News Shorts - 6 December

Bowral Classic this coming Sunday 12 December - the best cyclosportive in the country launches on Saturday with a criterium around Bowral on the Saturday afternoon (around Bradman Oval) then the main cyclosportive on the Sunday commences in the Bowral main street from 6.30am, finishing at nearby Loseby Park (near the Bowral Hospital)

BiciSport is taking a good sized peloton of team members to Tumut on January 9. This is a great cyclo over some delightful country roads just outside Tumut. Details in the Special Events section of this website.

The European road season has finished but Milan San Remo is just over three months away … can’t wait

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW ROAD CALENDAR FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW road calendar for the 2022 season has now been posted on the Calendar & Special Events section of this website

RACE CANCELLATIONS DRAWING TO A CLOSE

• The current event cancellations & changes include -

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Heffron Park Retro Celebration - Feb 22 (date to be confirmed)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

  • Drops & Hoods (Jindabyne, NSW) - moved to Dec 22

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 7 Dec - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums (until 21 Dec)

• 11 Dec - Bowral Classic Criteriums (Bowral, NSW)

• 12 Dec

  • Bowral Classic Cyclosportive (Bowral, NSW)

  • Fitz’s Challenge Cyclosportive (Canberra, ACT)

  • The Wall Handicap (West Head, NSW)

  • Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 7 Dec

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 8 Dec

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

• Thurs 9 Dec

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 10 Dec - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 12 Dec - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Caja Rural Professional Cycling Team (Spain) - 1987-2021

Caja Rural is a Spanish Rural Bank (Caja means bank) and Seguros is insurance, AKAI was stereos. Bikes have been Fuji, Orbea, De Rosa or Vivelo.

A Spanish team of note but a bit of a mixed bag results wise in the more current years. In the early years the team was definitely top tier and the team rode several Tours of Italy, France & Spain with several international riders. Wins of note being the 1985 Tour of Spain with Pedro Delgado. In the current years its now in the middle tier with a complete Spanish team roster with limited results.

Prominent riders were Pedro Delgado, Matthieu Hermans (sprinrer), Marino Lejarreta (Tour rider) and aussies Hodge & Stephens.

Caja Rural Professional Cycling Team - Matthieu Hermans

Caja Rural Professional Cycling Team - Marino Lejarreta (… riding Campagnolo “Delta” brakes he couldn’t stop anyway so winning came naturally …)

News Shorts - 29 November

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) in the M7 breakaway that gapped the peloton by nearly 2 minutes

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Eric Dole takes 3rd on the M7 podium

NSW Masters Criterium Championship @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Ian Grainger (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) on the charge in the M9 Criterium

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Ian Grainger finished 2nd in the M9 criterium

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing) was attentive throughout and finished 6th

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Matt Coy after the finish

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Randolph Baral in a solo breakaway in M5

BiciSport Everesting Challenge @ 21 Nov - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels) completed the ultimate “Everesting” challenge over 16 hours 31 minutes on a home trainer in Newport !. Thats a 5.15am start until a 9.45pm finish. Total distance was 240k and that equals 9 ascents of Alpe D’Huez (on Swift). That’s 9700m of elevation.

Tom consumed a kilo of home made rice cakes, a loaf of marmalade sandwiches, some cold pizza, at least a dozen bidons and a lot of coffee. Tom had great support from his family, plus BiciSport team mates Dudley Hoskin & Mike Lawson.

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 23 Nov - The form of Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) has been on a steady upward trajectory for a few weeks now. So picking up a rewarding B grade victory was going to happen, and it did.

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 23 Nov - Rolly Delaytz (left)

BiciSport Belgium @ Aalter Cyclo Cross @ 21 Nov - Koen Verhulst (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) in the Flanders mud

BiciSport Belgium @ Aalter Cyclo Cross @ 21 Nov - Koen Verhulst

BiciSport Belgium @ Aalter Cyclo Cross @ 21 Nov - Briek Verhulst before the start of his first competitive event at Aalter

BiciSport Belgium @ Aalter Cyclo Cross @ 21 Nov - Briek Verhulst

BiciSport Belgium @ Aalter Cyclo Cross @ 21 Nov - Briek Verhulst

Creswick (Vic) Cyclo Cross @ 27 Nov - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) takes second in C grade

Waratah Masters @ Heffron Park @ 28 Nov - Craig Pager (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) took a fine 3rd in A grade. Craig rode off the front a few times but it was resolved in a bunch sprint.

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• Another day another date change on the race calendar ….

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW ROAD CALENDAR FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW road calendar for the 2022 season has now been posted on the Calendar & Special Events section of this website

RACE CANCELLATIONS SLOWLY DRAWING TO A CLOSE

• The current event cancellations & changes include -

  • Tour of Bright (Vic) - 3-5 Dec (cancelled)

  • AusCycling National Cyclo Cross Championships (Creswick, Vic) - cancelled

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Heffron Park Retro Celebration - Feb 22 (date to be confirmed)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

  • Drops & Hoods (Jindabyne, NSW) - moved to Dec 22

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for any further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 4 Dec - Lake St Clair Charity Ride (Singleton)

• 5 Dec

  • Waratah Masters (Eastern Creek)

  • Downes Nursery Classic (Camden, NSW)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 30 Nov

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 1 Dec

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

• Thurs 2 Dec

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 3 Dec - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 4 Dec - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

RMO Professional Cycling Team (France) - 1986-92

RMO was a French employment agency (Relation Main d’Oeuvre), framsets were Meral Liberia (again French), groupsets were Mavic (French). Team management was Bernard Thevenet (won two Tours de France) and Jacques Michaud. Ironically RMO themselves went broke at the end of 1992 and put numerous team members out into the world of unemployment.

A team full of classy riders but victories were really not there, somehow it was lacking something. Yes, Thierry Claveyrolet won the Mountain Jersey at the 1990 Tour de France and Marc Madiot won the 1991 Paris Roubaix but …… . Other very good riders were Charly Mottet, Paul Sherwin, Michel Vermote, Bernard Vallet (won the Bordeaux Paris derny race), Jean Claude Colotti, Paul Kimmage (now a well regarded journalist), Pascal Lino and the aussie Clayton Stevenson.

RMO Professional Cycling Team - Marc Madiot in Paris Roubaix

RMO Professional Cycling Team - Robert Millar (left), Charly Mottet (RMO) & Pedro Delgado at the Tour de France

News Shorts - 22 November

Heffron Park Tuesday @ 16 Nov - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels - second on right of picture) sprints for the overall win and takes second in B grade

Heffron Park Tuesday @ 16 Nov - Rolly Delaytz

Heffron Park Tuesday @ 16 Nov - Rolly Delaytz

Heffron Park Tuesday @ 16 Nov - Rolly Delaytz

BiciSport Belgium @ Kortijk Cyclo Cross - Koen Verhulst (BiciSport Belgium) on the start line

BiciSport Belgium @ Kortijk Cyclo Cross - Koen Verhulst

BiciSport Belgium @ Kortijk Cyclo Cross - Koen Verhulst

BiciSport Belgium @ Kortijk Cyclo Cross - Koen Verhulst

The Gent 6 Day event rocks on at the T’Kuipe velodrome in Gent (finishing last night)

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• Another day another date change on the race calendar ….

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

BOORALIE RD RESURFACED NEAR JAPANESE SCHOOL

• Booralie Rd towards Duffys Forest has been resurfaced between the Japanese School and the Golf Club. Thank you the Covid Fairy.

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW VELODROME CALENDAR 21-22 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW Track calendar is now posted on the Calendar section of this website

NSW ROAD CALENDAR FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW road calendar for the 2022 season has now been posted on the Calendar & Special Events section of this website

NSW MASTERS CRITERIUM CHAMPIONSHIPS NOW 28 NOVEMBER AT WARATAH PARK SUTHERLAND

• The latest event cancellations & changes now include -

  • Tour of Tasmania - 24-28 Nov (cancelled)

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • NSW Masters Criterium Champs (moved) - 28 Nov @ Waratah Park Sutherland

  • Tour of Bright (Vic) - 3-5 Dec (cancelled)

  • AusCycling National Cyclo Cross Championships (Creswick, Vic) - cancelled

  • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to Dec 5

  • National Masters Road Championships (Ballarat) - moved to 12-15 January

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Heffron Park Retro Celebration - Feb 22 (date to be confirmed)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for any further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 27 Nov - Sprint GP (Dunc Grey Velodrome)

• 28 Nov

  • NSW Masters Criterium Championships (Waratah Park, Sutherland)

    • BiciSport starters - Matt Coy, Ian Grainger, Eric Dole, John Roberts, Randolph Baral

  • Waratah Masters Criterium @ Lansdowne Park

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 23 Nov

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 24 Nov

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

• Thurs 25 Nov

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 26 Nov - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 27 Nov - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Gitane Frigecreme Cycling Team (France) - 1972-73

Bikes were Gitane and Frigecreme were ice cream (both French).

French to the core but the only results came via the non French riders in Joop Zoetemelk (at the 1973 Tour de France) and Michael Wright (UK born but lived all his life in France). Results were few & far between except for Joop and the team became Sonolor Gitane in 1974.

News Shorts - 15 November

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Conditions were bleak at the start for Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing)

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing)

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Ian Grainger (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - John Roberts (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Randolph Baral (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing) leads the M6 peloton over the Cullerin Ridge climb in steady rain

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Matt Coy (left) just before a puncture ended his day

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - If Saturday was considered “bleak” then lets add Sunday into the mix. It was plain awful. Randolph Baral (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on far right of this picture probably had the best of the weather, but a puncture still ended his day before it really started

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - The picture of Darren Benson (left) and Tom Green doesn’t do the conditions justice. Gale force winds and rain were the order of the day

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Mike Lawson on the start line

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Ian Cocks (BiciSport Pilu Racing) in a rare glimpse of sunshine

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Ian Grainger at the finish

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Eric Dole took the best placed BiciSport placing of 4th in his category

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning @ 13-14 Nov - Tom Green at the Road Race finish

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• Another day another date change on the race calendar ….

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

BOORALIE RD RESURFACED NEAR JAPANESE SCHOOL

• Booralie Rd towards Duffys Forest has been resurfaced between the Japanese School and the Golf Club. Thank you the Covid Fairy.

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW VELODROME CALENDAR 21-22 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW Track calendar is now posted on the Calendar section of this website

NSW ROAD CALENDAR FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW road calendar for the 2022 season has now been posted on the Calendar & Special Events section of this website

NATIONAL CYCLO CROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CRESWICK VIC CANCELLED

• The latest event cancellations & changes now include -

  • Tour of Tasmania - 24-28 Nov (cancelled)

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • NSW Masters Criterium Champs (moved) - 28 Nov @ Waratah Park Sutherland

  • Tour of Bright (Vic) - 3-5 Dec (cancelled)

  • AusCycling National Cyclo Cross Championships (Creswick, Vic) - cancelled

  • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to Dec 5

  • National Masters Road Championships (Ballarat) - moved to 12-15 January

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Heffron Park Retro Celebration - Feb 22 (date to be confirmed)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for any further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 19 Nov - HART Criteriums start @ St Ives Driver Training

• 20 Nov - Go for Broke Charity Ride

• 20-21 Nov - Bathurst/Orange Track Opens

• 21 Nov - Waratah Masters Criterium @ Lansdowne Park, Mt Ku Ring Gai Criterium (Northern Sydney)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 16 Nov

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 17 Nov

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

• Thurs 18 Nov

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 19 Nov - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 20 Nov - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Wiels Groene Leeuw Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1945-69

Hard core Belgian with a focus on the single day Classics but they did win the 1960 Tour of Spain with Frans De Mulder. Wiels made a delightful beer, Groen Leeuw (Green Lion) made the bikes.

Besides the win in Spain in 1960 it was really all about the Classics … with wins at Paris Roubaix, Ghent Wevelgem and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne & World Road Championships when Beheyt double crossed his team leader Rik Van Looy (nothing beats a good team scandal).. Supporting team members were Noel Fore, Walter Godefroot, Eric de Vlaeminck, Stan Ockers and Martin Van den Bossche.

Wiels Groen Leeuw - Benoni Beheyt “steals” the 1963 World Road Race Championship in Belgium (at Ronse) from his Belgian team mate ! ! ! …. the scandal still lives on

Wiels Groen Leeuw - 1964 Tour de France

Wiels Groene Leeuw - 1964 Tour de France

News Shorts - 8 November

Queensland Masters Cyclo Cross Championships - Klayton Smith (BiciSport Happy Wheels) took Gold

Queensland Masters Cyclo Cross Championships - Klayton Smith mid race

Heffron Park Saturday Criterium @ 30 Oct - Jeremy Hopson (BiciSport Pilu Racing) in the thick of the action at Heffron

Heffron Park Criterium @ 5 Nov - John Roberts (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) and Randolph Baral

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 2 Nov - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the start line for round one of 45kph rough and tumble

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 2 Nov - Rolly Delaytz mid race

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 2 Nov - Rolly Delaytz crashed near the finish but still managed a light pedal for recovery the next day. Speedy recovery Rolly.

West Head Individual Time Trial @ 7 Nov - Travis Shields (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

West Head Individual Time Trial @ 7 Nov - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

West Head Individual Time Trial @ 7 Nov - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning recce ride @ 2 Nov - With the township of Gunning in the background both Mike Lawson (left) and Eric Dole head for Breadalbane on the out lap.

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning recce ride @ 2 Nov - Eric Dole (left), Randolph Baral , Mike Lawson

NSW Masters Championships @ Gunning recce ride @ 2 Nov - outside the tiny Breadalbane Church with Eric Dole, Randolph Baral & Mike Lawson

Sandstone Cafe @ Terrey Hills @ 6 Nov - L to R … Richard, Marty, Nigel, Neil, Ian & Eric

BiciSport Belgium @ 6 Nov - Maarten Verhulst doing a charity roller ride for cancer at his local school

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• Another day another date change on the race calendar ….

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

BOORALIE RD RESURFACED NEAR JAPANESE SCHOOL

• Booralie Rd towards Duffys Forest has been resurfaced between the Japanese School and the Golf Club. Thank you the Covid Fairy.

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW VELODROME CALENDAR 21-22 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW Track calendar is now posted on the Calendar section of this website

NSW ROAD CALENDAR FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW road calendar for the 2022 season has now been posted on the Calendar & Special Events section of this website

NSW MASTERS ROAD CHAMPS on 13-14 NOVEMBER

• Best wishes to the BiciSport starters at Gunning in Ian Cocks, Jeremy Hopson, Ian Grainger, Eric Dole, Matt Coy, Mike Lawson, Darren Benson, John Roberts, Tom Green & Randolph Baral

NATIONAL CYCLO CROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CRESWICK VIC CANCELLED

• The latest event cancellations & changes now include -

  • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov (now includes Elites & Masters)

  • Tour of Tasmania - 24-28 Nov (cancelled)

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of Bright (Vic) - 3-5 Dec (cancelled)

  • AusCycling National Cyclo Cross Championships (Creswick, Vic) - cancelled

  • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to Dec 5

  • National Masters Road Championships (Ballarat) - moved to 12-15 January

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Heffron Park Retro Celebration - Feb 22 (date to be confirmed)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 12 Nov - HART Criteriums start @ St Ives Driver Training

• 13-14 Nov - NSW Elite & Masters State Road Championships @ Gunning

• 14 Nov - Waratah Masters Criterium @ Lansdowne Park

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 9 Nov

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 10 Nov

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

• Thurs 11 Nov

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 12 Nov - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 13 Nov - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

TVM Van Schilt Professional Cycling Team (Netherlands) - 1988-2000

TVM was transport and still is - you’ll still regularly see TVM semi trailers on the motorways around Ghent & Antwerp. Other sponsors were Bison, Ragno & Adesital. Framesets were Zullo (Italian) or Gazelle (Dutch). Groupsets were Shimano. Sport Director was Cees Priem.

Definitely a team in the Dutch-Belgian Classics mode with the ability to pick up stage wins in any major Grand Tour. Team members were a classy lot - Johan Capiot (Het Volk), Robert Millar, Phil Anderson, Scott Sunderland, Jesper Skibby, Jeroen Blijevens, Tristan Hoffman, Lars Michaelsen, Peter Van Petegem (Flanders & Het Volk), Servais Knaven, Henrik Redant, Robbie McEwen, Geert Van Bondt, (Ghent Wevelgem), Gert Jan Theuinisse and Steven Rooks. The death sentence for the team was the drug induced 1998 Tour de France and team closure beckoned in 2000.

Peter Van Petegem (TVM) - his Classics season started in late February and was all over by the Paris Roubaix in mid April … the rest of the year was irrelevant

Gert Jan Theinisse (TVM) - talented but ….

Phil Anderson (TVM) - could win any race in the world up to 10 days duration, and did just that.

Henrik Redant (TVM) - it was all about the Classics, and after retirement became a noted Sports Director.

Scott Sunderland & Gert Jan Theinisse (TVM)

News Shorts - 1 November

Sutherland Waratah Park Criterium @ 31 Oct - Craig Pager (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) rode B grade. A big field so hard to get position, but Craig finally worked his way to the front. With two laps to go Craig hit the front and jumped across to a single breakaway rider. At the bell lap the peloton closed down the gap and Craig finished in the peloton.

Ian Grainger & Mike Lawson rode C grade at Lansdowne Park with 37 starters in C grade for a 37kph average.

Heffron Park Criteriums @ 30 Oct - Randolph Baral (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Heffron Park Criterium @ 30 Oct - Randolph Baral

In the spirit of animal equality its time for the Brooklyn Chewing Gum wonder dog

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• Another day another date change on the race calendar ….

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

BOORALIE RD RESURFACED NEAR JAPANESE SCHOOL

• Booralie Rd towards Duffys Forest has been resurfaced between the Japanese School and the Golf Club. Thank you the Covid Fairy.

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW VELODROME CALENDAR 21-22 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW Track calendar is now posted on the Calendar section of this website

NSW ROAD CALENDAR for 2022 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW road calendar for the 2022 season has now been posted on the Calendar & Special Events section of this website

NSW MASTERS ROAD CHAMPS MOVED TO 13-14 NOVEMBER

NATIONAL CYCLO CROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN CRESWICK VIC CANCELLED

• The latest event cancellations & changes now include -

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov

  • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov (now includes Elites & Masters)

  • Tour of Tasmania - 24-28 Nov (cancelled)

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of Bright (Vic) - 3-5 Dec (cancelled)

  • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to Dec 5

  • National Masters Road Championships (Ballarat) - moved to 12-15 January

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Heffron Park Retro Celebration - Feb 22 (date to be confirmed)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK - RACING RESUMES 31 OCTOBER

• 2 Nov - Heffron Park Criteriums Tuesday Night Criteriums are back ! !

• 7 Nov - West Head Individual Time Trials resume at West Head on 7 November

• 12 Nov - HART Criteriums start at St Ives Driver Training

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 2 Nov

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 3 Nov

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

• Thurs 4 Nov

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 5 Nov - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 6 Nov - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Miko-Mercier-Hutchinson Pro Cycling Team (France) - 1935-84

Rich in history, rich in results, this was one super team. They won both Classics & Tours and they won every race worthy of note. Sponsors were Miko (ice cream) Mercier (bikes), Hutchinson (tyres), Fagor (kitchen appliances), GAN (insurance), Vivagel, COOP (supermarkets), Hoonved (washing machines), BP (petrol). Groupsets were Campagnolo.

Team members of legendary note were endless … Antonin Magne, Louison Bobet, Raymond Poulidor, Cyrille Guimard, Joop Zoetmelk, Barry Hoban, Briek Schotte, Marcel Kint, Rik Van Steenbergen, Fred de Bruyne, Roger Swerts, Raymond Impanis, Raymond Riotte, Cees Bal & Kim Anderson.

Miko Mercier - Joop Zoetmelk (left) & Raymond Poulidor fronted a classy team

Miko Mercier - Barry Hoban wins another bunch sprint

Barry Hoban wins the Frankfurt Grand Prix in 1966

News Shorts - 25 October

Penrith Lakes ITT @ 23 Oct - Tom Gteen (BiciSport Happy Wheels) before the start

Penrith Lakes ITT @ 23 Oct - Tom Green

Penrith Lakes ITT @ 23 Oct - Tom Green with Penrith Lakes as a backdrop

Lansdowne Park Criteriums resume on Sunday 31 October

Heffron Park Criteriums commence Tuesday 2 November

West Head Time Trials commence Sunday 7 November on the West Head Road

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• Another day another date change on the race calendar ….

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

BOORALIE RD RESURFACED NEAR JAPANESE SCHOOL

• Booralie Rd towards Duffys Forest has been resurfaced between the Japanese School and the Golf Club. Thank you the Covid Fairy.

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30am

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW VELODROME CALENDAR ANNOUNCED

• The NSW Track calendar is now posted on the Calendar section of this website

NSW MASTERS ROAD CHAMPS MOVED TO 13-14 NOVEMBER

• The latest event cancellations & changes now include -

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov

  • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov (now includes Elites & Masters)

  • Tour of Tasmania - 24-28 Nov (cancelled)

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of Bright (Vic) - 3-5 Dec (cancelled)

  • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to Dec 5

  • National Masters Road Championships (Ballarat) - moved to 12-15 January

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Heffron Park Retro Celebration - Feb 22 (date to be confirmed)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK - RACING RESUMES 31 OCTOBER

• 31 Oct - Waratah Masters resume at Lansdowne Park on 31 October

• 2 Nov - Heffron Park Criteriums Tuesday Night Criteriums are back ! !

• 7 Nov - West Head Individual Time Trials resume at West Head on 7 November

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 26 Oct

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 27 Oct

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

• Thurs 28 Oct

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 29 Oct - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 30 Oct - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Fangio-Tonissteiner-OM Trucks-Mavic Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1979-86

Something of a low budget team that survived from 1979-86 with moderate results but worthy of a closer look. Fangio made Belgian bikes, Sapeco, Marc, EcoTurbo, Tonissteiner was mineral water, OM Trucks were just that & Mavic provided the groupsets. Team manager was ex-pro Wilfred Reybrouck. Dark green team kit reminds one of the current dull & somewhat boring Rapha style kit paraded around your local Aussie suburb.

A team focused on the Belgian kermesse (criterium style) racing calendar with the odd invite to a local Belgian Classic or two. Kermesse riders were Edwin Bafcop, Gary Wiggins (father of) and Michel Vaarten, with a more Belgian Classic squad in Rudy Matthijs, Michel Dernies, Eric Van Lancker & Willy Tackaert.

News Shorts - 18 October

BiciSport @ Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills @ 16 Oct - L to R … Raoul, Eric, Karl, Sam, Ian, Tony, Tom, Nigel & Marty

BiciSport @ Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills @ 16 Oct - Sam Green, Tom Green & Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

St Ives Retirees in Lockdown @ 10 Oct - L to R … Steve, Frank, Tony, birthday boy Peter Davis (BiciSport Anytime Fitness), Mark & Derrick.

BiciSport @ Terrey Hills @ 17 Oct - Dudley, Conor, Tim, Tom, Mike, Suzy & Darren

BiciSport Belgium @ 16 Oct - Koen Verhulst at the start of the Deinze Cyclocross in Flanders

BiciSport Belgium @ 16 Oct - Koen Verhulst after finishing the Deinze Cyclocross in Flanders

BiciSport Belgium @ 16 Oct - Koen Verhulst midway through the Deinze cyclocross

BiciSport Belgium @ 16 Oct - Koen Verhulst at Deinze

BiciSport Belgium @ 18 Oct - Briek Verhulst in his Anytime Fitness kit

BOORALIE RD RESURFACED NEAR JAPANESE SCHOOL

• Booralie Rd towards Duffys Forest has been resurfaced between the Japanese School and the Golf Club. Thank you the Covid Fairy.

SAYING HELLO IS NOW REAL

• Real people, tall buildings, real motor traffic jams …. the things you crave for ! !.

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW VELODROME CALENDAR ANNOUNCED

• The NSW Track calendar is now posted on the Calendar section of this website

NSW MASTERS ROAD CHAMPS MOVED TO 13-14 NOVEMBER

• The latest event cancellations & changes now include -

  • Classic Bike Show (Lidcombe Oval) - 24 Oct (cancelled)

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov

  • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov (now includes Elites & Masters)

  • Tour of Tasmania - 24-28 Nov (cancelled)

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of Bright (Vic) - 3-5 Dec (cancelled)

  • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to Dec 5

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK - RACING RESUMES 31 OCTOBER

• 31 Oct - Waratah Masters resume at Lansdowne Park

• 2 Nov - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums are go

• 7 Nov - West Head Individual Time Trials resume at West Head

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES RESUME 12 OCTOBER

• Tues 19 Oct

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 20 Oct

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

• Thurs 21 Oct

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 23 Oct - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Hertekamp Magniflex Novy Professional Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1970-73

Nothing like having your main sponsor (Hertekamp) being a gin style seriously alcoholic beverage ... that’ll take the leg pain away !!. Magniflex made bedding/mattresses, Novy was a Belgian bike frameset manufacturer with both Shimano/Campagnolo the groupsets.

The Hertekamp team’s main claim to fame was riding the Tour of Italy in 1970 & 71 (hence the Italian sponsor in Magniflex) and the Tour of Spain in 1971. The team roster rotated through 45 riders in 3 years and included Aussie legend Rob Whetters (1973), plus Jose De Cauwer (went to TI Raleigh), Wilfred Wesemael (also to TI Raleigh), Noel Van Clooster, Willy de Geest, Roland Desmet & Noel Van Tyghem. The most notable team members were Rik Van Linden (a future Classics super star at Bianchi) and Georges Pintens (one of the few riders on a good day to challenge Eddy Merckx)

Roland Desmet

Georges Pintens (Hertekamp) leads Eddy Merckx at the Leige Bastogne Leige Classic

Georges Pintens takes another victory

Eddy Merckx (right) leads a Hertekamp team rider

A very classy breakaway with Hertekamp & Molteni that included (L to R) … Noel Van Tyghem, Herman Van Springel (Molteni), Georges Pintens & Eddy Merckx (Molteni)

Hertekamp Magniflex Novy Professional Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1970-73

News Shorts - 11 October

Centennial Park @ 2 Oct - Rolly Delaytz & Darren Benson (BiciSport Happy Wheels) doing the rounds of Centennial Park

Centennial Park @ 2 Oct

Muro de Avalon (Wall of Avalon) @ 10 Oct - Tom Green takes the ultimate selfie at Riveria Ave Avalon “which is so steep even the koalas have to walk”

Muro de Collaroy @ 10 Oct - another day another Muro to conquer and Tom Green loads up on caffeine before (or after ?) the ascent of Alexander St Collaroy (just off the Collaroy beachfront)

BiciSport Belgium Cyclocross @ 3 Oct - Koen Verhulst finished 12th in his first cyclocross event of the Flanders season

Sandstone Cafe is open for business from today …. for breakfast, lunch & dinner. BiciSport meet there every Saturday @ 9.30am for coffee. All welcome.

SANDSTONE CAFE AT TERREY HILLS REOPENS ON 11 OCTOBER

• A time to catch up with friends and team mates after weeks of isolation. BiciSport meets at Sandstone at 9.30am every Saturday.

BOORALIE RD RESURFACED NEAR JAPANESE SCHOOL

• Booralie Rd towards Duffys Forest has been resurfaced between the Japanese School and the Golf Club. Thank you the Covid Fairy.

SAYING HI SOON TO BE REAL

• Real people, tall buildings, real motor traffic jams …. the things you crave for ! !.

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW VELODROME CALENDAR ANNOUNCED

• The NSW Track calendar is now posted on the Calendar section of this website

TOUR OF BRIGHT JOINS THE CANCELLATIONS LIST & NSW MASTERS ROAD CHAMPS TO 13-14 NOVEMBER

• The latest event cancellations & changes now include -

  • Classic Bike Show (Lidcombe Oval) - 24 Oct (postponed date TBC)

  • NSW Masters Road Championships (Singleton) - 29-31 Oct (cancelled)

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov

  • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov - now includes Elites & Masters

  • Tour of Tasmania - 24-28 Nov (cancelled)

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to Dec 5

  • Tour of Bright (Vic) - 3-5 Dec (cancelled)

  • Bowral Classic Cyclosportive - moved to 11-12 Dec

  • Fitzs Challenge (ACT - moved to 12 Dec

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• Currently there is no racing available

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES RESUME 12 OCTOBER

• Tues 12 Oct

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 13 Oct

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

• Thurs 14 Oct

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 16 Oct - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

DAF Professional Cycling Team - 1979-83

Dutch to the core and a strange sponsorship mix of DAF (truck manufacturer), Cote D’Or (chocolates) and TeVe Blad (a weekly TV magazine). Framesets were either Lejeune, Gazelle or Rossin, with Campagnolo the groupset of choice. Team management was legendary Fred De Bruyne and Jose De Cauwer.

Team membership was loaded with talent and results flowed - Gerrie Van Gerwen (World Amateur Road Champion), Rene Martens (won Tour of Flanders 1982), Luc Colijn, Guy Nulens, Eddy Schepers, Willy Tackert, Guido Van Calster, Roger De Vlaeminck (pictured above as Belgian Champion), Adri Van Der Poel, Rik Van Linden, Dirk Heirweg & Hennie Kuiper (won both Tour of Flanders and Tour of Lombardy in 1981).

Hennie Kuiper takes victory at the Tour of Lombardy 1981

Hennie Kuiper (DAF) at Paris Roubaix

Hennie Kuiper (DAF) at Paris Roubaix on the team Rossin frameset

Rene Martens (DAF) takes the 1982 Tour of Flanders.

Hennie Kuiper (DAF) at the Tour de France sponsored by trucks & chocolates

Roger De Vlaeminck (DAF) at Leige Bastogne Leige

News Shorts - 4 October

Dudley Hoskin @ Freshwater @ 3 Oct - Dudley Hoskin (BiciSport Happy Wheels) at the Freshwater Cafe in search of a good brew

Eddy Merckx Elite Restoration @ 3 Oct - As a Covid lockdown creative project goes this was a nice project …. Herve Boutin (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) took it upon himself to source a “new” (2002) Eddy Merckx Elite brand road frame from a local bike shop, sourced a Campagnolo 10 speed groupset coupled with a period correct Mavic Kyrsium 10 speed wheelset. The matching orange Eddy Merckx handlebar tape sealed the final restoration job with matching Eddy Merckx bidon & bidon cage.

Eddy Merckx Restoration @ Oct 3 - Herve Boutin and the Eddy Merckx Elite

Eddy Merckx Restoration @ Oct 3 - Herve Boutin with the Eddy Merckx restoration project when only Molteni will do

Sandstone Cafe at Terrey Hlls reopens on Monday 11 October for breakfast, lunch & dinner. BiciSport meet there every Saturday at 9.30am. All welcome

SINGLETON MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS DECISION BY 8 OCTOBER

• For those seeking confirmation on the Singleton Masters Championships there will be a decision made by 8 October

SANDSTONE CAFE AT TERREY HILLS TO REOPEN ON 11 OCTOBER

• A time to catch up with friends and team mates after weeks of isolation. BiciSport meets at Sandstone at 9.30am every Saturday.

SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES

• Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW VELODROME CALENDAR ANNOUNCED

• The NSW Track calendar is now posted on the Calendar section of this website

TOUR OF BRIGHT JOINS THE CANCELLATIONS LIST & THE RETURN TO COMMUNITY SPORT DATE STILL A MOVEABLE TARGET

• The NSW Government has indicated a possible return to community sport when the vaccine rate hits the well published 80% figure by mid-late October. Its a bit difficult to say how definite this date will be.

• The latest event cancellations now include -

  • World Masters Track Championships (Los Angeles) - 2-9 Oct (cancelled)

  • Classic Bike Show (Lidcombe Oval) - 24 Oct (postponed date TBC)

  • NSW Team Time Trial Championships (Singleton) - 31 Oct (cancelled)

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov

    • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov - watch this space

    • Heffron Park Retro Classic Bike Show - 13 Nov - to be confirmed

    • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to 21 Nov - watch this space

  • Tour of Tasmania - 24-28 Nov (cancelled)

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of Bright (Vic) - 3-5 Dec (cancelled)

  • Bowral Classic Cyclosportive - moved to 11-12 Dec

  • Fitzs Challenge (ACT - moved to 12 Dec

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• Currently there is no racing available

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK UNTIL 11 OCTOBER

• Tues 5 Oct

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 6 Oct

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

• Thurs 7 Oct

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 9 Oct - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Gazzola Pro Cycling Team (Italy) - 1960-64

The team rode 5 Tours of Italy with no stage wins. Notable team leaders sat with Charly Gaul & Ferdi Kubler (won Tour de France 1950 & World Championships 1951).

Gazzola was Italian pasta, bikes were again Italian in Fiorelli and tyres were Hutchinson. Team riders had limited results with Franco Cribiori more famous as a Sports Director at the Brooklyn Chewing Gum team some 10 years later.

Charly Gaul won the 1956 & 59 Tour of Italy (pictured above) for the EMI team then joined Gazzola in 1960

News Shorts - 27 September

BiciSport @ Barcycle Cafe @ Walsh Bay @ 23 Sept - the double vacced peloton (L to R) … John Robb, Sean Mura, Ian Grainger, Karl Hoad & Peter Krause and a very nice Colnago

Sam & Tom Green @ Pittwater Sept 21 - Sam states that his favourite bike is the Canyon Aeroad 2021 in the colours of matt white & copper. Sam loves mountain biking but also rides Swift and races sometimes, and loves the most aero of aero road bikes. Given his favourite bike he should be a Van Der Poel fan but his hero is Chris Froome because he is so awesome.

Sam Green high above Pittwater @ Sept 21

Sam Green on his favourite MTB trail near Pittwater @ Sept 21

Tour of Flanders Cyclosportive @ 18 Sept - Koen & Maarten Verhulst (BiciSport Belgium) on top of the steep Patersberg cobbled climb having completed 205k of the 217k journey from the Antwerp start to the Oudenaarde finish. Usually the Flanders cyclosportive is held the day before the professional Flanders Classic in early April but with Covid it was moved to just before the World Championships in Flanders.

Tour of Flanders Cyclosportive @ 18 Sept - the Flanders journey is a decal stuck to your top tube & the legendary Flemish climbs & cobbles tells the story

Tour of Flanders Cyclosportive @ 18 Sept - at the Oudenaarde Square finish with the Ver Hulst peloton of Basil, Maarten, Koen & Briek VerHulst

Tour of Flanders Cyclosportive @ 18 Sept - at the popular Oudenaarde Square finish feed zone

Paris Roubaix is coming - Mike Lawson & Marty Wright (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) at Wallers Arenberg Forest cobbles

Paris Roubaix is coming - Marty Wright & Mike Lawson at Pont Gibus (Gibus Bridge) just 5k after the Wallers Arenberg Forest cobbles

SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES

• Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW VELODROME CALENDAR ANNOUNCED

• The NSW Track calendar is now posted on the Calendar section of this website

RETURN TO COMMUNITY SPORT DATE STILL A MOVEABLE TARGET

• The NSW Government has indicated a possible return to community sport when the vaccine rate hits the well published 80% figure in mid-late October. Its a bit difficult (that’s an understatement) to say how definite this date will be and what that realistically means for community sport.

• The latest event cancellations now include -

  • World Masters Track Championships (Los Angeles) - 2-9 Oct (cancelled)

  • Metro & Country Champs (Penrith) - moved to 2 Oct (cancelled)

  • Sutherland Shimano Criterium - moved to 3 Oct (cancelled)

    • Noosa Classic (Qld) - moved to 10 Oct - watch this space

  • Classic Bike Show (Lidcombe Oval) - 24 Oct (postponed to a date TBC)

  • NSW Team Time Trial Championships (Singleton) - 31 Oct (cancelled)

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov

    • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov - watch this space

    • Heffron Park Retro Classic Bike Show - 13 Nov - to be confirmed

    • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to 21 Nov - unlikely, watch this space

  • Tour of Tasmania - 24-28 Nov (cancelled)

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Bowral Classic Cyclosportive - moved to 11-12 Dec

  • Fitzs Challenge (ACT - moved to 12 Dec

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• Currently there is no racing available

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK UNTIL WHENEVER

• Tues 28 Sept

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 29 Sept

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

• Thurs 30 Sept

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 2 Oct - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30amxx

Spring Oil Fuchs (Filotex) Pro Cycling Team (Italy) - 1963-80.

The broad range of sponsors from Spring Oil, Fuchs, Sanson (food producer), Luxor TV & finally Filotex. Groupsets were Campagnolo and framsets in the Filotex years were Benotto.

The team won anywhere and everywhere but with a strong Italian bias. Franco Bitossi (pictured above) won 171 races in a stellar career (just about every Italian classic there is to mention) plus the first Italian to win the Points Classification in the Tour de France. The Moser brothers in Diego, Aldo & Francesco made up the rest of the squad together with Italo Zilioli & Ugo Colombo.

Spring Oil Fuchs (on the bottom left) parked up at the Tour of Italy before the stage start

Felice Gimondi (Salvarani) and Franco Bitossi (Filotex) at the Tour of Italy

Francesco Moser (Filotex) on a Benotto frameset

Italo Zilioli (Filotex)

News Shorts - 13 September

Palm Beach @ 1 Sept - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Palm Beach @ 1 Sept - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Breaking Away movie poster from 1979 being a comedy-drama featuring the Cutters Cycling Team and the Little 500 Cycle Classic

Cutters Cycling Team @ Mosman @ 8 Sept - Ian Grainger reliving the 1979 Breaking Away movie

Cutters Cycling Team @ Mosman @ 8 Sept - Ian Grainger looking more like he needs a (hair) cutter in these Covid lockdown times

Tour de France 1965 - a classic black & white retro pic featuring Felice Gimondi (leading) with the accompanying Tour de France motorcycle outriders

SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES

• Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way through to the end September.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

RACE CANCELLATIONS MOVE INTO OCTOBER & NOVEMBER

• Recent announcements by the NSW Government on 9 September indicates a possible return to community sport when the vaccine rate hits the well published 80% figure. This is anticipated by mid November but there is no precise date yet on a return to community sport

• The latest event cancellations now include -

  • NSW Masters Champs (Singleton) - 24-26 Sept moved to 29-31 Oct … watch this space regarding the viability of 29-31 Oct

  • Western Sydney Ironman - 26 Sept (cancelled)

  • World Masters Track Championships (Los Angeles) - 2-9 Oct (cancelled)

    • Metro & Country Champs (Penrith) - moved to 2 Oct - highly unlikely, watch this space

    • Sutherland Shimano Criterium - moved to 3 Oct - highly unlikely, watch this space

    • Noosa Classic (Qld) - moved to 10 Oct - possibly, watch this space

  • NSW Team Time Trial Championships (Singleton) - 31 Oct (cancelled)

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov

    • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov - highly unlikely, watch this space

    • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to 21 Nov - highly unlikely, watch this space

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Bowral Classic Cyclosportive - moved to 11-12 Dec

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• Currently there is no racing available until at least mid November 2021

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK UNTIL END SEPTEMBER

• Tues 14 Sept

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 15 Sept

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

• Thurs 16 Sept

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 18 Sept - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Germanvox Wega Professional Cycling Team (Italy) - 1967-70

Germanvox made television sets, Wega the coffee, bikes were Coppi, groupsets were Campagnolo.

The team itself, well ... It was loaded full of Italians but if you wanted results it was all about the foreigners in Ole Ritter (Denmark) & Guido Reybrouck (100% Belgian with a very Italian first name).

The Germanvox team rode the Tour of Italy four times and Ritter won two stages plus held the World Hour Record on the velodrome. Reybrouck won three stages in the Tour of Spain plus the Points Classification as well, then managed two stage wins in the Paris Nice stage race. The highly regarded Vito Taccone (Italy) rode for the Germanvox team but had well and truly hit his “used by date” at this point in his career.

Ole Ritter (Germanvox Wega) sets the World Hour Record at the Mexico City Velodrome

News Shorts - 6 September

Facing the Queenscliff Headland with Freshwater Beach (to the right) and Manly Beach in the background @ 28 Aug - Herve Boutin (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) out on a Sunday morning effort to find a coffee shop

BiciSport Griffith @ 29 Aug - Roger Thompson Seagrave (left) and Frank Signor (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) outside Griffith where the day dawned at minus 3.

BiciSport Griffith @ 29 Aug - Frank & Roger again facing a paddock full of yellow Canola

Sam Green (BiciSport) @ 29 Aug with a very nice Scott MTB

Tour de France 1971 @ Orcieres Merlette mountain stage in the French Alps - Luis Ocana (centre - TDF White jersey) is just about to put Eddy Merckx to the sword for nearly 9 minutes on a single stage.

Before the legendary attack the photo highlights a litany of professional talent … L to R … Rokado rider (unknown), Bernard Thevenet (obscured - Peugeot BP), Raymond Poulidor (Gan Mercier), Joop Zoetmelk (Beauliie Flandria), Frans Verbeek (Watney), Luis Ocana (Bic), Cyrille Guimard (TdF Green Points jersey), Eddy Merckx (TdF Yellow Jersey) & Felice Gimondi (Salvarani).

Magpie Season is with us ….

SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES

• Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way through to the end September.

RACE CANCELLATIONS IN SEPTEMBER & EXPECT MORE INTO OCTOBER & NOVEMBER

• From a racing perspective September is now history, October is looking in serious doubt, and November is now coming into serious question. Its one thing for certain civil liberties to be restored at some point, but the “return to community sport” has an even longer timeframe.

• The latest event cancellations now include -

  • Orange Newcrest Challenge (Bicycle Network) - 11 Sept (cancelled)

  • Sydney Spring Cycle - 12 Sept (cancelled)

    • NSW Masters Champs (Singleton) - 24-26 Sept moved to 29-31 Oct … watch this space regarding the viability of 29-31 Oct

  • Western Sydney Ironman - 26 Sept (cancelled)

  • World Masters Track Championships (Los Angeles) - 2-9 Oct (cancelled)

    • Metro & Country Champs (Penrith) - moved to 2 Oct - highly unlikely, watch this space

    • Sutherland Shimano Criterium - moved to 3 Oct - highly unlikely, watch this space

    • Noosa Classic (Qld) - moved to 10 Oct - watch this space

  • NSW Team Time Trial Championships (Singleton) - 31 Oct (cancelled)

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov

  • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov

  • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to 21 Nov

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Bowral Classic Cyclosportive - moved to 11-12 Dec

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• Currently there is no racing available

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK UNTIL END SEPTEMBER

• Tues 7 Sept

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 8 Sept

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

• Thurs 9 Sept

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 11 Sept - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30amx

St Michel-Auber 93 Professional Team (France) - 1994 to now

Auber 93 is a broad based team established in 1947 and runs the full gambit of juniors, elites & masters. The professional side of Auber 93 started in 1994 and is ongoing to today and originally included sponsorship from Peugeot, Big Mat (Supermarkets) and now sponsored by St Michel. The team is well known for five starts in the Tour de France under the Big Mat sponsorship. The last Tour de France participation was 2001.

Team members included Cyril Saugrain, Theirry Gouvenou, Pascal Lino and Anglophiles Jeremy Hunt, Jay Sweet & Patrick Jonker. The five starts at Le Tour was no mean feat in the broader Auber 93 history and today the team operates as a Category 3 professional team. That is vision and ongoing commitment.

News Shorts - 30 August

Mt Cootha (Qld) @ Aug 19 - Andy Feltham (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) pictured at the summit. Mt Cootha is a nice 7k climb used in the World Masters Games time trial in 1993 with steep gradients of 10%.

Rolly Delaytz & Darren Benson (BiciSport Happy Wheels) @ Aug 21

Lounge Room Heaven # 1 - somewhat obsessive & redefines the whole N+1 debate

Lounge Room Heaven # 2

SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES

• Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way through to the end September.

RACE CANCELLATIONS IN SEPTEMBER & EXPECT MORE INTO OCTOBER & NOVEMBER

• From a racing perspective September is now history, October is looking in serious doubt, and November is now coming into question.

• Its one thing for certain civil liberties to be restored, but the “return to community sport” has an even longer timeframe

• The latest event cancellations now include -

  • Port Macquarie Ironman - 5 Sept (cancelled)

  • Orange Newcrest Challenge (Bicycle Network) - 11 Sept (cancelled)

  • Sydney Spring Cycle - 12 Sept (cancelled)

    • NSW Masters Champs (Singleton) - 24-26 Sept moved to 29-31 Oct … watch this space regarding the viability of 29-31 Oct

  • Western Sydney Ironman - 26 Sept (cancelled)

  • World Masters Track Championships (Los Angeles) - 2-9 Oct (cancelled)

    • Metro & Country Champs (Penrith) - moved to 2 Oct - watch this space

    • Sutherland Shimano Criterium - moved to 3 Oct - watch this space

    • Noosa Classic (Qld) - moved to 10 Oct - watch this space

  • Bowral Classic - 16-17 Oct now moved to 11-12 December

  • NSW Team Time Trial Championships (Singleton) - 31 Oct (cancelled)

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov

  • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov

  • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to 21 Nov

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• Currently there is no racing available

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK UNTIL END SEPTEMBER

• Tues 1 Sept

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 2 Sept

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

• Thurs 3 Sept

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 5 Sept - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30amx

Frisol Professional Cycling Team (Dutch) - 1973-77

Sponsors were Frisol (Dutch oil trader), Flair Plastics, Thirion, Gazelle (framesets) and Campagnolo (groupsets).

An interesting team line up with several notables including aussie legend Don Allan (won a stage in the Tour of Spain), Luis Ocana (won the Tour de France), Cees Priem (future DS at TVM team), Jan Raas (won 1977 Milan San Remo), Roger Rosiers (won Paris Roubaix), Wilfred Wesemael, Fedor Den Hertog (won a small fortune from Dutch “amateur” victories) & Hennie Kuiper (1975 World Road Champion). All in all a classic Dutch team loaded with seemingly endless talent.

Hennie Kuiper - in the 1975 World Pro Road Champion jersey

World Road Championships 1975 - Hennie Kuiper (Frisol) on the way to taking the victory

Fedor Den Hertog made more money from “amateur” racing than when he turned professional for Frisol.

Frisol Professional Cycling Team - Luis Ocana (Spain)

Frisol Professional Cycling Team - Luis Ocana (Spain) on the Belgian cobbles and wishing he was anywhere else

Frisol Professional Cycling Team - Luis Ocana was much more at home in the French mountains and leads Bernard Thevenet (Peugeot Esso) at the Tour de France.

News Shorts - 23 August

Lady Macquaries Chair on Sydney Harbour @ 14 Aug - Randolph Baral (BiciSport Happy Wheels) and the latest Factor

Lady Macquaries Chair @ 14 Aug - Randolph Baral & Craig Pager (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)

Akuna Bay Marina @ 14 Aug - Dom Zumbo & Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Archau Velodrome Germany - At just 114 metres per lap the peloton sizes were tiny with the crowd up nice & close

Archau Velodrome Germany - The shortest velodrome ever built at only 114m per lap ! ! ! and notwithstanding the steep corners there were times the advertising hoarding came in real handy !

SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES

• Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way through to end September.

RACE CANCELLATIONS IN SEPTEMBER & EXPECT MORE INTO OCTOBER & NOVEMBER

• From a racing perspective September is now history and October is looking in serious doubt.

• The latest event cancellations now include -

  • Tamworth Weekend (CyclingNSW) - 28 Aug (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Great South Coast (NRS-Vic) - 31 Aug (cancelled)

  • Port Macquarie Ironman - 5 Sept (cancelled)

  • Orange Newcrest Challenge (Bicycle Network) - 11 Sept (cancelled)

  • NSW Masters Champs Singleton - 24-26 Sept moved to 29-31 Oct

  • Western Sydney Ironman - 26 Sept (cancelled)

  • Metro & Country Champs (Penrith) - moved to 2 Oct

  • Sutherland Shimano Criterium - moved to 3 Oct

  • Noosa Classic (Qld) - moved to 10 Oct

    • Bowral Classic - 16-17 Oct … decision pending on 30 August or maybe earlier

  • NSW Team Time Trial Championships - 31 Oct (cancelled)

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 Nov (cancelled)

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 Nov (cancelled)

  • Tour of the Tropics (NRS, Qld) - moved to 5-7 Nov

  • NSW ITT & RR Champs (Gunning) - moved to 13 Nov

  • Southern Hemisphere Cup (ECR) - moved to 21 Nov

  • L Etape Cyclosportive at Kiama - 27 Nov (cancelled)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• Currently there is no racing available

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK UNTIL END SEPTEMBER

• Tues 24 Aug

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 25 Aug

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

• Thurs 26 Aug

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 28 Aug - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Puch Professional Cycling Team (France) - 1980-85

Sponsors were Puch (manufactured both bicycles & mopeds), Wolber (bicycle tyres), Eurotex, Campagnolo, Sem & de Gribaldy. Team manager was Marcel Boishardy with Rudi Altig as his assistant. Altig was a World Pro Road Champion in a prior era and rode for Molteni.

Several notable riders, several of which had previously exited out of Peugeot-Esso … like Thevenet, Ovion, Hezard and Arnaud but, as a team nobody really won much as most were well past their very best. The team did ride the Tour de France and Agostinho was prominent as was Jostein Wilmann. Agostinho sadly died when he collided with a stray dog during a race.

Puch at the cobbles of the Tour of Flanders

Agostinho (second from left) at the Tour de France

News Shorts - 16 August

McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 9 Aug - Tom Green & Dom Zumbo (BiciSport Happy Wheels) crest the McCarrs Creek Rd climb in the early morning mist

Illawong (Akuna) Bay @ 9 Aug - Dom Zumbo (left) and Tom Green with Cottage Point moorings on the top right in the distance

Pittwater @ 7 Aug - Sam Green (BiciSport) enjoying a coffee

Pittwater @ 7 Aug - Sam Green at Pittwater with a great Look bike and matching fluoro DMT shoes

BiciSport (Italy) magazine in November 1987 - featured both Gimondi & Merckx in a BiciSport magazine special edition

Tour of Spain (Vuelta) in retro black & white - thankfully the Vuelta 2021 has started and this picture has the Spanish peloton collecting some roadside oranges.

SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES

• Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way through to 28 August and beyond.

RACE CANCELLATIONS BEGIN WITH COVID LOCKDOWNS ONGOING AS SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER RACES FACE CANCELLATION

• Staging any race during September & October is going to be a lot more pressing from an event promotion perspective with the Greater Sydney & NSW local government area Covid lockdowns now out to 28 August and beyond (beyond is most certainly the operative word).

• The latest event cancellations now include -

  • Tamworth Weekend (CyclingNSW) - 28 August

  • Port Macquarie Ironman - 5 September

  • Orange Newcrest Challenge (Bicycle Network) - 11 September

  • Western Sydney Ironman - 26 September

  • Noosa Classic (Qld) - moved from August to 10 October 21

  • Melburn Roubaix Cyclosportive - moved from August to 31 October 21

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 November

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 November

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 March 22.

  • Gears & Beers Cyclosportive (Wagga) - moved from Oct to 26/27 March 22

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• No racing is currently available

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK UNTIL 28 AUGUST AND BEYOND

• Tues 17 Aug

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 18 Aug

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

• Thurs 19 Aug

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 21 Aug - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

TopSport Vlaanderen Professional Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1994 until now

If any team typifies the heart & soul of Flemish (Belgian) cycling then this is it. Riders are all Flemish, sponsors are primarily the local Flemish Government sports council coupled with Baloise (insurance). Framesets are Eddy Merckx (naturally) on Campagnolo groupsets. All that is missing is Duvel beer and frites & mayo.

Living on the edge of the World Tour has victories in maybe short supply, but maybe it was more of a launching pad for numerous riders who went forward to absolute stellar careers. Past riders included Nico Eeckhout (won numerous one day events including 2006 Belgian National Road Champion), Preben van Hecke (2015 Belgian National Road Champion), Kenny De Ketele (pictured above & World Track Pointscore Champion) and other serious team contributors in Tom Steels, Mario Aerts, Erwin Thijs, Jelle Wallays & Tim DeClerq (now at the very hardcore of Team QuickStep).

Kenny De Ketele wins the Gent 6 Day at the Kuipe Velodrome in Gent

Preben Van Hecke (2015 Belgian National Road Champion)

News Shorts - 9 August

Centennial Park @ 5 Aug - Stew Campbell (BiciSport Happy Wheels) and the unique Cervelo colour scheme

Centennial Park @ 5 Aug - John Roberts (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) and Stew Campbell

The party is now officially over for CyclingNSW on August 9 as operations will permanently cease. Its been a great ride and many thanks to the numerous riders, coaches, commissaires, officials & volunteers who contributed over many decades.

Congratulations to Mark Cavendish for equalling the 34 stage wins of Eddy Merckx in the Tour de France

SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES

• Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way through to 28 August (and potentially longer).

RACE CANCELLATIONS BEGIN WITH COVID LOCKDOWNS PERSISTING

• June & July was a pretty slow period for major races …. so a winter recess was part & parcel of the Covid outbreak. However, things are going to be a lot more pressing from an event promotion perspective with the Greater Sydney Covid lockdown now out to 28 August and maybe longer.

• The latest event cancellations now include -

  • Noosa Strada Bianche - 8 August

  • Tamworth Weekend (CyclingNSW) - 28 August

  • Port Macquarie Ironman - 5 September

  • Orange Newcrest Challenge (Bicycle Network) - 11 September

  • Noosa Classic (Qld) - moved from August to 10 October 21

  • Bass Coast Classic Cyclosportive (Inverloch, Vic) - 4 November

  • Wagga Golden Wheel Track Open (CyclingNSW) - 4-5 November

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 March 2022.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for further race cancellations

SINGLETON STATE TEAMS TIME TRIAL - BICISPORT TTT TRAINING NOW RESHEDULED TO START 19 SEPTEMBER AT TERREY HILLS

• By the time you read this it could be time to dust off the time trial beast and start thinking about the NSW Team Time Trial Championships on Saturday 30 October at Singleton

• BiciSport training sessions for the prospective TTT teams will commence 19 September at Terrey Hills based out of Miramare Gardens (Sandstone Cafe on Myoora Rd).

• Details are in the Special Events section of this website

RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• August 14 - Hanging Rock (Southern Highlands)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK UNTIL AT LEAST 28 AUGUST

• Tues 10 Aug

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 11 Aug

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

• Thurs 12 Aug

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 14 Aug - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30amx

Velo Club Roubaix Cycling Team (France) - From 2007 until now

VC Roubaix has operated as a Category 3 professional team in northern France based out of the famous Roubaix Velodrome. Main sponsorship is the local Lille Metropolitan Council, with secondary sponsors in Dalkai, Natura4Ever and currently Xelliss. Framesets are by either LaPierre or Argon 18 on Shimano with a likeable pink/black/white team strip. Most notable VC Sports Team Director is the ex professional Belgian Michel Dernies.

With a local French Council as the main sponsor its not surprising that most team members are local French riders with the main exception being the Belgians Baptiste Plankaert & Max Vantomme (won the Le Samyn Classic way back in 2014). Operating on the edge of the World Tour means that significant wins are less than rare but all credit to the team riders & supportive sponsors for being in there fighting in a very competitive tier of the cycling pecking order.

Velo Club Roubaix Cycling Team (France) - The picture was taken at the entrance to the famous Roubaix Velodrome (behind), with the VC Roubaix team headquarters in picture with the team car parked outside

Velo Club Roubaix Cycling Team (France) - The team maybe Category 3 but certainly not short of some impressive support infrastructure

Velo Club Roubaix Cycling Team (France) - Just opposite the Roubaix Velodrome and VC Roubaix Team Headquarters … Mike Lawson (BiciSport) before the oversized Paris Roubaix Classic cobbled monument

Velo Club Roubaix Cycling Team (France)

News Shorts - 2 August

Dudley Hoskin (BiciSport Happy Wheels) @ Freshwater Cafe @ 26 July. Dudley proudly displays his new beast in a Specialised S Works

Retro team cars are often a nice backdrop to the period - Raymond Poulidor (Team Mercier BP) wins the 1964 Milan San Remo Classic on the Via Roma with the Mercier team car in attendance in a Peugeot 403

SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES

• Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way through to 28 August.

COVID RACE CANCELLATIONS LOOMING WITH 28 AUGUST LOCKDOWN

• June & July was a pretty slow period for major races …. so a winter recess was part & parcel of the Covid outbreak. However, things are going to be a lot more pressing from an event promotion perspective with the Greater Sydney Covid lockdown now out to 28 August.

• Current future event cancellations include

  • Port Macquarie Ironman - 5 September

  • Orange Newcrest Challenge - 11 September.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for any race cancellation updates

SINGLETON STATE TEAMS TIME TRIAL - TTT TRAINING NOW STARTS 5 SEPTEMBER IN TERREY HILLS (BUT THIS DATE COULD BE FURTHER DELAYED)

• By the time you read this it could be time to dust off the time trial beast and start thinking about the NSW Team Time Trial Championships on Saturday 30 October at Singleton

• BiciSport training sessions for the prospective TTT teams will commence 5 September at Terrey Hills based out of Miramare Gardens (Sandstone Cafe on Myoora Rd).

• Details are in the Special Events section of this website

RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• August 7 - Bundanoon Handicap (Southern Highlands)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK UNTIL AT LEAST 28 AUGUST

• Tues 3 Aug

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 4 Aug

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

• Thurs 5 Aug

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 7 Aug - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

FDJ Professional Cycling Team (France) - 1994 to now

Founded by the legendary Marc Madiot in 1994, the team went professional in 1997. Madiot won Paris Roubaix in 1985 & 1991. Long term sponsorship & part team ownership is Francaise des Jeux (lottery), Lapierre (framesets) and Shimano (Groupsets). Grouprama (French insurance group) came on board as a sponsor with the Paris Olympics just around the corner. Team kit is highly desirable and you could do worse than to own every version (they all look good).

Team results over the years were spectacular (in parts) but they certainly didn’t dominate which was understandable with the sport running on “two speeds” for several years. Team members were many and varied with Vogondy, Gilbert, Nazon, Heulot, Rebellin (won San Sebastian & Zurich Classics), Guesdon (won Paris Roubaix Classic), three Aussies in Wilson, McGee & Cooke (Tour & Giro victories), and in more recent times Demare (sprinter & U23 World Champion), Gaudu, Kung and Pinot (won the Tour of Lombardy). Pinot can be brilliant on any given day although these days appear more historical than into the future and Pinot seems to spend more time being injured/recovering than actually winning these days.

News Shorts - 26 July

Griffith BiciSport @ every Tuesday - With Greater Sydney in lockdown its good to see our Griffith BiciSport members donning the winter lycra and lapping the Griffith area most mornings.

Griffith rides in winter are chilly with 4-5 degrees the morning norm - so good gloves and over boots very much the go. Mid week rides start at 6am from the Budd Service Corse and then head off to the outskirts of Griffith towards Lake Wyangan which can also include the only climb in Griffith towards Pioneer Park not far from the Griffith Airport. Coffee is taken in the Griffith main street. The longer weekend rides start at 7am and can include the 120k loop to Leeton & return.

Griffith BiciSport @ every Tuesday - Mike Taylor (left) & Frank Signor (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)

Griffith BiciSport @ every Tuesday - Peter Budd

Griffith BiciSport @ every Tuesday - Frank Signor (left) and Peter Budd

Happy Wheels Waterloo is open during these Covid lockdown times and a pleasure to see such varied “interesting bits”

Tour de France 1962 - the Neutral Spares cars from 1962 had the iconic cut out doors to assist with rider service

SAY HI DURING COVID TIMES

• Covid lockdowns are a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates with an sms or phone call. A simple sms goes a long way.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Raoul Westbrook has returned home after 9 weeks in hospital after the car accident and is on the road to recovery. Best wishes to Raoul from your team mates at BiciSport.

COVID RACE CANCELLATIONS LOOMING WITH 28 AUGUST LOCKDOWN

• June & July was a pretty slow period for major races …. so a bit of a winter recess was part & parcel of the Covid outbreak. However, things are going to be a lot more pressing with the Greater Sydney Covid lockdown now extended to 28 August.

• Latest cancellations -

  • Port Macquarie Ironman - 5 September

  • Orange Newcrest Challenge - 11-12 September.

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for any race cancellation updates

SINGLETON STATE TEAMS TIME TRIAL - TTT TRAINING NOW STARTS 22 AUGUST IN TERREY HILLS

• By the time you read this it could be time to dust off the time trial beast and start thinking about the NSW Team Time Trial Championships on Saturday 30 October at Singleton

• BiciSport training sessions for the prospective TTT teams will commence 22 August at Terrey Hills based out of Miramare Gardens (Sandstone Cafe on Myoora Rd).

• Details are in the Special Events section of this website

RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• July 31 - Greenhills Mittagong Handicap (Southern Highlands)

• July 30-1 August - Tour of the Tropics (Qld-NRS)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK

• Tues 27 July

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 28 July

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

• Thurs 29 July

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am

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

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 31 July - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit Professional Cycling Team (Germany)

A third division German team that operated on the fringe of the big league but never had the budget (nor the inclination ?) to go any further. It was more of a half way house for riders who were on the way up or alternatively on the way down the cycling totem pole. The best known team rider was Linus Gerderman who most certainly was on the way up after he left Winfix.

The Commonwealth Bank Classic had just finished (forever) and Mike O’R received a call from the Herald Sun Tour promoter …. Mike, do you want to manage the German Winfix team to the 2004 SunTour ?. Mike naturally said yes, and so began the FunTour 2004. What followed was shades of good fun, bad fun and outright shambolic fun.

The shambolic bit was everywhere to be seen … Mike organised a local team masseuse but that turned sour within just 24 hours (he sniffed a total shambles and just walked out) and a part time replacement masseuse was somehow located (a nurse from Shepparton). To add some interest there was a surprise … a real German “Manager” was also on the FunTour (he couldn’t speak a word of English) which relegated Mike to every job the real Manager didn’t want to do (be it bus driver, accommodation consultant, mechanic, babysitter, human Google Mapster, team car driver or financial-currency adviser).

The team equipment was a train wreak as it (the equipment) had been flogged senseless since the European season started in January and this was now late October. The team equipment wasn’t worth a cracker. Budget ? … what budget ? … it was a European holiday of sorts. The additional Assistant German Manager (who shall remain nameless) spoke perfect English but also bought the wife and son.

To the race itself and Mike O’R picked up a hefty fine from the commissaires caught pacing a German rider back to the main peloton out the back of rural Ballarat somewhere (it was either that or miss the time cut and send the rider home) … geez !. The final end to the FunTour was the Assistant Manager who drove like a maniac and thoughtlessly crashed the team bus on the last day on the drive into Melbourne. Are we having a fun tour yet ?.

The best bit of the FunTour 2004 was meeting three outstanding individuals who were professional, diligent, kind and thoughtful - Thomas Liese, Jorn Reuss & Timo Scholz. Three gentleman indeed but the rest ….

News Shorts - 19 July

Rod Comish (BiciSport) kindly supplied this Tour de France mural and its been a most enjoyable Grand Lap of France.

Tour de France 1927

Griffith BiciSport @ 15 July - Frank Signor (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) works in the Big Boys Toys Department at a local Griffith farm equipment distributor wearing a BiciSport covid mask

In these Covid times where isolation is “the norm” be sure to reach out to family, friends and BiciSport team mates with a simple SMS or phone call to ensure they are getting on ok.

Griffith BiciSport @ 15 July - Frank Signor (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)

Note your diary - BiciSport Team Time Trial training commences Sunday 15 August at Terrey Hills

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Recovery Ward - Raoul Westbrook returns home on Monday 19 July after 9 weeks in hospital after the car accident. Best wishes & full recovery Raoul.

SINGLETON STATE TEAMS TIME TRIAL - TTT TRAINING NOW STARTS 15 AUGUST IN TERREY HILLS

• By the time you read this it could be time to dust off the time trial beast and start thinking about the NSW Team Time Trial Championships on Saturday 30 October at Singleton

• BiciSport training sessions for the prospective TTT teams will commence 15 August at Terrey Hills based out of Miramare Gardens (Sandstone Cafe on Myoora Rd).

• Details are in the Special Events section of this website

RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM

• July 24 - Wombeyan Caves Handicap (Southern Highlands)

• July 25 - West Head Time Trial (Manly CC), Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters) - not a chance

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE AGAIN THIS WEEK

• Tues 20 July

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 21 July

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

• Thurs 22 July

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Sat 24 July - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Group Strada Dreher Professional Cycling Team (Italy) - 1970-72

The Dreher family started their quality Austrian beer brewing business in 1780 which continues strongly to this day. Dreher sponsored the team for 3 years (until the end of 1972) then sponsorship moved to the more well known Brooklyn Chewing Gum from 1973-77. Beer marketing had a real cycling team focus with team riders displayed on Dreher beer cans of your choice.

The Dreher team in the first three years was comparatively small in number (Brooklyn had a substantially bigger team roster) but contained some serious talent in Roger De Vlaeminck (won Paris Roubaix, Milan Vignola and stages in the Giro & Tirreno Adriatico), Patrick Sercu, Ole Ritter, Julien Stevens, Luigi Sgarbozza and Pierfranco Vianelli (Olympic Champion 1964).

Group Strada Dreher - L to R … a classic breakaway with Italo Zilioli (Faemino), Patrick Sercu (Dreher) & Eddy Merckx (Faemino, Belgian Champions Jersey)

Group Strada Dreher 1971 - Patrick Sercu (left) and Roger De Vlaeminck with the Dreher team on the can of Dreher Forte beer

Group Strada (G. S) Dreher - The Italian Cycling peloton appeared on every can of Dreher beer

Group Strada (G. S.) Dreher