Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 June - Craig Pager (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) finishing in the lead group, just holding off the approaching Scratch group
Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 June - Craig Pager (in Bunch 7) on the Cullerin Climb
Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 June - Randolph Baral (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the Cullerin Climb
Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 June - Randolph Baral could be heard urging his Bunch 5 compatriots “onwards & upwards” but most preferred the crowded comfort zone at the back of Bunch 5
Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 June - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing-centre) on the Cullerin Climb
Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 June - Matt Coy in the centre of Bunch 4 with his race face set to “on now”. Matt always gives 100% and then some.
Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 June - Ian Cocks (BiciSport Pilu Racing) has a deceptively relaxed style and looked to be doing it comfortably in Bunch 3
Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 June - Ian Cocks was on a good day in Bunch 3 until a flat tyre ended his effort
Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 May - After the Gunning finish with Matt Coy, Randolph Baral & Craig Pager
Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 June - Ian Cocks (BiciSport Pilu Racing) was on a good day in Bunch 3 but suffered a slow puncture which prematurely ended his day
Ken Dinnerville @ Gunning @ 6 June - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing) after the finish
West Head Time Trial @ 6 June - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the way to 8th
BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS
Dinnerville Handicap @ Gunning @ 6 June
The Ken Dinnerville is a long established Australian road handicap at the usual 100k (plus/minus) and for many years ran on roads in the Illawarra region behind Dapto. Residential development behind Dapto necessitated a switch to Gunning. The Gunning course runs along the old Hume Highway (beside the Melbourne-Sydney rail link) from Gunning to Breadalbane for two laps of 45k per lap with the peloton spread over 9 bunches. Peter Budd (BiciSport) won the inaugural Dinnerville Handicap in Gunning in 2019.
BiciSport starters were Craig Pager (Bunch 7), Randolph Baral (Bunch 5), Matt Coy (Bunch 4) & Ian Cocks (Bunch 3).
The race itself was a cracker - all bunches stayed together through lap 1 but things got super interesting half way through lap 2 … bunches 7-8-9 all merged at the front (including Craig Pager), whilst the Scratch group merged with bunches 2-3-4-5-6. At the nail biting finish the Scratch group finished barely 25 seconds behind the overall winner and you could see both groups nearly merging on the finish line. A handicap race never looked so exciting. Craig Pager finished well up in the sprint for (say) 20th (?), with super rides by Ian Cocks (until he punctured towards the finish), Matt Coy looked very good in Bunch 4 and Randolph Baral did a ton of work in Bunch 5.
Eastern Creek Raceway @ 6 June - Ian Grainger finished top 10 in C grade
West Head Time Trial @ 6 June - Tom Green finished 8th from 25 starters in 1 hour 16 minutes
Recovery Ward - Best wishes to Raoul Westbrook after a car accident and time in RNS in recovery. Best wishes Raoul and a speedy recovery
Update @ 7 June - Raoul did take a heavy knock from the car with several broken bones (collarbone/ribs/pelvis) but Raoul is in remarkably good spirits and on the way to recovery after another 5 weeks in RNS.
SINGLETON STATE TEAMS TIME TRIAL - RESERVE SATURDAY 30 OCTOBER
By the time you read this it could be time to dust off the time trial beast and start thinking about the NSW Team Time Trial Championships on Saturday 30 October at Singleton
BiciSport training sessions for the prospective TTT teams will commence in early August at Terrey Hills based out of Miramare Gardens (Sandstone Cafe on Myoora Rd).
Details are in the Special Events section of this website
ST IVES TO BROOME (WA) - GREETINGS FROM KATHERINE (NT) … TURN LEFT
The Burke & Wills peloton led by Eric Dole continues half way through the Northern Territory & currently sits near Katherine (Northern Territory). The next milestone is the big turn left at Katherine and headed for the NT-WA border crossing in a few days
BOWRAL CLASSIC ADDS SATURDAY CRITERIUM TO THE OCTOBER WEEKEND
The Bowral Classic has added a Saturday criterium based around the Bradman Oval on the outskirts of Bowral. Well done Bowral Classic for making a great weekend even better.
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
June 12 - Canyonleigh (Southern Highlands)
June 13 - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK
Tues 8 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
Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am
Wed 9 June
Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
Thurs 10 June
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 12 June - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills @ 4 June - L to R … Tony Rabbidge, Paul Worby, Nigel Smith & Richard Mulberry
Domo Farm Frites Pro Cycling Team - Servais Knaven takes victory at Paris Roubaix 2001
The easiest way to view Domo Farm Frites is through the career history of Patrick Lefevere (one of the greatest team managers of all time). Patrick Lefevere managed Marc (1980), Capri Sonne (81-82), Lotto (85-87), TVM (88), Domex (89-91), GB MG (91-94), Mapei (95-2000), Domo (01-02) and QuickStep (03 through to today). So where does the brief stint with Domo sit in all of this lot ?.
Firstly the basic bits - Domo (carpets), Farm Frites (fast food), Latexco (bedding), Vermarc (clothing), groupsets were Campagnolo and framesets the iconic Eddy Merckx. Latexco are still on the QuickStep jerseys to this day
If Domo was the segway from Mapei into QuickStep then some things never changed. Mapei took the complete podium at Paris Roubaix a remarkable THREE times and Domo Farm Frites continued that domination in 2001 with Knaven, Museeuw & Vainsteins. The Domo team roster was loaded with pre-Mapei and post-Quickstep super talent be it Museeuw (02 Roubaix winner), Peeters, Axel Merckx, Rodriguez, Vainsteins (World Pro Road Champion), McEwen (sprinter), Virenque (02 Paris Tours Classic winner), Hoste, Steegmanns, VanDenBroucke, Nuyens and Vansummeren.
Domo Farm Frites Pro Cycling Team - Johan Museeuw The Lion of Flanders
Domo Farm Frites Pro Cycling - The Servais Knaven Eddy Merckx from his 2001 Paris Roubaix victory