News Shorts - 4 April

Koppenberg (Belgium) @ Apr 2019 - Celebrating the Tour of Flanders and Mike Lawson on the Koppenberg climb

Koppenberg (Belgium) @ Apr 2019 - Marty Wright on the Koppenberg climb

Koppenberg (Belgium) @ Apr 2019 - Celebrating the Tour of Flanders

David Cooper @ 31 Mar - a long time BiciSport supporter David Cooper now resides in Orange and is 79 years young

David Cooper @ 30 Mar takes the trike for a run around the Orange local area

Steve Dixon (BiciSport) breathes life into the 1975 BiciSport Peugeot 504 team car on 3 April via an alternator that now actually works. Bless you Steve …

CENTENNIAL PARK RIDE … WAS THURSDAY NOW WEDNESDAY

  • BiciSport has been running a successful Thursday training ride @ 10.30am for several years …. from this week (6 April) it moves to a Wednesday. All welcome.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

  • 10 April

    • Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

    • Singleton Mail Run Cyclosportive

  • 11-14 April

    • National Masters Track Championships (Brisbane) - BiciSport starter Lise Benjamin

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

  • Tues 5 April

    • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

    • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

  • Wed 6 April

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

  • Thurs 7 April

    • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am 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

  • Fri 8 April

    • De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

  • Sat 9 April

    • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

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Australian Clyde Sefton

Fiorella Mocassini Citroen Pro Cycling Team (Italy) - 1977-78

A small Italian team with a limited focus. Biggest claim to fame being two starts at the Tour of Italy (1977 & 78). No guidance on sponsorship origins except Citroen obviously did the team cars, Clement the tyres, Alan the Italian framesets & Parentini the clothing. The Alan framesets were innovative as they were aluminium, but they had serious “bottom bracket sway” … like a palm tree in a firm breeze (looked great, but they really didn’t work).

Team members settled on a narrow few - winners being Bernt Johannsen, Carlo Barone, and Giovanni Battaglin. Team contributions from Josef Fuchs and outright Aussie legend in Victorian Clyde Sefton (Silver medallist in Munich Olympic Games Road Race 1972).

Tour of Italy 1978 - Gio Battaglin (left) & Bernt Johannsen