Mt Keira (above Wollongong) recce ride @ 10 Apr - Randolph Baral and new BiciSport member Craig Pager at the top of Mt Keira in preparation for the Grafton to Inverell Classic on 8 May
Eric Dole does St Ives to Broome on 20 April …. Yes, Broome (WA) not Broom (in your garage) at 51 ride days, 10 rest days and a whole lotta NSW, Qld, NT and lets not forget WA.
Full details and an interview with Eric Dole in next weeks BiciSport News.
In the meantime if you’d like to be a part of the send off … reserve Tuesday 20 April @ Pattisons Patissiere at the corner of Stanley St/Mona Vale Rd St Ives. Meet up is 7.15am for a 7.45am departure in lycra. The accompanying peloton is doing Mt White then Palm Beach & home whilst the Dole peloton veers to Wollombi (for the end of day 1) .
Singleton Mail Run Cyclosportive @ 11 Apr - Alex Simmons & Mike O’Reilly before the chilly & windy start outside the Singleton Council Chambers
BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS
MTB Enduro @ Canberra ACT @ 11 Apr - Mike Lawson ventured down to the ACT for his second MTB race in 11 years. Mike finished 4th and made good progress during the event.
Mail Run Cyclosportive @ 11 Apr - Everywhere we seem to go in cyclosportive world we see the cheery smiles of Rotary doing a great volunteers job. Well done them. Alex Simmons & MOR did the 65k option in blustery conditions from the west.. The course itself headed out towards the well known Teams Time Trial course at Glendon with a lovely diversion towards Mirannie & Westbrook. Not a car to be seen for the 3 hours. Well organised with some 509 starters.
NEW START FINISH FOR BOWRAL CLASSIC IN OCTOBER
The new start finish for 2021 Bowral Classic is the iconic Bradman Oval in Bowral
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
12 Apr - Monday Night Criteriums @ Eastern Creek Raceway @ 6.15pm (Penrith CC)
17 Apr - Orica Kurri Kurri Criteriums (Newcastle), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney), Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters), Greenhills Road Race (Southern Highlands)
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK
Tues 13 Apr
Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am
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
Wed 14 Apr
Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
Thurs 15 Apr
Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am
Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps
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
Sat 17 Apr - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30amxx
Phonak Professional Cycling Team - 2000 to 2006. Major sponsor was Phonak (hearing systems) on innovative BMC framesets loaded with Campagnolo components. Team jersey design was universally acknowledged to equal that of say a Polti or a Le Groupment for being highly undesirable.
Team victories for 2000-2004 were more focused on one day events, but then progressed to Grand Tours & stage races in 2005 & 2006. “Progression and somewhat undesirable” seemed to go hand in hand for most of the team’s 6 year existence with 11 major “issues” for the likes of Summer, Buxhofer, Hamilton, Botero, Perez, Camerzind, Nose, Gonzalez, Guidi & Landis. In the end it all finished in 2006 and that probably was a good thing.
Phonak Cycling Team - something of a (then) futuristic BMC framset loaded with Campagnolo components
