Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - David, Eric, Travis, Peter, Davide, Tom, Eddy, Stew, Dom, Graham, Rolly & Suzy
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) & Travis Shields (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) on the Division 1 start line. Rolly’s day ended prematurely with a puncture at half distance.
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Travis Shields (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) was prominent at the front of the Division 1 peloton all race.
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Peter Verhoeven (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) on the Division 2 start line
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - BiciSport Happy Wheels line up in Division 2 with a reflective Eric Dole, Graham Cockerton, Stew Campbell & Tom Green.
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Graham Cockerton & Stew Campbell (BiciSport Happy Wheels) were prominent in Division 2 with Stew on a comeback race after an injury
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Ace cycling commentator Paul Craft (left) chasing another velodrome specialist in Davide van der Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) in the Division 3 peloton
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Dom Zumbo raced conservatively in Division 3 being in recovery mode from a recent training accident. It was great to see Dom buying a race number.
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - on the Division 4 start line with Ian Grainger, David Cooper & Eddy Ahumada
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Ian Grainger & David Cooper (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) in Division 4.
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Raoul Westbrook rode well in Divison 5
BiciSport TTT training @ Terrey Hills @ 4 Oct - L to R … Stew, Dudley, Graham & Randolph on the Golf Club climb
BiciSport TTT training @ Terrey Hills @ 4 Oct - L to R … Davide, Raoul, John, Len, Dom & Mike going past the Golf Club on Booralie Rd Terrey Hills
BiciSport at the Tour of China 2000 (Shenzhen stage) - Darren Benson (the BiciSport rider in red Points Leader jersey) with Mike O’Reilly far right in the shorts. The crowds & support were simply amazing … so we took a team picture with some very friendly local police & military. We had a great time in Shenzhen.
BiciSport TTT training @ Terrey Hills @ 4 Oct - the BiciSport team time trial training is underway and the very same Darren Benson (from the Tour of China 2000) jumps a ride with our BiciSport TTT teams. How great was it to catch up with a youthful Darren again some 20 years later on the Golf Club hill at Terrey Hills.
AUSCYCLING & CYCLING NSW PRESENTATION ON 28 SEPTEMBER
There was a video conference held by all NSW Clubs and the CyclingNSW Board on Monday 28 September to discuss the go forward on the AusCycling proposal. Further discussions will be held on Tuesday 6 October. with all NSW clubs. BiciSport will convey the outcomes to its members via this website, email & BiciSport Facebook as soon as circumstances permit.
NATIONAL MASTERS ROAD CHAMPS AWARDED TO QUEENSLAND - EARLY DECEMBER
NSW hasn’t seen a National Masters Road Championships since Griffith in 2016, notwithstanding that NSW is by far the biggest Masters State by membership. Gosh, wonder why ? ….
BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS
No Brakes Racing @ DGV @ 2 Oct - The final round of the NBR Series with Davide van der Browne took the Division 2 series victory. Well done Davide !.
Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 4 Oct - Ian Grainger was 8th in C grade
Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - A strong BiciSport contingent took part in a cracker of a Waratahs promotion. Big fields, good prizemoney & intense competition in every grade. How good was that. A heavy crash marred Division 2 but another outstanding promotion by Waratah Masters.
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
6 Oct - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)
9-11 Oct (Fri-Sun)
NSW Masters Road Championships (Singleton & Broke, CyclingNSW)
BiciSport starters are Peter Budd, Peter Verhoeven, Dudley Hoskin, Rolly Delaytz, Eddie Ahumada, Matt Coy, Travis Shields, Jordan Reizes, Gio Pilu, Tom Green, Eric Dole, Graham Cockerton, Ian Grainger, Mike Lawson, Randolph Baral & Raoul Westbrook
11 Oct - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK
6 & 8 Oct - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee
7 Oct - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
8 Oct - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe
10 Oct - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am
Sandstone Cafe @ Terrey Hills @ 3 Oct - Ken , Neo, MOR, Marty, Neil, Ian & Peter
RACE EXECUTIONER UPDATE - LATEST LISTING
Latest (new) cancellation is the Grafton to Inverell Classic on 14 November
Recent event cancellations include -
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 (Sydney, NSW)
Oct 16 - Womens High Country Challenge (Bright, Vic)
Oct 18 - Bowral Classic (Southern Highlands, 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 (Lorne, Vic)
Nov 14 - Grafton to Inverell Classic (NSW)
Nov 15 - Bass Coast Classic (Inverloch, Vic)
Nov 21 - Giro Della Donna (Warburton, Vic)
Nov 28 - Ride Around the River Cyclosportive (Nambucca & Macksville)
Nov 28 - L’Etape (Nowra)
Nov 28 - Great Victorian Bike Ride (Vic)
Dec 3-5 - Tour of Bright (Vic)
Jan 1-3 - Melbourne Bay Criterium Series (Vic) - watch this space
Jan 14-17 - Tour DownUnder (Women) - watch this space
Jan 19-24 - Tour DownUnder (Men) - watch this space
Jan 29-30 - Cadel Evans Classic (Vic) - watch this space
Feb 3-7 - Herald Sun Tour (Vic)
Histor # 1 - Belgian professional team from 1986-91.
Primary sponsorship was by Histor Sigma (paint), Ford (cars), KB (bank), with bikes by Basso or Diamant (depending on the year). Groupsets were Campagnolo and the picture above features the Campagnolo Delta centre pull brakes (one of the most dysfunctional caliper brakes ever invented)
A design classic, simply stunning, poetry on a bike …. they just didn’t work !
Histor # 2 - Several top line riders including (Etienne De Wilde - Belgian Champion, Tour de France stage winner, 6 Day track rider), Herman Frison, Stephen Roche, Rik Van Slyke and Wilfred Peeters (currently long time QuickStep Sports Director).
Major wins were the Ghent Wevelgem & E3 Harelbeke Classics.
Histor # 3 - another win by Etienne De Wilde in the Belgian Champions Jersey
Histor # 4 - Etienne De Wilde wins a sprint stage in the 1988 Tour de France
Histor # 5 - Benjamin Van Itterbeek was Belgian National Road Champion .. trying to figure out how to stop
Histor # 6 - no guessing that the primary sponsor was a paint company