Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 14 Jan - Ian Grant (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) took 4th in B grade supported by Peter Verhoeven in C grade.
Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 14 Jan - Peter Verhoeven (third wheel white helmet in Bici AF jersey) in C Grade
Tumut Cycle Classic Cyclosportive @ 7 Jan - Melissa Budd
Tumut Cycle Classic Cyclosportive @ 7 Jan - Francesco Signor
Tumut Cycle Classic Cyclosportive @ 7 Jan - Peter Budd starts from Tumut at the break of dawn
Heffron Park Tuesday Nights recommences on 16 January 2024
BiciSport to the Belgium Spring Classics in 2024 - Marty Wright (BiciSport) climbs the steep Koppenberg climb
The BiciSport tour now includes Grand Prix Denain in Northern France on 14 March.
A BiciSport Belgium campaign is a combination of four unique Flemish cyclosportives, four semi classics (including the Grand Prix Denain in northern France) and three legendary Classics in a 28 day period. Added to which there are several cycling museums worth a serious look plus velodromes in Gent, Roubaix & now a new velodrome in Zolder. A detailed daily race & viewing guide is now posted in Special Events. on this website
If you’re interested in going please contact MOR on 0417 403 244
March
13 Mar - Nokere Course 14 Mar - Grand Prix Denain 16 Mar - Dwars Vlaanderen Cyclosportive
22 Mar - E3 Grand Prix 23 Mar - Gent Wevelgem Cyclosportive 24 Mar - Gent Wevelgem
27 Mar - Dwars Vlaanderen 30 Mar - Ronde van Vlaanderen Cyclosportive 31 Mar - Ronde van Vlaanderen
April
6 Apr - Paris Roubaix Cyclosportive, Paris Roubaix (Women) 7 Apr - Paris Roubaix
Richard Bukacki takes another Belgian victory
Richard Bukacki (Hertekamp Pro Team) - RIP
VALE RICHARD BUKACKI - NEVER MET, BUT ALMOST
For those that browse the BiciSport website a small Covid time project has been the weekly blog on various professional teams, and we’ve nearly hit the 200 mark in pro team reviews. A nice little Covid period past time as Gladys gave us the 11am Covid update on the media.
A name that kept cropping up in various teams was Richard Bukacki. Richard’s results just kept appearing too regularly and he won several times a year, usually in a sprint finish.
So I contacted Richard directly on FaceBook Messenger about 4 weeks ago , told him of my interest in his successful career and could we meet in Belgium in March 2024 and he to autograph a Hertekamp jersey for me. Eddy VerBust (who lives in Belgium) agreed to source a retro Hertekamp jersey from the period. The idea was to meet at the Velle Flanders junior race on March 17 sponsored by BiciSport. Sadly we never got there.
Richard at the age of 77 years passed away suddenly on 12 January and our meeting & celebration of his career at Velle won’t happen. Thoughts and prayers to his family at this time.
CADEL EVANS WEEKEND (GEELONG) - 26-28 JANUARY
The Cadel Evans weekend in Geelong is another great cycling weekend. BiciSport is going and if you want company then contact Peter Budd (BiciSport) on 0431 012 174.
Booking local accommodation is your responsibility
RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK
12-21 Jan
Tour Down Under (Adelaide)
21 Jan
Eastern Creek Raceway (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 16 Jan & Thurs 18 Jan
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 18 Jan
Belgian Waffle Ride @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am for CP laps
Sat 20 Jan
Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am
Sun 21 Jan
Depart Shark Park carpark near Cronulla @ 9.30am for Kurnell & return
Masta Pro Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1980-85
Totally 100% Belgian domestic pro team sponsored by Masta with sub sponsors in Cornelo & TeVe Blad. TeVe Blad was a weekly TV magazine. Bikes were either Olmo (Italian) or Puch (Swiss). The Puch bike was about as uninspiring as it gets (see above) and it looked better designed for local mail deliveries. C’mon Eric van der Tosser ... where is my real Olmo ?
The team was all about Johnny De Nul who won somewhere between 4-7 kermesse style races in Flanders each year. Occasionally they would get a start in Belgian semi Classics but results were grim & slim. When Johnny D wasn’t winning it was over to Richard Bukacki (a much better semi Classics quality rider than De Nul ever was). Both De Nul & Bukacki had blistering sprints and if they could see a finishing line flag then the podium flowers were theirs. Other notable team mates were Marc De Smet & Marcel van der Slagmolen (what a great Flemish name)
Same picture, same team car …. just the following year