News Shorts - 17 August

West Head Individual Time Trial @ 16 Aug - Len Groen on a fine ride along the West Head Road

West Head Individual Time Trial @ 16 Aug - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) & Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels).

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 16 Aug - Raoul Westbrook took 2nd in D grade with a nice win by Terry Freshwater

BiciSport Team Time Trial training has a new home from Sunday 23 August … with a start from Miramare Gardens (off Myoora Rd Terrey Hills). Meet up time is 7.30am and depart at 8.00am.

BICISPORT TEAM TIME TRIAL TRAINING starts SUNDAY 23 AUGUST at MIRAMARE GARDENS TERREY HILLS

• The BiciSport Teams Time Trial sessions commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills (meeting time is 7.30am at Miramare Gardens off Myoora Rd Terrey Hills, then depart at 8.00am)

• Wet weather training cancellation will be advised on this webpage at 6.00am on the Sunday

• There will be four sessions at Terrey Hills and two sessions at either the West Head Individual Time Trial or Eastern Creek Raceway Criteriums in the lead up to the NSW TTT Championships in November.

• The six dates are -

  • Sun 23 August - Miramare Gardens Terrey Hills

  • Sun 6 September - Miramare Gardens Terrey Hills

  • Sun 13 September - West Head Individual ITT (Manly CC) or Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah CC)

  • Sun 4 & 25 October - Miramare Gardens Terrey Hills

  • Sun 1 Nov - West Head Individual ITT (Manly CC) or Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah CC)

• These six dates have been blended throughout various club racing events at Waratah Masters and West Head. BiciSport riders are firstly encouraged to come to the four Terrey Hills sessions but equally encouraged to attend the excellent club racing events now on offer. All of these training dates and club racing opportunities are listed in the Special Events section of this website.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• West Head Individual Time Trial @ 16 Aug - A solid entry list greeted the starters gun. Tom Green (13th @ 1hr15min30secs) did two laps with a one lap efforts for Matt Coy (22nd @ 38min16secs), Gio Pilu (26th @ 39min44secs), Len Groen (31st @ 41min22secs), Mike Lawson (34th @ 45min08secs)

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 16 Aug - Ian Grainger was a peloton finish in C grade & Raoul Westbrook finished 2nd in D grade. Terry Freshwater (regular Thursday starter on the Spruce Goose ride) won D grade.

NSW MASTERS ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SINGLETON & GO FOR BROKE

• For 2020 the NSW Masters Road Championships head for Singleton with the Individual Time Trial on the Friday, the Road Races on the Saturday (around the well known Team Time Trial course) and Criteriums on a new circuit at Broke (near Pokolbin).

• The Championships have been moved to 8, 9, 10 October at Singleton

BiciSport will reimburse all Masters entry fees and contribute $100 per rider towards accommodation costs. For further details please contact Mike O’Reilly on 0417 403 244

RACE KEEPER versus RACE SEEKER versus RACE EXECUTIONER

• The smaller club events have quietly restarted (at Heffron Park, Southern Highlands, Lansdowne Park, Eastern Creek, Penrith, Parramatta & West Head) but the larger promotions and cyclosportives remain in the Covid hurt box. It would be fair to say that mass participation events (with more than 500 starters) have a real problem at present.

RACE EXECUTIONER UPDATE - BOWRAL CLASSIC CANCELLED

• Note that bigger events continue to be cancelled as promoters feel the financial pain of complying with the ever changing Covid 19 climate coupled with border restrictions that again can change at a moments notice

• Recent cancellations include -

  • Aug 22 - BiciSport Tour de France Dinner (with CJ Sutton)

  • Aug 22-23 - NSW Elite Criterium Champs (Heffron Park)

  • Aug 29 - Cootamundra Open.

  • Sept 12 - Gunnedah Weekend (CycNSW)

  • Oct 5 - Gears & Beers Cyclosportive (Wagga)

  • Oct 8-9 - Tour of Gippsland (NRS)

    Oct 10 - World Masters Track Championships (Manchester, UK)

  • Oct 11 - Around the Bay in a Day (Melbourne, Vic)

    • Oct 11 - Spring Cycle (NSW) - decision pending

  • Oct 16 - Womens High Country Challenge (Bright, Vic)

  • Oct 18 - Bowral Classic (NSW)

  • Oct 25 - Fitzs Challenge Cyclosportive (Canberra, ACT)

  • Oct 25 - Ride Daylesford (Regional Vic)

  • Nov 1 - MS Gong Ride (NSW)

  • Nov 8 - Mt Baw Baw Classic (Warragul, Vic)

    • Nov 8 - Amy Gillett Gran Fondo (Vic) - decision pending Aug 31

  • Nov 15 - Bass Coast Classic (Inverloch, Vic)

  • Nov 28 - L’Etape (Nowra)

    • Nov 28 - Great Victorian Bike Ride (Vic) - decision pending

  • Dec 3-5 - Tour of Bright (Vic)

Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills @ 15 Aug - A nice sized BiciSport peloton with L to R … John, Karl, Mike, Marty, Paul, Ken, Nigel, Ian, Sean & Raoul

NSW Cyclo Cross Championships @ 23 Aug @ Central Coast - Mike Lawson (BiciSport) is the BiciSport entry

RACE SEEKER THIS WEEK

• 22 Aug

  • Oakville Road Race (Parramatta CC)

• 23 Aug

  • Waratah Masters Club Championships (note - no visitors), NSW Cyclocross State Championships (Central Coast CC) - BiciSport starter Mike Lawson

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & TTT RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 18 & 20 August - 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 Aug - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

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

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

Palmans # 1 - Mario De Clerq was the reigning World Cyclo Cross Champion

Pamans # 2 - Another Belgian professional team from 1993-2010. Palmans was an international road transport company & Collstrop made wooden products. An outstanding Flemish based team with several notables in Geert Omloop (Belgian Champ 2003), Jan Bogeart, Nico Eeckhout, Roger Hammond, Peter Van Petegem (won Paris Roubaix) and Magnus Backstedt (also won Paris Roubaix).

Palmans # 3 - a classic Flemish cyclist in Staf Scheirlinckx

Palmans # 4 - Geert Omloop (2003 Belgian National Road Champion)

Palmans # 5 - Geert Omloop takes a great victory at the Belgian National Road Championship

News Shorts - 10 August

Waratah Masters @ 9 Aug - L to R … Rolly Delaytz, Tom Green, Peter Verhoeven, Eddy Ahumada & Eric Dole. Waratahs hosted big fields in each grade for an excellent days racing.

Waratah Masters @ 9 Aug - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) takes second in A grade

Waratah Masters @ 9 Aug - 100 metres from the Waratah Masters A grade finish

Waratahs Masters @ 9 Aug - Rolly on the Waratah Masters A grade podium

Waratah Masters @ 9 Aug - Peter Verhoeven (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) rode well in A2 grade

Waratah Masters @ 9 Aug - Tom Green leads Eric Dole in Masters A2 grade

Waratah Masters @ 9 Aug - Eddy Ahumada in the Masters C grade peloton

BiciSport Happy Wheels @ 6 Aug - The Thursday Happy Wheels training ride ride departs Happy Wheels Waterloo @ 6.00am and then heads for La Perouse and return led by Computa Campbell. All welcome

Stelvio Pass Italy @ 4 Aug - its August and the Stelvio Pass still looks like this !. Picture courtesy of Frank Signor (BiciSport Griffith) …. all that is missing is a few speed bumps !

McCarrs Creek Road Speed Bumps @ 8 Aug - 20 speed bumps in just 3k on the only bike safe road into the National Park from a northern approach …. If that bit of traffic management sounds silly … it is

MCCARRS CREEK ROAD SPEED BUMPS ALERT

• Beware the 20 new speed bumps between Church Point and the National Park. You have to be left shaking your head in utter disbelief that anybody could consider this move as a meaningful solution to any traffic calming problems. Discussions are ongoing with the Northern Beaches Council.

NSW MASTERS ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SINGLETON AND GO FOR BROKE

• For 2020 the NSW Masters Road Championships head for Singleton with the Individual Time Trial on the Friday, the Road Races on the Saturday (around the well known Team Time Trial course) and Criteriums on a new circuit at Broke (near Pokolbin).

• BiciSport will reimburse all Masters entry fees and contribute $100 per rider towards accommodation costs. For further details please contact Mike O’Reilly on 0417 403 244

RACE KEEPER VERSUS RACE SEEKER VERSUS RACE EXECUTIONER

• The smaller club events have quietly restarted (at Heffron Park, Southern Highlands, Lansdowne Park, Eastern Creek, Penrith, Parramatta & West Head) but the larger promotions and cyclosportives remain in the Covid hurt box. It would be fair to say that mass participation events (with more than 500 starters) have a real problem at present.

• Covid 19 is most certainly sitting over our shoulder, and you get the sense that apprehension and serious concern is well and truly still with us.

RACE EXECUTIONER UPDATE - THE LIST GROWS …

• Note that bigger events continue to be cancelled as promoters feel the financial pain of complying with the ever changing Covid 19 climate coupled with border restrictions that again can change at a moments notice

• Recent cancellations include -

  • Aug 16 - Rob Vernon Classic (Bendigo, Vic)

  • Aug 22 - BiciSport Tour de France Dinner (with CJ Sutton)

  • Aug 29 - Cootamundra Open.

  • Oct 5 - Gears & Beers Cyclosportive (Wagga)

  • Oct 10 - World Masters Track Championships (Manchester, UK)

  • Oct 16 - Womens High Country Challenge (Bright, Vic)

  • Oct 25 - Fitzs Challenge Cyclosportive (Canberra, ACT)

  • Oct 25 - Ride Daylesford (Regional Vic)

    • Nov 1 - MS Gong Ride (NSW) - decision pending

  • Nov 8 - Mt Baw Baw Classic (Warragul, Vic)

    • Nov 8 - Amy Gillett Gran Fondo (Vic) - decision pending

  • Nov 15 - Bass Coast Classic (Inverloch, Vic)

  • Dec 3-5 - Tour of Bright (Vic)

COVID 19 & NORTHSIDE TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS - TRAFFIC VOLUMES UP 20%

• Caution still needs to be exercised on traditional cycling roads like Pittwater Rd (through Dee Why to Mona Vale) and McCarrs Creek Rd towards Church Point, then into Akuna Bay & West Head. Traffic volumes are much higher than normal

MANLY BEACHFRONT ROAD NOW 30 KPH SPEED LIMITED

• Please note the the entire stretch of the Manly-Queenscliff beachfront road is now limited to 30 kph

RACE SEEKER THIS WEEK

• 11 Aug - CycNSW Annual General Meeting (Zoom)

• 15 Aug - Penrith Lakes Criterium (Penrith CC)

• 16 Aug

  • Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters) , West Head Time Trial @ 40k & 25k (Manly CC)

  • Mt Ku Ring Gai Criterium (North Sydney), Ken Dinnerville Handicap (CycNSW @ Gunning)

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & TTT RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

BICISPORT NEWSLETTERS

• The new newsletter scribe is Nigel Smith and the email is

  • Bicisportnews@gmail.com

• If you’d like to be included on the email listing feel free to email Nigel and get in the loop

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 11 & 13 August - 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 Aug - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

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

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

Mario Cipolini # 1 - rode for the Acqua & Sapone professional team based in Italy. The team competed from 2004-2012. The team kit was the non too subtle zebra style. Framsets were Specialised loaded with Shimano components

Mario Cipolini # 2 - Super Mario wins the Milan San Remo Classic

Mario Cipolini # 3 - not sure what is more noticeable … the Acqua & Sapone team car or Super Mario

News Shorts - 3 August

Waratah Masters host racing at Eastern Creek from Sunday 9 August …. hope to see you there

BiciSport Griffith @ 31 July - Peter Budd has a delighfully appointed service corse/manshed/garage with all manner of personal memorabilia that includes clothing, medals, race numbers, trophies, posters, then a classy bike wall of Fuji, Specialised, Ciocc, Giant, Morgan x 3, a GT, finally a Cannondale and a very nice tandem.

BiciSport Griffith @ 1 Aug - Saturday ride completed in pretty chilly conditions, then a quick coffee at the Budd Service Corse.

L to R … Albert Ravanello, Melissa Budd, Roger Thompson Seagrave, Peter Budd, Michael Taylor & Frank Signor. Frank is recovering well from his recent training ride crash.

MCCARRS CREEK ROAD SPEED BUMPS ALERT

• Beware the 19 new speed bumps between Church Point and the National Park. You have to be left shaking your head in utter disbelief that anybody could consider this move as a meaningful solution to any traffic calming problems. Discussions will continue this week with relevant authorities regarding a considered solution.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Recovery Ward @ 1 Aug - Good to report that Frank Signor & Tony Deligigante are both recovering well from the training ride mishap in Griffith

EASTERN CREEK RACEWAY RECOMMENCES ON 9 AUGUST

• Waratah Masters relaunch club level events at Eastern Creek Raceway on Sunday 9 August. Start time is a brisk 7.00am and all BiciSport Masters are encouraged to make it a date. BiciSport entries can be made on the day and a BiciSport support team will be in attendance on 9 August.

RACE KEEPER VERSUS RACE SEEKER VERSUS RACE EXECUTIONER

• The smaller club events have quietly restarted (at Heffron Park, Southern Highlands, Lansdowne Park, Eastern Creek, Penrith, Parramatta & West Head) but the larger promotions and cyclosportives remain in the Covid hurt box. It would be fair to say that mass participation events (with more than 500 starters) have a real problem at present. Covid 19 is most certainly sitting over our shoulder, and you get the sense that apprehension and serious concern is well and truly still with us.

RACE EXECUTIONER UPDATE

• Note that some of the bigger events have recently cancelled, including -

  • Aug 22 - BiciSport Tour de France Dinner (with CJ Sutton)

  • Aug 29 - Cootamundra Open.

  • Oct 5 - Gears & Beers Cyclosportive (Wagga)

  • Oct 10 - World Masters Track Championships (Manchester, UK)

  • Oct 25 - Fitzs Challenge Cyclosportive (Canberra, ACT)

  • Oct 25 - Ride Daylesford (Vic)

  • Nov 8 - Mt Baw Baw Classic (Warragul, Vic)

  • Dec 3-5 - Tour of Bright (Vic)

COVID 19 & NORTHSIDE TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS - TRAFFIC VOLUMES UP 20%

• Caution still needs to be exercised on traditional cycling roads like Pittwater Rd (through Dee Why to Mona Vale) and McCarrs Creek Rd towards Church Point, then into Akuna Bay & West Head. Traffic volumes are much higher than normal

• Centennial Park remains very busy with car traffic volumes have increased 20% courtesy of Covid 19

MANLY BEACHFRONT ROAD NOW 30 KPH SPEED LIMITED

• Please note the the entire stretch of the Manly-Queenscliff beachfront road is now limited to 30 kph

RACE SEEKER THIS WEEK

• 8 Aug

  • Oakville Road Race (Parramatta CC), Canyonleigh Road Race (Southern Highlands),

  • Heffron Park (RBCC), Kurri Kurri Criteriums (Newcastle CC)

• 9 Aug - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

BICISPORT NEWSLETTERS

• The new newsletter scribe is Nigel Smith and the email is

  • Bicisportnews@gmail.com

• If you’d like to be included on the email listing feel free to email Nigel and get in the loop

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

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 with the next ECR Masters booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 4 & 6 August - 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 Aug - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

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

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

Kwantum Hallen is a furniture chain store & Decosol installed window curtains and blinds

Kwantum Hallen-Decosol @ 1984 # 2 - Adrie Van De Poel (above) was just one of numerous outstanding cyclists to pass through this team since 1984, be it under sponsorship from Kwantum, Superconfex, Buckler, Word Perfect, Novell, Rabobank, Belkin, Lotto NL or Jumbo Visma.

The team originally formed after a split from TI Raleigh in late 1983 … half the team then went to the Panasonic Team (led by Peter Post) and the other half formed under Jan Raas at Kwantum. Peter Post & Jan Raas most definitely did not get on and the rivalry was bitter as it was fierce.

Framesets were Colnago, then Giant then finally Bianchi.

Kwantum Hallen-Decosol @ 1984 # 1 - Joop Zoetmelk & Hennie Kuiper … both won a World Road Championship, plus numerous Classics not to mention a Tour de France win by Joop.

News Shorts - 27 July

European Classics kick off next weekend with Strade Bianche in Siena, Italy

Genuine Italian style at Strade Bianchi with a single speed Bianchi, aluminium bidon on the bars, and nothing beats a set of Plus 4 knicks & long socks in matching sky blue

RACE KEEPER VERSUS RACE SEEKER

• The smaller club events have quietly restarted (at Heffron Park, Southern Highlands, Lansdowne Park, Eastern Creek, Penrith, Parramatta & West Head) but the larger promotions and cyclosportives remain in the Covid hurt box. It would be fair to say that mass participation events (with more than 500 starters) have a real problem at present. Covid 19 is most certainly sitting over our shoulder, and you get the sense that apprehension and serious concern is well and truly still with us.

• Note that some of the bigger events have recently cancelled, including -

  • Aug 22 - BiciSport Tour de France Dinner (with CJ Sutton)

  • Aug 29 - Cootamundra Open

  • Oct 5 - Gears & Beers Cyclosportive (Wagga)

  • Oct 10 - World Masters Track Championships (Manchester, UK)

Centennial Park Ride @ 23 July - L to R with Ian Grainger, Mike O’Reilly, Peter Stupka, Ivan Sher, Terry Freshwater & John Crouchley.

The ride is held every Thursday starting at the Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am. All welcome.

COVID 19 & NORTHSIDE TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS - TRAFFIC VOLUMES UP 20%

• Caution still needs to be exercised on traditional cycling roads like Pittwater Rd (through Dee Why to Mona Vale) and McCarrs Creek Rd towards Church Point, then into Akuna Bay & West Head. Traffic volumes are much higher than normal

• Centennial Park remains very busy with car traffic volumes have increased 20% courtesy of Covid 19

MANLY BEACHFRONT ROAD NOW 30 KPH SPEED LIMITED

• Please note the the entire stretch of the Manly-Queenscliff beachfront road is now limited to 30 kph

RACE SEEKER THIS WEEK

• 1 Aug - Wombeyan Caves Road Race (Southern Highlands CC)

• 2 Aug - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

BICISPORT NEWSLETTERS

• The new newsletter scribe is Nigel Smith and the email is

  • Bicisportnews@gmail.com

• If you’d like to be included on the email listing feel free to email Nigel and get in the loop

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

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 with the next ECR Masters booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 28 & 30 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

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

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

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

Alfa Lum # 1 - the team was sponsored by the Italian aluminium manufacturer Alfa Lum from 1982 to 1990. Originally the team was Italian based with some excellent imports (including Australian Michael Wilson). Originally on Olmo framsets, then Legnano, then finally on to Colnago framesets in 1989-90. Campagnolo was the groupset of choice throughout.

In 1989 the team sourced riders from the Soviet Union and team Sports Director Primo Franchini (above) got the Soviet theme humming along. Not sure about a hidden Colnago behind a red curtain (??) and a single shoe (what was that all about ?? .. )

Alfa Lum # 2 - 1989 featured riders with names not particularly soft on the English tongue headed by the sprinter Giamolidin Abdoujapavov (aka the Tashkent Terror). Several riders (including Abdo, Tchmil, Konyshev) progressed to outstanding professional careers.

Alfa Lum # 3 - Barrachi Trophy 2 man time trial in 1989 on Colnago framsets loaded with Campagnolo groupsets

Alfa Lum # 4 - circa 1987 with a heavy reliance on a strong Italian core of exceptional professionals

Alfa Lum # 5 - 1989 saw the team virtually rebuilt around 15 riders from the Soviet Union. The team folded at the end of 1990 with several riders going on to exceptional careers with other professional teams

News Shorts - 20 July

Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre @ 18 July - Randolph Baral & Tom Green before the start

Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre @ 18 July - Randolph Baral approaching the start line

Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre @ 18 July - Randolph Baral launches off the Penrith start line

Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre @ 18 July - Tom & Sam Green enjoy the Penrith sunshine

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre on 18 July - A well organised individual time trial by Penrith Club around Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre was held in bright sunshine with little wind with a good sized field of 120 starters. Tom Green & Randolph Baral represented BiciSport in the 20k Masters ITT effort. From the 32 starters in Masters 4-6 category Randolph posted 28min 23secs for 4th, and Tom posted 28min57 secs for 5th.

• Mt Ku Ring Gai Criterium @ 19 July - Both Ian Cocks (Pilu Racing) and David Browne were on the Beaumont Rd start sheet

• Waratah Masters Lansdowne Park @ 19 July - Ian Grainger was 6th in C grade

• Recovery Ward - Speedy recovery to both Frank Signor & Tony Delgigante who had an “off” in Griffith on a training ride on 14 July. Frank cracked four ribs and both are recovering well albeit somewhat battered & sore

COVID 19 RACE CANCELLATIONS EVER PRESENT

• The smaller club events are quietly restarting (Heffron Park, Lansdowne Park, Eastern Creek, Penrith, Parramatta & West Head) but the larger promotions remain in the hurt box. It would be fair to say that mass participation events (with more than 500 starters) have a real problem at present. Covid 19 is most certainly sitting over our shoulder, and you get the sense that apprehension and serious concern is well and truly still with us.

• Note that some of the bigger events have recently cancelled, including -

  • Aug 22 - BiciSport Tour de France Dinner (with CJ Sutton)

  • Aug 29 - Cootamundra Open

  • Oct 5 - Gears & Beers Cyclosportive (Wagga)

  • Oct 10 - World Masters Track Championships (Manchester, UK)

COVID 19 & NORTHSIDE TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS - TRAFFIC VOLUMES UP 20%

• Caution still needs to be exercised on traditional cycling roads like McCarrs Creek Rd towards Church Point, then into Akuna Bay & West Head. Traffic volumes are much higher than normal

• Centennial Park remains very busy with car traffic volumes have increased 20% courtesy of Covid 19

MANLY BEACHFRONT ROAD NOW 30 KPH SPEED LIMITED

• Please note the the entire stretch of the Manly-Queenscliff beachfront road is now limited to 30 kph

RACING THIS WEEK

• 25 July - Oakville Road Race (Parramatta CC), Bundanoon Road Race (Southern Highlands CC)

• 26 July - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), West Head Road Race (Manly CC)

SOME RACES NOT YET COVID APPROVED

• Note that each race organiser needs to have approved COVID procedures from each local Council before their race can proceed. So check on each club website to ensure that the club race has been COVID procedures have been approved.

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

BICISPORT NEWSLETTERS

• The new newsletter scribe is Nigel Smith and the email is

  • Bicisportnews@gmail.com

• If you’d like to be included on the email listing feel free to email Nigel and get in the loop

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

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 with the next ECR Masters booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 21 & 23 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

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

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

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

La Vie Claire # 1 - Conceived by Bernard Tapie in late 1983 it all kicked off in 1984. Jersey design was based on the Mondrian inspired multi-coloured squares designed by Dutch abstract artist Piet Mondrian. Sponsors were many with La Vie Claire (Health food chain), Radar, Wonder (batteries), Terraillon (bathroom scales), Look (Ski & cycling bindings) and finally Toshiba.

La Vie Claire # 2 - a team loaded with extreme talent with the likes of Greg Lemond, Steve Bauer, Kim Anderson, Andy Hampsten, Bernard Hinault, Nikki Ruttiman, Marc Gomez, Jean Francois Bernard and Pascal Richard. The list was endless.

La Vie Claire # 3 - Toshiba came on board in 1988 as the primary sponsor. The famous Mondrian squares gave way to whatever you call the 1990 team kit (lets be polite … it didn’t really work !)

La Vie Claire # 4 - Bernard Hinault in early 1984 leading the LVC team photo.

News Shorts - 13 July

PENRITH CC HOST AN INVITATIONAL TIME TRIAL ON SATURDAY !8 JULY

• The Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre is a great venue for an Individual Time Trial on Saturday 18 July. Hope to see you there.

• Full event details are listed in the Special Events section of this website

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 12 July - Ian Grainger went top 10 in C grade

COVID 19 RACE CANCELLATIONS re-START

• Covid 19 is most certainly not history yet, and you get the sense that apprehension has well and truly returned.

• Some of the bigger events have recently cancelled, including -

  • Aug 22 - BiciSport Tour de France Dinner (with CJ Sutton)

  • Aug 29 - Cootamundra Open

  • Oct 5 - Gears & Beers Cyclosportive (Wagga)

  • Oct 10 - World Masters Track Championships (Manchester, UK)

COVID 19 & NORTHSIDE TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS - TRAFFIC VOLUMES UP 20%

• Caution still needs to be exercised on traditional cycling roads like McCarrs Creek Rd towards Church Point, then into Akuna Bay & West Head. Traffic volumes are much higher than normal

• Centennial Park remains very busy with car traffic volumes have increased 20% courtesy of Covid 19

MANLY BEACHFRONT ROAD NOW 30 KPH SPEED LIMITED

• Please note the the entire stretch of the Manly-Queenscliff beachfront road is now limited to 30 kph

RACING THIS WEEK

• 18 July - Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre Individual Time Trial (Penrith CC) - from 1pm

• 19 July - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney)

SOME RACES NOT YET COVID APPROVED

• Note that each race organiser needs to have approved COVID procedures from each local Council before their race can proceed. So check on each club website to ensure that the club race has been COVID procedures have been approved.

WARATAH MASTERS RESTART RACING

• Waratah Masters have restarted their interclub racing at Landsowne Park

• Note that non Waratah riders must pre-enter for the next period from July to December for the full period to get a start.

• Non Waratah riders cannot enter on a race by race basis and cash is not accepted.

• Covid 19 Waratah race entry protocols are now listed in this website under Sydney Racing

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

BICISPORT NEWSLETTERS

• Many thanks to Ian Grainger for the dedication to the cause in putting out the regular BiciSport email newsletters

• Going forward the new author will be Nigel Smith and the email is

  • Bicisportnews@gmail.com

• If you’d like to be included on the email listing feel free to email Nigel and get in the loop

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

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 with the next ECR Masters booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 14 & 16 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

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

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

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

Jacky Aernoudt 1983 # 1 - Another Belgian team … another Belgian furniture (meubel) manufacturer, but this time the team had real firepower in Adrie Van Der Poel (father of Mathieu) and the likes of Hennie Kuiper & Eric Vanderaerden. This was a class team with talent to burn ….

…. but the big trouble was the team was seriously short of real money and burnt through the cash long before the 1983 season got to the midway point at the Tour de France. 1983 was it, thank you very much.

Jacky Aernoudt 1983 # 2 - Hennie Kuiper on the attack in Paris Roubaix through the Wallers Arenberg forest pave.

Jacky Aernoudt 1983 # 3 - Hennie Kuiper punctured on the Hem cobbles just 5k from the Roubaix Velodrome finish, changed team bikes and took the win.

Jacky Aernoudt 1983 # 4 - Aernoudt rode Italian Rossin frames with Campagnolo groupsets. A great team loaded with talent but regrettably inversely proportional to the amount of cash on hand to keep it all alive.

News Shorts - 6 July

BiciSport Holbrook to Albury @ 27 June - Frank Signor (Anytime Fitness) chasing the Bici peloton into Albury in light drizzle

BiciSport Centennial Park Ride @ 2 July - weather was delightful & Centennial Park hordes were not as prolific as in past (COVID crush) weeks & included BiciSport regulars in Ian Grainger, John Crouchley & Peter Stupka.

BICISPORT MEMBER RACE NEWS

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 5 July - Ian Grainger rode well in C grade but acknowledged those who spent the Covid period active on Swift & Strava and those who maybe cycled to coffee shops … By all accounts it was a good turn up & great to see racing back again

COVID 19 & NORTHSIDE TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS - TRAFFIC VOLUMES UP 20%

• Caution still needs to be exercised on traditional cycling roads like McCarrs Creek Rd towards Church Point, then into Akuna Bay & West Head. Traffic volumes are much higher than normal

• Centennial Park remains very busy with car traffic volumes have increased 20% courtesy of Covid 19

RACING THIS WEEK

• 12 July - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

Penrith CC host an Individual Time Trial club event at the Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre on Saturday 18 July. If you would like a start please contact Danielle on 0468 913 682

Whilst NSW Club Racing has officially resumed this week some racing venues have not had their Covid Safety Plans approved by Local Councils just yet.

Check club websites for the latest updates.

SOME RACES NOT YET COVID APPROVED

• Note that each race organiser needs to have approved COVID procedures from each local Council before races can proceed. So check on each club website to ensure that the club race has been COVID approved.

WARATAH MASTERS RESTART RACING

• Waratah Masters have restarted their interclub racing at Landsowne Park

• Only Lansdowne is currently COVID approved (not Eastern Creek as yet)

• Note that non Waratah riders must pre-enter for the next period from July to December for the full period to get a start. Non Waratah riders cannot enter on a race by race basis and cash is not accepted.

• Covid 19 Waratah race entry protocols are now listed in this website under Sydney Racing

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

BICISPORT NEWSLETTERS

• Many thanks to Ian Grainger for the dedication to the cause in putting out the regular BiciSport email newsletters

• Going forward the new author will be Nigel Smith and the email is

  • Bicisportnews@gmail.com

• If you’d like to be included on the email listing feel free to email Nigel and get in the loop

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

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 with the next ECR Masters booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 7 & 9 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

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

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

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

Spanish KAS # 1 - Jean de Gribaldy (in the team car) was the esteemed KAS Sports Director who was tragically killed in a car accident in 1987

Spanish KAS # 2 - Sean Kelly atop the aluminium team issue Vitus frameset in the Tour of Spain … arguably one of the worst framesets ever built with frame breakages pretty much standard

Spanish KAS # 3 - Sean Kelly was the leading KAS team professional between 1986-88.

KAS was Spanish soft drinks & Canal 10 a TV station

Spanish KAS # 4 - Sean Kelly going aero atop the aluminium Vitus … good luck with that !

Spanish KAS # 5 - KAS was a Spanish soft drinks manufacturer and sponsored cycling teams from 1958 until 1979, then re-entered cycling team sponsorship from 1986-88 with Sean Kelly.

News Shorts - 29 June

BiciSport Holbrook to Albury @ 27 June - a chilly start at the Holbrook Submarine with 10 starters in the BiciSport peloton

BiciSport Holbrook to Albury @ 27 June - a gentile start out of Holbrook towards Annandayle then onto the climbs of Woomargama Way, then the rolling countryside towards the Wymah Ferry and into Albury.

BiciSport Holbrook to Albury @ 27 June - Frank Signor tackles the steep climb on Woormargama Way

BiciSport Holbrook to Albury @ 27 June - Melissa Budd over the Woormargama Climb

BiciSport Holbrook to Albury @ 27 June - Peter Budd leads the peloton out of Holbrook through some delightful scenery

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• BiciSport Holbrook to Albury Ride @ 27 June

  • A peloton of 10 riders lined up for the 120k from Holbrook to Albury. Road conditions were good with a light chilly breeze for the 80k run towards the Murray River, then the final 40k loop run into Albury via the Wymah Ferry

  • Special thanks to Peter & Melissa Budd for organising the journey and the following team bus.

COVID 19 & NORTHSIDE TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS

• Caution still needs to be exercised on traditional cycling roads like McCarrs Creek Rd towards Church Point, then into Akuna Bay & West Head. Traffic volumes are much higher than normal

• Centennial Park remains very busy with car traffic at present courtesy of Covid 19

RACING THIS WEEK

• 5 July - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

WARATAH MASTERS RESTART RACING 5 JULY

• Waratah Masters restart their interclub racing at Landsowne Park on Sunday 5 July.

• Note that non Waratah riders must pre-enter for the next period from July to December for the full period to get a start.

• Non Waratah riders cannot enter on a race by race basis and cash is not accepted.

• Covid 19 Waratah race entry protocols are now listed in this website under Sydney Racing

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

BICISPORT NEWSLETTERS

• Many thanks to Ian Grainger for the dedication to the cause in putting out the regular BiciSport email newsletters

• Going forward the new author will be Nigel Smith and the email is

  • Bicisportnews@gmail.com

• If you’d like to be included on the email listing feel free to email Nigel and get in the loop

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

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 with the next ECR Masters booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 30 June - 2 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

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

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

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

Belgium Vermeer Thijs # 1 - Alfons (Fons) de Wolf was the leading rider in the Vermeer team. Meubelen is Flemish (Meubles in French) for furniture and several furniture brands sponsored cycling teams at that time .

Belgium Vermeer Thijs # 2 - Fons De Wolf won the Tour of Lombardy at the end of 1980, then won Milan San Remo (picture above) at the beginning of 1981.

Belgium Vermeer Thijs # 3 - Fons De Wolf in classic aero position atop the Gios Torino framset loaded with a Campagnolo groupset

Belgium Vermeer Thijs # 4 - Roger Swerts (ex Eddy Merckx team mate) was the Vermeer Sports Director

Belgium Vermeer Thijs # 5 - Roland Liboton (centre of picture) was the World Cyclo Cross Champion.

News Shorts - 15 June

Giro 1988 # 1 - The Gavia Pass was first used in the Giro in 1960. Its been 32 years since the Giro went over the Gavia Pass in 1988 in a freakish snow storm on the way to the Bormio stage finish.

Eric Breukink (pictured, Team Panasonic) near the summit. The descent from the Gavia summit into Bormio was as dangerous as it was cold.

Giro 1988 # 2 - The Gavia Pass was built by the military during World War 1 and essentially hangs off a cliff. In 1988 there was still gravel sections to be traversed. Franco Chiccoli defends the Pink Jersey

Giro 1988 # 3 - Andy Hampsten (7 Eleven Team) prepares to attack both Chiccoli & Bruekink. Hampsten would go on to win the Giro.

Giro 1988 # 4 - things begin to get a bit grim towards the Gavia Pass summit

Gavia 1988 # 5 - Andy Hampsten crests the Gavia Pass summit

COVID 19 & NORTHSIDE TRAFFIC HOTSPOTS

• Caution still needs to be exercised on traditional cycling roads like McCarrs Creek Rd towards Church Point, then into Akuna Bay & West Head. Traffic volumes are much higher than normal

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

FLANDERS CLASSICS - THE BEST YOUTUBE EVER

• A bit bored watching the Food Channel replaying calorie inspired reruns ? …. If you want some great Flanders YouTube then go to Flanders Classics and go to Flanders 100, 101, 102 and beyond. Simply brilliant behind the scenes documentaries.

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

Don’t miss the BiciSport ride from Holbrook to Albury on Saturday 27 June. Details are in the Special Events section of this website.

The BiciSport Holbrook to Albury ride on 27 June features the crossing of the Whymah Ferry near Albury

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• BiciSport Ride : Holbrook to Albury on Saturday 27 June

• Eastern Creek Raceway (Masters)

  • Several weekends to choose from with the next ECR Masters booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 16 & 18 June - 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

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

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

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

Sandstone Cafe @ 13 June - The Sandstone grupetto included (L to R) - Richard Mulberry, Ken Edwards, Paul Worby, Eric Dole, John Page, Ian Grainger, Marty Wright & Nigel Smith. Coffee is from 9.30am every Saturday and all welcome.

Belgian professional teams circa 1986 - this time its the kermesse focused TeVe-blad team sitting atop a team Citroen.

TeVe-blad as the name implies was the Belgian weekly TV magazine at the time (like our own TV Times magazine). Eddy Merckx supplied the frames & Campagnolo the groupsets.

News Shorts - 8 June

Rock Racing # 1 - the current style in Sydney club lycra is beyond drab … all dark monotones and a heavy emphasis on good old fashioned black. In Sydney there are seemingly three lycra colours at present - black, black & more black and sponsors logos are a thing of the past.

Rock Racing on the other hand had a slightly more edgy feel to say the very least. The RR team (2007-2009) was founded by the flamboyant Michael Bell (center of picture, black jeans & dark sunglasses) and affiliated with Ball’s Rock & Republic clothing line. The team had a punchy feel (… ya think ? …) and its motto was “Here to Stay”

Rock Racing # 2 - Tyler Hamilton in the edgy orange-black RR team kit. It was a great look.

Rock Racing # 3 - the RR team kit had many versions over three short years (orange, green, red, white) and the matching green-black Italian De Rosa frames loaded on a Campagnolo groupset was a nice touch

Rock Racing # 4 - Tyler Hamilton in the green-black RR team livery alongside the equally splashy team car and bus

Rock Racing # 5 - Mario Cipolini (left) rode his own brand of frame sets whilst other Rock Racing team members were on the general team issue green-black De Rosa

BICISPORT RESULTS - BARAL TAKES A WIN AT CRONULLA ITT

• Cronulla Triathlon Club @ Kurnell @ 8 June - Randolph Baral (Happy Wheels) took the individual time trial win over 16.6k in 22min 59 secs from 22 starters. Well done Randolph.

PELOTONS UP TO 10 RIDERS FROM 15 MAY & RACING FROM 1 AUGUST

• Local training pelotons can go up to 10 riders from Friday 15 May

• Racing has been suspended until further notice with a revised CycNSW road racing program starting from 1 August.

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

FLANDERS CLASSICS - THE BEST YOUTUBE EVER

• A bit bored watching the Food Channel replaying calorie inspired reruns ? …. If you want some great Flanders YouTube then go to Flanders Classics and go to Flanders 100, 101, 102 and beyond. Simply brilliant behind the scenes documentaries.

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 9 & 11 June - 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

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

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

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

BiciSport Special Ride on Saturday 27 June from Holbrook to Albury over 120k on quiet country roads.

Details in the Special Events section of this website.

BICISPORT SPECIAL EVENTS NEWS

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

• BiciSport Ride : Holbrook to Albury on Saturday 27 June

• Eastern Creek Raceway (Masters)

  • Several weekends to choose from with the next ECR Masters tentatively booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

Mars Flandria 1971 # 1 - for no other reason than its a classic Flemish surname in Herman Van der Slagmolen … now that is seriously Flemish.

Mars did chocolate bars & Flandria made bike frames

Mars Flandria 1971 # 2 - am usually a big fan of European team cars BUT the prize for the most dull & drab looking team car goes to the Flandrian FORD. What a shocker ! ! …. it looks like it would fall apart in the car park just standing still

Mars Flandria 1971 # 3 - the best way to hide the world’s worst looking team car ... smother it with some of Belgium’s finest cyclists & lets hope the team’s plane sponsor gets your attention.

News Shorts - 1 June

Camperdown Velodrome in Sydney December 1971 - There was the rivalry between the Australian Gordon Johnson (1970 World Champion) and the arch rival Italian Gio Turrini …. a promoters dream and lets include sponsorship by a cigarette company ( … so much more to enjoy … including some major adverse health consequences !!), and just 20 cents for a programme

Camperdown Velodrome in Sydney December 1971 - Johnson v Turrini was the clash of the 1970’s Sprint titans AND professionals did not have to wear socks ( … how cool is that …)

Camperdown Velodrome in Sydney December 1971 - located near Parramatta Rd at Camperdown the velodrome was relatively bumpy (especially in the banked corners) and it had a great atmosphere. The irony was the major sponsor was a concrete company …

Camperdown Velodrome in Sydney December 1971 - check out the programme AND the outrageous prizemoney on offer …. first place was an almighty $4, second place was $2 and third place a hefty $1 …. Event 13 (Junior A Grade) had some well known names

Centennial Park Thursday Ride @ 28 May - Ian Grainger (left) with the Centennial Park peloton of Ivan, John x 2, Peter & Laurie. The ride starts at the Spruce Goose Cafe at 10.30am in the centre of Centennial Park. all welcome. Ivan will tell you that he forcefully pulled a full lap turn at the front to earn his coffee

PELOTONS UP TO 10 RIDERS FROM 15 MAY & RACING FROM 1 AUGUST

• Local training pelotons can go up to 10 riders from Friday 15 May

• Racing has been suspended until further notice with a revised CycNSW road racing program starting from 1 August.

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• CyclingNSW has done a great job in revamping the NSW Open race calendar and if the coronavirus restictions are eased its a super hectic second half of the year

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

FLANDERS CLASSICS - THE BEST YOUTUBE EVER

• A bit bored watching the Sports Channel replaying old reruns ? …. If you want some great Flanders YouTube then go to Flanders Classics and go to Flanders 100, 101, 102 and beyond. Simply brilliant behind the scenes documentaries.

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

WEST HEAD & MCCARRS CREEK ROAD - WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CONGESTION

• The need for “essential” family outings has now switched to the Ku Ring Gai National Park using the McCarrs Creek-West Head Road.

• Recent Sunday’s have recorded in excess of 400 cars through the (bottom) McCarrs Creek Road toll booth by 12.30pm. On the weekends - best be off the West Head Road by 9.30am and only use the Akuna Bay Road loop (in both directions).

• Also avoid McCarrs Creek Road (both directions) after 9.30am. The Akuna Bay loop is much quieter than either McCarrs Creek Road or the West Head Road

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 2 & 4 June - 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

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

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

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

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 with the next ECR Masters tentatively booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

There is nothing like Italian style … loaded with retro Italian Bianchi machinery

Berowra Ferry just north of Hornsby is closed from 1 June to 13 July for upgrades

News Shorts - 25 May

Note your diary for the BiciSport Tour de France Dinner which is set for Saturday 22 August as Le Tour is scheduled to start a week later.

Special guest at the dinner is Chris Sutton (rode for Cofidis, Garmin & Sky pro teams). Chris will give his thoughts on the current state of play with European cycling then take your questions on all things cycling. The picture above is Chris’ stage win at the 2011 Vuelta.

Dinner venue details to be confirmed shortly.

Sydney traffic is back to its best (being worst) on Monday 25 May. Its a matter of leave earlier or leave later, or not leave at all …

Berowra Waters Ferry is closed for upgrades from 1 June to 13 July

PELOTONS UP TO 10 RIDERS FROM 15 MAY & RACING FROM 1 AUGUST

• Local training pelotons can go up to 10 riders from Friday 15 May

• Racing has been suspended until further notice with a revised CycNSW road racing program starting from 1 August.

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• CyclingNSW has done a great job in revamping the NSW Open race calendar and if the coronavirus restictions are eased its a super hectic second half of the year

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

FLANDERS CLASSICS - THE BEST YOUTUBE EVER

• A bit bored watching the Sports Channel replaying old reruns ? …. If you want some great Flanders YouTube then go to Flanders Classics and go to Flanders 100, 101, 102 and beyond. Simply brilliant behind the scenes documentaries.

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

WEST HEAD & MCCARRS CREEK ROAD - WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CONGESTION

• The need for “essential” family outings has now switched to the Ku Ring Gai National Park using the McCarrs Creek-West Head Road.

• Recent Sunday’s have recorded in excess of 400 cars through the (bottom) McCarrs Creek Road toll booth by 12.30pm. On the weekends - best be off the West Head Road by 9.30am and only use the Akuna Bay Road loop (in both directions).

• Also avoid McCarrs Creek Road (both directions) after 9.30am. The Akuna Bay loop is much quieter than either McCarrs Creek Road or the West Head Road

Social distancing european style …. the wind blows from the right, then misery arrives on the left courtesy of everybody gutter grovelling.

Remember from 15 May that NSW training bunches are restricted to 10 riders & social distancing provisions apply.

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 26 & 28 May - 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 May - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

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

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

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 with the next ECR Masters tentatively booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

BiciSport Bikes from the Retro Peloton # 2 - this time its an Eddy Merckx Titanium [LightSpeed] from the mid 1990s

The Eddy Merckx Titanium was sourced from the Australian Agent for Eddy Merckx bicycles. Unlike Rob’s Molteni (featured last week), it is a generic size frame set. The frame set tubing is unusual in that Eddy Merckx only briefly manufactured bicycles in titanium (low density and high strength), making it a collectible edition.

Specifications - Titanium tubing, 57cm down tube, 57cm top tube, Campagnolo groupset is a mix of Campagnolo Record and Chorus components, Saddle – yellow San Marco leather, Livery– Eddy Merckx factory decals only, raw titanium metal finish.

What do you love about this bike ? “It rides like a steel bike and yet it is much lighter.”

Giro # 1 (reprise) … the Giro would have just finished and we may yet to see a 2020 edition towards the end of the year.

News Shorts - 18 May

BiciSport Bikes from the Retro Peloton # 1 - Robert Green’s Molteni replica (2004) was sourced direct from the original Eddy Merckx factory in Meise, Belgium. This bike is a custom-built frameset for Robert’s height and weight thereby ensuring a suitable frame size but in the period geometry of the Molteni team era with Eddy’s penchant for perfection in the position, fit and handling being accommodated into the build.

Its provenance includes having been built by one of Eddy Merckx’s former Molteni teammates in Jos Huysmans during the period when Eddy remained the CEO of the company. Why this bike ?. Rob answered it was a great opportunity to own a genuine Eddy Merckx built bike and own a piece of bicycle road racing history.

Specifications - MX Leader tubing, 57cm down tube, 57cm top tube, Campagnolo Record groupset, Wheels were originally Campagnolo Zonda, Saddle – San Marco leather, Livery– Molteni Orange

The mighty beast in the background is a 1974 “Triple Black” Dodge Challenger (Trans Am). The car was one of the last built of its type in April 1974 and is left hand drive.

The 1998 Eddy Merckx frame catalogue featuring the MX Leader frame in a classic red

PELOTONS UP TO 10 RIDERS FROM 15 MAY & RACING FROM 1 AUGUST

• Local training pelotons can go up to 10 riders from Friday 15 May

• Racing has been suspended until further notice with a revised CycNSW road racing program starting from 1 August.

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• CyclingNSW has done a great job in revamping the NSW Open race calendar and if the coronavirus restictions are eased its a super hectic second half of the year

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

FLANDERS CLASSICS - THE BEST YOUTUBE EVER

• A bit bored watching the Sports Channel replaying old reruns ? …. If you want some great Flanders YouTube then go to Flanders Classics and go to Flanders 100, 101, 102 and beyond. Simply brilliant behind the scenes documentaries.

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK AT BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

WEST HEAD & MCCARRS CREEK ROAD - WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CONGESTION

• The need for “essential” family outings has now switched to the Ku Ring Gai National Park using the McCarrs Creek-West Head Road.

• Recent Sunday’s have recorded in excess of 400 cars through the (bottom) McCarrs Creek Road toll booth by 12.30pm. On the weekends - best be off the West Head Road by 9.30am and only use the Akuna Bay Road loop (in both directions).

• Also avoid McCarrs Creek Road (both directions) after 9.30am. The Akuna Bay loop is much quieter than either McCarrs Creek Road or the West Head Road

CycNSW recently announced that training groups can recommence activities from Friday 15 May but capped at 10 riders with the appropriate social distancing

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• Thursday 21 May - Chairmans Ride departs the Spruce Goose Cafe in Centennial Park at 10.30am and laps the (lower) flat loop around Centennial Park until approximately 11.45am. Coffee after the ride is at the Spruce Goose Cafe

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 with the next ECR Masters tentatively booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

Giro # 1 - Andy Hampsten (Team 7 Eleven) circa 1988 loaded with the Maglia Rosa and iconic Oakley sunglasses

Giro # 2 - Wladimiro Panizza (Team Gis Gelati) was an outstanding professional cyclist and finished second in the 1980 Giro to Bernard Hinault. The lovely classic burgundy Colnago is something to behold.

Giro # 3 - a nice black & white shot from 1980 with Giovanni Battaglin (left, Team Inoxpran) climbing the Stelvio with Wladimiro Panizza (Team Gis Gelati) in the Maglia Rosa sitting in second wheel

News Shorts - 11 May

Glenbrook National Park @ 9 May - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) high above the Nepean River at Glenbrook about to embark on an MTB adventure through the Glenbrook National Park

BICISPORT DERNY versus EURO DEMI FOND

The BiciSport derny was restored by John Crouchley (seen here with rider Graham Cockerton at DGV) and includes an easy to start 4 stroke engine capable of 65-70kph at Dunc Gray Velodrome.

Derny pacing is straightforward and the derny rider needs to lightly rotate the derny pedals through the velodrome banking each lap to ensure that the derny speed remains perfectly constant for the cyclists behind.

If derny pacing is somewhat of a delicate & sensitive art, then forget all that … lets go Demi Fond racing !!. This time its a full on motor bike with specialist extended handelbars, the motor bike rider stands up with his feet locked in special boot holders. Its noisy, its loud, its fast, its anything but delicate.

The Demi Fond pilot uses special rear facing ear muffs … so he can hear any instructions from the cyclist.

Demi Fond also requires some unique changes to the bicycle frame - the front wheel is smaller, the front forks are reversed (see above), the frame design is again extended-strengthened at the front, the handelbars are further reinforced and the cyclist uses a monster gear with a 60 tooth front chainwheel.

CYCNSW SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• CyclingNSW has done a great job in revamping the NSW Open race calendar and if the coronavirus restictions are eased its a super hectic second half of the year

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

FLANDERS CLASSICS - THE BEST YOUTUBE EVER

• A bit bored watching the Food Channel ? …. If you want some great Flanders YouTube then go to Flanders Classics and go to Flanders 100, 101, 102 and beyond. Simply brilliant behind the scenes documentaries.

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK at BICISPORT.SYDNEY

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

WEST HEAD & MCCARRS CREEK ROAD - WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CONGESTION

• The need for “essential” family outings has now switched to the Ku Ring Gai National Park using the McCarrs Creek-West Head Road.

• Recent Sunday’s have recorded in excess of 400 cars through the (bottom) McCarrs Creek Road toll booth by 12.30pm. On the weekends - best be off the West Head Road by 9.30am and only use the Akuna Bay Road loop (in both directions).

• Also avoid McCarrs Creek Road (both directions) after 9.30am. The Akuna Bay loop is much quieter than either McCarrs Creek Road or the West Head Road.

PELOTONS to 10 RIDERS FROM 15 MAY & RACING FROM 1 AUGUST

• Racing has been suspended until further notice with a revised CycNSW road racing program starting from 1 August.

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 with the next ECR Masters tentatively booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

Giro # 4 - At a time when taking in the Giro would be a joy its time to enjoy Mr Bling himself in Mario Cipolini

Giro # 5 - Eddy Merckx (Molteni) leads the 1973 Giro ahead of the Italian Giovanni Battaglin

The founder of 1970’s German band Kraftwerk (Florian Schneider) passed away this week … RIP Florian

News Shorts - 4 May

Singleton TTT 2019 - The Happy Wheels 150+ Masters team of Randolph Baral, Stewart Campbell, Dom Zumbo & Graham Cockerton

CyclingNSW has announced a proposed Singleton TTT race date of Saturday 7 November (naturally subject to the further easing of the current Federal & State Government coronavirus travel restrictions).

BiciSport training days at Terrey Hills are tentatively set to commence on Sunday 23 August.

Full details are in BiciSport Special Events section of this website

Singleton TTT 2019 - BiciSport Womens Masters Team of Kitsty Flanagan, Melissa Budd, Cath Haines & Ruth Strapp

CYCLE RACES-EVENTS & CORONAVIRUS - UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE RESUMPTION DATE

• CycNSW announced on 20 April that all racing (Club & State) and organised (group) training rides remains suspended until further notice. Implied in the communication is a resumption date of 1 August. Note - Any subsequent changes to the 1 August date will be announced progressively in the lead up to 1 August.

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

SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL -

TRAINING FROM 23 AUGUST & RACE DATE OF 7 NOVEMBER

• CyclingNSW has done a great job in revamping the NSW Open race calendar and if the coronavirus restictions are eased its a super hectic second half of the year

• Details are in the BiciSport Special Events section of this website with TTT training to potentially commence on Sunday 23 August at Terrey Hills.

FLANDERS CLASSICS - THE BEST YOUTUBE EVER

• A bit bored watching the Food Channel ? …. If you want some great Flanders YouTube then go to Flanders Classics and go to Flanders 100, 101, 102 and beyond. Simply brilliant behind the scenes documentaries.

BICISPORT NOW ON FACEBOOK

This is a new (closed) Facebook site (your membership needs to be approved) and can be found at -

• Bicisport.Sydney

• Email is - Bicisport.Sydney @gmail.com

• What Facebook friends cannot do -

  • Post anything of a political nature. This includes Local, State, Federal and International politics.

  • Post any comments in relation to the AusCycling issue other than providing a link to an article that the members may benefit from reading.

  • Make mean, derogatory or demeaning comments about anyone or anything. Cyber bullying will not be tolerated.

  • Swearing, cussing and any language that your grandmother would have found offensive.

WEST HEAD & MCCARRS CREEK ROAD - WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CONGESTION

• The need for “essential” family outings has now switched to the Ku Ring Gai National Park using the McCarrs Creek-West Head Road.

• Recent Sunday’s have recorded in excess of 400 cars through the (bottom) McCarrs Creek Road toll booth by 12.30pm. On the weekends - best be off the West Head Road by 9.30am and only use the Akuna Bay Road loop (in both directions).

• Also avoid McCarrs Creek Road (both directions) after 9.30am. The Akuna Bay loop is much quieter than either McCarrs Creek Road or the West Head Road.

RACING FROM 1 AUGUST

• Racing has been suspended until further notice with a revised CycNSW road racing program starting from 1 August.

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 with the next ECR Masters tentatively booked for 9 August

• Revised 2020 into 2021 BiciSport Special Events now updated

PROPOSED NRS PROGRAM - SEE BELOW

• Subject to Federal & State Government announcements Cycling Australia have announced the future NRS race series program from either September or October 2020.

• See below for details.

Giro time # 1 …. about now we should be geared up for the Giro and no better time to flip back to the 1980’s with Beppe Saronni leading the SCIC-Bottecchia pro team. SCIC made kitchens (and still do just outside Milan) & Bottecchia were the bike sponsor.

Giro time # 2 - Beppi Saronni again but this time sponsored by GIS Gelati and atop a classic burgundy Colnago loaded with nothing but a pleasing Campagnolo Record groupset

Giro time # 3 - no Giro journey is complete without Marco Pantani atop the iconic blue Bianchi with a rear sloping top tube.

News Shorts - 27 April

Singleton Team Time Trial 2020 …. where to now with 2020 ??, and its very much a matter a waiting waiting waiting before a firm decision can be made either way .

BiciSport members will be advised as soon as possible when options have been developed.

CYCLE RACES-EVENTS & CORONAVIRUS - UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE RESUMPTION DATE

• CycNSW announced on 20 April that all racing (Club & State) and organised (group) training rides remains suspended until further notice. Implied in the communication was a resumption date of 1 August with a draft program expected shortly from 1 August. Note - Any subsequent changes to the muted 1 August date will be announced progressively in the lead up to 1 August.

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

SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL & WHAT HAPPENS NOW

• Its going to be very much a wait & see approach on what happens now with the Singleton 2020 Team Time Trial promotion. Firstly there is the not insignificant issue of progressive loosening of Federal & State coronavirus restrictions, where do we host team dinners ? (the pubs are currently closed), accommodation bookings ?, and will anybody want to go anyway until we see a coronavirus vaccine ?.

FLANDERS CLASSICS - THE BEST YOUTUBE EVER

• A bit bored watching the Food Channel ? …. If you want some great Flanders YouTube then go to Flanders Classics and go to Flanders 100, 101, 102 and beyond. Simply brilliant behind the scenes documentaries.

WEST HEAD & MCCARRS CREEK ROAD - WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CONGESTION

• With beaches a no go zone, the need for “essential” family outings has now switched to the Ku Ring Gai National Park using the McCarrs Creek-West Head Road.

• Recent Sunday’s have recorded in excess of 400 cars through the (bottom) McCarrs Creek Road toll booth by 12.30pm. On the weekends - best be off the West Head Road by 9.30am and only use the Akuna Bay Road loop (in both directions). Also avoid McCarrs Creek Road (both directions) after 9.30am. The Akuna Bay loop is much quieter than either McCarrs Creek Road or the West Head Road.

RACING THIS WEEK

• Racing has been suspended until further notice with a revised CycNSW road racing program expected out shortly.

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 with the next ECR Masters tentatively booked for 9 August (maybe may be not)

PROPOSED NRS PROGRAM - SEE BELOW

• Subject to future Federal & State Government announcements Cycling Australia have announced the future NRS race series program from either September or October 2020. See below for details.

Tom Boonen on the Flanders stones - one seriously classy cyclist on a delightful Specialised S Works

News Shorts - 20 April

Griffith outskirts @ 12 April - Albert Ravanello (left) with Frank Signor …. the conversation goes something like this …. Albert “mate, what do you think ?.” , Frank “My guess is, we should give it up. Its not the West Head Road … ”

Griffith outskirts @ 12 April - a decision made, now headed for the nearest Griffith coffee shop

FLANDERS CLASSICS - THE BEST YOUTUBE EVER

• A bit bored watching the Food Channel ? …. If you want some great Flanders YouTube then go to Flanders Classics and go to Flanders 100, 101, 102 and beyond. Simply brilliant behind the scenes documentaries.

WEST HEAD & MCCARRS CREEK ROAD - WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CONGESTION

• With beaches a no go zone, the need for “essential” family outings has now switched to the Ku Ring Gai National Park using the McCarrs Creek-West Head Road.

• Recent Sunday’s have recorded in excess of 400 cars through the (bottom) McCarrs Creek Road toll booth by 12.30pm. On the weekends - best be off the West Head Road by 9.30am and only use the Akuna Bay Road loop (in both directions). Also avoid McCarrs Creek Road (both directions) after 9.30am. The Akuna Bay loop is much quieter than either McCarrs Creek Road or the West Head Road.

CYCLE RACES-EVENTS & CORONAVIRUS - 1 AUGUST RESUMPTION ANNOUNCEMENT

• CycNSW has announced on 20 April 2020 that ALL racing (Club & State) and organised (group) training rides are suspended until 1 August. Any changes to the 1 August date will be announced progressively in the lead up to 1 August.

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

RACING THIS WEEK

• Racing has been suspended until 1 August 2020

PROPOSED NRS PROGRAM - SEE BELOW

• Subject to future Federal & State Government announcements Cycling Australia have announced the future NRS race series from 1 September 2020. See below for details.

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 in 2020 with the next ECR on 9 August

BICISPORT RIDES THIS WEEK

REFER THE CYCNSW TRAINING POLICY & CORONAVIRUS ANNOUNCEMENTS

• In terms of Government & CyclingNSW Policy regarding group events its up to the individual as to where & when to ride your bike but its no more than 2 riders in a peloton.

  • Any questions contact 0417 403 244

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening is in full swing with a completion date of 2022.

Going Italian # 1 - the one the only Fausto Coppi at the Giro

Going Italian # 2 - 1982 World Champion (Beppe Saronni) atop a delightful Colnago with Ernesto Colnago.

News Shorts - 13 April

Griffith outskirts @ 10 April - Welcome to Albert Ravenello who is a new BiciSport member for 2020

Griffith outskirts @ 10 April - Albert R with Melissa Budd practicing good social distancing which out in far flung Griffith you wouldn’t thought would be an issue

Griiffith outskirts @ 10 April - Melissa and Peter Budd with a Griffith orange orchard as a nice back drop

Paris Roubaix 19 - BiciSport did a Thursday recce ride a couple of days before the pro classic on the Sunday. All of the race route signs had been posted, so you couldn’t get lost. Mike O’Brien (left) and Mike Lawson started in Troisvilles (the first section of PR cobbles) and rode the 75k towards the Wallers Arenberg Forest.

Paris Roubaix 19 - the Wallers Arenberg Forest with Marty Wright & Mike Lawson

Paris Roubaix 19 - shortly after the Wallers Arenberg cobbles the race detours through the Pont Gibus (Gibus Bridge) and onto another cobbled section

Marty Wright (left) and Mike Lawson on the Gibus cobbles

Paris Roubaix 19 - some 45k out of Troisvilles into the Thursday recce ride and Mike O’Brien with a World War 1 German concrete bunker as a memorable back drop

WEST HEAD & MCCARRS CREEK ROAD - WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CONGESTION

• With beaches something of a no go zone, the need for a family outing has now switched to the Ku Ring Gai National Park using the McCarrs Creek-West Head Road.

• Recent Sunday’s have recorded in excess of 400 cars through the (bottom) McCarrs Creek Road toll booth by 12.30pm. .

• On the weekends - best be off the West Head Road by 9.30am and only use the Akuna Bay Road loop (in both directions). Also avoid McCarrs Creek Road (both directions) after 9.30am. The Akuna Bay loop is much quieter than either McCarrs Creek Road or the West Head Road.

CYCLE RACES-EVENTS & CORONAVIRUS

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

• Due to recent announcements by both Federal & State Governments it is anticipated that the 30 April date will be further delayed shortly.

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

• The Noosa Classic cyclosportive set down for mid August has been cancelled

RACING THIS WEEK

• Maybe its a bit premature to say racing has got no chance of resuming on 30 April but we can always live in hope …. but chances are firmly stuck on zero

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 & CORONAVIRUS

• In terms of Government & CyclingNSW Policy regarding group events its up to the individual as to where & when to ride your bike but its no more than 2 riders in a peloton.

• Any questions contact 0417 403 244

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening is in full swing with a completion date of 2022.

Paris Roubaix 1996 - Mapei triple crown (Andrea Tafi, Johan Museeuw & Gianluca Bortolami) go the full podium in an era when it doesn’t pay to ask too many questions about how they all got there.

Paris Roubaix 19 - Marty Wright (BiciSport not Mapei) does his own victory salute in true Mapei fashion on the famous Roubaix Velodrome

News Shorts - 6 April

Tour of Flanders - in a time of turmoil there is a no better way to self isolate than to taste a Belgian beer and read Rouleur magazine

Tour of Flanders 19 - Karel van Wijnendaele created the Tour of Flanders race with a view to selling more Flemish newspapers. The Wijnendaele memorial is 10k from Oudenaarde at the top of the Old Kwaremont cobbled climb. Martin Wright (left) with Mike Lawson

Tour of Flanders 19 - Mike Lawson leads Marty Wright on the feared Koppenberg cobbled wall. The cobbled climb steepens to 22% through the shadows, just as the little gutter disappears into the Flemish mud

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

WEST HEAD & MCCARRS CREEK ROAD - WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CONGESTION

• With beaches something of a no go zone, the need for a family outing has now switched to the Ku Ring Gai National Park using the McCarrs Creek-West Head Road.

• Recent Sunday’s have recorded in excess of 400 cars through the (bottom) McCarrs Creek Road toll booth by 12.30pm. .

• On the weekends - best be off the West Head Road by 9.30am and only use the Akuna Bay Road loop (in both directions). Also avoid McCarrs Creek Road (both directions) after 9.30am. The Akuna Bay loop is much quieter than either McCarrs Creek Road or the West Head Road.

CYCLING EVENTS & CORONAVIRUS

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

• Due to recent announcements by both Federal & State Governments it is anticipated that the 30 April date will be further delayed shortly.

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

• The Noosa Classic cyclosportive set down for mid August has been cancelled

RACING THIS WEEK

• Maybe its a bit premature to say racing has got no chance of resuming on 30 April but we can always live in hope …. but chances are firmly stuck on zero

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

• In terms of Government & CyclingNSW Policy regarding group events its up to the individual as to where & when to ride your bike but its no more than 2 riders..

• For further details contact 0417 403 244

* Note -

• Roadworks

  • Mona Vale Rd (Kimbriki Tip to Mona Vale) … road widening is in full swing with a completion date of 2022.

Tour of Flanders 1983 - the cobbled Koppenberg climb with Phil Anderson on the right.

Tour of Flanders 1982 - the wet Paddestraat cobbled path outside Oudenaarde with Phil Anderson (left)

News Shorts - 30 March

Gent Wevelgem (Belgium) 2019 - Peter Sagan featured on the 2019 race promotion

Gent Wevelgem Cyclosportive 2019 - Marty Wright outside the Ieper Council Chambers at the GW Cyclosportive feed zone

Gent Wevelgem 2019 Cyclosportive - Mike Lawson (left) and Marty Wright before the start in Wevelgem

Gent Wevelgem 1974 - Barry Hoban (Gan Mercier) defeats Eddy Merckx

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

WEST HEAD & McCARRS CREEK ROAD - WEEKEND CORONAVIRUS CONGESTION

• With beaches something on a no go zone, the need for a family outing has now switched to the McCarrs Creek-West Head Road.

• Sunday 29 March recorded in excess of 400 cars through the (bottom) McCarrs Creek Road tollbooth by 12.30pm. It was a super busy day on this road from 9.30am.

• On the weekends - best be off the West Head Road by 9.30am and only use the Akuna Bay Road (in both directions). Also avoid McCarrs Creek Road (either direction) after 9.30am. The Akuna Bay loop was much quieter than McCarrs Creek Road.

CYCLING EVENTS & CORONAVIRUS

• 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.

RACING THIS WEEK

• Maybe its a bit premature to say racing has got no chance of resuming on 30 April but we can live in hope …. but chances are highly remote

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

• 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

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

Tour de France 1977 - Eddy Merckx (Fiat) climbs Alpe D’Huez in his last Tour de France

USA Retro Cycling Team Cars - Its brash, its bold, and its got chrome …. only the Americans could dress a team car in that fashion