News Shorts - 8 February

Newcastle Track Series @ 5 Feb - Davide Browne (Team Happy Wheels) dominated Round 1 of the Newcastle Series

National Road Championships @ Ballarat @ 7 Feb - Mike O’Reilly & Alex Simmons before the start of the Road Championships in Ballarat. Skoda provided the Race Commissaire cars.

National Road Championships @ Ballarat @ 7 Feb - Dudley Hoskin & Darren Benson doing a warm up ride around Lake Wendouree in Ballarat

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• National Elite Road Championships (Ballarat) @ 7 Feb

  • Darren Benson (BiciSport Happy Wheels) faced the pointy end of Aussie cycling with multiple laps of the Mt Helen circuit just outside Ballarat. It proved a tough day at the office in chilly & windy conditions.

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 7 Feb - C grade …. David Cooper & Ian Grainger featured in a messy sprint as grades overlapped in the finish

• Newcastle Hunter District Velodrome Track Series Round 1 @ 5 Feb - Davide Browne took 1st in the 500m time trial, 1st in the Sprint, 3rd in Scratch Race, 1st in the Aussie Crawl

• Heffron Criteriums @ Maroubra @ 2 Feb - Rolly Delaytz rode well in B grade at Heffron

EASTERN CREEK MASTERS RACES NOW A 6.45AM START

• Effective immediately all Waratah Masters races at ECR go to a 6.45am start

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 9 Feb - Heffron Park Criteriums (Maroubra)

• 13 Feb - Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic (Vic)

• 12-14 Feb - NSW Track Championships (DGV)

• 14 Feb - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), West Head Road Race (Manly CC)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• Tues 9 Feb

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• Wed 10 Feb

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• Thurs 11 Feb

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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 13 Feb - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Bic Professional Cycling Team - With storm clouds brewing during a Tour de France mountains stage a classic photo of Bernard Labourdette (Bic)

Bic Professional Cycling Team (France) from 1967 to 1974. Pictured above is Jacques Anquetil (5 times Tour de France winner) with Felice Gimondi at the Giro.

Bic is a consumer goods company with pens & razor blades. The orange & white jersey features highly in any iconic jersey of all time competition. Bikes were either Geminiani, Anquetil and finally Motobecane. Groupsets in the early years were Mafac, Stronglight and in the later years it was Campagnolo.

A team loaded with extreme levels of outright talent. Winners were grinners and they smiled a lot with Tour de France winners in Jacques Anquetil, Jan Janssen, Luis Ocana and Lucien Aimar plus a future Tour de France Race Director in Jean Marie Leblanc. Some great team support riders in Raymond Riotte & Charly Grosskost. If that wasn’t enough the single day Classic squad was brimming with talent in Eric Leman, Roger Rosiers, Edward Sels (all Belgian) and English riders Vin Denson and Michael Wright.

Bic Professional Cycling Team featured Luis Ocana (winner 1973 Tour de France) atop the Motobecane Titanium frame. This was one of the earliest titanium framesets loaded with a Campagnolo groupset. Brake levers and chainwheels were heavily drilled and Luis enjoyed large flange Campagnolo hubs.

Bic Professional Cycling Team - Jacques Anquetil (left) with Roger Pingeon (Tour de France Yellow Jersey)

Bic Professional Cycling Team - Jacques Anquetil (Bic) prepares for a velodrome event whilst checking his saddle height. A lovely black & white picture from that classic era.

Bic Professional Cycling Team - Luis Ocana (left) wearing the 1973 Tour de France Yellow Jersey beside Manuel Fuente (Kas Kaskol)

Bic Professional Cycling Team - Fuente & Ocana in the 1973 Tour de France

Bic Professional Cycling Team - Ward Sels (Bic) beside Eddy Merckx (Faema) in the 1969 Tour of Flanders in heavy rain

Bic Professional Cycling Team presentation on the French Riveria

News Shorts - 1 February

West Head Road Race @ 31 Jan - Klayton Smith took 3rd

West Head Road Race @ 31 Jan - Dudley Hoskin, Klayton Smith, Rolly Delaytz & Darren Benson

Goulburn Track Open @ 30 Jan - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) approaches the Roller Derby ramp

Goulburn Track Open @ 30 Jan - Davide Browne giving it full gas in the Roller Derby. Davide reached the semi finals in a top ride

Goulburn Track Open @ 30 Jan - Davide Browne looking comfortable in the Scratch Race where he went on to finish second.

Goulburn Track Open @ 30 Jan - Davide Browne shadowed by Paul Craft in the Goulburn Wheelrace heat, where both riders qualified for the Final.

Bowral Track Open @ 31 Jan and the picturesque Bowral velodrome

Bowral Track Open @ 31 Jan - Davide Browne wins the Bowral Wheelrace heat in light drizzle

Bowral Track Open @ 31 Jan - Tandem versus 3 Man Teams Pursuit …. Davide Browne eyes off the opposition

Bowral Track Open @ 31 Jan - 3 Man Teams Pursuit on one side of the velodrome … tandem on the other side … Tandem wins by a narrow 15 metres over 3 laps

Bowral Track Open @ 31 Jan - Davide Browne (third wheel) in the Bowral Wheelrace Final, but victory alluded Davide this time.

Penrith Criterium @ Eastern Creek @ 25 Jan - Davide Browne took second place to the Master Blaster in Paul Craft

Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 31 Jan - Raoul Westbrook 5th in D grade

Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 31 Jan - Ian Grainger, Raoul Westbrook & David Cooper

Darren Benson (left - BiciSport Happy Wheels)

AUSCYCLING NATIONAL ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS - 3-7 FEBRUARY

• Darren Benson (BiciSport) lines up at the National Road Championships at Ballarat on 7 February. Simply put this effort is no cakewalk with 16 laps of the Mt Helen (double) climb just outside Ballarat.

• National Road Championships Program

  • 3 Feb - Time Trials - 9.15am to 6pm

  • 4 Feb - Time Trials - Para @ 10.00am, Club Teams Time Trial @ 12.30pm

  • 5 Feb - Criteriums (All Divisions) - 12.35pm to 6.30pm

  • 6 Feb - Road Races - Para @ 7.30am, Under 19 @ 9.40am, Under 23 @ 1.20pm

  • 7 Feb - Road Races - Women @ 8.50am, Men @ 12.30pm

• Website is www.roadnationals.org.au

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Penrith Criterium @ Eastern Creek @ 25 Jan - Davide Browne polished his form with second at the ECR criterium hosted by Penrith CC on the Monday night.

• Goulburn & Bowral Track Opens @ 30-31 January

  • Goulburn CC hosted a great carnival with excellent sized fields in each category, and the three Womens categories typified how good the resultant racing turned out to be. Davide Browne had a cracker of a night with a semi final berth in the Roller Derby, a victory in the Kieren & last Scratch Race, and second places both in the first Scratch Race & Wheelerace heat.

  • Southern Highlands CC hosted the Bowral Track Open at the delightful Bowral Velodrome. As velodromes go this takes the “most pretty award” every time. Davide won the Wheelrace heat & Kieren sprint, and was narrowly defeated in the Tandem teams pursuit

• Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 31 Jan - Raoul Westbrook took 5th in D grade, with both Ian Grainger & David Cooper prominent in C grade

• West Head Road Race @ 31 Jan - Klayton Smith went podium with 3rd, Darren Benson went top ten & a fine ride by Rolly Delaytz

EASTERN CREEK RACES NOW A 6.45AM START

• Effective immediately all Waratah Masters races at ECR go to a 6.45am start

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 2 Feb - Heffron Park Criteriums (Maroubra)

• 3-7 Feb - AusCycling National Road Championships (Ballarat, Vic)

• 7 Feb - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• Tues 2 Feb

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• Wed 3 Feb

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• Thurs 4 Feb

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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 6 Feb - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Atala Professional Cycling Team 1908 to 1989. Yes, from 1908 is a long long time. Atala is Italian and naturally make bicycles. Co-sponsors included Dunlop (tyres), Pirelli (tyres), Ofmega & Campagnolo (both groupsets).

The team itself had somewhat moderate results in the early years (decades ?) with Vito Taccone & Gio Cordovani (pictured above in 1947). To be fair the team rarely ventured outside Italy.

The team won 15 Giro stages and two Giri overall. In the later years Urs Freuler won 10 World Track Championships, and other notables included Pierino Gavazzi and Gianni Bugno. Bugno went onto greater things in his following teams after Atala.

Atala Professional Cycling Team - Urs Freuler wins a Giro stage

Atala Professional Cycling Team - Urs Freuler (right) again at the Giro

Atala-Pirelli Cycling Team at the 1947 Giro

Atala Professional Cycling Team - Urs Freuler was the World Track Pointscore Champion

News Shorts - 25 January

Kurri Kurri Interclub @ 24 Jan - Darren Benson (left) featured in A grade

Kurri Kurri Interclub @ 24 Jan - Darren Benson (left, BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - David Cooper, Ian Grainger & John Robb

Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - Klayton Smith & Tom Green

Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - A2 grade and Klayton Smith in the early breakaway that was caught after some 5 laps

Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - A2 grade and both Tom Green & Klayton Smith on the attack with 2 laps to go

Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - C grade with Ian Grainger and David Cooper

Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - C grade with John Robb (left) and Ian Grainger (right)

Eastern Creek Raceway @ 24 Jan - BiciSport post race discussion self help group that went along the lines of “… if, maybe, next time, should have, could have, my gears weren’t working, it was an early start, see you next week, where is my next coffee coming from ? …” with Ian Grainger, Mike O’Reilly, David Cooper & John Robb

Heffron Park Criteriums @ 19 Jan - Klayton Smith, Rolly Delaytz & Conor Tarlington

Heffron Park Criteriums @ 19 Jan - Rolly Delaytz in A grade

Heffron Park Criteriums @ 19 Jan - Conor Tarlington & Klayton Smith

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Tuesday Heffron Park @ 19 Jan - Rolly Delaytz rode well in A grade as did Klayton Smith & Conor Tarlington in B grade.

• Kurri Kurri Interclub @ 24 Jan - Darren Benson ventured north to Newcastle for the 100k Interclub in preparation for the upcoming National Elite Road Championships in Ballarat

• Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 24 Jan - A slightly earlier start time didn’t deter from a big rollup across all grades. A2 grade - prominent rides by both Tom Green & Klayton Smith. C grade - John Robb, Ian Grainger & David Cooper rode well in C grade with a notable case of “photographer surfing” in the back straight. All races started fast with C grade approaching 7min30 secs per lap on laps 2 & 3.

EASTERN CREEK RACES NOW A 6.45AM START

• Effective immediately all Waratah Masters races at ECR go to a 6.45am start

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 26 Jan - THERE ARE NO HEFFRON PARK CRITERIUMS THIS TUESDAY

• 30-31 Jan - Goulburn & Bowral Track Opens

• 31 Jan - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters), West Head Road Race (Manly)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• Tues 26 Jan

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• Wed 27 Jan

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• Thurs 28 Jan

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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 30 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Watney Professional Cycling Team (Belgium) from 1966-77. Bikes were Diamant (1966-69) & Groene Leeuw (1970-77) both being Belgian cycle manufacturers. Groupsets were Campagnolo. The picture above is the !973 Ghent Wevelgem Classic finish where Merckx defeats Verbeek … not for the first time.

Sponsorship was originally Okay Whiskey, then Watney (beer), Avia (petrol), Maes Pils (more beer) and Geens (a very potent Belgian Advocaat Liquor)

Watney Professional Cycling Team (Belgium) - Frans Verbeek (pictured) carried the nickname of the Flying Milkman being a dairy farmer by trade. Frans won several one day Classics (Amstel Gold, Fleche Wallonne & Belgian National Champion) but a staggering 17 times finished second in one day Classics. After a very successful racing career Frans launched Vermarc Clothing - a major European cycling clothing company.

Watney-Maes was an outstanding team with Frans Verbeek, Willy & Walter Planckaert, Frans Van Looy & Andre Dierickx. It was one tough Flemish unit

Tour of Flanders (Ronde) 1975 - A very talented Verbeek was one of the few to finish with Merckx on Flemish roads. Second place again beckons for Verbeek.

Frans Verbeek

Liege Bastogne Liege Classic 1973 - the Rocourt Velodrome at the Liege finish and Merckx again defeats Verbeek by the narrowest of margins

Belgian Cyclocross and Frans Verbeek (left) teams up with Roger De Vlaeminck (Brooklyn)

Watney-Avia team presentation circa 1971

News Shorts - 18 January

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 17 Jan - Darren Benson in A grade

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 17 Jan - Darren Benson leading the A grade peloton with Ian Cocks (BiciSport Pilu Racing Team) in 5th wheel

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 17 Jan - Klayton Smith in A2 grade

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 17 Jan - Darren Benson, Klayton Smith & Raoul Westbrook

Tuesday Heffron Park @ 12 Jan - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Tuesday Heffron Park @ 12 Jan - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Tuesday Heffron Park @ 12 Jan - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 17 Jan - Ian Grainger wheel surfing at Lansdowne

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 17 Jan - Ian Grainger (right) was 4th in C grade

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Tuesday Heffron Park @ 12 Jan - some of the best criterium racing happens every Tuesday at Heffron Park Maroubra from 6pm. Rolly Delaytz flew the BiciSport flag nicely on 12 Jan.

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 17 Jan - Raoul Westbrook was 2nd in D grade, Ian Grainger 4th in C grade. In A grade - Darren Benson was 4th, Ian Cocks was a peloton finish, in A2 grade Klayton Smith took an excellent 5th

EASTERN CREEK RACES NOW A 6.45am START

• Forget your beauty sleep - all Waratah Masters races at ECR now have a 6.45am start effective from 24 January onwards …. even through the winter

BICISPORT TO THE SNOWY VALLEYS CYCLE CHALLENGE - 28 MARCH

• BiciSport will be going to the Snowy Valleys Cycle Challenge in Adelong (near Tumut) on Sunday 28 March

• Ride details are in the Special Events section of this website

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 19 Jan - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra)

• 19-24 Jan - Santos Festival of Cycling (Adelaide, SA)

• 22-24 Jan - NSW Track Championships (DGV)

• 23-24 Jan - Alpine Classic Cyclosportive (Bright, Vic)

• 24 Jan - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• Tues 19 Jan

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• Wed 20 Jan

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• Thurs 21 Jan

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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 23 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Famcucine Professional Cycling Team from 1980-82.

In a era when nearly every Italian professional cycling team was sponsored by either kitchens, home improvements or domestic appliances and here we are again.

Famcucine manufactured kitchens (similar to De Tongo, SCIC and Salvarani who also sponsored pro teams). Bike supplier was none other than the marque rider himself in Francesco Moser with Campagnolo the groupsets.

Lets hope the kitchens lasted longer than the team as it didn’t really survive much past Francesco’s last victory. The team was all about Francesco (yes, he was a class act and won a lot & often in both Classics & Tours) but beyond the Classic specialist German import Gregor Braun it was a bunch of unremarkable Italians trying to pilot Francesco to his next victory.

Francesco Moser gets team support on the Koppenberg climb in the Tour of Flanders Belgium

News Shorts - 11 January

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - the Tumut Cycle Classic podium with Eric Dole (3rd from left) who finished 2nd outright over the 100k journey

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - the BiciSport peloton before the 6.15am start on the Tumut outskirts

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - Eric Dole approaching the feed zone in the lead group at 50k

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - Ruth Strapp in the lead group at the 50k mark

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - Mike Taylor on one of the short sharp “grippy” climbs along the Goobarragandara River with 35k to go

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 10 Jan - Melissa Budd with 20k to go

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 9 Jan - Ruth Strapp & Eric Dole on a training ride the day before the Tumut Classic on the road from Lacmalac heading back into Tumut

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 9 Jan - Ruth Strapp & Eric Dole at the Wee Jasper climb above Tumut

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 10 Jan - Klayton Smith (Anytime Fitness Blue) in the A2 grade breakaway

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 10 Jan - Klayton Smith featured in the A2 grade and Ian Grainger 6th in C grade

• Gosford Central Coast Velodrome @ 6 Jan - Davide Browne (Happy Wheels) took 2 wins at Adcock Park

• Tumut Classic Cyclosportive @ 10 Jan - Eric Dole takes 2nd outright in a great ride

• Tumut as a cycling destination is something of a hidden gem. Cyclists from Sydney usually head for Jindabyne or Bright (Victoria) but Tumut is a real option next time you need a country escape. After keeping away from the more busy Snowy Mountains Highway there are numerous traffic free options alongside the Tumut River. The 13 BiciSport riders made the journey for the 6.15am start from the outskirts of Tumut. Just out of town it was a brief diversion to the top of the Blowering Dam wall, then a return journey down to the valley floor and the side roads along the Tumut River. More quiet back roads and home via Lacmalac and the final brief Wee Jasper climb then finishing again at Tumut.

• Eric Dole & Ruth Strapp featured all day - both were in the small lead group at the 50k mark then Ruth got unshipped at approximately the 6ok mark on one of the short sharp climbs along the Tumut River. Eric went second outright & Ruth in the top 3 in the Womens category.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 12 Jan - Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums (Maroubra)

• 16 Jan - Sprint Grand Prix (DGV)

• 17 Jan - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• Tues 12 Jan

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• Wed 13 Jan

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• Thurs 14 Jan

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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 16 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Le Groupment Professional Cycling Team 1995. We’re not sure what they did but it appears they didn’t either. Take a quick look because it didn’t last long.

The team jersey is universally acclaimed as the Worst Jersey Design of all time and always figures in any Lycra Hall of Shame competition. Nobody thought it (the jersey) was a good idea and the same could be said for the team itself as the ATM soon ran out of cash long before the tyres had a chance to go soft. The team never made it to the mid season Tour de France and the only people who got paid were the lawyers trying to figure it all out.

It was a pity that the team stopped before it really got going as the team was loaded with some super talent in Luc Leblanc (1994 World Professional Road Champion), Robert Millar (a great climber) and Marcel Wust (one of the best bunch sprinter’s of all time).

News Shorts - 4 January

Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ 28-30 Dec - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) was second overall in Division 2 at the SCC

Sandstone Cafe at Miramare Gardens Terrey Hills re-opens from Monday 4 January

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ 28-30 Dec - Davide Browne rode all three days at DGV

  • Day 1 - Scratch Race 3rd, One Lap Screamer 2nd, Wheel Race 8th

  • Day 2 - Scratch Race 3rd, Sprint Derby 1st, Mystery Lap 1st,

  • Day 3 - Scratch Race 3rd, Keirin 1st, Wheelrace final “did the job”, Elimination 1st

• With Covid issues running through the Northern Beaches at present please stay safe in this New Year period

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 10 Jan - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Tumut Classic Cyclosportive (Tumut)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• Tues 5 Jan

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• Wed 6 Jan

  • Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• Thurs 7 Jan

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo Spin to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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 9 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

BICISPORT TO THE TUMUT CYCLE CLASSIC ON SUNDAY 10 JANUARY

• A little gem of a cyclosportive not that far from Sydney over great roads with some stunning scenery thrown in for good measure. There are 11 BiciSport riders going to Tumut and full details are listed in the Special Events section of this website. Hope to see you there.

Welcome to 2021 - Eddy Ver Bust (left) is on the organising committee of the Gent 6 Day and together with Kenny De Ketele (2019 Gent 6 Winner) they wish you a happy 2021.

Eddy has assisted many BiciSport riders to Belgium over the years.

Mike Cori (BiciSport) dug this one out of the historical vault … Just Juice Team circa 1989 @ Taronga Park Zoo Ferry Terminal - Mike Cori (centre) organised the local team sponsorship with Just Juice who kindly provided the Maserati (with Campagnolo wheels no less) for the team presentation photo. L to R - John Chowns, Mike Cori & Mike O’Reilly (avec handlebar moustache)

Gewiss Professional Cycling Team (1987-1997). Sponsor was Gewiss (Italian electrical engineering), bikes were De Rosa on Campagnolo groupsets. Team manager was Emanuele Bombini and the Team doctor was Michele Ferrari. The sky blue Gewiss team jersey is now seen as an iconic retro design, especially when matched with a classy De Rosa frameset on the (then) new Campagnolo Ergo indexed gearing system. A blend of elegance, functionality and pure Italian style.

The team itself …. well, where do you start ? … as it was the 1990’s, it was Italy and it was too good to be true. The team won at every pedal stroke with Giro wins by Berzin & Gotti (assisted by Ugrumov), and one day Classic victories by Furlan, Minali & Argentin. Other notable team members were Bobrik (won a Tour of Lombardy), Alberto Vopli and a youthful Bjarne Rijs. The most notable victory was the 1994 Fleche Wallonne Classic in Belgium where the team went 1-2-3 in a blistering 70k breakaway with Argentin, Furlan & Berzin. The ‘94 Fleche podium demolition was generally deemed “too good to be true” and history would tend to suggest that this was indeed the case.

Tour of Italy (Giro) - Argentin leading Berzin (in pink) on the Stelvio climb

Fleche Wallonne 1994 - the Wall of Huy with 70k to the finish

Fleche Wallonne 1994 - Berzin, Furlan & Argentin headed for the 1-2-3 podium deemed “too good to be true”

Gewiss Team Presentation 1987 - Argentin won the 1986 World Pro Road Championship in Colorado and dominated the one day Classic calendar during his outstanding career

News Shorts - 28 December

Happy Wheels Waterloo host the Thursday ride to La Perouse @ 24 Dec - Stew Campbell and the Happy Wheels gruppetto ride returns on 7 January

Northside Coffee @ 24 Dec - L to R … Rob Bertuzzi, Andrew Bloxham, Vic McClelland, Sean Mura & Ian Grainger

CYCNSW GOES AUSCYCLING

• At the CycNSW meeting on 23 December it was voted in the affirmative that CycNSW joins AusCycling effective immediately

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 27 Dec - Ian Grainger went 7th in C grade (Christmas Pudding was for the top 5).

• With Covid issues running through the Northern Beaches at present please stay safe in this New Year period

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 28-30 Dec - Sydney Christmas Track Carnivals (Dunc Gray Velodrome)

• 3 Jan - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• Tues 29 Dec - Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 30 Dec - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• Thurs 31 Dec - Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps

BICISPORT TO THE TUMUT CYCLE CLASSIC ON SUNDAY 10 JANUARY

• A little gem of a cyclosportive not that far from Sydney over great roads with some stunning scenery thrown in for good measure. There are 12 BiciSport riders going to Tumut and full details are listed in the Special Events section of this website. Hope to see you there.

BiciSport to the Tumut Classic beckons on Sunday 10 January - details on the Special Events page of this website

Ariostea Ceramiche Professional Cycling Team - Ariostea (Italy) are providers of stone, marble, poreclain, ceramic wall & floor tiles. Framesets were either De Rosa or Colnago and Campagnolo groupsets. The team went from 1984-93 with Giancarlo Ferreti as the highly regarded Team Director.

The team was Italian to the core. They maybe didn’t win a lot early but major wins came after 1990. The picture above was the wet Kemmelberg cobbles in the Ghent Wevelgem Classic in Belgium

Team riders were a classy collection of outstanding athletes (mostly Italian) with a few notable foreigners towards the end. Some went on to greater things with other teams whilst others went onto either team management or team coaching with Silvano Contini, Rolf Sorensen (Classic specialist), Bruno Cenghiatta, Adriano Baffi (sprinter), Moreno Argentin (Classic specialist), Davide Cassani, Giorgio Furlan, Rolf Golz, Alberto Elli, Pascal Richard and Bjarne Rijs

Moreno Argentin

Moreno Argentin again

Rolf Golz

Ariostea Ceramiche Professional Cycling Team - Colnago released a dual tube carbon frame for the Ariostea team with unique Spinergy wheels

Bjarne Rijs atop the Colnago dual tube at the Tour de France

News Shorts - 21 December

Merry Christmas and stay safe in these Covid aware times. Its best advised to avoid any organised Northern Beaches bunch rides until the situation improves in the region and Covid restrictions are eased.

West Head Road Race @ 13 Dec - Darren Benson (left) with BiciSport Happy Wheels team mate Rolly Delaytz

West Head Road Race @ 13 Dec - Rolly Delaytz on the West Head “Wall”

West Head Road Race @ 13 Dec - Darren Benson on the early morning West Head Wall

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• With Covid issues running through the Northern Beaches at present please stay safe in this Christmas period

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 23 Dec - CyclingNSW Extra General Meeting (via Zoom)

• 27 Dec - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• Tues 22 Dec - Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 23 Dec - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• Thurs 24 Dec - Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 10.30am for Park laps

• Tues 29 Dec - Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Tues 29 Dec - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• Wed 30 Dec - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• Thurs 31 Dec - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• Thurs 31 Dec - Centennial Park @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ 9.30am for Park laps

• Sat 2 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens

BICISPORT To THE TUMUT CYCLE CLASSIC on SUNDAY 10 JANUARY

• A little gem of a cyclosportive not that far from Sydney over great roads with some stunning scenery thrown in for good measure. There are 12 BiciSport riders going to Tumut and full details are listed in the Special Events section of this website. Hope to see you there.

BiciSport peloton to the 2019 Tumut Classic (the 2020 edition was cancelled due to the bushfires).

The 2021 Tumut cyclosportive starts & finishes in central Tumut and the loop to/from Goobarragandra (along the river) is one very pretty road. Feel free to join the 12 BiciSport team mates currently doing the Tumut Classic

Holdsworth Campagnolo Professional Cycling Team (UK) … back to the mother country !

The original Holdsworth Campagnolo team ran from 1967-78 but in more recent years another Holdsworth team has been rebirthed. Team colours were orange & blue on a matching orange Holdsworth frameset with chrome front forks on Campagnolo components. Team manager was Roy Thame.

Team riders had some real talent in Bob Addy (rode the 1968 Tour de France in the UK National Team), Les West (4th in the 1970 World Pro Road Race Championships), Colin Lewis, Keith Lambert & Phil Bayton. That was a very good team lineup with support riders in the caliber of Nigel Dean, Geoff Wiles & Dave Nie. The team dominated the UK pro cycling scene for over 10 years.

News Shorts - 14 December

West Head “The Wall” @ 13 Dec - Darren Benson & Rolly Delaytz (Happy Wheels) on the West Head Wall

West Head “The Wall” @ 13 Dec - Darren Benson (Happy Wheels)

West Head “The Wall” @ 13 Dec - Rolly Delaytz (Happy Wheels)

West Head “The Wall” @ 13 Dec - Gio Pilu (Pilu Racing) at the southern u turn on the West Head Rd

Waratah Masters Eastern Creek Raceway @ Dec 6 - Ian Grainger (left) with Mike Lawson

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• West Head “The Wall” @ 13 Dec - Some great riding by Darren Benson (for 8th), Gio Pilu (second peloton) and Rolly Delaytz. Five laps of the West Head road is no mean feat. The various handicap groups came together on the last lap for a backmarkers victory. Thanks to Manly CC for organising a great day out.

• Waratah Masters @ Heffron Park @ 13 Dec - Raoul Westbrook flew the BiciSport flag in D grade for a sytong peloton finish in a more difficult Heffron event than normal.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 15 Dec - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 20 Dec - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney CC).

• 23 Dec - CyclingNSW Extra General Meeting (via Zoom)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 15 Dec - Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• 15 & 17 Dec - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 16 Dec - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 17 Dec - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 19 Dec - TAKEAWAY ONLY BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd)

Thursday Ride hosted by Happy Wheels Waterloo - Stew Campbell & Tim White headed for a good coffee. The ride starts from Happy Wheels Waterloo every Thursday.

Fassa Bortolo Professional Cycling Team. Fassa Bortolo was (is) a concrete manufacturer in Italy. Frames were Pinarello and groupsets were Campagnolo.

The team ran from 2000-2005 and dubbed the “Silver Team”. Team manager was Giancarlo Ferretti. The Silver Team won over 200 races … the concrete was hard, they raced hard & everywhere, and they won a lot & everywhere.

The team roster had current stars (for the period 2000-2005) but also contained numerous riders who became household names in future teams …. Vincenzo Nibali, Fabio Baldato, Dario Frigo, Aitor Gonzalez, Juan Antonio Flecha, Massimo Codol, Fabian Cancellara, Ivan Basso, Alessandro Petacchi, Filippo Pozzato & Frank Vandenbroucke …. numerous notables in that interesting team listing.

Ivan Basso, Dario Frigo & Alessandro Petacchi

News Shorts - 7 December

Waratah Masters Ride around Akuna Bay @ 1 Dec - Ian Grainger & Paul Evangilides at Terrey Hills

Climbing Mt Kosciuszko @ 1 Dec - Graeme Cocks (BiciSport) earning a well deserved polka dot climbers jersey at the summit

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Waratah Masters @ 6 Dec - Ian Grainger & Mike Lawson both went top 10 in C grade

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 8 Dec - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 13 Dec - Heffron Park (Waratah Masters). West Head “The Wall” 100k Handicap (Manly CC), Rhys O’Shea Classic (Camden CC), Tamworth Track Open (CycNSW)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 8 Dec - Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• 8 & 10 Dec - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 9 Dec - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 10 Dec - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 12 Dec - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Giro d’Italia 1965 - the Stelvio stage resorts to cyclocross as a snow avalanche blocks the road but the stage continues. Aldo Moser leads the peloton through the Stelvio snow wall. Aldo was the brother of Francesco Moser, and sadly Aldo recently passed away due to Covid 19 complications. RIP Aldo.

Saeco Professional Cycling Team - Established in 1996 and sponsorship ended at the end of 2004 (team then became Lampre). Saeco was (is) Italian coffee and the bikes were Cannondale loaded with Campagnolo groupsets.

They raced hard, they played hard, they won a lot and big. Obviously you couldn’t get past Mario Cipollini most of the time but the team was much more than just Cipo and over the top publicity. Be it a Francesco Casagrande (one tough unit), Silvio Martinelli, Ivan Gotti (Giro win), Roberto Petito, Salvatore Commesso, Paulo Salvodelli, Stefano Zanini, Gilberto Simoni (Giro win), Fabio Sacchi, Igor Astarloa (2003 World Road Champion) pictured above, Damiano Cunego (Giro win) and Danilo De Luca.

Mario Cipollini took 4 consecutive stage wins at the 1999 Tour de France

Mario Cipollini came to the 1997 Tour De France team presentation dressed as Julius Caesar …. as you do

Mario Cipollini and “that” speedsuit

Damiano Cunego won the Giro in the early stages of his career plus the Tour of Lombardy

The seriously talented Gilberto Simoni won the Giro and a whole lot more

The Saeco Red Guard getting serious and in full flight at the Giro

News Shorts - 30 November

HEZ ATTA Time Trial @ 22 Nov - Ruth Strapp (BiciSport) took the win in the Womens category.

West Head Individual Time Trial @ 29 Nov - Mike Lawson (Anytime Fitness)

West Head Individual Time Trial @ 29 Nov - Gio Pilu (Pilu Racing Team)

Lansdowne Criterium @ 29 Nov - Raoul Westbrook goes 3rd in D grade

Lansdowne Criterium @ 29 Nov - the BiciSport sprint train (L to R) … David Cooper, Raoul Westbrook & Ian Grainger

Barrington Tops Gravel Raid @ 21 Nov - stunning scenery …. but cycling through it was a daunting challenge

Barrington Tops Gravel Raid @ 21 Nov - before the Grand Depart and a pedal into the unknown …

Barrington Tops Gravel Raid @ 21 Nov - Ian Grainger’s bike for Barrington Tops

Barrington Tops Gravel Raid @ 21 Nov - doing it nicely on the Barrington gravel roads

Barrington Tops Gravel Raid @ 21 Nov - at the snow line

Barrington Tops Gravel Raid @ 21 Nov - Karl Hoad with the summit in sight

Barrington Tops Gravel Raid @ 21 Nov - Karl Hoad fully spent

Barrington Tops Gravel Raid @ 21 Nov - Karl Hoad at the Victoria Hotel at Moonan Flat

Charity Ride for Mental Health @ 21-22 Nov - towards Jenolan Caves

Charity Ride for Mental Health @ 21-22 Nov - the peloton approaches the Jenolan Caves tunnel

Charity Ride for Mental Health @ 21-22 Nov - it was hot ! !

Charity Ride for Mental Health @ 21-22 Nov - Graeme Cocks (BiciSport) enjoying the portable ice bath in the hot conditions

BARRINGTON TOPS GRAVEL RAID OVER 21-22 NOV

• The gravel raid on the Barrington Tops included Ian Grainger, John Horsburgh, Wayne McDonald, Karl Hoad, Mark Almond and Richard Makin.

• This enduro effort was 10 hours on the Saturday & 8 hours on the Sunday. Ian Grainger used his 25kg tractor (pictured) which looked pretty handy when the gravel bikes were picking up several punctures. The Victoria Hotel at Moonan Flat on Day 1 was a great sight after 110k and 2500 metres of climbing. As Ian G nicely put it … “do not do this trip”.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Charity Ride for Mental Health @ 21-22 Nov - Graeme Cocks (BiciSport) helped raise a total of $70,000 towards mental health strategies that included a visit to Jenolan Caves

• West Head ITT @ 29 Nov - Conditions were hot & filthy. Enough said & congratulations to Gio Pilu & Mike Lawson for just being there. It was most uncomfortable.

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne Park @ 29 Nov - BiciSport starters were Ian Grainger, David Cooper & Raoul Westbrook. Raoul took his usual podium in D grade

BICISPORT CHRISTMAS PARTY - NOW A SANDSTONE CAFE COFFEE ON 5 DECEMBER

Due to the restrictions around the Covid pandemic the annual BiciSport Christmas Party has been cancelled and replaced by an outdoors BiciSport morning tea at the Sandstone Cafe (Myoora Rd, Miramare Gardens) on Saturday 5 December @ 9.30am. All welcome.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 1 Dec - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 5 Dec - BiciSport Christmas Morning Tea - Sandstone Cafe (Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

• 6 Dec - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters). Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 1 Dec - Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• 1 & 3 Dec - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 2 Dec - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 3 Dec - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 5 Dec - BiciSport Christmas Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Banesto Professional Cycling Team - One of the longest running professional teams in cycling, and still going. Started in 1980 with Reynolds as sponsor (1980-89), Banesto (1990-2004), Caisse d’Espagne (2005-2010), and now Movistar (2010 onwards). Team rode Pinarello framsets for the majority but switched to Canyon in 2014. Groupsets were Campagnolo.

Team riders raced a lot, won a lot, did a lot … wins came across Europe in both one day Classics, World Championships (for Olano & Valverde) and Grand Tours (Delgado, Indurain, Pereiro & Carapaz). An incredible list of talented athletes from Angel Arroyo, to Pedro Delgado, Miguel Indurain, Alex Zulle, Julian Gorospe, Abraham Olano, Jose Jiminez, Jean Francois Bernard, Alex Valverde, Oscar Pereiro and Richard Carapaz.

News Shorts - 23 November

Sprint Grand Prix at DGV @ 19 Nov - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the hunt for 4 wins at DGV

BiciSport Griffith to Canberra @ 19 Nov - After the ride from Griffith to Temora on Day 1 and a time to pose with Pailface Adios in the Temora main street. There is a strong trotting history in the Riverina.

BiciSport Griffith to Canberra @ 20 Nov - departing Temora on Day 2 with a hot day to Boorowa

BiciSport Griffith to Canberra @ 20 Nov - a pan flat ride on Day 2 from Temora to Young was greeted with a final very lumpy 45k from Young to Boorowa in 35 degree heat.

BiciSport Griffith to Canberra @ 21 Nov - Day 3 dawned with a nagging headwind out of Boorowa towards the car free backroads of Rye Creek and the lengthy gravel section towards Yass.

BiciSport Griffith to Canberra @ 21 Nov - the gravel section on the approach to Yass with Peter & Melissa Budd (blue BiciSport jerseys)

BiciSport Griffith to Canberra @ 21 Nov - the BiciSport peloton at Parliament House Canberra

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• CycNSW Sprint Grand Prix @ 20 Nov - David Browne rode well in the first Sprint GP of the DGV season, after qualifying in 12.1secs for the flying 200m, Davide then took 4 sprint wins.

• Waratah Masters @ Heffron Park @ 22 Nov - Raoul Westbrook took 3rd in D grade for another podium. The winner won in a breakaway & Raoul took second in the bunch sprint.

BICISPORT GRIFFITH TO CANBERRA - 19-21 NOVEMBER

• BiciSport Griffith peloton rode the 450k from Griffith to Canberra over three days commencing Thursday 19 November (overnight in Temora), then overnight at Boorowa (20 November), then into Canberra on 21 November. Congratulations to all those who rode in very hot conditions. Many thanks to BiciSport Griffith, Albert Ravenello, Peter & Melissa Budd for organising such a great trip.

BICISPORT CHRISTMAS PARTY - NOW A SANDSTONE CAFE COFFEE ON 5 DECEMBER

• Due to the restrictions around the Covid pandemic the annual BiciSport Christmas Party has been cancelled and replaced by an outdoors BiciSport morning tea at the Sandstone Cafe (Myoora Rd, Miramare Gardens) on Saturday 5 December @ 9.30am. All welcome.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 24 Nov - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 29 Nov - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), West Head Individual Time Trial (Manly CC), Illawarra Track & Criterium (Wollongong), Bike Bug Randonnee (Mt White Loop)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 24 Nov - Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• 24 & 26 Nov - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 25 Nov - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 26 Nov - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 28 Nov - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Faema Professional Cycling Team - Version 1 was 1955-62 and Version 2 was 1968-70. Where does one even begin to summarise this team juggernaut ?.

Faema has a long history of professional cycling team sponsorship. Faema (and Faemino) are Italian expresso coffee machine makers of world renown.

Faema Version 1 (1955-62) was Italian registered with Rik Van Looy (Belgium) as the notable team leader (Rik won numerous one day Classics and a World Road Championships). Rik was indeed a legend of the sport. Rik Van Looy carries the iconic nickname in Belgium of “Rik 1”. Rik 2 is Rik Van Steenbergen and Rik 3 is Rik van Linden … there are only three “Rik’s” in Belgian cycling folklore.

Faema Version 2 (1968-70) was undoubtedly more famous as it was home to the greatest cyclist of all time in Eddy Merckx. Frames were Masi, groupsets were Campagnolo. Team manager was none other than Guillaume Driessens. Merckx and Driessens most certainly didn’t get on. Italian registered in 1968, the team was Belgian registered in 1969-70 when more Belgians joined the team (and the Italians got squeezed out)

Team victories were endless with Merckx taking his first Giro victory in 1968, followed by the Tour de France in 1969. The Giro-Tour double followed for Merckx in 1970. One day Classic victories flowed like good Belgian beer …

Team riders were nothing short of the best of the best - Eddy Merckx, Roger Swerts, Guido Reybrouck, Martin Van Den Bossche, Victor Van Schil, Vittorio Adorni, Joseph Bruyere, Jos Huysmanns, Joseph Spruyt, Italo Zilioli & Patrick Sercu. You name it, they won it.

Faema Professional Cycling Team - Eddy Merckx attacks solo in the rain in the 1969 Tour of Flanders (Ronde Van Vlaanderen) with 70k to the finish and is directed (to wait for others) by his Team Manager Driessens from the Faema Team car. Merckx refused the Sport Directors direction from Driessens and won solo by 5 minutes.

Faema transitioned to Faemino sponsorship in 1970

Faema Professional Cycling Team - Martin Van Den Bossche leads Eddy Merckx in the 1969 Milan San Remo

Faema Professional Cycling Team - Merckx at the Tour of Italy in 1970 (wearing the pink leaders jersey) now sponsored by Faemino. Merckx would move to Molteni in 1971 & join Martin Van Den Bossche (also in this picture).

Merckx won the World Championship in late 1967 and pictured here wearing the coveted Rainbow jersey for Faema in early 1968 at the Faema Team Presentation. The 1968 team was heavy on Italians but that wouldn’t last into 1969.

News Shorts - 16 November

Heffron Park Retro Expo @ 14 Nov - Steve Dixon (BiciSport Master) in a sea of steel & chrome at the Randwick Botany CC Retro Day.

Heffron Park Retro Expo @ 14 Nov - the classic retro pose with Hitachi (on a Team issue Splendor bike), Steve Dixon (BiciSport Master - Team issue white tee shirt), Brooklyn Chewing Gum (on a Team issue Gios Torino) and Sanson Gelati Campagnolo (on a very tidy Moser). Very nice ! !

Heffron Park Retro Expo @ 14 Nov

AUSCYCLING, CYCLINGNSW & BICISPORT AFFILIATION

• To ensure BiciSport continues to deliver its program of support for all members we have added an affiliation with AusCycling to our existing affiliation with CyclingNSW and when BiciSport members renew their membership via the CA/AusCycling website please ensure they select BiciSport as their club of choice.

• BiciSport is now listed on the AusCycling website

• At the practical level each BiciSport member has an annual renewal date (not everybody is 1 January 2021) and the majority of BiciSport members have an annual membership renewal date in February & March 2021. The new AusCycling organisation will continue to recognise your current Cycling Australia licence and allow you to race on that Cycling Australia licence up until the renewal date (you then switch to AusCycling).

• You should expect to receive an AusCycling email directly to you just before your annual renewal date and you simply follow the prompts and rejoin (ensure you select BiciSport as your club of choice). Mike O’Reilly (BiciSport President)

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Recovery Ward - Speedy recovery to Matt Coy after a rubber side up. Get well soon Matt

BICISPORT GRIFFITH TO CANBERRA - 19-21 NOVEMBER

• BiciSport Griffith are riding from Griffith to Canberra over three days commencing Thursday 19 November (overnight Temora), then overnight at Boorowa (20 November), then into Canberra on 21 November. For further details contact Peter Budd on 0431 012 174

BICISPORT CHRISTMAS PARTY - now a Sandstone Cafe coffee on 5 December

• Due to overflow from the Covid pandemic the annual BiciSport Christmas Party has been cancelled and replaced by a BiciSport morning tea at the Sandstone Cafe (Myoora Rd, Miramare Gardens) on Saturday 5 December @ 9.30am. All welcome.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 17 Nov - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 19-21 Nov - BiciSport Griffith to Canberra

• 20 Nov - Sprint Grand Prix (CycNSW-DGV)

• 22 Nov - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), .ATTA Time Trial (Kurri Kurri) , Downes Nursery Classic (Camden CC)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 17 Nov - Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• 17 & 19 Nov - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 18 Nov - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 19 Nov - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 21 Nov - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Carrera Professional Team (1984-96) came out of the original Inoxpran Professional team (Inoxpran was established in 1979). Sponsorship was from Carrera Jeans, bikes were Battaglin from Italy, groupsets were Campagnolo. This team was Italian to the core.

The team was nothing but pure class with a seemingly endless supply of top quality talent … be it Gio Battaglin, Robero Visentini, Stephen Roche, Claudio Chiappucci, Guido Bontempi, Bruno Leali, Urs Zimmermann, Erich Maechler & Marco Pantani. Team manager was Davide Boifava.

The team won events all across Europe, be it one day Classics or the Giro, the Tour or a World Championship with Stephen Roche.

Stephen Roche won the Triple Crown in 1987 - the Tour de France, the Giro and the World Pro Road Championships

Stephen Roche wins the 1987 World Professional Road Championships in Villach Austria

News Shorts - 9 November

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 6 Nov - the Friday training ride at Singleton was warm and attracted a good sized peloton

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov - Pilu Racing Challenge Team took second place with L to R … Tim White, Darren Benson, David Munro & Jeremy Hopson

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov - Pilu Racing Team with Darren Benson leading from Jeremy Hopson, David Munro & Tim White

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov - Pilu Racing team with Tim White, Darren Benson, David Munro & Jeremy Hopson

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov - Anytime Fitness 180+ team of Raoul Westbrook, John Robb, Ian Grainger & Mike Lawson

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov - Dom Zumbo in warm up mode before the start

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov - The leading BiciSport 180+ team of Peter Verhoeven, Eric Dole, Dom Zumbo & Peter Budd with 15k to the finish

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov - The leading BiciSport 150+ team took the Bronze medal with Stewart Campbell, Randolph Baral, Dudley Hoskin & Graeme Cockerton

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov - BiciSport Happy Wheels 150+ goes podium with a Bronze with Dudley Hoskin, Randolph Baral, Stew Campbell & Graham Cockerton

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov - The Pilu Racing Team always produces a quality TTT effort. This year they were unlucky to crash with Jordan Reizes battered & bruised. The team consisted of Matt Coy, Gio Pilu & Jordan Reizes.

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov - Rhett Hall rode well for the BiciSport Masters All Ages team & the team finished 10th from 25 teams

Singleton Team Time Trial @ 7 Nov

Singleton Individual Time Trial @ 8 Nov - Tom Green finished 4th in the ITT and Tim White (pictured - BiciSport Anytime Fitness) doubled up for the ITT on the Sunday at Singleton with mechanical issues following him into the Sunday.

Singleton @ 8 Nov - the BiciSport peloton before the Sunday rollout to Mirannie village near Singleton

Singleton @ 8 Nov - the Sunday ride to the Mirannie Baptist Church some 25k outside Singleton

AUSCYCLING, CYCLINGNSW & BICISPORT AFFILIATION

• To ensure BiciSport continues to deliver its program of support for all members we have added an affiliation with AusCycling to our existing affiliation with CyclingNSW and when BiciSport members renew their membership via the AusCycling website please ensure they select BiciSport as their club of choice.

• BiciSport is now listed on the AusCycling website

• At the practical level each BiciSport member has an annual renewal date (not everybody is 1 January 2021) and the majority of BiciSport members have an annual membership renewal date in February & March 2021. The new AusCycling organisation will continue to recognise your current Cycling Australia licence and allow you to race on that Cycling Australia licence up until the renewal date (you then switch to AusCycling).

• You should expect to receive an AusCycling email directly to you just before your annual renewal date and you simply follow the prompts and rejoin (ensure you select BiciSport as your club of choice). Mike O’Reilly (BiciSport President)

BICISPORT GRIFFITH TO CANBERRA - 19-21 NOVEMBER

• BiciSport Griffith are riding from Griffith to Canberra over three days commencing Thursday 19 November (overnight Temora), then overnight at Boorowa (20 November), then into Canberra on 21 November. For further details contact Peter Budd on 0431 012 174

BICISPORT SINGLETON TEAM TIME TRIAL REPORT - Pilu Racing Team take Second in Team Challenge and BiciSport Masters 150 take the Bronze Medal.

• Firstly a big thankyou to all those who contributed to making it happen. Anytime Fitness for getting us all there, the commitment & drive of the many managers & assistants. Thank you all for a great weekend.

• Race Report for Saturday

  • Singleton Challenge - A great ride by the Pilu Racing Team for second place just 30 seconds off a win. A very good team with well balanced abilities.

  • Masters 180+ - Two BiciSport teams with stronger of the two taking 5th place. The second team again rode a blinder with excellent contributions by John Robb & Raoul Westbrook.

  • Masters 150+ - Strongly fancied as a podium contender and didn’t disappoint. Dudley Hoskin and Randolph Baral turned themselves inside out for their team mates. Pilu Racing Team were strong but the crash by Jordan Reizes ended their day.

  • Masters All Ages - Its been a while since BiciSport fielded an All Ages team and everybody nailed it - 10th from 25 starters was a excellent result.

• Race Report for Sunday

  • Tom Green & Tim White both doubled up on the Sunday for the inaugural Singleton Chrono ITT around the same course as the Saturday. Tom was 4th & Tim impacted by a mechanical.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 10 Nov - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 14 Nov - Heffron Park Retro Day (Maroubra) from 10am

• 15 Nov - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Mt Ku Ring Gai Criterium (Northern Sydney)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 10 Nov - Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• 10 & 12 Nov - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 13 Nov - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 12 Nov - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 14 Nov - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

All (retro) roads lead to Heffron Park on Saturday 14 November from 10.00am

Peter Sagan - a stunning portrait of one of greatest cyclists of a generation

News Shorts - 2 November

BICISPORT TEAM TIME TRIAL TEAMS ANNOUNCED - GO TO SPECIAL EVENTS PAGE

• For 2020 BiciSport is entering six teams to the TTT Championships at Singleton on 7 November

• All event details, including training ride details, accommodation, race day parking arrangements, team managers and time tables are now in the Special Events section of this website. Please note we are still using Shearers Farm for team car parking on 7 November

• Any logistical issues over the weekend please contact Mike O’Reilly on 0417 403 244

• START TIMES ANNOUNCED

  • Challenge Pilu Racing Team

    • 8.46am - Hopson, Munro, Benson, White

  • Masters 180+

    • 10.14am - Grainger, Lawson, Robb, Westbrook

    • 10.20am - Verhoeven, Budd, Dole, Zumbo

  • Masters 150+

    • 11.30am - Pilu, Coy, Reizes

    • 11.34am - Campbell, Cockerton, Hoskin, Baral

  • Masters All Ages

    • 12.30pm - Hall, Delaytz, Groen, Green

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• NSW Elite ITT Championships @ Gunning @ 31 Oct - Tim White (BiciSport Elite) finished 7th @ 7min47secs

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 3 Nov - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 7 Nov - NSW Team Time Trial Championships (Singleton)

• 8 Nov - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), BiciSport Ride to Mirannie Church (Singleton).

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 3 & 5 Nov - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 4 Nov - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 5 Nov - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 7 Nov - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

• 8 Nov - BiciSport Singleton Team Ride to Mirannie Church @ 8.00am

TonTon Tapis - Universally acclaimed as one of the worst jerseys ever designed. TonTon Tapis was a carpet sponsor, Gios were the team framsets, Renault (team cars) and GB (Belgian supermarket). Team managers were Roger De Vlaeminck & Marcel Van Der Slagmolen.

The original “motley crew” of a professional cycling team. Too few riders in their prime (like Laurent Biondi) and for the majority it was the Last Card Saloon and pending retirement was beckoning. The team only existed for one year and that may have been a good thing.

TonTon Tapis - Laurent Biondi (1991 World Champion)

TonTon Tapis - Lawrence Roche giving it 100% at the 1991 Tour de France

TonTon Tapis - 1991 Team Presentation that included notables in Stephen Roche, Jean Claude Colotti, Dirk De Wolf, Francis Moreau & Laurent Pillon.

News Shorts - 26 October

Kurri Kurri Kermesse @ 24 Oct - Ruth Strapp rode well in Womens Division 2 and took 5th place in her first race back from injury

BiciSport Griffith ride from Griffith to Canberra over 19-21 November via Temora, Boorowa then into Canberra. Contact details are listed below.

BiciSport Griffith members with Frank Signor & Peter Budd

BICISPORT TEAM TIME TRIAL TRAINING ON 1 NOVEMBER

• BiciSport Team Time Trial Training @ 1 Nov - the final BiciSport TTT session is set for Sunday 1 November

• BiciSport teams have the option of either Terrey Hills (meeting at the usual Sandstone Cafe off Myoora Rd @ 7.30am) or the West Head TTT promotion (decision is up to each individual team)

BICISPORT GRIFFITH TO CANBERRA - 19-21 NOVEMBER

• BiciSport Griffith are riding from Griffith to Canberra over three days commencing Thursday 19 November (overnight Temora), then overnight at Boorowa (20 November), then into Canberra on 21 November. For further details contact Peter Budd on 0431 012 174

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• Kurri Kurri Kermesse @ 24 Oct - Ruth Strapp was coming back from injury and took a rewarding 5th place in Womens Division 2.

• Speedy Recovery - to Travis Shields (BiciSport Master) after a rubber side up and will be out of action for a few weeks

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 27 Oct - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 1 Nov - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters), West Head Individual & Team Time Trial (Manly CC), BiciSport Team Time Trial Training (Miramare Gardens, Terrey Hills)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 27 & 29 Oct - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 28 Oct - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 29 Oct - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 31 Oct - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

• 1 Nov - BiciSport Team Time Trial Training (either West Head or Terrey Hills)

Riso Scotti was an Italian team from 1998-99 and came out of the demise of the MG Technogym team. The primary sponsor was Riso Scotti (rice producer).

Team managers were unchanged from MG Technogym in Bombini, Volpi, Leali & Ferretti. Framsets were De Rosa and groupsets were Campagnolo.

The dates of 1998 & 1999 are something of an indication that team performances were “interesting”. Team members included Baldato, Bobrik, Schefer, Casagrande, Cenghialta, De Luca, Minali (won a Giro stage), Micelli (also won a Giro stage) and Basso. History would be unkind to some but dull it most certainly wasn’t.

Riso Scotti team presentation in 1999

News Shorts - 19 October

West Head Road Race @ 18 Oct - Conor Tarlington, MOR, Eric Dole & Tom Green

West Head Road Race @ 18 Oct - Ian Cocks (3rd from right, Pilu Racing) rode well in Masters A grade

West Head Road Race @ 18 Oct - Travis Shields looking comfortable in the Masters A peloton

West Head Road Race @ 18 Oct - Conor Tarlington in the B grade peloton

West Head Road Race @ 18 Oct - Eric Dole leads the Masters peloton and got in the break of the day with his trademark style of racing.

Singleton Masters @ 10 Oct - Ian Grainger (second on right) goes bunch sprinting in the Masters 9 Road Race finish just outside Singleton

BICISPORT TEAM TIME TRIAL TRAINING on 25 OCTOBER RESCHEDULED to 1 NOVEMBER

• BiciSport Team Time Trial Training @ 25 Oct - POSTPONED to 1 NOVEMBER

• Due to bad weather in Sydney the final BiciSport TTT session is now set for Sunday 1 November

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• West Head @ 18 Oct - Another well organised Manly CC promotion, albeit with slightly fewer numbers than entered due to uncertain weather conditions (the day dawned delightful and yes, you missed a great race). Masters A - good rides by Ian Cocks & Travis Shields. Masters - Eric Dole rode assertively as is his trademark. B grade Masters - Jeremy Hopson, Conor Tarlington rode well and poor Tom Green punctured (again !).

• Recovery Ward - Speedy recovery to David Cooper (in Orange) & Mike Lawson

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 20 Oct - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 24 Oct - HEZ Criteriums (Kurri Kurri)

• 25 Oct - Heffron Park (Waratah Masters)

Courtesy of the latest Covid outbreak in Belgium the Ghent 6 won’t be happening in late November 2020.

BiciSport supported the Tumut Classic in 2019 …. to such an extent Melissa & Peter Budd featured in the 2021 publicity poster above. BiciSport will be returning in January 2021 so reserve the date. Its a great course & the event raises money for the Tumut Hospital.

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 20 & 22 Oct - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 21 Oct - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 22 Oct - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 24 Oct - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

• 25 Oct - BiciSport Team Time Trial Training @ Sandstone Cafe @ 7.30am

Jollj Ceramica # 1 - After weeks in Belgium, its back to Italy and Jollj Ceramica. The team was only small but highly accomplished from 1973 to 1977. As the name implies the main sponsor was ceramic kitchen tiles and pavers. Campagnolo was the groupset of choice. Bikes were Pinerello.

The team itself was mostly Italian pure class - Gio Battaglin, Fausto Bertoglio (won the 1975 Giro), Knut Knudsen, Pierino Gavazzi (the designated team sprinter) and Martin Van Den Bossche (ex team mate of Eddy Merckx from the Faema days).

Jollj Ceramica # 2 - Fausto Bertoglio climbing the Stelvio Pass on the way to victory at the 1975 Giro

Jolly Ceramica # 3 - Team Presentation from the 1976 Tour de France

Jollj Ceramica # 4 - Martin Van Den Bossche maybe did not win a lot by was undoubtedly one of the best super domestics of all time

Jollj Ceramica # 5 - Martin Van Den Bossche was a famous team mate to Eddy Merckx at the 1969 Tour de France (riding for team Faema). Martin switched to the Jollj Ceramica team late in his very successful career.

It was March 2015 and Mike O’Reilly was determined to see if he could get a Jollj Ceramica jersey autographed by Martin himself. So with the assistance of Sille De Bock we located Martin in nearby East Flanders. Martin now owns a successful kitchen renovations business and greeted us both warmly and kindly signed a jersey and duly dated it 19-3-15. Martin couldn’t speak a word of English but it didn’t deter from a totally great experience.

Martin Van Den Bossche (Faema Team) leads Eddy Merckx in the 1969 Milan San Remo Classic

News Shorts - 12 October

Singleton Masters @ Oct 9 - Matt Coy took the Bronze Medal in the Individual Time Trial

Singleton Masters @ Oct 9 - Dudley Hoskin took the Bronze Medal in the Individual Time Trial

Singleton Masters @ Oct 9 - the Pilu Racing team with Jordan, Gio & Matt

Singleton Masters @ Oct 9 - Gio Pilu (on the trainer) and Jordan Reizes before the start of the Individual Time Trial

Singleton Masters @ Oct 9 - Gio Pilu in the Individual Time Trial warm up

Singleton Masters @ Oct 9 - Mike Lawson at the Individual Time Trial start

Singleton Masters @ Oct 9 - Peter Verhoeven at Shearers Farm before the Individual Time Trial

Singleton Masters @ Oct 9 - Ian Grainger starts the Time Trial

Singleton Masters @ Oct 9 - Tom Green at the Individual Time Trial at Shearers Farm

Singleton Masters @ Oct 10 - Road Race start for Eric (the French Flying Baguette) Dole and Peter Budd.

Eric was on the attack all day and left nothing in the tank. Peter rode very well and went top 10 overall.

Singleton Masters @ Oct 10 - Eric Dole threw caution to the wind, got in the break of the day and attacked all day but was in the hurt box towards the finish. It was the ride of the Championships but was not rewarded with a medal.

Singleton Masters @ Oct 10 - Mike Lawson in the Road Race

Singleton Masters @ Oct 10 - Ian Grainger rode an outstanding Road Race for 5th

Singleton Masters @ Oct 10 - Matt Coy (pictured) and Jordan Reizes were outstanding in the Road Race and both just outside a medal with Matt 4th and Jordan 5th

Singleton Masters @ Oct 10 - some lovely Hunter Valley countryside greeted the road race pelotons

Singleton Masters @ Oct 11 - On the M5 criterium start line with Gio Pilu and Randolph Baral

Singleton Masters @ Oct 11 - Matt Coy was prominent in the M6 criterium all race and settled for 4th

Singleton Masters @ Oct 11 - M6 Criterium and Matt Coy (second wheel) gets the bell lap as riders crash behind him (on the left)

Singleton Masters @ Oct 11 - M7 Criterium and finally after three days we’ve found Peter Verhoeven !!

Singleton Masters @ Oct 11 - Peter Budd & Eric Dole featured prominently in the M7 Criterium

Singleton Masters @ Oct 11 - Eric Dole was on a hot day in more ways than one and attacked several times

Singleton Masters @ Oct 11 - Mike Lawson turns bunch sprinter !! in the M8 Criterium

Singleton Masters @ Oct 11 - Ian Grainger in the M9 Criterium had flashbacks to Lansdowne Park Criteriums (where he usually finishes 5th) … which he sort of did for 8th

NSW MASTERS AT SINGLETON - HOSKIN, REIZES & COY TAKE BRONZE

• NSW Masters Road Championships @ Singleton @ 9-11 October - BiciSport starters included Peter Budd, David Munro, Peter Verhoeven, Dudley Hoskin, Matt Coy, Jordan Reizes, Gio Pilu, Tom Green, Eric Dole, Jeremy Hopson, Ian Grainger & Randolph Baral.

• Notwithstanding Covid delays on the actual date & somewhat predictable non existent event marketing the Masters peloton turned up in strong numbers.

  • Individual Time Trial @ 9 Oct - Both Dudley Hoskin & Matt Coy took the Bronze medal in their respective categories.

    • M2 - Jeremy Hopson 19th @ 25min41secs

    • M4 - Tom Green 10th @ 25min02secs

    • M5 - Dudley Hoskin 3rd @ 24min50secs, Randolph Baral 9th @ 25min46secs, Jordan Reizes 10th @ 25min56secs, Gio Pilu 12th @ 26min05secs

    • M6 - Matt Coy 3rd @ 26min15secs

    • M7 - Peter Verhoeven 7th @ 28min04secs

    • M8 - Mike Lawson 6th @ 30min22secs

    • M9 - Ian Grainger - 9th @ 31min23secs.

  • Road Races @ 10 Oct

    • M2 - Jeremy Hopson 26th @ 53secs

    • M3 - David Munro 13th @ 12min42secs

    • M4 - Tom Green punctured on the start line, day over, but then raced Eastern Creek on the Sunday !

    • M5 - Jordan Reizes 5th @ bunch time, Randolph Baral 24th @ 3min55secs, Gio Pilu 30th @ 10min40secs, Dudley Hoskin 31st @ 11min32secs

    • M6 - Matt Coy 4th @ bunch time

    • M7 - Peter Budd 8th @ 1min44secs, Peter Verhoeven 16th @ same time, Eric Dole 20th @ 2min01secs

    • M8 - Mike Lawson 8th @ 9min36secs

    • M9 - Ian Grainger 5th @ bunch time

  • Criterium @ Broke near Cessnock @ 11 Oct

    • M5 - Jordan Reizes 3rd place @ bunch time, Gio Pilu 14th @ 58secs

    • M6 - Matt Coy 4th @ bunch time

    • M7 - Eric Dole 7th, Peter Budd 8th, Peter Verhoeven 14th @ bunch time

    • M8 - Mike Lawson 9th @ 1min38secs

    • M9 - Ian Grainger 8th @ bunch time

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 13 Oct - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 17 Oct - NSW Elite Criterium Championships (Heffron Park, Maroubra)

• 18 Oct

  • Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

  • West Head Road Race (Manly CC)

  • Mt Ku Ring Gai Criterium (Northern Sydney CC)

  • HEZ ITT (Kurri Kurri) by ATTA

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 13 & 15 Oct - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 14 Oct - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 15 Oct - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 17 Oct - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Kelme Professional Cycling Team is more a case of what you can’t say in defense of the indefensible. This team defined the term indefensible.

Established in Spain from 1986 until 2006 with Kelme (shoes), Costa Blanca (Regional Government) with bike sponsorship from Gios or Merckx. Groupsets were Campagnolo.

A patchwork quilt of “quality” riders in respect of Valverde, Heras, Sevilla, Casero & Escartin & Co. The team was much more infamous for the Manzano doping allegations from systemic blood doping and the Operation Puerto doping allegations. In short, a team full of results with two victories in the Tour of Spain but much more notable for the less appealing aspects of a great sport.

News Shorts - 5 October

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - David, Eric, Travis, Peter, Davide, Tom, Eddy, Stew, Dom, Graham, Rolly & Suzy

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) & Travis Shields (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) on the Division 1 start line. Rolly’s day ended prematurely with a puncture at half distance.

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Travis Shields (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) was prominent at the front of the Division 1 peloton all race.

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Peter Verhoeven (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) on the Division 2 start line

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - BiciSport Happy Wheels line up in Division 2 with a reflective Eric Dole, Graham Cockerton, Stew Campbell & Tom Green.

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Graham Cockerton & Stew Campbell (BiciSport Happy Wheels) were prominent in Division 2 with Stew on a comeback race after an injury

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Ace cycling commentator Paul Craft (left) chasing another velodrome specialist in Davide van der Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) in the Division 3 peloton

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Dom Zumbo raced conservatively in Division 3 being in recovery mode from a recent training accident. It was great to see Dom buying a race number.

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - on the Division 4 start line with Ian Grainger, David Cooper & Eddy Ahumada

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Ian Grainger & David Cooper (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) in Division 4.

Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - Raoul Westbrook rode well in Divison 5

BiciSport TTT training @ Terrey Hills @ 4 Oct - L to R … Stew, Dudley, Graham & Randolph on the Golf Club climb

BiciSport TTT training @ Terrey Hills @ 4 Oct - L to R … Davide, Raoul, John, Len, Dom & Mike going past the Golf Club on Booralie Rd Terrey Hills

BiciSport at the Tour of China 2000 (Shenzhen stage) - Darren Benson (the BiciSport rider in red Points Leader jersey) with Mike O’Reilly far right in the shorts. The crowds & support were simply amazing … so we took a team picture with some very friendly local police & military. We had a great time in Shenzhen.

BiciSport TTT training @ Terrey Hills @ 4 Oct - the BiciSport team time trial training is underway and the very same Darren Benson (from the Tour of China 2000) jumps a ride with our BiciSport TTT teams. How great was it to catch up with a youthful Darren again some 20 years later on the Golf Club hill at Terrey Hills.

AUSCYCLING & CYCLING NSW PRESENTATION ON 28 SEPTEMBER

• There was a video conference held by all NSW Clubs and the CyclingNSW Board on Monday 28 September to discuss the go forward on the AusCycling proposal. Further discussions will be held on Tuesday 6 October. with all NSW clubs. BiciSport will convey the outcomes to its members via this website, email & BiciSport Facebook as soon as circumstances permit.

NATIONAL MASTERS ROAD CHAMPS AWARDED TO QUEENSLAND - EARLY DECEMBER

• NSW hasn’t seen a National Masters Road Championships since Griffith in 2016, notwithstanding that NSW is by far the biggest Masters State by membership. Gosh, wonder why ? ….

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• No Brakes Racing @ DGV @ 2 Oct - The final round of the NBR Series with Davide van der Browne took the Division 2 series victory. Well done Davide !.

• Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 4 Oct - Ian Grainger was 8th in C grade

• Eric Mather Cup @ 5 Oct - A strong BiciSport contingent took part in a cracker of a Waratahs promotion. Big fields, good prizemoney & intense competition in every grade. How good was that. A heavy crash marred Division 2 but another outstanding promotion by Waratah Masters.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 6 Oct - Tuesday Heffron Park Summer Series (Maroubra)

• 9-11 Oct (Fri-Sun)

  • NSW Masters Road Championships (Singleton & Broke, CyclingNSW)

    • BiciSport starters are Peter Budd, Peter Verhoeven, Dudley Hoskin, Rolly Delaytz, Eddie Ahumada, Matt Coy, Travis Shields, Jordan Reizes, Gio Pilu, Tom Green, Eric Dole, Graham Cockerton, Ian Grainger, Mike Lawson, Randolph Baral & Raoul Westbrook

• 11 Oct - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 6 & 8 Oct - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 7 Oct - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 8 Oct - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 10 Oct - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

Sandstone Cafe @ Terrey Hills @ 3 Oct - Ken , Neo, MOR, Marty, Neil, Ian & Peter

RACE EXECUTIONER UPDATE - LATEST LISTING

• Latest (new) cancellation is the Grafton to Inverell Classic on 14 November

• Recent event cancellations include -

  • Oct 8-9 - Tour of Gippsland (NRS)

  • Oct 10 - World Masters Track Championships (Manchester, UK)

  • Oct 11 - Around the Bay in a Day (Melbourne, Vic)

  • Oct 11 - Spring Cycle (Sydney, NSW)

  • Oct 16 - Womens High Country Challenge (Bright, Vic)

  • Oct 18 - Bowral Classic (Southern Highlands, NSW)

  • Oct 25 - Fitzs Challenge Cyclosportive (Canberra, ACT)

  • Oct 25 - Ride Daylesford (Regional Vic)

  • Nov 1 - MS Gong Ride (NSW)

  • Nov 8 - Mt Baw Baw Classic (Warragul, Vic)

  • Nov 8 - Amy Gillett Gran Fondo (Lorne, Vic)

  • Nov 14 - Grafton to Inverell Classic (NSW)

  • Nov 15 - Bass Coast Classic (Inverloch, Vic)

  • Nov 21 - Giro Della Donna (Warburton, Vic)

  • Nov 28 - Ride Around the River Cyclosportive (Nambucca & Macksville)

  • Nov 28 - L’Etape (Nowra)

  • Nov 28 - Great Victorian Bike Ride (Vic)

  • Dec 3-5 - Tour of Bright (Vic)

    • Jan 1-3 - Melbourne Bay Criterium Series (Vic) - watch this space

    • Jan 14-17 - Tour DownUnder (Women) - watch this space

    • Jan 19-24 - Tour DownUnder (Men) - watch this space

    • Jan 29-30 - Cadel Evans Classic (Vic) - watch this space

  • Feb 3-7 - Herald Sun Tour (Vic)

Histor # 1 - Belgian professional team from 1986-91.

Primary sponsorship was by Histor Sigma (paint), Ford (cars), KB (bank), with bikes by Basso or Diamant (depending on the year). Groupsets were Campagnolo and the picture above features the Campagnolo Delta centre pull brakes (one of the most dysfunctional caliper brakes ever invented)

A design classic, simply stunning, poetry on a bike …. they just didn’t work !

Histor # 2 - Several top line riders including (Etienne De Wilde - Belgian Champion, Tour de France stage winner, 6 Day track rider), Herman Frison, Stephen Roche, Rik Van Slyke and Wilfred Peeters (currently long time QuickStep Sports Director).

Major wins were the Ghent Wevelgem & E3 Harelbeke Classics.

Histor # 3 - another win by Etienne De Wilde in the Belgian Champions Jersey

Histor # 4 - Etienne De Wilde wins a sprint stage in the 1988 Tour de France

Histor # 5 - Benjamin Van Itterbeek was Belgian National Road Champion .. trying to figure out how to stop

Histor # 6 - no guessing that the primary sponsor was a paint company

News Shorts - 28 September

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - Jordan Reizes (BiciSport Pilu Racing) took a great win

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - L to R … Rolly, Mike, Randolph, Tom, Suzy, Eric, Eddy & Conor

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - Gio Pilu, Jordon Reizes & Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing)

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - Rolly Delaytz looking comfortable in the early stages. The peloton subsequently split soon afterwards and Rolly got caught out on the wrong side of the split.

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - Gio Pilu leading, then further back is Matt Coy (Pilu Racing) and Dudley Hoskin (behind Matt)

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - Eric Dole (Happy Wheels) leads the peloton with Matt Coy (Pilu Racing) just behind, and further back there is Randolph Baral (Happy Wheels) & Gio Pilu (Pilu Racing)

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - Pilu Racing were prominent all day with Jordon Reizes leading then Matt Coy on 5th wheel with Eric Dole (Happy Wheels) off to the left

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - David Munro (BiciSport Pilu Racing)

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - Tom Green (Happy Wheels) looking comfortable

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - Mike Lawson (Anytime Fitness) leading the peloton

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - Eddy Ahumada & Mike Lawson (Anytime Fitness)

West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - Dudley Hoskin (Anytime Fitness) rode well until a last lap puncture ended his day

Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre ITT @ 26 Sept - L to R with Peter Verhoeven, MOR & Kieren Roche. Kieren is a new member to BiciSport in 2020.

Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre ITT @ 26 Sept - Randolph Baral set a very good time and improved on his July effort notwithstanding the adverse winds

Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre ITT @ 26 Sept - Mike Lawson (Anytime Fitness) nice and aero at Penrith Lakes

Penrith Lakes Regatta Centre ITT @ 26 Sept - Peter Verhoeven (Anytime Fitness) on a good ride

BiciSport Griffith @ 27 Sept - Frank Signor (BiciSport) celebrates the upcoming Giro d’Italia in the iconic Molteni Giro Leaders jersey from the 1970’s.

AUSCYCLING & CYCLING NSW PRESENTATION on 28 SEPTEMBER

• There is a video conference to be held by all NSW Clubs and the CyclingNSW Board on Monday 28 September to discuss the go forward on the AusCycling introduction

• BiciSport will convey the outcomes to its members via this website, email & BiciSport Facebook as soon as possible after the meeting.

BICISPORT MEMBER NEWS

• No Brakes Racing @ DGV @ 25 Sept - Series # 5 with Davide van der Browne who took 3rd in the Scratch Race, 1st in the Keirin, 4th in the Motorpace & 5th in the Points Race.

• Penrith Lakes Individual Time Trial @ 26 Sept - Randolph Baral, Kieren Roche, Peter Verhoeven, Mike Lawson flew the BiciSport flag. Results to come.

• Lansdowne Park @ 27 Sept - David Cooper rode C grade on a Colissi Steel bike and got in a 4 man break which was eventually caught by the peloton.

• West Head Road Race @ 27 Sept - a strong BiciSport contingent with Eric Dole, Ian Cocks, Alex Gardiner, Brett Cocks, Dudley Hoskin, Matt Coy, Gio Pilu, Conor Tarlington, Eddy Ahumada, Mike Lawson, David Munro, Jeremy Hopson, Tom Green, Jordan Reizes & Rolly Delaytz.

NSW MASTERS ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS

• For 2020 the NSW Masters Road Championships head for Singleton with the Individual Time Trial on the Friday, the Road Races on the Saturday (around the well known Team Time Trial course) and Criteriums on a new circuit at Broke (near Pokolbin). The date is 9-11 October.

RACE SEEKER THIS WEEK

• 4 Oct

  • BiciSport TTT training (Terrey Hills)

  • Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

• 5 Oct (Mon)

  • Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

• 29 Sept & 1 Oct - Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.05am 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

• 30 Sept - Wise Monkey Cafe Gruppetto @ Berowra Railway Station @ 7.30am for 60k to Calga & return

• 1 Oct - Happy Wheels Waterloo Ride @ 6.00am @ Happy Wheels bike shop at Waterloo. Spruce Goose Ride @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am @ Spruce Goose Cafe

• 3 Oct - BiciSport Coffee at Miramare Sandstone Cafe (enter off Myoora Rd) @ 9.30am

The Giro starts 3 October and includes Peter Sagan

RACE EXECUTIONER UPDATE - LATEST LISTING

• Latest (new) cancellation is the Grafton to Inverell Classic on 14 November

• Recent event cancellations include -

  • Oct 5 - Gears & Beers Cyclosportive (Wagga)

  • Oct 8-9 - Tour of Gippsland (NRS)

  • Oct 10 - World Masters Track Championships (Manchester, UK)

  • Oct 11 - Around the Bay in a Day (Melbourne, Vic)

  • Oct 11 - Spring Cycle (Sydney, NSW)

  • Oct 16 - Womens High Country Challenge (Bright, Vic)

  • Oct 18 - Bowral Classic (Southern Highlands, NSW)

  • Oct 25 - Fitzs Challenge Cyclosportive (Canberra, ACT)

  • Oct 25 - Ride Daylesford (Regional Vic)

  • Nov 1 - MS Gong Ride (NSW)

  • Nov 8 - Mt Baw Baw Classic (Warragul, Vic)

  • Nov 8 - Amy Gillett Gran Fondo (Lorne, Vic)

  • Nov 14 - Grafton to Inverell Classic (NSW)

  • Nov 15 - Bass Coast Classic (Inverloch, Vic)

  • Nov 21 - Giro Della Donna (Warburton, Vic)

  • Nov 28 - Ride Around the River Cyclosportive (Nambucca & Macksville)

  • Nov 28 - L’Etape (Nowra)

  • Nov 28 - Great Victorian Bike Ride (Vic)

  • Dec 3-5 - Tour of Bright (Vic)

    • Dec 3-5 - National Masters Road Championships (venue - tbc) watch this space

    • Dec 9-13 - Tour of Tasmania - watch this space

    • Dec 11 - BiciSport Christmas Party Waterloo - watch this space

    • Jan 1-3 - Melbourne Bay Criterium Series (Vic) - watch this space

    • Jan 6-10 - Cycling Australia Road Championships (Ballarat) - watch this space

    • Jan 14-17 - Tour DownUnder (Women) - watch this space

    • Jan 19-24 - Tour DownUnder (Men) - watch this space

    • Jan 29-30 - Cadel Evans Classic (Vic) - watch this space

  • Feb 3-7 - Herald Sun Tour (Vic)

Brooklyn # 1 - Giancarlo Bellini at the 1977 Tour de France

Brooklyn # 1.1 - Italian & classy with an ever lasting iconic cycling jersey. Sponsorship was originally by Dreher (Beer) from 1970-72 then from 1973-77 it was Brooklyn Chewing Gum, frames by Gios Torino in that classic deep blue, groupsets were Campagnolo

Brooklyn # 2 - numerous head liners of note but none better than Roger De Vlaeminck who won 22 Giro stages, 3 Milan San Remo, 4 Paris Roubaix, 1 Tour of Flanders, 2 Tour of Lombardy, 1 Leige B Leige.

Lets not forget the outstanding Patrick Sercu (1974 Tour de France Green jersey) and 6 Day Track star. Ronny De Witte, Marcello Osler & Johan De Muynck (won the Giro)

Brooklyn # 3 - Paris Roubaix 1976 and enough talent in this picture to fill every cycling museum on the planet … L to R … Eddy Merckx (1975 World Champion), Walter Godefroot (obscured in Red Flandria), the great Freddy Maertens (Red Flandria) and Roger De Vlaeminck.

Brooklyn # 4 - Roger De Vlaeminck won three Milan San Remo Classics

Brooklyn # 5 - Johan De Muynck took victory in the Giro on the iconic dark blue Gios Torino frameset … you know where you are with chrome !! on the front forks.

Brooklyn # 5 - Mr Paris Roubaix was four time winner Roger De Vlaeminck. Freddy Maertens (World Champion) is second wheel

Brooklyn # 5.1 - Eddy Merckx & Roger De Vlaeminck at the Giro

Brooklyn @ 5.2 - the Gios Torino blue is now a cycling classic, loaded with chrome forks & Campagnolo groupset. Take a look at the two climbs in the background on both sides of the valley !

Brooklyn Chewing Gum # 6 - the 1975 team presentation