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