Best wishes to everybody for a great Christmas and a happy & healthy 2024
BiciSport Christmas Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills @ 16 Dec - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Team Force), Robbie Brown, Marina Joulianos, Eric Dole, Tony Rabbidge, Davide Browne, Lawson Browne, Campbell Browne (kneeling), Ian Grainger, Nigel Smith, Richard (Rik 4) Mulberry (Solo-Lotto Belisol) & MOR
Bathurst Cycling Club Renshaws Pedal Project Christmas Hamper Race @ 17 Dec - Ian Grant (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) takes another podium in Season 23. Well done Ian.
Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 12 Dec - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) takes a super B Grade victory
Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 12 Dec - Rolly Delaytz (middle of picture with fluro socks) is first B grader across the line
Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 12 Dec - Christian Quintero & Rolly Delaytz celebrate a Rolly victory at Heffron
Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 12 Dec - Rolly Delaytz after winning B Grade
Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 12 Dec - Christian Quintero starting in Heffron in C Grade
Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 12 Dec - Christian Quintero
Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 12 Dec - L to R … Christian Quintero, Julian Arias, MOR & Rolly Delaytz on the start line at Heffron Park. Both Christian & Julian have now joined the BiciSport Happy Wheels squad
Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 12 Dec
No Brakes Racing @ Dunc Gray Velodrome @ 13 Dec - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) builds the form towards the Goulburn-Bowral events in February 24
LACC Criteriums @ Newington Homebush @ 12 Dec - Having won in D Grade it is now C Grade for David Cooper. Things got a bit harder this time around.
BiciSport @ PTG Museum @ Drongen Flanders @ 11 Dec - Partick DeGeyter is the owner of the PTG bike shop & museum in Flanders. The museum is exceptional in the quality of the clothing & retro memorabilia on display. The BiciSport hat is a nice touch.
BiciSport @ PTG Museum @ Drongen Flanders @ 11 Dec - Partick DeGeyter
PTG Museum @ Drongen Flanders
PTG Museum @ Drongen Flanders
TUMUT CYCLCLOSPORTIVE - 7 JANUARY
CADEL EVANS WEEKEND (GEELONG) - 26-28 JANUARY
Tumut offers a great cyclosportive on 7 January just a short drive from Sydney and the Cadel Evans weekend is another great cycling weekend
BiciSport Griffith is going to both events and if you want company at the events then contact Peter Budd (BiciSport) on 0431 012 174
Booking local accommodation is your responsibility
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
24 Dec
Lansdowne Park Criteriums (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 19 Dec & Thurs 21 Dec
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 21 Dec
Belgian Waffle Ride @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am for CP laps
Sat 23 Dec
Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Sun 24 Dec
Depart Shark Park carpark near Cronulla @ 9.30am for Kurnell & return
Carrera Pro Cycling Team (Italy) - 1984-96
Carrera was Italian Jeans. Bikes were Battaglin in the early years, then also Carrera from 1990 in collaboration with Campagnolo. Jersey design is most certainly iconic.
The team itself crossed both one day Classics and Grand Tours. Visentini won the Giro in ‘86, then Roche won the Giro/Tour/Worlds triple crown in ‘87. Roche was everywhere in 1987. The team was full of exceptional talent - with Bontempi, Leali, Breu, Zimmermann, Chiappucci, Maechler, Ghirotto and Pantani (from ‘94-96). Things get more than complicated with systemic team doping and it was easier to ask ‘who wasn’t involved in that nonsense’. It all ended very poorly when Carrera ended sponsorship at the end of ‘96 and for some (including Pantani) it was all about to get a whole lot worse ending in tragedy for Pantani.
Visentini on the right
Visentini at the Giro
Bontempi was a noted sprinter
