Royal Opera House London @ 8 July - Mike O’Brien (BiciSport) found a delightful black Peugeot 404 recently in London.
Peugeot 404’s were a mainstay of professional team cars in the 1960’s and 70’s. Team cars only came in white
NSW Masters Road Championships 2021 - The Masters return to Singleton in late September 2021 and BiciSport will offer full team support throughout the Road Championships. Entries are now open via CyclingNSW. Ian Grainger (second from right - BiciSport Anytime Fitness) is sighted in the bunch sprint from the last Masters Championships at Singleton
BiciSport @ Centennial Park @ 8 July - The perfect sponsorship solution … put the club name on a black Covid face mask with (L to R) … Karl Hoad, John Crouchley, MOR, Terry Freshwater & Ian Grainger
The latest round of Covid restrictions has curtailed all organised group training rides until further notice.
BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS
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 @ 12 July - Raoul is now in Delmar Rehab Hospital in Dee Why. but can’t take visitors during Covid lockdown
SINGLETON STATE TEAMS TIME TRIAL - TTT TRAINING STARTS 15 AUGUST IN TERREY HILLS
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 15 August at Terrey Hills based out of Miramare Gardens (Sandstone Cafe on Myoora Rd).
Details are in the Special Events section of this website
RACE SEEKER - COVID IMPACTS ON THE NSW RACE PROGRAM
July 17 - Canyonleigh Handicap (Southern Highlands) - To be confirmed
July 18 - Heffron Park (Waratah Masters) - To be confirmed
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK - COVID CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE THIS WEEK
Tues 13 July
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 14 July
Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return
Thurs 15 July
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 July - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
TI Raleigh Professional Racing Team (UK) - 1972-83 … Peter Winnen (right) at the Tour de France
Jan Raas (Ti Raleigh) leads the Tour of Flanders 1982 peloton across the Paddestraat cobbles near Oudenaarde
TI Raleigh Professional Racing Team (UK) - 1972-83 and it was English sponsored but a Dutch dominated team through and through. Peter Post won Paris Roubaix in 1965 and was the linchpin manager of the team full stop. It was the Peter Post way or it was the exit door for you. It could be rude to say Post didn’t rate English cyclists in the team, but safer to say he preferred the Dutch or Belgians and Post was no democrat. It all turned sour at the end of 1983 - Peter Post took 7 riders to head the Panasonic team and Jan Raas took 6 riders to start the Kwantum team and their only thing in common was pure distain for the other. Kwantum has became Jumbo Visma of today.
Sponsorship was TI (Tube Investments - a holding company), Raleigh (UK bike & frame manufacturer), Mc Gregor, Creda and Campagnolo did the groupsets.
The team line up was big, classy, won everything (Tours, Classics, World Championships) and won any Team Time Trial on offer. Victories included the Tour de France (with Joop Zoetemelk), Tour de Swiss x 3 (Kuiper, Wellens & Wesemael), World Championships x 3 (with Knetemann, Raas & Kuiper), Tour of Belgium plus a string of Classics (Zurich, Paris Tours, Paris Brussells, Paris Roubaix (Raas), Het Volk, Amstel Gold x 5 (Raas again), Ghent Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders (Raas yet again). How would like any of these in your team … Frank Hoste, Leo Van Vliet, Ludo Peeters, Gerrie Knetemann, Urs Freuler, Dave Lloyd (UK), Sid Barras (UK), Henk Lubberding, Rene Pijnen, Peter Winnen, Johan Van Der Velde, Didi Thurau, Jose De Cauwer & Roy Schuiten. This was one seriously tough unit.
Jan Raas wins the Amstel Gold Race wearing the World Champions jersey
Johan Van Der Velde (left) & Joop Zoetemelk
Hennie Kuiper in the World Champions Jersey
Wilfred Wesemael leads the team at the Tour de France Team Time Trial
At the Tour De France
