News Shorts - 17 February

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 16 Feb - Peter Verhoeven (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) returned to racing at Lansdowne

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 16 Feb - Peter Verhoeven (left)

West Head Road Race @ 9 Feb - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing) second wheel rode well in the Masters category

West Head Road Race @ 9 Feb - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing) in third wheel

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb - Merckx does Falls Creek

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb - high on Mount Buffalo at the Buffalo Chalet (picture by Doris Cooke)

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb - Mount Buffalo Chalet with Ian Grant, Doris Cooke, Craig Pager & Marty Wright

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb - Mount Buffalo Chalet (picture by Doris Cooke)

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb - picture taken by Doris Cooke @ Buffalo Chalet

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb - Doris Cooke @ Mount Buffalo (picture Craig Pager)

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb - on the road from Harrietville to Bright with Doris Cooke & Ian Grant in time trial mode

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb - The Eddy Merckx of Craig Pager at Mount Buffalo Chalet (stone hiking shed)

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb - Craig Pager & Doris Cooke amidst one of the many cycling groups circulating around Bright on a daily basis

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb - Merckx being requested to slow down on the road to Buckland Valley

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb

BiciSport @ Bright Alpine Victora @ 1-10 Feb … the Paris Roubaix Classic has the famous Pont Gibus (Gibus Bridge) - see the racing picture below.

Pont Gibus is a disused railway bridge in northern France that has entered into cycling folklore and always features in the Paris Roubaix classic. Peter Figg (BiciSport) took the above picture just outside Beechworth in northern Victoria in his own tribute to an Aussie style Pont Gibus (maybe a Pont Figgus perhaps)

The Paris Roubaix classic passes under Pont Gibus in northern France

TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

Every Mon/Wed/Fri Mornings @ 8.15am

#  Centennial Park Molteni Masters @ Centennial Park - Meet at the corner of Parkes Drive/Grand Drive at 8.15am and do CP laps until 9.30am then coffee at Spruce Goose Cafe.

Every Tues/Sat/Sun Mornings

#  Depart Shark Park carpark near Cronulla @ 9.30am for Kurnell & return

Tues 18 Feb & Thurs 20 Feb

#  Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills

  • Faster group departs @ 7.50am (don’t be late)

  • Slower group departs @ 8.00am (sharp … don’t be late) for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

#  Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

Thurs 20 Feb

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

Sat 22 Feb

#  CHANGE OF VENUE - BiciSport Coffee @ Berkelo Cafe @ McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 9.30am

RACING THIS WEEK

  • 18 Feb

    • Tuesday Night Heffron Criteriums

  • 20 Feb

    • Thursday Night Newington (Homebush) Criteriums

  • 21 - 23 Feb

    • Tour of Tasmania (Pro League)

  • 22 Feb

    • BiciSport Coffee @ Berkelow Cafe Terrey Hills @ 9.30am

  • 23 Feb

    • Central Coast Criteriums (Kariong, NSW)

    • Heffron Park Criteriums (Waratah Masters)