News Shorts - 23 March

National Masters Track Championships @ Brisbane @ 12-15 Mar - Lise Benjamin was firmly in the Gold medal zone

National Masters Track Championships @ Brisbane @ 12-15 Mar - Lise Benjamin (left on bottom row) received the Womens W7 Champion of Champions Award/Jersey

National Masters Track Champions @ Brisbane @ 12-15 Mar - Peter Verhoeven rode well in the Individual Pursuit

Bathurst B2B @ 14 Mar - Ruth Strapp (BiciSport Happy Wheels) took Bronze in the Masters Hillclimb Championships up the steep Mt Panorama

Bathurst B2B @ 15 Mar - before the B2B start with (L to R) … Graeme Cockerton, Dom Zumbo, Eric Dole & Ian Grainger

BICISPORT SUPPORT CONTACT

• There is little doubt we are living in interesting & challenging times. If any BiciSport members require any assistance for any reason during this time please feel free to email bicisport1@gmail.com

CYCLING EVENTS WITH 500+ PARTICIPANTS

• CycNSW has announced on 17 March that ALL racing (Club & State) and organised (group) training rides are suspended until 30 April

• For other upcoming major races & cyclosportives in the near future please monitor the respective event websites & social media channels for the latest news.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Cycling Australia Masters Track Championships @ Brisbane @ 12-15 Mar - Peter Verhoeven, Lisa Benjamin & Jeremy Hopson all rode well.

  • Lise Benjamin took a cache of 4 Gold medals in the Kieran, Scratch, Pointscore & ITT plus Silver in the Team Sprint (just missed Gold by 0.33 seconds).

  • Peter Verhoeven qualified 8th in the Individual Pursuit (in 2min 42secs)

  • Jeremy Hopson took Bronze in the Individual Pursuit (in 3min 35secs)

• Bathurst Weekend @ 14-15 Mar - A tough course with Rockley Mountain one difficult climb after just 35k. Notable rides by Brett Cocks (6th), Eric Dole (6th), Ruth Strapp (7th), Ian Grainger (8th), Graeme Cockerton (13th), Ian Cocks (17th), Tom Green (35th) & Dom Zumbo (37th) just back from a hand injury.

• BiciSport results - Peter Budd (22nd), Eric Dole (6th), Mike O’Reilly (DNF), Ian Grainger (8th), Tom Green (35th), Dom Zumbo (37th), Brett Cocks (6th), Melissa Budd (22nd), Ruth Strapp (7th), Ian Cocks (17th), Adam Kibble (52nd), Graham Cockerton (13th), Alberto Ravanello (50th) and Frank Signor (99th). Well done everybody

RACING THIS WEEK

• See you after 30 April ( … very very much a maybe)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

Eastern Creek Raceway (Masters)

• Several weekends to choose from during 2020 with the next ECR on 3 May

BICISPORT RIDES THIS WEEK

REFER THE CYCNSW TRAINING POLICY ANNOUNCED ON 17 MARCH

• Note - in terms of Government & CyclingNSW Policy regarding group events its up to the individualist as to where & when you ride your bike.

• For further details contact 0417 403 244

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … due to open on 28 March

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

Bathurst B2B @ 15 Mar - Ian Grainger on the start line

Bathurst B2B @ 15 Mar - Graham Cockerton on the start line before the challenging climb of Mt Panorama

News Shorts - 16 March

National Masters Track Championships @ Brisbane @ 12-15 Mar - Lise Benjamin (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) took Silver in the Team Sprint & Gold in the Sprint & Pointscore.

A full Championship report next week.

Bathurst B2B @ 15 Mar - Ian Grainger (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) & Graham Cockerton (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the start line

Bathurst B2B @ 15 Mar - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the start line

Bathurst B2B @ 15 Mar - Ruth Strapp in the women’s peloton

Bathurst B2B @ 15 Mar - Peter Budd, Eric Dole & Dom Zumbo at the Bathurst start

Bathurst B2B @ 15 Mar - Frank Signor in the zone before climbing Mt Panorama just 3k from the start

CYCLING EVENTS with 500+ PARTICIPANTS

• The recent Federal Government announcement regarding gatherings in excess of 500 people means that you should check that an event you have entered is still to be conducted and not cancelled.

• CycNSW has announced on 17 March that ALL racing (Club & State) and organised training rides is suspended until 30 April

• Orange Newcrest Challenge cyclosportive set down for 22 March has been cancelled.

• For other upcoming major races & cyclosportives in the near future please monitor the respective event websites & social media for the latest news.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Cycling Australia Masters Track Championships @ Brisbane @ 12-15 Mar - Peter Verhoeven, Lisa Benjamin & Jeremy Hopson all rode well and there will a full report next week.

• Bathurst Weekend @ 14-15 Mar - A great weekend of cycling but the jury is still well and truly out on the “new” B2B course and doing the Mt Panorama loop at the beginning of the big day out. Be that as it may congratulations to the following BiciSport starters in Peter Budd, Eric Dole, Mike O’Reilly, Ian Grainger, Brett Cocks, Melissa Budd, Ruth Strapp, Rhett Hall, Ian Cocks, Adam Kibble, Graham Cockerton, Alberto Ravanello and Frank Signor. A full report and more pictures will be posted next week

• Coronavirus hits Flanders - Races & cyclosportives cancelled all over the place, airline bookings more bumpy than the Patersberg, more government border controls than cobbles in Wallers Arenberg. Not sure what Flemish is for a train smash but it most certainly is …. See you in 2021. At least Mike Lawson got home safely …

RACING THIS WEEK

• 17 Mar - Heffron Park Criteriums - CANCELLED

• 22 Mar - Heffron Park (Waratah Masters) - CANCELLED

• 22 Mar - Orange Newcrest Challenge Cyclosportive - CANCELLED

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Eastern Creek Raceway (Masters)

  • Several weekends to choose from during 2020 with the next ECR on 3 May

• Winter Special Events - now updated

  • Orica Kermesse (Kurri Kurri) - 28 March - CANCELLED

  • Tour of Brisbane - 3-5 April - CANCELLED

BICISPORT GROUP RIDES THIS WEEK - REFER the CycNSW Policy announced on 17 March

• For further details contact 0417 403 244

• Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School term in full swing

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Forest Way (at Forestville) … its getting very close ! ! ! !

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 17 & 19 March

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

• 18 March

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

• 19 March

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. ManShed Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 21 March

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

Paris Roubaix Classic 1996 - the Mapei team (L to R - Tafi, Bortolami & Museeuw) approach the Roubaix Velodrome. This is as close as you may get to the Paris Roubaix Classic in 2020 courtesy of the coronavirus

News Shorts - 9 March

Tolland (Wagga) Road Race @ 7 Mar - Frank Signor (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) before the start

Tolland (Wagga) Road Race @ 7 Mar - Frank Signor in the thick of the action

Tolland (Wagga) Road Race @ 7 Mar - Peter Budd (BiciSport Happy Wheels) before the start

Huskisson Team Triathlon @ 1 Mar - Stewart Campbell (BiciSport Happy Wheels) took another team win and winners are grinners

Strade Bianche @ 7 Mar @ Siena Italy - If you’re the unfortunate Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) the closest thing you got to Strade Bianche’s gravel roads was a coffee accompanied by a mini toilet roll ! !

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Huskisson Team Triathlon @ 1 Mar - Congratulations to Stew Campbell for yet another Husky team triathlon victory

• Tolland Weekend @ 7-8 Mar - CyclingNSW road handicaps are never easy but to only run 6 bunches across all abilities virtually guarantees that nobody is in the correct bunch (the CycNSW handicapping policy itself recommends 10 bunches). For Frank Signor (bunch 6) and Peter Budd (bunch 4) so it proved and both had a tough day in the cycling mosh pit. The race was over 5 laps and both were a DNF at the end of lap 4.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 10 Mar - Heffron Park Criteriums

  • Heffron Park concludes 24 March after another great season

• 12-15 Mar - National MTB Championships (Bright, Vic)

• 12-15 Mar - National Masters Track Championships (Brisbane)

  • BiciSport starter - Peter Verhoeven

• 14-15 Mar - Bathurst Weekend (Hill climbs, Criteriums & Cyclosportive)

• 15 Mar - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney CC), Ourimbah Criteriums (Central Coast CC)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Eastern Creek Raceway (Masters)

  • Several weekends to choose from during 2020 with the next ECR on 12 April

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

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

• Winter Special Events - now updated

  • BiciSport in Flanders - 23 March to 19 April

  • Orica Kermesse (Kurri Kurri) - 28 March

  • Tour of Brisbane - 3-5 April

  • Australiasian Masters Road Championships (New Zealand) - 10 April

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

Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School term in full swing

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 10 & 12 March - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

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

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

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

Church Point Bike Repair stand - a new & useful addition to northside cycling facilities

Paris Roubaix Classic beckons on Sunday 12 April - Eddy M leads Roger DeV through the mud in 1976

News Shorts - 2 March

West Head Road Race @ 1 Mar - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport) took the Masters A grade win

West Head Road Race @ 1 Mar - Graham Cockerton (BiciSport) also took a Masters grade victory

Hunter Districts Criterium @ Kurri Kurri @ 29 Feb - Ruth Strapp (BiciSport) took 2nd place in C grade at Kurri Kurri

Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 1 Mar - Ian Grainger (BiciSport) sitting 3rd wheel in C grade

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• West Head Road Race @ 1 Mar - Both Graham Cockerton & Rolly Delaytz took excellent wins at West Head. Well done lads.

• Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 1 Mar - Peter Verhoeven rode well in Masters A2 grade and David Cooper & Ian Grainger rode well in C grade both for a top 10 finish. Peter Verhoeven is setting himself up nicely for the upcoming National Masters Track Championships in Brisbane

VALE PAUL GARRITY

• Its with sadness to report the passing of Paul Garrity. Paul was a long time member of the Canterbury CC (based near Wiley Park in Sydney’s south west), then a member of the Bankstown Sports Club CC and resided near Elanora Heights and could be seen pedalling up McCarrs Creek Road towards Terrey Hills most weekends. For many years Paul raced all of the country races promoted by CyclingNSW, most notably the Grafton to Inverell Classic and the Goulburn to Sydney Classic. Paul is the father of well known northside cyclist Ian Garrity (who himself won the Goulburn Sydney Classic).

• The service in memory of Paul will be held on Wednesday at Anne Wilson @ Mona Vale @ 12noon (corner Barrenjoey Rd & Darley Street). (by MO’R)

RACING THIS WEEK

• 2 Mar - Heffron Park Criteriums

  • Heffron Park concludes 24 March after another great season

• 7-8 Mar - Tolland Road Races (Wagga)

  • Peter Budd & Frank Signor do their thing

• 8 Mar - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Loop the Lake Cyclosportive (NSW Lake Macquarie), Strade Bianche (Siena Italy)

Strade Bianche @ Siena Italy @ 8 Mar - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Master) goes all gravel on 8 March

Strade Bianche @ Siena Italy @ 8 Mar - a good sized peloton tackles the Tuscan gravel

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Eastern Creek Raceway (Masters)

  • Several weekends to choose from during 2020

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

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

    • Peter Budd & Frank Signor from Griffith lead the BiciSport charge at Tolland

• Strade Bianche (Siena, Italy) - 8 March

  • Mike Lawson gets dirty around Tuscany

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

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

• Winter Special Events - now updated

  • BiciSport in Flanders - 23 March to 19 April

  • Orica Kermesse (Kurri Kurri) - 28 March

  • Tour of Brisbane - 3-5 April

  • Australiasian Masters Road Championships (New Zealand) - 10 April

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

Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School term in full swing

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 3 & 5 March - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

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

• 5 March - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Chairmans Ride @ Centennial Park @ 11.00am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

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

Tour of Italy 1991 - Franco Chicolli climbs the Gavia Pass in heavy snow

Fleche Walloone Classic Belgium @ 1994 - L to R … Berzin, Furlan & Argentin (Team Gewiss Ballan) do a three up team time trial to utterly embarrass a bewildered pro peloton, unless of course you too were in on “the joke” and juiced up on the same EPO. Little did anybody realise the mess we were about to find ourselves in …

News Shorts - 24 February

Cycling NSW Womens W7 Master of the Year - Lise Benjamin (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) is awarded the W7 Master of the Year by CycNSW CEO Graham Sears at DGV during the recent Masters State Track Championships

Tolland (Wagga) Interclub event @ 23 Feb - Frank Signor (left) & Peter Budd

Tolland (Wagga) Interclub event @ 23 Feb - Big Frank Signor somehow managed yet another invite …..

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Congratulations to Lise Benjamin for being awarded the CyclingNSW Cyclist of the Year for Womens W7 category for her 2019 performances

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 23 Feb - Ian Grainger & David Cooper both rode C grade and both went top 10

• Tolland (Wagga) Interclub @ 23 Feb - Both Frank Signor & Peter Budd drove from Griffith down to the Tolland (Wagga) Interclub getting in a local club race effort before the CyclingNSW Open events on the same circuit over 7 & 8 March. It was windy & difficult for the 60 starters but ideal preparation for 7 & 8 March.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 25 Feb - Heffron Park Criteriums

• 28 Feb-1 Mar - NSW Elite Track Championships (DGV)

• 29 Feb - Fred Icke Classic (Victoria)

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

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

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

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

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

• Winter Special Events - now updated

  • Further dates now posted with information to follow

Herald Sun Tour 2020 Retro follow up - Sean Kelly (circa 1988) on the real deal PDM Concorde with a Mavic rear disc wheel

Herald Sun Tour @ Melbourne @ 16 Feb - in case you missed it last week, this retro fan turned up in PDM Concorde team kit with the full PDM team ITT team bike from 1988 with a HED rear disc wheel

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

Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School term in full swing

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 25 & 27 February - 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

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

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

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

Paris Roubaix - the classic Tom Boonen bidon throw from the Paris Roubaix

Tour de France - A lovely black & white shot from a bygone era

News Shorts - 17 February

NSW Masters Track Championships @ DGV @ 14 Feb - Lise Benjamin took Gold in the Pointscore

NSW Masters Track Championships @ DGV @ 14 Feb - Jeremy Hopson (BiciSport Pilu Racing) took Silver in the Pointscore

NSW Masters Track Championships @ DGV @ 13 Feb - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) puts the spin on Mike Smith in the Sprint final. It didn’t work and Davide took the Silver medal

NSW Masters Track Championships @ DGV @ 13 Feb - Davide Browne faces off against Mike Smith

NSW Masters Track Championships @ DGV @ 13 Feb - Lise Benjamin took the Bronze in the Sprint

Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 16 Feb - Eric Dole in Masters B grade

Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 16 Feb - Ian Grainger, Eric Dole & Marty Wright

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• NSW Masters Track Championships @ 13-16 Feb

  • Sprints @ 13 Feb - Davide Browne took Silver & Lise Benjamin the Bronze

  • Time Trials & Points Race @ 14 Feb - Davide Browne took Bronze in the ITT, Silver in the Points. Lise Benjamin took Gold in ITT and Silver in the Points. Jeremy Hopson the Gold in the ITT & Silver in the Points

  • Individual Pursuit @ 15 Feb - Jeremy Hopson & Peter Verhoeven both took Silver medals in their age category

  • Scratch Race @ 16 Feb - Davide Browne finished 4th courtesy of a softening rear tyre

• Eastern Creek Raceway @ 16 Feb - Eric Dole & Marty Wright rode a peloton finish in B grade with Peter Krause 3rd in C grade and Ian Grainger 6th

RACING THIS WEEK

• 18 Feb - Heffron Park Criteriums

• 23 Feb - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Giro d’Canberra Cyclosportive (ACT)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

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

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

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

• Winter Special Events - now updated

  • Further dates now posted with information to follow

Herald Sun Tour @ Melbourne Botanical Gardens @ 9 Feb - a local fan turns up to display a 1988 PDM team issue time trial bike - complete with full Campagnolo groupset, Delta brakes, cowhorn handelbars, rear HED disc wheel & slightly smaller front Campagnolo Shamal disc wheel. Very very nice.

The PDM Concorde in action in 1988 with Steven Rooks (left) in control with Claude Criquelion

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

Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School term in full swing

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 18 & 20 February - 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

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

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

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

NSW Masters Track Championships @ DGV @ 13 Feb - Lise Benjamin (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)

NSW Masters Track Championships @ DGV @ 13 Feb - Davide Browne and the life of a DGV track rider

Tour de France 1973 - Luis Ocana (Team Bic) atop the first titanium road bike in the professional peloton way back in 1973

News Shorts - 10 February

Herald Sun Tour @ Falls Creek @ 6 Feb - Jai Hindley (Sunweb) went yellow after a great effort

Herald Sun Tour @ Falls Creek @ 6 Feb - Simon Yates & Damien Howson (Mitchelton Scott) discuss the outcomes from the days mountainous stage

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Herald Sun Tour @ Victorian Alps @ 5-9 Feb - Alex Simmons & Mike O’Reilly ticked off another Herald SunTour as Commissaire drivers in the Sun Tour race convoy.

RACING THIS WEEK

• 11 Feb - Heffron Park Criteriums

• 13-16 Feb - NSW Masters Track Championships (DGV)

  • Davide Browne, Peter Verhoeven, Lise Benjamin & Jeremy Hopson fly the BiciSport flag from Thursday through to the Sunday

• 15 Feb - Melbourne to Warnambool Classic (NRS-Vic)

• 16 Feb - Ballarat Cycle Classic Cyclosportive, Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney) , Ourimbah Criteriums (Central Coast)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

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

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

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

• Winter Special Events - now updated

  • Further dates now posted with information to follow

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

Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School term in full swing

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 11 & 13 February - 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

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

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

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

Herald Sun Tour @ Mt Buller @ 7 Feb - Simon Yates crosses the finish line at the Mt Buller Ski Station

Herald Sun Tour @ Mt Buller @ 7 Feb - Angus Morton (Team EF) after the finish

Herald Sun Tour @ Mt Buller @ 7 Feb - David McKenzie (left) interviews Jai Hindley (Sunweb) who also has the KOM classification wrapped up

Herald Sun Tour @ Melbourne @ 9 Feb - Mitchelton Scott won the final stage around the Melbourne Botanical Gardens in a sprint finish

News Shorts - 3 February

Goulburn Track @ 1 Feb - Davide van der Browne in full flight in the Wheelrace. Davide took 3rd in the Wheelrace Final after 20 years of trying. Well done Davide.

Goulburn Track @ 1 Feb - Davide Browne makes the Wheelrace podium

Goulburn Track @ 1 Feb - Davide van der Browne leads in Goulburn

Goulburn Track @ 1 Feb - conditions were 41 degrees at Goulburn with Davide in charge

Bowral Velodrome @ 2 Feb - Davide Browne (third wheel) during the Kieran event at the Bowral Velodrome

BOBBIN HEAD DESCENT - ROAD ALERT

• Extreme caution on the Mt Colah side of the Bobbin Head descent (approximately 400m past the top ranger building) with excessive road debris over the road

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Goulburn & Bowral Track @ 1 & 2 Feb - After 20 years of effort at Goulburn Track Davide Browne had his best ever result. Placings in the Heartstarter scratch race & Kieren, podium in the Wheelrace and a win in the Scratch Race.

• Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 2 Feb - Ian Grainger rode well for top 10 in C grade

• West Head Road Race @ 2 Feb - Eric Dole had a challenging day at West Head with a high quality Masters only peloton

RACING THIS WEEK

• 4 Feb - Heffron Park Criteriums

• 5 - 9 Feb - Herald Sun Tour

• 8 - 9 Feb - Dubbo Track Open

• 9 Feb - Heffron Park (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

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

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

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

• Winter Special Events - now updated

  • Further dates now posted with information to follow

Goulburn Track @ 1 Feb - Davide van der Browne with Paul Craft

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

Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School term in full swing

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 4 & 6 February - 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

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

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

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

The Herald Sun Tour runs from 5-9 February with a Nagambie start and a Melbourne finish.

Who needs a hill to inflict hurt on your opponents when there is a fierce Belgian left-right crosswind to make the race most interesting. The Molteni duo sets the tone with Eddy Merckx lurking in second wheel.

News Shorts - 27 January

Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 27 Jan - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the attack at ECR

Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 27 Jan - Eric Dole takes win number 2 at ECR with a nice victory salute

Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 27 Jan - Erie Dole is congratulated by Tom Green

Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 27 Jan - Happy wheels for a Happy Eric Dole

TourDownUnder @ 24 Jan - Noel LaRose (BiciSport Master) makes a pitch for getting into the Mitchelton Scott team for 2020 with Daryl Impey (two time winner)

Sprint GP # 3 @ 25 Jan @ DGV - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) lines up in the opening round.at DGV. The Victorian rider on the right is held up ex World Track Champion & Olympian Shane Kelly

BOBBIN HEAD DESCENT - ROAD ALERT

• Extreme caution on the Mt Colah side of the Bobbin Head descent (approximately 400m past the top ranger building) with excessive road debris over the road

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Sprint GP #3 @ DGV @ 25 Jan - The Sprint GP featured State teams from Victoria, South Australia & NSW in preparation for the upcoming National Track Championships in Brisbane. 10 riders bettered 11 seconds in the qualifying round which set the tone for some great racing. Davide Browne mounted a big 108 inch gear for the qualifying & posted a personal best.

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 26 Jan - Ian Grainger was a C grade peloton finish

• Waratah Masters @ ECR @ 27 Jan - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) took win number 2 at ECR

RACING THIS WEEK

• 30 Jan - 2 Feb - Zero Torquay & Cadel Evans Road Race (Geelong)

• 28 Jan - Heffron Park Criteriums

• 1 & 2 Feb - Goulburn & Bowral Track

  • Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) rides both days

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

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

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

  • Davide Browne takes on the Goulburn-Bowral track double header

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

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

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

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

• Winter Special Events - now updated

  • Further dates now posted with information to follow

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

* Motor traffic conditions are now HEAVIER with the NSW School term in full swing

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 28 & 30 January - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

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

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

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

Gavia Pass @ Italian Dolomites @ June 19 - Andrew Stuart took this amazing photo whilst the 4 riders in his peloton made their way to the top of the Gavia Pass from the Bormio side.

Not only is the Gavia Pass (just outside Bormio) nothing more than a single bitumen track hanging off a cliff, has a few dark tunnels (no lights), not to mention super steep gradients …. you also need to swim when the snow melts !!. Note the second rider has water above both hubs & cranks.

Gavia Pass @ Italian Dolomites @ June 19 - the Gavia summit approaches.

The Herald Sun Tour runs from February 5-9 starting at Ngambie/Shepparton, then onto Beechworth, Bright, Mansfield & the final stage in Melbourne.

Alex Simmons (BiciSport) is the Chief Commisaire driver and Mike O’Reilly (BiciSport) is the Commisaire # 2 driver

News Shorts - 20 January

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

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

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ciao from Griffith … Peter Budd

RACING THIS WEEK

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

  • 21 Jan - Tanunda-Tanunda

  • 22 Jan - Woodside-Stirling

  • 23 Jan - Unley-Paracombe

  • 24 Jan - Norwood-Murray Bridge

  • 25 Jan - Glenelg-Victor Harbour

  • 26 Jan - McLaren Vale-Willunga Hill

• 21 Jan - Heffron Park Criteriums

• 25 Jan - CyclingNSW Sprint GP # 3

  • Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) struts his stuff

• 26 Jan - Heffron Park (Waratah Masters)

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

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

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

  • Davide Browne takes on the Goulburn-Bowral track double

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

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

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

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

• Winter Special Events - now updated

  • Further information on some dates to follow

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

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

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 21 & 23 January - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

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

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

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

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

News Shorts - 13 January

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

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

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

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

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

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

VALE ALEX FULCHER

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

• Funeral details

  Thursday 16 January @ 2.00pm

  Si-Woronora Memorial Park, South Chapel

  Linden Street, Sutherland

BRIGHT ALPINE CLASSIC - CANCELLED DUE TO BUSHFIRES

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

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

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

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

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

RACING THIS WEEK

• 14 Jan - Heffron Park Criteriums

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

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

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums

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

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

  • Davide Browne takes on the Goulburn-Bowral double

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

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

    • BiciSport support details to follow shortly.

• Bathurst to Bathurst Weekend - 14 & 15 March

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

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

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

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 14 & 16 January - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

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

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

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

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

News Shorts - 6 January

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

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

TUMUT CYCLOSPORTIVE - CANCELLED DUE TO BUSHFIRES

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

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

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

RACING THIS WEEK

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

  • Commissaire drivers - Alex Simmons & Mike O’Reilly

• 12 Jan - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

  • CANCELLED DUE TO BUSHFIRES

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

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

  • BiciSport support details to follow shortly.

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

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

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

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 7 & 9 January - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

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

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

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

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

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

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

News Shorts - 30 December

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

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

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

RACING THIS WEEK

• 1 Jan - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

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

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

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

  • CANCELLED DUE TO BUSHFIRES

• Wagga (Tolland) Weekend - 7 & 8 March

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

  • BiciSport support details to follow shortly.

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

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

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 31 Dec & 2 January - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

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

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

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

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

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

News Shorts - 23 December

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

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

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

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

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

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

RACING THIS WEEK

• 27 Dec - 1 Jan - Sydney Christmas Carnivals

  • 27 Dec - Dunc Grey Velodrome

  • 28 Dec - Tempe Velodrome

  • 29 Dec - Hurstville Velodrome

  • 30 Dec - Lidcombe Velodrome

  • 31 Dec - Dunc Grey Velodrome

• 29 Dec - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums

  • Racing resumes every Tuesday from 14 January.

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

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

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

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

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

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

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 24 & 26 December - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

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

News Shorts - 16 December

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

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

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

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

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

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

BiCISPORT HAPPY WHEELS CHRISTMAS PARTY

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

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

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

RACING THIS WEEK

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

• 20 Dec - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

• 21 Dec - CA National Madison Championships (Melbourne)

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

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

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

• Celebratory Noel La Rose 82k ride - 21 December

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

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

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

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

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

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

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

* Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 17 & 19 December - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

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

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

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

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

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

News Shorts - 9 December

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

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

MEMBER NEWS

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

RACING THIS WEEK

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

• 10 Dec - CycNSW Special General Meeting (AusCycling)

• 13 Dec - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

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

• 15 Dec - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on November 26

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

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

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

• Celebratory Noel La Rose 82k ride - 21 December

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

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

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

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

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

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

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

*  Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 10 & 12 December

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

• 11 December

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

• 12 December

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

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

• 14 December

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

News Shorts - 2 December

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

MEMBER NEWS

• Tour of Bright (Vic) @ 29 Nov-1 Dec

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

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

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

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

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

RACING THIS WEEK

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

• 3-7 Dec - Tour of Tasmania (CA NRS)

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

• 6 Dec - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

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

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on November 26

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

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

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

• Celebratory Noel La Rose 82k ride - 21 December

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

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

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

• Cyclosportive - Tumut Cycle Classic - 12 January

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

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

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

*  Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 3 & 5 December

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

• 4 December

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

• 5 December

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

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

• 7 December

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

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

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

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

News Shorts - 25 November

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

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

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

RACING THIS WEEK

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

• 29 Nov - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

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

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

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

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on November 26

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

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

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

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

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

• BiciSport - Pilu Freshwater Charity Ride - Sunday December 1

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

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

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

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

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

*  Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 26 & 28 November

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

• 27 November

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

• 28 November

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

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

• 30 November

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

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

BiciSport at Ghent 6 Day & UCI Masters Cyclocross at Mol

DIARY OF A LYCRA OBSESSED FLANDRIEN

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

Race Program in Flanders

* Nov 9 - Zottegem Cyclocross (Mike Lawson)

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

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

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

* Nov 23 - Watripont Cyclocross (Mike Lawson)

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

Website - www.wkmasterscyclocross.be

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

News Shorts - 18 November

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

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

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

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

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

RACING THIS WEEK

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

• 20 Nov - Rouleur Classic (Melbourne, Vic)

• 22 Nov - HART (St Ives) (Manly CC)

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

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

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Heffron Park Summer Criteriums - continues on November 12

  • Every Tuesday from 6.00pm at Heffron Park Maroubra

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

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

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

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

• BiciSport - Pilu Freshwater Charity Ride - December 1

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

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

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

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

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

*  Note -

• Roadworks

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

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

All group rides are cancelled if wet

• 19 & 21 November

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

• 20 November

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

• 21 November

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

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

• 23 November

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