo)

• 15 Dec - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events have been added & updated on the BiciSport website which includes -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on November 26

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• BiciSport Christmas Party - Happy Wheels Waterloo - Friday 13 December

  • Stew Campbell hosts the night of nights with free pizza and a few wines

• Celebratory Noel La Rose 82k ride - 21 December

  • Noel turns 82 years young & celbrates with 82k around Homebush Olympic Park

• BiciSport Christmas-New Years Tour de Terrey Hills - 22 December to 2 January

  • For BiciSport members & friends who’d like a local club ride over the Christmas & New Year period

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

  • Peter Budd will happily guide you through some delightful Snowy Mountains countryside outside Tumut.

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term back in full swing from 15 October

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 10 & 12 December

  • 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

• 11 December

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 12 December

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 14 December

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

News Shorts - 2 December

Tour of Bright @ 1 Dec @ Stage 3 Bright-Mt Buffalo Road Race - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels) crosses the finishing line with snow flurries as a reminder of the tough & wet conditions.

Tour of Bright @ 1 Dec @ Stage 3 Bright-Mt Buffalo Road Race - at the Bright start with (L to R) team mates Peter Budd & Ian Grainger with Tom Green. The clouds on the horizon were a portent of things to come further up the mountain.

Tour of Bright @ 30 Nov @ Stage 2 Bright-Tawonga Gap Road Race - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels) at the top of Tawonga Gap. Many thanks to Jimmy for loaning Tom a rear wheel to complete the stage

Tour of Bright @ 30 Nov @ Stage 2 Bright-Tawonga Gap Road Race - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels) departs the Bright start direction Tawonga Gap

Tour of Bright @ 29 Nov @ Stage 1 Individual Time Trial - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels) crosses the ITT finishing line

Tour of Bright @ 29 Nov @ Stage 1 Individual Time Trial - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels) rolls down the ITT start ramp

UCI World Masters Cyclocross Championships @ Mol, Belgium - Mike Lawson (BiciSport) took 11th

UCI WORLD MASTERS CYCLO CHAMPIONSHIPS - MOL BELGIUM & LAWSON TAKES 11th

• UCI World Masters Cyclocross Championships @ 29 Nov - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) faced four laps (40 minutes) of the sandy & heavy Zilvermeer Lake circuit near Mol on the Belge-Dutch border. Mike struggled with a popped hamstring on the second lap (of four) whilst running down the sand dune section but carried on to finish 11th.

• Mike’s next (and last race in Belgium) is at Loksbergen mid week

MEMBER NEWS

• Tour of Bright (Vic) @ 29 Nov-1 Dec

  • Stage 1 (29 Nov) - A new 17k indiviidual time trial course (out & back) along the Buckland Valley near Bright offering a rolling circuit through some delightful Alpine countryside. Conditions were hot & windy and Tom Green finished 44th (from 55 starters) @ 3min 3secs.

  • Stage 2 (30 Nov) - The 90k road stage offered the Rosewhite Climb at 40k & the final surge to the finish at Tawonga Gap outside Mt Beauty. Tom was sitting in the B grade Masters peloton very comfortably until the air departed his rear tyre at the 40k mark. No Neutral Spares (usually provided by the Race Organisation) meant a long long wait for a replacement wheel from a very kind onlooker and a steady ride to the finish atop Tawonga Gap.

  • Stage 3 (1 Dec) - The final short stage over 39k promised a really gritty finish atop Mt Buffalo. It maybe just 39k but a lot of it was all up, up and up again. It started off dry but turned nasty at the start of the Mt Buffalo climb with steady rain, regular sleet & light snow.

• Pilu Bear Cottage Charity Ride @ 1 Dec - Congratulations to Gio Pilu (Pilu Racing) for another highly successful Bear Cottage Charity Ride from Pilu Freshwater

• L’Etape @ Jindabyne @ 1 Dec - Eric Dole was a BiciSport starter & a ride report to come

RACING THIS WEEK

• 3 Dec - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra, NSW)

• 3-7 Dec - Tour of Tasmania (CA NRS)

  • Mike O’Reilly is in the NRS convoy driving team

• 6 Dec - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

• 8 Dec - West Head Road Race (Manly CC), Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters), Ourimbah Criteriums (Central Coast CC)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events have been added & updated on the BiciSport website which includes -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on November 26

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• BiciSport Christmas Party - Happy Wheels Waterloo - Friday 13 December

  • Stew Campbell hosts the night of nights with free pizza and a few wines

• Celebratory Noel La Rose 82k ride - 21 December

  • Noel turns 82 years young & celbrates with 82k around Homebush Olympic Park

• BiciSport Christmas-New Years Tour de Terrey Hills - 21 December to 2 January

  • For BiciSport members & friends who’d like a local club ride over the Christmas & New Year period

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

  • Peter Budd will happily guide you through some delightful Snowy Mountains countryside outside Tumut.

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term back in full swing from 15 October

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 3 & 5 December

  • 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

• 4 December

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 5 December

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 7 December

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

BiciSport & Happy Wheels Waterloo Christmas Party @ Black Friday 13 December from 5.30pm.

All BiciSport members, friends most welcome. Food & drinks supplied & no RSVP necessary.

Tour of Bright @ 29 Nov-1 Dec - Tom Green (BiciSport) approaching Bright in the Victorian Alps on the Thursday afternoon time trial recce ride along the picturesque Buckland Valley

News Shorts - 25 November

UCI World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships @ Mol Belgium @ 29 Nov - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) faces 3 laps of the Zilvermeer Lake circuit over 40 minutes of intense effort with several long sections of sand (both running & cycling) together with a steep sand dune (running only over the sand dune both up & down due to the difficulty & steepness)

Southern Hemisphere Cup @ 24 Nov @ Eastern Creek Raceway - Pilu Racing rode well in Div 1, Eric Dole went top 10 in Div 3 & Ian Grainger the usual 6th place in Div 4.

L to R Eric Dole, Matt Coy, Jeremy Hopson, Alex Gardiner, Mike Foster & Ian Grainger.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 26 Nov - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra, NSW)

• 29 Nov - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

• 29 Nov-1 Dec - Tour of Bright (Vic) - Tom Green

• 30 Nov - Illawarra Track Open (CycNSW) - David Browne

• 1 Dec - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Calga ITT (ATTA), L’Etape Cyclosportive (Jindabyne), Pilu Freshwater Bear Cottage Ride (Freshwater)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on November 26

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• UCI World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships (Mol, Belgium) - November 28-29

  • Mike Lawson takes on the Euro sand & mud runners in Mol

• Tour of Bright (Victoria) - November 29 to December 1

  • Tom Green & friends compete in the Bright 3 day tour

• BiciSport - Pilu Freshwater Charity Ride - Sunday December 1

  • Gio Pilu will host a great Northside charity ride & Charity Auction

• BiciSport Christmas Party - Happy Wheels Waterloo - Friday 13 December

  • Stew Campbell hosts the night of nights with free pizza and a few wines

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term back in full swing from 15 October

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 26 & 28 November

  • 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

• 27 November

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 28 November

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 30 November

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

BiciSport Christmas Party is on Friday 13 December at Happy Wheels Waterloo from 5.30pm. Food & drink is supplied and all are welcome.

BiciSport at Ghent 6 Day & UCI Masters Cyclocross at Mol

DIARY OF A LYCRA OBSESSED FLANDRIEN

BiciSport members Mike Lawson & Davide Browne have conquered the land of Duvel, Trappist, Merckx & Boonen. Mike Lawson is based at the usual BiciSport service corse at the Kokerelle B&B at Maarke Kerkem just outside Oudenaarde. Mike will be racing in local cyclo cross events near Oudenaarde in East Flanders in the lead up to the UCI World Masters Cyclocross Championships at Mol on 29 November. 

Race Program in Flanders

* Nov 9 - Zottegem Cyclocross (Mike Lawson)

* Nov 11 & 16 - Flanders Championship Lichtervelde Cyclocross (Mike Lawson)

*Nov 12-17 - Ghent 6 Day (t’Kuipe Velodrome) with Davide Browne

* Nov 17 - Aalter Cyclocross (Mike Lawson)UCI Masters Cyclocross

* Nov 23 - Watripont Cyclocross (Mike Lawson)

* Nov 29 - UCI World Masters Cyclocross Championships (Mol) (Mike Lawson).

Website - www.wkmasterscyclocross.be

Ghent 6 @ 20 Nov - The Ghent 6 Winners Trophy from Kenny De Ketele

Ghent 6 @ 20 Nov - Eddy Ver Bust is the coach of Kenny De Ketele. Kenny kindly donated the winners trophy to the Ver Bust Museum

Ghent 6 @ 20 Nov - Eddy Ver Bust with the Ghent 6 sign on sheet. Similarly to any professional road race the riders have to sign on each night.

Kokerelle B&B @ Maarke Kerkem @ 18 Nov - Mike Lawson returning from a cyclo cross training session just outside Oudenaarde in steady rain & a balmy 4 degrees.

Mike’s cyclo cross race at Aalter on 17 Nov saw good progression through the Belge peloton but the good day was short lived with a puncture at half distance during the race.

Ghent 6 @ 17 Nov - De Ketele & Ghys took the win after a fantastic last session madison at the t’Kuipe Velodrome. Three teams tied on the last last lap, and two teams on virtually equal points. De Ketele won the last sprint & the Ghent 6 outright. Eddy Ver Bust (coach of Kenny De Ketele) was one happy fella …

Ghent 6 @ 17 Nov - Iljo Keisse (QuickStep) won the derny event & finished 4th overall with Mark Cavendish

Ghent 6 @ 17 Nov - The Under 23 Ghent 6 is held over 3 hours each night just before the main professional event. The winning English team took the Yellow Jersey as overall winners.

Ghent 6 @ 17 Nov - Moreno De Pauw (Belgium) was racing in the Ghent 6 for the last time, and his mum was also in the grandstand

Ghent 6 @ 16 Nov - for the Davide Browne peloton it was a brief 30 minute drive from Ghent into Tour of Flanders country and a visit to the Koppenberg Cafe at Melden

Ghent 6 @ 16 Nov - Davide Browne & Co at the famous Koppenberg cobbled climb at Melden

Ghent 6 @ 16 Nov - Karel van Wijnendaele was the founding father of the Tour of Flanders pro cycling classic and his memorial is located at the top of the Old Kwaremont cobbled climb

Ghent 6 @ 15 Nov - Day 4 at Ghent 6 and this time its a bird’s eye view from the very top row at Turn 1. Keisse & Cavendish didn’t have it all their own way with De Ketele/Ghys looking very strong and slight favourites for the win on Sunday.

Ghent 6 @ 15 Nov - Davide Browne at the Belgium Lotto sponsors booth under the t’Kuipe Velodrome.

Ghent 6 @ 15 Nov - the highlight of Day 4 being the Patrick Sercu Memorial one hour madison won by Iljo Keisse & Mark Cavendish. The madison was full gas from start to finish with always two or three teams chasing a lap.

Ghent 6 @ 15 Nov - a return to the Cafe de Karper for lunch near the Kuipe Velodrome was rewarded with a great meal & a chance meeting with cafe owner Ronie Keisse (who just so happens to be the father of the QuickStep professional, Iljo Keisse).

Ghent 6 @ 14 Nov - A big thank you to Eddy Ver Bust for arranging the Day 3 tickets right on the finishing line. Racing started at 8.00pm and finished with a 60 lap derny race at 1.15am.

Ghent 6 @ 14 Nov - Iljo Keisse (QuickStep) won the derny race & threw the flowers to the crowd

Ghent 6 @ 14 Nov - Michel Vaarten (derny pilot, left) and Iljo Keisse (QuickStep) were a formidable duo in the 60 lap derny race. The derny race was held over two heats with 6 dernys on the Kuipe velodrome at the one time.

Ghent 6 @ 14 Nov - Just 200m down the straat from the Kuipe Velodrome is the Cafe de Karper.

Walking into de Karper by sheer accident its like entering another (cycling) world …. run by Drieka Keisse (the sister of Iljo Keisse from Team QuickStep, and Mark Cavendish team mate). There is QuickStep everywhere. Every night the bar stays open until at least 2am, and 4am on the last night of the Ghent 6.

Ghent 6 @ 13 Nov - Moreno De Pauw is racing in the Ghent 6 and his father Gino featured in Het Laaste Nieuws (The Late News) Flemish newspaper. Unbeknownst to Gino he was photo bombed by the BiciSport gruppetto …. in the blue jumper just behind to the right.

Ghent 6 @ 13 Nov - Mark Cavendish recovered after his big off yesterday & remains a big favourite

Ghent 6 @ 13 Nov - the Kuipe Velodrome Middelplein gives a great opportunity for getting close to the riders

Ghent 6 @ 13 Nov - teams pair up on the parade laps at 8.00pm before the official start on day 2. The Flemish commentator does the introduction for each team, they then peel off and go to the back of the peloton. The atmosphere in the tiny Kuipe track is electric with the riders lapping in just 9 seconds and the action never stops

Ghent 6 @ 13 Nov - the Plum Sport cycle shop in central Ghent has a longstanding history with cycle sport (see story below) and many champions have lived in the premises upstairs. Downstairs in the cycle shop lobby is a model of the Kuipe Velodrome and photos relating to past winners of the Ghent 6

Ghent 6 @ 13 Nov - a cycle shop full of the new, the old and the very very old. A well appointed cycling museum is located in the shop basement with numerous racing bikes dating back to the 1920’s.

Ghent 6 @ 12 Nov - the Kuipe Velodrome trackside in the Middelplein (track centre) with the mechanics hard at work sticking on tubular tyres with rim glue using a tiny paint brush

Ghent 6 @ 12 Nov - for the equipment fanatic the endless supply of n+1 candidates was everywhere

Ghent 6 @ 12 Nov - Iljo Keisse (Quickstep) was paired with Mark Cavendish which attracted fans both young & old. Access to the riders was relatively easy & relaxed.

Ghent 6 @ 12 Nov - the racing commenced at 8.00pm and by 9.00pm the Middelplein was standing room only and fully packed with nowhere to move … except towards the bar for a top up …

Roubaix Velodrome @ 12 Nov - Davide Browne (BiciSport Master) takes the victory salute at the Roubaix Velodrome

Roubaix Velodrome @ 12 Nov - Davide Browne & family on the Roubaix Velodrome banking

Flanders Cyclocross Championship @ Litchervelde @ 11 Nov - the small town of Litchervelde in West Flanders hosted the Flanders Cyclocross Championship. Conditions were challenging with steady rain and mud, mud and more mud

Flanders Cyclocross Championship @ Litchevelde @ 11 Nov - The Junior race had 70 starters in cold & wet conditions.

Flanders Cyclocross Championships @ Litchervelde @ 11 Nov - Mike Lawson leaves the finishing straight behind, turns left and begins lap 2 in the Flanders mud

Flanders Cyclocross Championships @ Litchervelde @ 11 Nov - conditions were difficult in the extreme

Zottegem Cyclocross Belgium @ 9 Nov - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) on the warm up lap before the race start, just after the short sandpit run

Zottegem Cyclocross Belgium @ 9 Nov - Mike Lawson on the steady uphill section. Weather conditions were nearly balmy for Belgium in November - sunshine & light winds and 9 degrees. Races were held for all categories from Under 9, Juniors, Women & Masters. All fields were fully subscribed.

Zottegem Cyclocross Belgium @ 9 Nov - Mike Lawson on the descent to the bottom of the circuit

Zottegem Cyclocross Belgium @ 9 Nov - Mike Lawson in full flight at Zottegem

The Middenplein at the t’Kuipe Velodrome … its too close to call what the punters take more seriously - the racing or the eating & drinking !. The only way to mark the passage of time is to glance at the floor of the Middenplein. At 9pm - the empty Primus beer cups can be toed aside. By 11pm its crunchy underfoot, but that’s hardly surprising as the easiest way to drink is a 5 beer cascade off a flimsy tray !.

Its all beer, burgers and hotdogs. Belgium is famous for its canals … that’ll be alimentary canals !!.

Racing concludes at 1.30am and then its where is my car and how do I go home ?. Where is home again ?.

The t’Kuipe (means Little Bowl in Flemish) is 50 years old. It groans and it creaks with 48 degree bankings and just 167m per lap. Riders hit the bankings at 70kph during a sprint lap. The velodrome contains 5,000 seats and the spillover crowd fills into the Middelplein in the velodrome centre. Where is my beer ?

UCI World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships @ Mol, Belgium @ 29 November - The Cyclocross Championship circuit includes several sand sections beside the Zilvermeer Water Park on both sides of the lake

News Shorts - 18 November

Heffron Park @ 5 Nov - Rolly Delaytz takes 4th in the bunch sprint (1st in B grade)

Heffron Park @ 5 Nov - Rolly Delaytz on the Heffron podium as first B grader (& 4th overall)

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 17 Nov - Raoul Westbrook finished 3rd in D grade

• Heffron Park Criterium @ 5 Nov - Rolly Delaytz took 4th in a bunch sprint and 1st in B grade

RACING THIS WEEK

• 19 Nov - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra, NSW)

• 20 Nov - Rouleur Classic (Melbourne, Vic)

• 22 Nov - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

• 23 Nov - Giro Della Donna Cyclosportive (Yarra Valley, Vic)

• 24 Nov - Southern Hemisphere Cup Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters), Ourimbah Uni Criteriums (Central Coast)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on November 12

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• UCI World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships (Mol, Belgium) - November 28-29

  • Mike Lawson takes on the Euro sand & mud runners in Mol

• Tour of Bright (Victoria) - November 29 to December 1

  • Tom Green & friends compete in the Bright 3 day tour

• BiciSport - Pilu Freshwater Charity Ride - December 1

  • Gio Pilu will host a great Northside charity ride & Charity Auction

• BiciSport Christmas Party - Happy Wheels Waterloo - Friday 13 December

  • Stew Campbell hosts the night of nights with free pizza and a few wines

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term back in full swing from 15 October

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 19 & 21 November

  • 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

• 20 November

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 21 November

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 23 November

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

News Shorts - 28 October

Shimano Sydney Cup on Wheels @ DGV @ 26 Oct - Davide Browne rode well at the Shimano Sydney Cup on Wheels. Whether it has earned him a lucrative contract at the Ghent 6 in Belgium remains to be seen.

Heffron Park @ 22 Oct - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) second right in the thick of the action

Bowral Classic @ 20 Oct @ Bowral start - a very happy peloton on the start line

Bowral Classic @ 20 Oct @ Bowral Velodrome … Eric Dole (BiciSport) doing the whole Paris Roubaix style victory salute on the Bowral Velodrome with the local crowd expressing their support

Bowral Classic @ 20 Oct @ Bowral finish - Tom Green & Eric Dole at the post ride Village

BICISPORT ONE CYCLING VOTE

• The BiciSport management team has consulted with the membership and BiciSport voted “No” at the recent poll conducted by CyclingNSW.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Shimano Sydney Cup @ DGV @ 26 Oct - Davide Browne rode well at the Shimano Sydney Cup with 2nd in the Kieren event & 3rd in the Tempo Scratch Race. The Ghent 6 in Belgium awaits !!

• Tour of Gippsland @ 25-27 Oct - Alex Simmons & Mike O’Reilly were Commissaire drivers at the recent Tour of Gippsland in central Victoria. The Stage race started in Churchill on the Friday & finished in Warragul on the Sunday.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 29 Oct - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra, NSW)

• 31 Oct - Shimano Criterium Series (Homebush)

• 1 Nov - Shimano Criterium Series (St Ives)

• 2 Nov - Heffron Park Retro Day @ 10am (Maroubra)

• 3 Nov - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Calga ITT (ATTA), MS Gong Ride

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on October 29

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Shimano Criterium Series - 31 October (Homebush) & 1 November (St Ives)

  • Details now listed in Special Events section of this website

• Ghent 6 Day (T’Kuipe Velodrome, Belgium) - November 12-17

  • Davide Browne leads the BiciSport contingent to the sacred den that is Ghent

• UCI World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships (Mol, Belgium) - November 28-29

  • Mike Lawson takes on the Euro sand & mud runners in Mol

• Tour of Bright (Victoria) - November 29 to December 1

  • Tom Green & friends compete in the Bright 3 day tour

• BiciSport Christmas Party - Happy Wheels Waterloo - Friday 13 December

  • Stew Campbell hosts the night of nights with free pizza and a few wines

Ghent 6 Day in Belgium from 12-17 November - David Browne (BiciSport Master) will be filing daily reports from the smokey & beer stained Ghent Velodrome

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term back in full swing from 15 October

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 29 & 31 October

  • 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

• 30 October

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 31 October

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 2 November

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Tour of Gippsland @ 25 Oct - On route to Gippsland nothing beats an overnight stay at the delightful Milawa Motel in the King Valley which looks more like something out of Provence than Wangaratta

Tour of Gippsland @ 26 Oct - Warragul Toyota kindly sponsored the three day NRS Tour and supplied the convoy vehicles for Mike O’Reilly & Alex Simmons

News Shorts - 21 October

Bowral Classic @ 20 Oct @ Elsmore Climb Bundanoon - Eric Dole & Tom Green

Bowral Classic @ 20 Oct @ Elsmore Climb Bundanoon - Tom Green & Eric Dole

Bowral Classic @ 20 Oct @ Elsmore Climb Bundanoon - John Robb

Bowral Classic @ 20 Oct @ Elsmore Climb Bundanoon - Stewart Campbell

Bowral Classic @ 20 Oct - Tom Green going through picturesque dairy country just outside Robertson on the approaches to the final climb outside Glenquarry not far from Bowral

Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums @ 15 Oct - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) in 5th wheel in the thick of the action at Heffron

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Bowral Classic @ 20 October - BiciSport fielded a strong peloton on 20 October for the 4th Bowral Classic. A great course and some slick organisation made for a great day out.. The 175k option ventured out to both Wombeyan Caves & Bundanoon, the 125k just Bundanoon, and the 90k (and everybody else) headed for Fitzroy Falls & Robertson. Weather conditions at the start were chilly but the day itself was a delight. Thanks to Stew Campbell and the numerous BiciSport riders who supported the Classic. Eric Dole finished 14th in the 125k category and Tom Green 17th in the 125k (a great result by both). Other performances will be posted in due course. Jay Gaffey and the Project M team from Nowra (fresh from their podium for BiciSport at the Singleton TTT) were also sighted outside Robertson

RACING THIS WEEK

• 21 Oct - Regatta Centre Penrith Criteriums (Shimano Crit Series)

• 22 Oct - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra, NSW) , Eastern Creek Raceway Criteriums (Shimano Crit Series)

• 25 Oct - HART Criteriums (St Ives)

• 26 Oct - Shimano Sydney Cup (DGV)

• 25-27 Oct - Tour of Gippsland (Vic, NRS)

  • Commissaire Drivers Alex Simmons & Mike O’Reilly

• 27 Oct - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Ourimbah Criteriums (Central Coast)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on October 22

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Shimano Criterium Series - October 21 (Regatta Centre, Penrith), October 22 (Eastern Creek Raceway)

  • Details now listed in Special Events section of this website

• UCI World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships (Mol, Belgium) - November 28-29

  • Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) takes on the Euro sand & mud runners in Mol

UCI World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships @ Mol, Belgium - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) heads off the Belgium in mid November for the World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships at the Zilvermeer Watersports Park in Mol, Belgium.

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term back in full swing from 15 October

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 22 & 24 October

  • 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

• 23 October

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 24 October

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 26 October

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Tour de France 1964 - just before the picture below was taken and the French Gendarme (left) not happy with the spectator support for Raymond Pouildor

An iconic picture from the Tour de France 1964 - Jacques Anquetil (left, Yellow Jersey.) clashes with Raymond Poulidor (Mercier BP) on the Puy Du Dome climb

News Shorts - 14 October

Pilu Freshwater Ride @ 13 October - The BiciSport squadra lines up in damp & chilly conditions before the start outside Pilu Baretto at Freshwater Beach

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Pilu Freshwater Ride @ 13 October - Damp and chilly conditions greeted a capped BiciSport peloton from Pilu Freshwater with the climbs over Dee Why headland then towards Mona Vale & Church Point. Conditions were damp through Mona Vale with Pilu Freshwater coffee at the end of the ride. Thanks to Gio Pilu for providing the hospitality and great coffee at Pilu Baretto. Monies raised has been donated to Bear Cottage Westmead Hospital .

• Recovery Ward - Peter Budd sighted on a bike at the Sam Miranda Tour in Wangaratta after 5 weeks off the bike with a broken collarbone. Welcome back Pierre.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 15 Oct - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra, NSW) - Round 1 of the Shimano Criterium Series where Rolly Delaytz should feature.

• 20 October - Bowral Classic, West Head Road Race (Manly CC), Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney), Calga Handicap (Central Coast)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on October 15

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Shimano Criterium Series - from October 15

  • Details now listed in Special Events section

• Bowral Classic - October 20

  • with Stewart Campbell & the BiciSport Team

  • Details in the Special Events section of this website

• UCI World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships (Mol, Belgium) - November 28-29

  • Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) takes on the Euro mud runners in Mol

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term back in full swing from 15 October

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 15 & 17 October

  • 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

• 16 October

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 17 October

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 19 October

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

• 20 October

  • Bowral Classic @ 6.30am

Congratulations to Gio Pilu on a lovely piece in the recent Sunday newspapers

A strong BiciSport contingent heads for the Southern Highlands over 19 & 20 October

UCI World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships @ Mol, Belgium @ 28-29 November - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) joins the mud runners at Mol at the end of November. More stories to come in the coming weeks.

News Shorts - 7 October

NSW Sprint GP #1 @ DGV @ 5 Sept - Damien Bottero sets a Sprint time at DGV

NSW Sprint GP #1 @ DGV @ 5 Sept - Damien Bottero assisted by BiciSport team mate Davide van der Browne

NSW Sprint GP #1 @ DGV @ 5 Sept - Damien Bottero on the steep DGV Velodrome Wall

NSW Sprint GP #1 @ DGV @ 5 Sept - Davide van der Browne looking nervous due to pending Ghent 6 start money negotiations looming …

NSW Sprint GP #1 @ DGV @ 5 Sept - Davide sets a DGV Sprint time

NSW Sprint GP #1 @ DGV @ 5 Sept - Davide van der Browne does some cross training at DGV

NSW GP 1 @ DGV @ 5 Sept - Damien Bottero & Davide van der Browne

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Recovery Ward - Speedy recovery to BiciSport Master Rhett Hall who crashed at the Kurri Kurri criterium on Saturday. It appears another rider’s rear disc brake connected with Rhett’s calf resulting in a 10-12cm laceration coupled with some road rash. Get well soon Rhett. Ruth Strapp finished 6th in C grade at Kurri Kurri.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 8 Oct - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra, NSW)

• 11-13 Oct - Sam Miranda Tour (Wangaratta, NRS Series)

• 12-17 Oct - World Masters Track Championships (Manchester, UK)

• 13 October - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Spring Cycle (BicycleNSW)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - from October 8

  • Every Tuesday from 5.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• BiciSport Group Ride - Pilu Freshwater-Ku Ring Gai Nat Park-Pilu Freshwater

  • Meeting Point - Pilu Freshwater @ Moore Rd Freshwater Beach @ 6.15am

    Pilu Freshwater … complimentary coffee at Pilu Baretto @ 6.30am

    Ride start time @ 7.00am

    BiciSport Ride Route

    * From Freshwater Beach its via Carrington Pde (Curl Curl Beach) @ 7.05am

    * Dee Why Beach Headland to Dee Why Beach @ 7.15am

    * Dee Why Parade/Pittwater Rd Dee Why @ 7.20am, then Pittwater Rd north to Mona Vale

    * Then McCarrs Creek Rd past Church Point @ 7.50am direction Akuna Bay & West Head

    * Coffee at Pilu Freshwater @ 9.45am

    BiciSport Support Contact - Mike O’Reilly on 0417 403 244

• Shimano Criterium Series - from October 15

  • Details now listed in Special Events section

• Bowral Classic - October 20

  • with Stewart Campbell & the BiciSport Team

  • Details in the Special Events section of this website

• UCI World Masters Cyclo Cross Championships (Mol, Belgium) - November 28-29

  • Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) takes on the Euro mud runners in Mol

Gio Pilu & Pilu Racing host the BiciSport group ride on Sunday 13 October.

Meeting time is 6.30am for a great coffee at Pilu Freshwater (eastern end of Moore Rd). After a coffee its a 7.00am departure for Church Point via Dee Why & Mona Vale.

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now LIGHTER with the NSW School Term on holidays until 15 October

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 8 & 10 October

  • 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

• 9 October

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 10 October

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 12 October

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Team Happy Wheels with Big Stew @ Illawong Bag near Akuna Bay @ 6 Oct - getting in the lumpy k’s before the Bowral Classic on 20 October

JA …. The best rider of 2019 ! ! !

News Shorts - 30 September

RAW Track @ DGV @ 20 Sept - Davide van der Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) takes the Division 2 Pointscore award

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS - BROWNE TAKES RAW TRACK DIVISION 2

• RAW Track @ DGV - Davide Browne has been pounding away all winter at RAW Track and taking out the Division 2 Pointscore was a just reward.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 1-3 Oct - Cycling Australia National Masters Road Championships (Adelaide)

• 5 Oct - Sprint Grand Prix # 1 (DGV)

• 6 Oct - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

• 7 Oct - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

Pilu Freshwater host the BiciSport Ride on Sunday 13 October from Pilu Freshwater. A great opportunity to get in those vital training kilometres for the Bowral Classic on 20 October. Details listed below.

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - from October 8

  • Every Tuesday from 5.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• BiciSport Ride - Pilu Freshwater-Ku Ring Gai Nat Park-Pilu Freshwater

  • Meeting Point - Pilu Freshwater @ Moore Rd Freshwater Beach @ 6.15am

    Pilu Freshwater … complimentary coffee at Pilu Baretto @ 6.30am

    Ride start time @ 7.00am

    BiciSport Ride Route

    * From Freshwater Beach its via Carrington Pde (Curl Curl Beach) @ 7.05am

    * Dee Why Beach Headland to Dee Why Beach @ 7.15am

    * Dee Why Parade/Pittwater Rd Dee Why @ 7.20am, then Pittwater Rd north to Mona Vale

    * Then McCarrs Creek Rd past Church Point @ 7.50am direction Akuna Bay & West Head

    * Coffee at Pilu Freshwater @ 9.45am

    BiciSport Support Contact - Mike O’Reilly on 0417 403 244

• Shimano Criterium Series - from October 15

  • Details now listed in Special Events section

• Bowral Classic - October 20

• with Stewart Campbell & the BiciSport Team

• Details in the Special Events section of this website

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now LIGHTER with the NSW School Term on holidays until 15 October

*  Note -

• Manly Food & Wine Festival

  • Road diversions will happen from 4-7 October in central Manly near The Corso

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 1 & 3 October

  • 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

• 2 October

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 3 October

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 5 October

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

News Shorts - 23 September

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Coffs Harbour @ 22 Sept - Matt Coy takes the Silver medal in the M6 Criterium

NSW Masters Road Championships @ Coffs Harbour @ 21 Sept - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing) took 4th in Masters M6 category road race (picture - Penrith Lakes)

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS - MATT COY TAKES SILVER IN CRITERIUM

• NSW Masters Road Championships @ Coffs Harbour @ 21 & 22 Sept - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing ) carried the BiciSport flag at Coffs, joined by fellow BiciSport member Alex Simmons in the Commissaires car. Matt finished 4th (from 22 starters) in Masters M6 category road race in the leading group. Matt finished off a successful weekend with a Silver medal in the M6 Criterium in downtown Coffs Harbour on the Sunday.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 29 Sept - Western Sydney Dragway (Waratah Masters)

• 30 Sept-5 Oct - World Masters Track Championships (Manchester, UK)

Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) is no stranger to winning a Heffron Park Tuesday night criterium

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - from October 8

  • Every Tuesday from 5.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Pilu Freshwater-Bear Cottage Charity Ride - October 13

  • Start Finish is at Pilu Freshwater then Church Point & return to Pilu Freshwater.

  • Details in the Special Events section of this website

• Shimano Criterium Series - from October 15

  • Details now listed in Special Events section

• Bowral Classic - October 20

• with Stewart Campbell & the BiciSport Team

• Details in the Special Events section of this website

Bear Cottage Charity Ride @ Sunday 13 October is kindly hosted by Gio Pilu from Pilu Freshwater. Details in the Special Events Section of this website

A big BiciSport team entry is expected to the 4th Bowral Classic on Sunday 20 October

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term in session

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 24 & 26 September

  • 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

• 25 September

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 26 September

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 28 September

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

John Elderfield (BiciSport Master) had a super nasty motorcycle accident several months ago in Thailand, but several leg operations later and weeks of living with a moon boot has finally passed. Welcome back to the peloton Bad Johnny !.

Eric Dole & Marty Wright @ 21 Sept @ the Ku Ring Gai Chase National Park near McCarrs Creek Rd

News Shorts - 16 September

Amy Gillett Gran Fondo @ Lorne @ 15 Sept - Marty Wright, Ian Grainger, Graham Cocks & Karl Hoad

Amy Gillett Gran Fondo @ Lorne @ 15 Sept - Gran Fondo start with Marty Wright on the right

Amy Gillett Gran Fondo @ Lorne @ 15 Sept - Ian Grainger near the finish in Lorne

Amy Gillett Gran Fondo @ Lorne @ 15 Sept - Marty Wright before the start in Lorne

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Amy Gillett Weekend @ Lorne Vic @ 14&15 Sept - A good sized BiciSport peloton lined up in Lorne with Mike Lawson racing the “gravel” race over 60k on the Saturday (finishing a strong second) and the Amy G event on the Sunday featuring Brett Cocks, Karl Hoad, Ian Grainger, Marty Wright & Graham Cocks. Brett Cocks finished 15th outright for an outstanding result

• Race conditions on the Sunday were ideal with early mild temperatures and light winds. The course involved a steady 11k climb immediately out of Lorne towards Birregurra then anti clockwise to Skenes Creek then back down on the coast at the Great Ocean Road. Conditions turned blustery & damp at Birregurra after 50k and the light drizzle continued until the finish in Lorne.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 21-22 Sept - Dungog Pedalfest (NSW), NSW Masters Road Championships (Cioffs Harbour)

• 22 Sept - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Pilu Freshwater-Bear Cottage Charity Ride - October 13

  • Start Finish is at Pilu Freshwater then Church Point & return to Pilu Freshwater.

• Bowral Classic - October 20

• with Stewart Campbell & Team Happy Wheels

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term in session

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 17 & 19 September

  • 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

• 18 September

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

  • Dunc Grey Velodrome Winter Training Group @ 7pm @ 160 laps (40k) - Fast & Slow groups

• 19 September

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 21 September

  • Cnr Mill Park Street & Walker St Rhodes (at the Cafe) @ Rhodes @ 8.00am (6 x 10k loops around SOPA). 

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

RAW Track @ DGV @ 13 Sept - Davide Van Der Browne has been a RAW Track stalwart since the beginning of time. Well done Davide and the Ghent 6 beckons !!

RAW Track @ DGV @ 13 Sept - Davide van der Browne sitting 4th wheel in the motor paced event at DGV

News Shorts - 9 September

NSW Masters ITT Championships @ Gunning @ 7 Sept - Mike Lawson warms up in freezing conditions

NSW Masters ITT Championships @ Gunning @ 7 Sept - Mike Lawson (Masters M7) on his way to 4th place (missing out on the podium by just 0.5secs)

Masters ITT Championships @ Gunning @ 7 Sept - Graham Cockerton (M6) on the startline in miserable conditions with wind gusts to 65kph.

Masters ITT Championships @ Gunning @ 7 Sept - Graham Cockerton (M6) on the podium for the Silver medal.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS - RUTH STRAPP IN POZNAN, POLAND

• Ruth Strapp reports from the UCI World Gran Fondo Championships …. having just returned from the Gran Fondo World Championship in Poznan (Poland), this trip would not have been possible without the fantastic support from BiciSport, one of my local training groups, sponsorship from the company Redtek as well as family, friends and colleagues, for which I am extremely grateful.

• After qualifying in Bathurst, I did 12 weeks solid preparation, training 6 days a week- 11-12 hours per week ride time incorporating weekly racing at Club and State level. Lucky for me, I was able to have a training program written up by one of the best local riders around Newcastle in Sam Hill.

• The training program included a couple of 60-90min sessions a week on the indoor smart trainer holding specified power to work aerobic and anaerobic systems. Generally sprint training early in the week after a rest day, then endurance and racing on the weekends. It was a bit of a juggle with work and kids with some very early morning sessions but I really enjoyed training hard. Despite not getting results in racing (I think because I was frequently fatigued) I could feel and see the training paying off.

• In Poznan, I was able to check out most of the course before the event which was advantageous. In the early part of the 151km race I felt pretty rubbish, it was 32 degrees and was still getting over the long travel. For the most part though, I felt the training had prepared me. Despite taking a third bidon, I ran out of water as I missed the bidon at the water station and had to ask dropped riders from other age cats for hand outs. In spite of not having experience in races even near to the distance of 150km, being flat was a big plus for this fairly solid rider.

• Coming into the sprint, I wasn’t terribly well positioned amongst some pretty experienced women. A lot of yelling and tram tracks 1&1/2 m over a ledge to my left, didn’t aid my confidence. Finally, positioned on the left of the peloton there was an ambulance within 150m of the finish line, meaning I didn’t even get out of the saddle for the sprint. In the end I finished 24th out of 48 starters in my age group. A fantastic experience and great to be able to share some of it Melissa and Peter Budd.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 10 Sept - CA One Cycling Presentation (Sydney City)

• 13 Sept - RAW Track @ 7.30pm @ DGV

• 14-15 Sept - Amy Gillett Gran Fondo Weekend (Cycling Australia)

• 15 Sept - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Amy Gillet Gran Fondo - September 15 & 16

  • 10 BiciSport riders are doing the Amy Gillett Gran Fondo in September

• Pilu Freshwater-Bear Cottage Charity Ride - October 13

  • Start Finish is at Pilu Freshwater then Church Point & return to Pilu Freshwater.

• Bowral Classic - October 20

  • with Stewart Campbell & Team Happy Wheels

Masters ITT Championships @ Gunning @ 7 Sept - Randolph Baral on the start line & headed for 5th place in M5

Masters ITT Championships @ Gunning @ 7 Sept - Dom Zumbo on a cracking ride for a strong 8th place in M6

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term in session

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 10 & 12 September

  • 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

• 11 September

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

  • Dunc Grey Velodrome Winter Training Group @ 7pm @ 160 laps (40k) - Fast & Slow groups

• 12 September

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 14 September

  • Cnr Mill Park Street & Walker St Rhodes (at the Cafe) @ Rhodes @ 8.00am (6 x 10k loops around SOPA). 

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

News Shorts - 2 September

UCI 2019 Gran Fondo World Championships (Poznan, Poland) - Ruth Strapp & Peter Budd (BiciSport)

UCI 2019 Gran Fondo World Championships (Poznan, Poland) - Ruth Strapp at the start

UCI 2019 Gran Fondo World Championships (Poznan, Poland) - Peter Budd at the start

2019 GRAN FONDO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - POZNAN POLAND

• Both Peter Budd & Ruth Strapp contested the 2019 Championships

  • Prelude - Naturally, both riders did a pre race circuit recce. The long loop circuit was 151k long with lots of twists & turns. The road surface varied from super smooth to really bad … lots of wheel breaking potholes. Temperatures were set at 32 degrees. The big news was that Ruth has to race 151k !! … when all of the pre race advertising was more like 107k. Similar weird decisions for the Team Relay (set for Thursday) but was somehow abruptly cancelled (??). The Polish people were especially friendly.

  • Race day

    • Peter Budd was 41k into the Championship (approx 25th-30th position in the peloton) and there happened to be an unmanned concrete traffic island in the middle of the road. Nobody called it out so I went over it. We were doing 50kph at the time and had averaged 44kph for the first 40k. So the collarbone is broken and a visit to a Polish hospital was never on the list of things to do. Other than a cracked helmet, shredded jersey & knicks and a busted body all is good. See you all at Amy Gillett Gran Fondo in Lorne.

    • Ruth Strapp finished 24 out of 38 in her age category but still happy to finish in the leading bunch sprint. Two age categories were together - so close to 70 riders vying for position in the final sprint. It was hectic to say the least with lots of shouting and then an ambulance on the left just 150m from the finish line (and I was on the left). Conditions were 30-:32 degrees and cross winds. I feel so grateful for all the support I’ve received to get here. Thanks especially to Redtek, Bicisport, Townsend Oval Crew, my partner Rhett and his mum Annette, Sam Hill, my sister Madonna, my Mum and to the many other friends, family and work colleagues that have made donations to enable me to get to Poland. A feel very privileged to have had this opportunity. For all the encouragement I’ve received from friends and family I am very grateful.

UCI World Gran Fondo Championships (Poznan, Poland) @ 1 Sept - Peter Budd’s jersey took a battering after the Battle of Poznan

M7 CYCLEPATH NEWS

• For those amongst us who use the M7 Cyclepath from time time, it has become very handy to park up at the BP on Wallgrove Rd and enter the M7 Cyclepath from that vantage point. Be warned, cyclists who park there now will see their car towed away.

• Other car parking options for M7 cyclists are currently under review (watch this space).

RACING THIS WEEK

• 6 Sept - RAW Track @ 7.30pm @ DGV

• 7-8 Sept - Goulburn Weekend (CycNSW) - ITT Championships & Gunning Road Races

• 8 Sept - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), West Head Road Race (Manly Warringah)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

New Special Events added or updated on the BiciSport website now include -

• Goulburn Weekend - September 7 & 8

  • For the ITT on the Saturday & Road Races on the Sunday

  • BiciSport starters Stewart Campbell, Mike Lawson, Randolph Baral, Graham Cockerton & Dom Zumbo

• Amy Gillet Gran Fondo - September 15 & 16

  • 10 BiciSport riders are doing the Amy Gillett Gran Fondo in September

• Beers & Gears Cyclosportive (Wagga) - October 6

  • includes the Filthy 50 and the Dirty 130

• Pilu Freshwater-Bear Cottage Charity Ride - October 13

  • Start Finish is at Pilu Freshwater then Church Point & return to Pilu Freshwater.

• Bowral Classic - October 20

  • with Stewart Campbell & Team Happy Wheels

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - FOR FURTHER DETAILS PLEASE CONTACT 0417 403 244  

*  Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School Term in session

*  Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … taking longer to resolve than the Operation Puerto cycling drug bust !

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening has commenced with a completion date of 2022.

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 3 & 5 September

  • 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

• 4 September

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

  • Dunc Grey Velodrome Winter Training Group @ 7pm @ 160 laps (40k) - Fast & Slow groups

• 5 September

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. 

  • Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 7 September

  • Cnr Mill Park Street & Walker St Rhodes (at the Cafe) @ Rhodes @ 8.00am (6 x 10k loops around SOPA). 

  • BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Paris Roubaix 1983 - …. it was a bit difficult ….