News Shorts - 29 August

West Head Road Race @ 28 Aug - Darren Benson (BiciSport Happy Wheels) went 3rd on the Masters podium

West Head Road Race @ 28 Aug - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels) at the start

West Head Road Race @ 28 Aug - Darren Benson (3rd wheel) followed by Steve Holland (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)

NSW Cyclocross Championships @ DGV Velodrome Bass Hill @ 28 Aug - Mike Lawson (left - BiciSport Anytime Fitness) on lap 1 through the water. Congratulations to Parklife CC for great organisation on the day as course set up is no small task.

NSW Cyclocross Championships @ DGV Velodrome Bass Hill @ 28 Aug - Mike Lawson through the water

NSW Cyclocross Championships @ DGV Velodrome Bass Hill @ 28 Aug - Mike Lawson over the bunny hops

NSW Cyclocross Championships @ DGV Velodrome Bass Hill @ 28 Aug - Mike Lawson on the DGV stairs

NSW Cyclocross Championships @ DGV Velodrome Bass Hill @ 28 Aug - Mike Lawson on the DGV stairs

NSW Cyclocross Championships @ DGV Velodrome Bass Hill @ 28 Aug

World Road Championships in Wollongong - 18 to 25 September

The BiciSport review of the National Masters & World Road Championships can be found in the Special Events section of this website. A simple heads up on how to get the most out of a World Championships.

Obviously the Championship highlights are the Individual Time Trial on 18 Sept, the Under 23 Road Race on 23 Sept, the Womens Elite Road Race on 24 Sept and the Mens Elite Road Race on 25 Sept.

SINGLETON MASTERS CRITERIUM VENUE CHANGE

  • Please note that the NSW Masters Criterium Championships on 4 September have been transferred from Broke to Kurri Kurri (HEZ Industrial Estate)

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

  • 2-4 Sept

    • Masters Road Championships (Singleton)

      • Fri - Individual Time Trial, Sat - Road Races, Sun Criteriums

      • BiciSport starters - Ian Grant, Darren Benson, John Roberts, Eric Dole & Peter Budd

  • 4 Sept

    • Gravelista (Beechworth, Vic)

    • Lansdowne Park Criterium (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

  • Tues 30 Aug

    • 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

  • Thurs 1 Sept

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

    • 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

  • Sat 3 Sept

    • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

RIP Herman Van Springel … an absolute class act

Herman Van Springel doing what he did best - chasing a Mann Grundig team derny in the Bordeaux Paris Classic over 600k. Herman won seven Bordeaux Paris Classics !

Vini Ricordi Pro Cycling Team (Italy) - 1982-86

Ricordi was wine, Pinarello the bikes, Club 88 was a hotel chain & SMS Santini did the clothing.

The team may have been Italian but the results were clearly Belgian with Johan Lammerts, Lucien Van Impe (Tour de France 1983 King of the Mountains) and Johan Van Der Velde (Tour of Italy 1985 Points Jersey). The rest combined didn’t win an Italian Chook Raffle.

The Vini Ricordi team was maybe more about the vino than the results