News Shorts - 11 December

BiciSport Christmas coffee is at Sandstone Cafe Myoora Rd Terrey Hills @ 9.30am @ Saturday 16 December. All welcome.

Tuesday Night Criteriums @ Heffron Park @ 5 Dec - Christian Quintero (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Tuesday Night Criteriums @ Heffron Park @ 5 Dec - Christian Quintero (BiciSport Happy Wheels) in second wheel

Tuesday Night Criteriums @ Heffron Park @ 5 Dec - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the far right of the B grade peloton

Entry is via Buncheur

Tour of Bright 23 (reprise) @ 3 Dec - the winner of the inaugural Panettone Cup is Dudley Hoskin. The award was considered and awarded by the BiciSport Soigneurs Tribunal

Tour of Bright 23 (reprise) @ 3 Dec - the BiciSport Soigneurs Tribunal consisted of a motley crew in L to R … John Robb, Francesco Signor (nice shirt Frank), Peter Figg (legend), MOR & Marina J.

Tour of Bright 23 (reprise) @ 4 Dec - if racing the Tour of Bright wasn’t hard enough then Craig Pager headed for the Falls Creek snow resort on Monday 4 December. Another long climb of Tawonga Gap, into the township of Mt Beauty, then to the top of the Falls Creek mountain. The landslip at Mt Bogong is still under road repair but is passable. MOR & Marina J (Happy Wheels soigneur) assisted with ride support on the training ride and met Craig near the village of Mt Bogong.

Tour of Bright 23 (reprise) @ 4 Dec - before departing on a light spin on the Harrietville Rail Trail. The Harrietville Rail Trail is a new edition on the local Bright cycling scene and is a 50k round trip on traffic free cycle paths towards Mt Hotham.

L to R in Peter Budd, Frank Signor, MOR, John Robb & Melissa Budd

Tour of Bright 23 (reprise) @ 4 Dec - John Robb (left) and Peter Budd crossing the Ovens River on the Harrietville Rail Trail

Tour of Bright 23 (reprise) @ 4 Dec - Frank Signor crossing the Ovens River on the Harrietville Rail Trail

Is Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) a distant relative to the famous Raul Alcala ?. We may need a Royal Commission on this ….

Raul Alcala is a famous Mexican cyclist who competed between 1985-99 and again in 2008 and 2010. Raul became the the first Mexican cyclist to compete in the Tour de France. Professional teams included 7-Eleven (86-88), PDM (89-92), then Word Perfect (93), Motorola (94-97), Team GT (98), Arreola Hnos (2008-10). Raul’s major claim to fame was winning the Young Riders classification at the 1987 Tour de France and finished in the top 10 in 5 Grand Tours.

The real Rolly (aka Raul Alcala ?) Delaytz at Heffron Park

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

  • 16 Dec

    • Dubbo Track Open

    • Christmas Classic (Eastern Creek Raceway) - see flyer above

  • 17 Dec

    • Eastern Creek Dragway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

  • Every Mon/Wed/Fri Mornings

    • Centennial Park Masters @ Centennial Park

      • Meet at the corner of Parkes Drive/Grand Drive at 8.30am and do CP laps until 9.30am then coffee at Spruce Goose Cafe

  • Tues 12 Dec & Thurs 14 Dec

    • 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 14 Dec

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

  • Sat 16 Dec

    • Christmas Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

  • Sun 17 Dec

    • Depart Shark Park carpark near Cronulla @ 9.30am for Kurnell & return

Miko-Carlos Professional Pro Team (France) - !974-76

The team was originally branded MIC- Ludo then became Miko (being French ice cream). Team manager was the legendary Jean De Gribaldy (who also managed the KAS team with Sean Kelly in the mid 1980’s). Framesets were ALAN (being Italian) … noted as being supremely elegant but equally prone to breaking and extreme bottom bracket sway.

Team riders were many but results were few - George Pintens won the Liege Bastogne Liege Classic in 1974 but it was as good as it got. The other team riders included Eric Leman (genuine Belgian legend but at the end of his illustrious career), Regis Clere, Paul Wellens, Michel Laurent, Hubert Mathis, Jan Krekels (noted sprinter) & Wilfred Wesemael (another Belgian hard man)

Jean de Gribaldy (Miko Team Manager) far right