VALE NOEL LA ROSE - Rest in Peace on 12 February 24
Picture above is Noel with Daryl Impey at the Tour Down Under
I first met Noel La Rose in 1982 at a club race in the Adelaide Hills. Noel’s close friend Peter Frisken had been dropped in the same race, and it was my first race in the Adelaide Hills. I had punctured & was hopelessly lost. then I rode back with Peter Frisken trying to find my mother (and her beloved Leyland Tasmin motor car) in the start finish area near Meadows (a small local village). Noel, Peter & myself became inseparable friends ever since with numerous rides up Norton Summit towards Lobethal into the Adelaide Hills. You could not wish for two nicer guys to pedal with around the Adelaide Hills.
Noel was always a trusted source of wisdom and knowledgeable in all things cycling. A fine man, a lovely family, and he will be sorely missed by all who had the pleasure to know dear Noel. No doubt both Peter & Noel are now doing a Norton Summit-Lobethal loop together figuring out who will pay for coffee at Lobethal and who will win the town sprint along Gorge Rd.
Funeral details - Thursday 22 February @ St Michaels Church @ 45 Maxim Street West Ryde @ 11.30am
MOR - 12 Feb 2024
Peter Frisken (left) and Noel La Rose at the Edwardstown Velodrome in Adelaide
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
23-25 Feb
NSW Masters Track Championships (DGV Velodrome)
BiciSport starters - Jeremy Hopson, Ian Grant, Peter Verhoeven, Davide Browne
25 Feb
Lansdowne Park Criteriums (Waratah Masters)
Husky Triathlon (NSW)
BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES
Every Mon/Wed/Fri Mornings
Gruppo Molteni @ Centennial Park
Gruppo Molteni meet at the corner of Parkes Drive/Grand Drive at 8.20am and do CP laps until 9.30am then coffee at the Spruce Goose Cafe
Tues 20 Feb & Thurs 22 Feb
Blossoms & Buds 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 22 Feb
Belgian Waffle Ride @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am for CP laps
Sat 24 Feb
Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Sun 25 Feb
Depart Shark Park carpark near Cronulla @ 9.30am for Kurnell & return
Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 18 Feb - Ian Grant (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) in the blue shoes in Masters B grade with 37 starters
Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 18 Feb - Ian Grant
Mt Hotham summit in the Victorian Alps @ 15 Feb - Craig Pager (BiciSport Happy Wheels)
Mt Hotham summit in the Victorian Alps @ 15 Feb
Furzi-FT-Vibor Pro Cycling Team (Italy) - 1974-78
Furzi was Italian furniture, bikes were either Viner (Italian-they worked) or Alan (Italian-very pretty but never worked unless crazy bottom bracket flex & sway is your thing).
The Furzi team only existed for the Tour of Italy - 1974 was a complete dud with zero results. Things improved greatly in 1976 when real talent arrived in Panizza, Visentini, Boifava, Conti, Polidori, Zilioli and Vicino. Most moved onto other teams for great careers, but the Furzi team folded at the end of 1979.
Marino Basso (future World Pro World Road Champion) …. atop an Alan frame !! …. how did he not bend a frame on a daily basis such was the bottom bracket sway under any sort of pressure. Note - Marino used gear shifters at the end of the handelbars.
Italo Zilioli - an outstanding cyclist in any generation
Zilioli-Basso-Boifava - three of the best Italians to ever sit on a bike
Now that is a retro team car …. you want one !
