News Shorts - 25 April

An ANZAC Day tribute as the pro peloton pass through the Menin Gate in Ieper (Belgium)

Orica Classic @ Singleton @ 23 Apr - Randolph Baral (BiciSport Happy Wheels) & Craig Pager (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) had a tough day in Division 2 over the undulating Glendon circuit in preparation for the upcoming Grafton Inverell Classic on 7 May

Orica Classic @ Singleton @ 23 Apr - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the Singleton podium in Division 3

Orica Classic @ Singleton @ 23 Apr - Eric Dole (left) takes 4th in the Div 3 sprint finish

Orica Classic @ Singleton @ 23 Apr - Eric Dole (centre right of picture)

Orica Classic @ Singleton @ 23 Apr - Craig Pager (second) at the front of the Division 2 peloton

Orica Classic @ Singleton @ 23 Apr - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) took an excellent 4th in Div 3

Orica Classic @ Singleton @ 23 Apr - Eric Dole & Mike O’Reilly at the Singleton start

CENTENNIAL PARK RIDE … WAS THURSDAY NOW WEDNESDAY

• BiciSport has been running a successful Thursday training ride @ 10.30am for several years …. from now on it has moved to a Wednesday. All welcome.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 30 Apr - Great Ocean Road Classic (Torquay, Vic)

• 1 May

  • Eastern Creek (Waratah Masters)

  • Gong Ride (Community Ride)

  • West Head Road Race

  • Mudgee Classic Cyclosportive

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 26 April

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 27 April

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

• Thurs 28 April

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 29 April

  • De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 30 April

  • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Cosatto-Marscicano Professional Cycling Team (Italy) - 1970-71

One of the smallest Italian teams featured here with barely 10 riders on the roster. The only claim to fame being two appearances at the Tour of Italy. Team members contained a past legend (in Vito Taccone) who was headed for retirement shortly afterwards, but the future was bright for Fabrizio Fabbri, Enrico Maggioni and especially Wladimiro Panizza. Panizza in particular had a stellar career with numerous Italian teams and was one of several Italian riders who gave Eddy Merckx a tough time at the Giro in the 1970’s.

Cosatto Team riders with Michele Dancelli (Molteni) at the Tour of Italy 1970

Wladimiro Panizza

News Shorts - 18 April

Erik Mather Cup @ ECR @ 18 Apr - Team BiciSport at the Erik Mather Cup (minus Mike Lawson)

Erik Mather Cup @ ECR @ 18 Apr - David Munro (left), Matt Coy & Mike Foster (BiciSport Pilu Racing)

Erik Mather Cup @ ECR @ 18 Apr - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing)

Erik Mather Cup @ ECR @ 18 Apr - Mike Foster (BiciSport Pilu Racing)

Erik Mather Cup @ ECR @ 18 Apr - on the start line with Davide Browne, Ian Grant (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) & Eric Dole

Erik Mather Cup @ ECR @ 18 Apr - Eric Dole & Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the ECR back straight

Erik Mather Cup @ ECR @ 18 Apr - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Anytime Fitness)

Waratah Masters @ Lansdowne @ 17 Apr - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) takes 3rd in B grade

Sunde Memorial @ Heffron Park @ 16 Apr - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) with the BiciSport Team Time Trial squad for 2045

Sunde Memorial @ Heffron Park @ 16 Apr - Stew Campbell (left) and Rolly Delaytz roll out at the B grade start.

Sunde Memorial @ Heffron Park @ 16 Apr - Rolly Delaytz (right) at the head of affairs in B grade with Stew Campbell some five riders further down the pace line. Rolly would go on to be the first B grader to finish but didn’t catch C grade in the handicap so the good result did not podium as C grade took the victory.

Sunde Memorial @ Heffron Park @ 16 Apr - After the finish of the Sunde Memorial it was Stew Campbell (left), Rolly Delaytz and Team Delaytz doning the Peugeot hats with the Peugeot 504 and race banners in the background. It was a great promotion by Easts CC at Heffron.

Sunde Memorial @ Heffron Park @ 16 Apr

On route to the Sunde Memorial at Heffron Park @ 16 Apr … coffee at the Sub Station Cafe @ Rosebery

National Masters Track Champs @ Brisbane @ 11-14 Mar - Lise Benjamin (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) took Gold in the W8 Time Trial & Sprint, Silver in the Team Sprint & 4th in the Points.

National Masters Track Champs @ Brisbane @ 11-14 Apr - Jeremy Hopson (BiciSport Pilu Racing) finished 5th in the M2 Individual Pursuit, 4th in the Time Trial and 4th in the Scratch Race.

Tour of Brisbane weekend @ 10 Apr - Klayton Smith (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Tour of Brisbane weekend @ 10 Apr - Klayton Smith (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Tour of Brisbane weekend @ 10 Apr - Klayton Smith (BiciSport Happy Wheels)

John Crouchley Mead @ Royal Easter Show 2022 again takes takes Gold & Silver - Mead is an alcoholic honey drink (a mixture of water & honey) but approximately 12.5% alcoholic … originally crafted by the Vikings a few centuries ago. John is a long standing BiciSport member & coach and his mead can be found at email greatsouthernmeadandhoney@gmail.com

CENTENNIAL PARK RIDE … WAS THURSDAY NOW WEDNESDAY

• BiciSport has been running a successful Thursday training ride @ 10.30am for several years …. from now on it has moved to a Wednesday. All welcome.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 22-24 April

  • Beechworth Gravel Weekend (Vic)

• 23-24 April

  • Orica Classic (Singleton), NSW Crit Champs (Broke, NSW)

• 24 April

  • Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 19 April

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 20 April

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

• Thurs 21 April

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 22 April

  • De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 23 April

  • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Tartelotto Isorex Pro Team (Belgium) - 2010 to now

Tartelotto is a chain of patisserie cake shops, Isorex is plastics and bikes are Zanatta. Operating on the fringe of the UCI hierachy at the “Continental” level relying on invites to the bigger races then with the sole aim of getting in the TV “break of the day”. Its a tough way to earn a salary.

Results are few and far between but you can’t but admire the dedication and persistence. Tartelotto are pulling out of team sponsorship at the end of 2022 and the search is on for a replacement.

Yiber Sefa was the Albanian Road Champion for 2017-21 and rode with Peter Livingstone (BiciSport) in 2017 for the Flanders team (see pics below).

Yiber Sefa (bottom right) rode with BiciSport’s Peter Livingstone in 2017

Yiber Sefa (yellow bidon to mouth) rode for the same team as BiciSport’s Peter Livingstone in 2017. Yiber moved on to the Tartelotto team in the following seasons. Peter is the rider beside Yiber (with the sky blue bike) in the Flanders team.

News Shorts - 11 April

Tour of Flanders 2022

BiciSport Belgium @ Tour of Flanders 22 - Olivia & Koen Verhulst waiting for the Tour of Flanders in St Niklaas main square

BiciSport Belgium @ Tour of Flanders 22 - Just in front of Koen Verhulst in St Niklaas main square and a brief delay for race favourite Tad Pogacar (picture Koen VH)

BiciSport Belgium @ Tour of Flanders 22 - Nearly sorted and time to depart (picture Koen VH)

BiciSport Belgium @ Tour of Flanders 22 - Same Tad Pogacar incident from the other angle but Koen & Olivia Verhulst can be sighted in the background (just above the orange witches hat with a grey beanie)

BiciSport Belgium @ Tour of Flanders 22 - Olivia Verhulst in the St Niklaas main square with the St Niklaas statues in the background

BiciSport Belgium @ Tour of Flanders 22 - Noor & Yente Verhulst doing their own mini Tour of Flanders (on cobbles of course) in the St Niklaas main square

BiciSport Belgium @ Tour of Flanders 22 - Yente (sunglasses) and Noor waiting for the Tour of Flanders to pass the St Niklaas main square

CENTENNIAL PARK RIDE … WAS THURSDAY NOW WEDNESDAY

• BiciSport has been running a successful Thursday training ride @ 10.30am for several years …. from now on it has moved to a Wednesday. All welcome.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 11-14 April

  • National Masters Track Championships (Brisbane) - BiciSport starter in Lise Benjamin, Jeremy Hopson

• 15 April

  • St Ives Criterium (HART Circuit)

• 16 April

  • Sunde Memorial Heffron Park

• 17 April

  • Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

• 18 Apr (Mon)

  • Eric Mather Cup (Eastern Creek Raceway) (Waratah Masters)

  • Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 12 April

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 13 April

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

• Thurs 14 April

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 15 April

  • De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 16 April

  • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

For Sale - Specialised S Works Road Shoes Size 44 (Wide), as new with spare inserts. Retail $550 - asking price $150 plus postage. Contact Frank Signor on 0458 723 897 after 7pm

Seat Orbea Cycling Team (Spain) - 1985-87

Seat was the Spanish version of Fiat, Orbea were the bikes, groupsets were Campagnolo, clothing was Exte Ondo. Team history had a lot before 1985, and plenty afterwards (be it Caja Rural, Paternina or Artiach). Jersey design was very easy on the eye.

Possibly unkind to say it was all about Pedro Delgado or Marino Lejaretta but it really was. Pedro won the 1985 Tour of Spain & Marino won what Pedro didn’t. Matthieu Hermans (Belgium) was the team sprinter and won 9 stages at the Tour of Spain

Pedro Delgado

Marino Lejaretta

News Shorts - 4 April

Koppenberg (Belgium) @ Apr 2019 - Celebrating the Tour of Flanders and Mike Lawson on the Koppenberg climb

Koppenberg (Belgium) @ Apr 2019 - Marty Wright on the Koppenberg climb

Koppenberg (Belgium) @ Apr 2019 - Celebrating the Tour of Flanders

David Cooper @ 31 Mar - a long time BiciSport supporter David Cooper now resides in Orange and is 79 years young

David Cooper @ 30 Mar takes the trike for a run around the Orange local area

Steve Dixon (BiciSport) breathes life into the 1975 BiciSport Peugeot 504 team car on 3 April via an alternator that now actually works. Bless you Steve …

CENTENNIAL PARK RIDE … WAS THURSDAY NOW WEDNESDAY

• BiciSport has been running a successful Thursday training ride @ 10.30am for several years …. from this week (6 April) it moves to a Wednesday. All welcome.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 10 April

  • Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

  • Singleton Mail Run Cyclosportive

• 11-14 April

  • National Masters Track Championships (Brisbane) - BiciSport starter Lise Benjamin

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 5 April

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 6 April

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

• Thurs 7 April

  • Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 8.00am for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

• Fri 8 April

  • De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 9 April

  • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

For Sale - Specialised S Works Road Shoes Size 44 (Wide), as new with spare inserts. Retail $550 - asking price $150 plus postage. Contact Frank Signor on 0458 723 897 after 7pm

Australian Clyde Sefton

Fiorella Mocassini Citroen Pro Cycling Team (Italy) - 1977-78

A small Italian team with a limited focus. Biggest claim to fame being two starts at the Tour of Italy (1977 & 78). No guidance on sponsorship origins except Citroen obviously did the team cars, Clement the tyres, Alan the Italian framesets & Parentini the clothing. The Alan framesets were innovative as they were aluminium, but they had serious “bottom bracket sway” … like a palm tree in a firm breeze (looked great, but they really didn’t work).

Team members settled on a narrow few - winners being Bernt Johannsen, Carlo Barone, and Giovanni Battaglin. Team contributions from Josef Fuchs and outright Aussie legend in Victorian Clyde Sefton (Silver medallist in Munich Olympic Games Road Race 1972).

Tour of Italy 1978 - Gio Battaglin (left) & Bernt Johannsen

News Shorts - 28 March

NSW Masters Track Champs @ DGV @ 25-27 Mar - Jeremy Hopson (BiciSport Pilu Racing) took Gold in the M2 Scratch Race. Jeremy also took Silver in the M2 Individual Pursuit.

The NSW Masters Track Championships attracted 295 individual entries (the benchmark is 300). So the promoters would be happy with the level of interest in these Covid impacted times.

NSW Masters Track Champs @ DGV @ 25-27 Mar - Jeremy Hopson (BiciSport Pilu Racing) took Gold in the M2 Scratch Race

NSW Masters Track Champs @ DGV @ 25-27 Mar - Jeremy Hopson (BiciSport Pilu Racing)

NSW Masters Track Champs @ DGV @ 25-27 Mar - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) took Gold in the M4 Sprint.

The M4 Sprint Final against Simon Kirsten (Illawarra CC) was a cracker with Davide taking a “somewhat challenging” approach to owning the Sprinters Lane with one lap to go. Some of us wondered if Davide may (or may not) be disqualified but the Commissaires smiled and we all smiled. Great racing.

NSW Masters Track Champs @ DGV @ 25-27 Mar - Davide Browne before the Sprint Final

NSW Masters Track Champs @ DGV @ 25-27 Mar - Davide Browne before the Sprint Final

NSW Masters Track Champs @ DGV @ 25-27 Mar - Davide Browne exits the starting gate in the M4 Individual Time Trial. Davide finished 4th.

NSW Masters Track Champs @ DGV @ 25-27 Mar - Peter Verhoeven rode well in both the Scratch Race & Pointscore

Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums @ 22 Mar - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) before the start.

Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums @ 22 Mar - Rolly brought out new Bonts … just in case the other riders in the bunch forgot who he is !

Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums @ 22 Mar - a strong nor-east breeze pushed everybody into the right hand gutter. B grade took the win but Rolly was delayed by a crash with 4 laps to go (he didn’t crash himself) but it prematurely ended his race.

Series 37 of Heffron Park Crits was a cracker - great organisation, great atmosphere and can’t wait for Series 38 in October 2022.

Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums @ 22 Mar - Rolly full gas down the Heffron Park finishing straight in the right hand gutter

Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums @ 22 Mar - over the Heffron “Pimple” with a brief view towards the Heffron Park playing fields

Van Loon Junior Race @ Velle East Flanders @ 20 Mar - sponsored by BiciSport over 55k the 105 juniors on the start line in Velle village. Beneath the Omer sign is the infamous “The Falcon” bar in Velle where far too many Belgian beers have been known to be consumed …. Race organiser Stijn Verhulst (BiciSport Belgium) on the start line (white sneakers). BiciSport will again sponsor a race in Velle on 16 August

Van Loon Junior Race @ Velle East Flanders @ 20 Mar - start line up with supporting mums & dads

Van Loon Junior Race @ Velle East Flanders @ 20 Mar - race program

Van Loon Junior Race @ Velle East Flanders @ 20 Mar

Van Loon Junior Race @ Velle East Flanders @ 20 Mar - Stijn Verhulst judging on the finish line

Van Loon Junior Race @ Velle East Flanders @ 20 Mar - Jasper Schoofs takes the victory in Velle

Van Loon Junior Race @ Velle East Flanders @ 20 Mar - The presentation photo, on the left is Koen Verhulst (BiciSport Belgium), Jasper Schoofs the winner and on the right is Stijn Verhulst (BiciSport Belgium).

Van Loon Junior Race @ Velle East Flanders @ 20 Mar - Jasper Schoofs is interviewed after the victory

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 3 April

  • Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

  • Individual Time Trial West Head

  • Woodman Handicap (Wagga to Albury)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 29 Mar

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Thurs 31 Mar

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 1 Apr

  • De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 2 Apr

  • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

For Sale - Specialised S Works Road Shoes Size 44 (Wide), as new with spare inserts. Retail $550 - asking price $150 plus postage. Contact Frank Signor on 0458 723 897 after 7pm

Masta TeVe Blad Professional Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1980-84

Richard Bukacki (Belgium) pictured above whilst largely unknown won 9 professional races. The pictures from the era are certainly unique

Masta-TeVe Blad Professional Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1980-84

A boutique Belgian domestic team in every sense, struggling with a minimum budget & limited talent. TeVe Blad was a weekly Belgian TV program magazine (like the now defunct TV Week magazine in Australia). Bikes were varied with Puch (German), Olmo (Italy), Concorde (Dutch), then finally Eddy Merckx (Belgian).

The original 1980 Masta-TeVe Blad team (pictured above) was domestic focused and riders very much on the way to a better team in following years, or on the way out towards retirement & looking for another job. Most of the 1980 team line up were very much the latter. The exceptions were Johnny De Nul, Marcel Van Der Slagmolen, Richard Bukacki, Willy Govaerts & Freddy Maertens (on the way to somehow winning the 1981 World Professional Road Championship in Prague - when his career looked very much finished in early 1980). Freddy is pictured front right in the abovementioned picture probably thinking where his next pay cheque would be coming from and a long way from winning the Prague World Championships in 1981.

Freddy Maertens

Masta takes victory in Harelbeke-Poperinge-Harelbeke in 1982, with Australian Phil Anderson 5th (can be seen in a white Peugeot jersey in the background)

The things you discover doing research on defunct European cycling teams … a toy collection including a Masta jersey

News Shorts - 21 March

Trek Sydney Cup @ DGV @ 19 Mar - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) had a great night at the Trek Sydney Cup …. 2nd in the opening Div 2 Scratch Race, 2nd in the Div 2 Kieren, 3rd in the Trek Wheelrace heat, followed by 6th in the Trek Wheelrace final.

Trek Sydney Cup @ DGV @ 19 Mar - Davide Browne second in line

Eastern Creek Raceway @ Waratah Masters @ 20 Mar - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing) took 5th place in A2 grade

Eastern Creek Raceway @ Waratah Masters @ 20 Mar - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) rode well in C grade

Eastern Creek Raceway @ Waratah Masters @ 20 Mar - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) in A2 grade took top 10

Eastern Creek Raceway @ Waratah Masters @ 20 Mar - Matt Coy (second wheel)

Eastern Creek Raceway @ Waratah Masters @ 20 Mar - Matt Coy & Eric Dole after the A2 finish

Happy Wheels does the Barossa Valley @ 15 Mar - Stew & Mirelle Campbell spotted in leafy South Australia

Happy Wheels does the Barossa Valley @ 15 Mar - Mirielle & Stew

For Sale - Specialised S Works Road Shoes Size 44 (Wide), as new with spare inserts. Retail $550 - asking price $150 plus postage. Contact Frank Signor on 0458 723 897 after 7pm

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 22 Mar - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums

• 25-27 Mar - NSW Masters Track Championships (DGV)

• 26 Mar - Snowy Classic Cyclosportive (Jindabyne), Gears & Beers Cyclosportive (Wagga)

• 27 March - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Bobbin Head Classic Cyclosportive (Sydney)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 22 Mar

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Thurs 24 Mar

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 25 Mar

  • De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 26 Mar

  • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Chateau d’Ax Professional Cycling Team (Italy) - 1983-93

Originally sponsored by Supermercati Brianzoli (1983-87), then Chateau d’Ax (1988-92), then finally Gatorade in the last season in 1993, when the team flipped to Polti sponsorship in 1994 and beyond. Chateau d’Ax were Italian furniture manufacturers and the bikes were Moser then Bianchi. Groupsets were Shimano. Team management was Gianluigi Stanga & Claudio Corti (not enjoying the sound of that)

The team won numerous races from Grand Tours to one day Classics. Gianni Bugno won a World Championship in 1991 in Stuttgart (plus a Tour of Italy). Accompanying victories by Laurent Fignon, Dirk de Wolf (Leige ‘91), Ivan Gotti (again a big no thank you), Alberto Volpi (not him either) & Tony Rominger. An odd bunch with a poor track record that couldn’t keep away from the toxic cycling lolly jar. The Polti team subsequently took on Virenque which says it all.

Gianni Bugno on his way to winning the Tour of Italy in 1991.

Laurent Fignon won a stage at the Tour de France

Gianni Bugno World Professional Road Champion 1991-92

News Shorts - 28 February

BiciSport St Albans Gravel Ride @ 23-26 Feb - Darren Benson (BiciSport Happy Wheels) leading the gravel peloton through St Albans, Wisemans Ferry, Pokolbin, Wyong & Cessnock.

BiciSport St Albans Gravel Ride @ 23-26 Feb - Dudley Hoskin (left - aka the BiciSport George Clooney lookalike) and Darren Benson

BiciSport St Albans Gravel Ride @ 23-26 Feb - Darren Benson (BiciSport Happy Wheels) doing the gravel thing

BiciSport Griffith @ 26 Feb - Griffith BiciSport head for the rice fields outside Griffith on the Saturday morning team ride. L to R … Frank Signor, Melissa Budd, Peter Budd, Michael Taylor (aka Beppe Saronni), Alana Rossiter & Ana Stoll.

BiciSport Griffith @ 26 Feb - With Peter Budd behind the camera it was L to R …Grantley Hodge, Tony Delgigante, Melissa Budd, Frank Signor, Mike Taylor, Alana Rossiter & Ana Stoll

BiciSport Griffith @ 26 Feb - Frank Signor

Red Cliff (Queensland) @ 24 Feb - Andy Feltham (BiciSport) in the rain on the Woody Point beachfront near Moreton Bay

A lovely retro pic of Gino Bartali (Italy) and some classic retro team cars & a picturesque mountain backdrop

Who will win Wollongong 2022 ?.

A BiciSport route review of the Worlds course is now detailed in Special Events on this website

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES - TUMUT OVER MARCH 11-13

• A strong BiciSport contingent heads to nearby Tumut over March 11, 12 & 13. Details are in the Special Events section of this website

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 1 Mar - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums

• 5 Mar - Goulburn Track Open (with BiciSport’s Davide Browne)

• 6 Mar

  • Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

  • Snowy Mountains Challenge (Adelong, NSW)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 1 Mar

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Thurs 3 Mar

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 4 Mar

  • De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 5 Mar

  • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Carpano Professional Cycling Team (Italy) - 1956-66

Carpano was a Turin based wine company & Coppi supplied the bikes. Jersey design copied the Turin based Juventus Football Club with the white/black vertical stripes.

A classy Italian super team that won numerous stages in Grand Tours plus Franco Balmamion won the overall at the Tour of Italy in 1962 & 1963. The single day Classics unit was equally rewarded - Kublet (won Milan Turin), De Bruyne (won Flanders & Roubaix), Coppi (Baracchi Trophy), Defilippis (won at Piedmonte & Lombardy), Desmet (several Belgian Classics) and a youthful Zilioli (a future team mate of Eddy Merckx)

A classic black & white picture of a Carpano team car with Raymond Poulidor (BP Mercier) getting a bike change at the Tour of Lombardy single day classic

Another Classic (Paris Tours) and another wheel change

News Shorts - 21 February

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 15 Feb - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) takes the B grade win plus 5th place outright.

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 15 Feb - Rolly Delaytz

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 15 Feb - Rolly Delaytz (centre of picture) takes 5th place outright at the finish

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 15 Feb - Rolly Delaytz

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 15 Feb - Stew Campbell & Rolly Delaytz on the warm up lap

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 15 Feb - Stew Campbell on the Heffron Park spectator hill

Waratah Masters @ Heffron Park @ 20 Feb - Good rides by David Cooper, John Robb & Ian Grainger rode well in C grade at Heffron

Who is your World Championship pick for Wollongong 22 ?. A review of the Worlds 22 course & spectator vantage points are now detailed in Special Events on this website

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES - TUMUT OVER MARCH 11-13

• A strong BiciSport contingent heads to nearby Tumut over March 11, 12 & 13. Details are in the Special Events section of this website

WEST HEAD RACING FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED

• The West Head racing calendar for 2022 has been released and all dates posted in BiciSport Special Events on this website

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 22 February - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums

• 27 February

  • Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

  • West Head Road Race

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 22 Feb

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Thurs 24 Feb

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 25 Feb

  • De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 26 Feb

  • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Rokado Professional Cycling Team (Germany) - 1972-75

Sponsors were Rokado (furniture) and Maes Pils a very fine Belgian beer. Bikes were Belgian in Groene Leeuw.

A substantial team line up with 33 riders across road, track & cyclocross disciplines. If that all sounds like the 33 riders were spread too thin then you would be right. They really didn’t win much for the investment … Herman Van Springel won the Points Classification at the 1973 Tour de France, Andre Dierckx was a Classics specialist against the might of Eddy Merckx, Lucian Aimar was a fading French Tour de France legend (much better results in the 1960’s and way past his best at Rokado), Gerben Karstens (a great sprinter on his day), with track specialists Sigi Renz, Theo Verscheuren & Louis Pfenninger.

Herman Van Springel

Andre Dierckx (left) up against Eddy Merckx (Molteni)

Rokado team bikes were Belgian in Groene Leeuw

News Shorts - 14 February

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 8 Feb - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) looks good even backwards

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 8 Feb - Rolly driving B grade over “The Pimple” Climb

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 8 Feb - Rolly over “The Pimple” Climb

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 8 Feb - Cresting The Pimple climb with an immediate view of the Heffron Park finishing straight & surrounding football fields

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 8 Feb - the Heffron Park finishing straight with 5 laps to go and B grade looked like they had victory in the bag but the Commentators Curse was soon to strike …

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 8 Feb - 4 laps to go and B grade was thinking about taking the podium, … trouble was they began to ease off …

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 8 Feb - 2 laps to go over the finishing line and B grade had lost their race winning mojo and A grade was hunting them down to take the win.

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 8 Feb - Rolly Delaytz always carries a smile

BiciSport Griffith @ 12 Feb - The morning ride from Griffith is a steady 90 minutes out through the numerous back roads and crops just outside Griffith with coffee back in town. L to R … Peter Budd, Melissa Budd & Frank Signor.

BiciSport Griffith @ 12 Feb - At the local Griffith coffee shop post ride

The coveted Rainbow jersey of World Champion and Wollongong 2022. Who will it be ?. Course details and best vantage points are now reviewed on this website in Special Events.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES - TUMUT OVER MARCH 11-13

• A strong BiciSport contingent heads to nearby Tumut over March 11, 12 & 13. Details are in the Special Events section of this website

WEST HEAD RACING FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED

• The West Head racing calendar for 2022 has been released and all dates posted in BiciSport Special Events on this website

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 15 February - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums

• 19 February

  • Dubbo Track Open - CANCELLED (victim of Shadow Covid Lockdown)

  • Melbourne to Warnambool Classic (NRS)

• 20 February

  • Heffron Park (Waratah Masters)

  • Ballarat Classic Cyclosportive (Vic)

  • Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 15 Feb

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Thurs 17 Feb

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 18 Feb

  • De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 19 Feb

  • Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

CLAS Cajastur Cycling Team (Spain) - 1988-93

Not a team that jumps out at you despite six years in the pro peloton. CLAS was a home improvement company and Cajastur was banking & financial services (anything with Caja in spanish suggests a bank or credit union). Bikes were Razesa (?) and more notably Colnago. Colnago being forever the innovator developed the “Twin downtube” frameset (see picture below). The best thing you can say about the jersey design was it was a lovely Colnago. Groupsets were either Mavic or Campagnolo.

From a team rider perspective it would be cruel to suggest it was all about Tony Rominger but … it was. Rominger won the Tour of Spain in 1992 & 93, and Abraham Olano rode for the team (Olano subsequently won a World Professional Road Championship under Mapei sponsorship). Beyond Rominger & Olano it was a blank canvas and the only time you saw Rominger with a team mate was on the start line.

Tony Rominger (right) with Pedro Delgado

Tony Rominger

Rominger (again) at the Tour de France on top of the innovative Colnago frameset

News Shorts - 7 February

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 1 Feb - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) was in the thick of the Heffron action until things went differently. Rolly was thankfully unhurt and equipment undamaged and there is always next time.

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 1 Feb - Rolly Delaytz (# 135 BiciSport Happy Wheels)

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 1 Feb - Rolly Delaytz

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 1 Feb - Rolly Delaytz

Who will wear the next Rainbow jersey at Wollongong 2022 ?. BiciSport has reviewed the course and the practical aspects of getting there and where to park your car & best vantage points. Details are in the Special Events of this website.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 8 February - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums

• 13 February - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters), Tour of Gippsland (Vic)

WEST HEAD RACE PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR 2022

• The monthly road race and individual time trial dates for West Head are now posted in the Special Events section of this website.

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 8 Feb

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Thurs 10 Feb

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 11 Feb - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 12 Feb - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Bardiani Valvole - CSF Professional Cycling Team (Italy) - 1982 to now

The team was established in 1982 by Bruno & Roberto Reverberi and their sponsorship history started with Panaria, then Navigare and in more recent years with Bardiani-CSF. The team was established in 1982 and goes to this day very much linked to a Tour of Italy invite plus the bonus of a Tour of Italy stage win. Probably just getting in the “TV break of the day” at the Giro is enough these days. Bikes were either Colnago, MCipolini or nowadays its Gueriotti (Italian). The best way describe them could be long on history & passion but short on results.

A couple of Aussies rode for early Panaria (Nathan O’Neil & Graeme Brown) but the only other notables were Giovanni Visconti (all rounder) & Perez Caupio (climber).

News Shorts - 31 January

Bowral Track Open @ 30 Jan - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) took a fine second in the Bowral Wheelrace

Bowral Track Open @ 30 Jan - Davide Browne at the Bowral Velodrome

Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums @ 25 Jan - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels - 4th rider from left) near the front in the final dash for the line. Rolly finished 3rd in B grade

Heffron Park Tuesday Night Criteriums @ 25 Jan - Rolly Delaytz in the thick of the action at Heffron

Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 30 Jan - David Copper (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) rode well in C grade together with Ian Grainger

Waratah Masters @ Eastern Creek @ 30 Jan - Peter Verhoeven rode well in a super fast A2 grade

Wollongong World Road Championships 2022 - Who will take the coveted Rainbow Jersey ? and equally important …. the best place to park your car and get a good view … details are in the Special Events section of this website.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 1 February - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums

• 5 February - Trek Sydney Cup (Tempe Velodrome) - NOW POSTPONED TO 19 MARCH

• 6 February - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 1 Feb

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Thurs 3 Feb

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 4 Feb - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 5 Feb - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Willem 11 - Gazelle Professional Cycling Team (Netherlands) - Part 2

This dutch mega team was only featured two weeks ago in BiciSport News but there were so many good pictures it was time to go again.

Rik Van Looy is pictured above at the Paris Roubaix Classic

Rik Van Looy

Rik Van Looy wins the World Professional Road Championship

Paris Roubaix 1967 with Rudi Altig (left, World Champion), Eddy Merckx (centre) & Rik Van Looy

Rik Van Looy (right)

News Shorts - 24 January

Tasmanian Tour @ 22 Jan - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) climbed Jacobs Ladder @ 1.5k @ 12%

Tasmanian Tour @ 22 Jan - Eric Dole gone climbin’

Tasmanian Tour @ 22 Jan - Eric Dole gone fishin’

Tasmanian Tour @ 22 Jan - Eric Dole gone eatin’

Jindabyne Training Camp - Stew & Mirielle Campbell on the back roads behind Jindabyne

Jindabyne Training Camp - Stew Campbell doing what he does best

Goulburn-Bowral Track Open @ 29-30 Jan - Can Davide Browne win the Goulburn Track Wheelrace in 2022 ?. Media & crowd pressure will be at fever pitch on the Saturday night in Goulburn.

Wollongong 2022 World Championship Road Course Review is now posted in the Special Events section of this website. It gives you a heads up on the best way to see the Wollongong Worlds in September.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 25 Jan - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums

• 29-30 Jan - Goulburn Track Open, Bowral Track Open

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

• 21-29 Jan - Santos Festival of Cycling (Adelaide, SA)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 25 Jan

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Thurs 27 Jan

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 28 Jan - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 29 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Panasonic Professional Cycling Team (Netherlands) - !984-92

Few teams can cross the divide of winning both single day races and Grand Tours but Panasonic won in all forums, and in so doing created a champion team plus a long string of individual champions. Team manager was the one the only Peter Post.

Panasonic is a world wide domestic appliances manufacturer, with sub sponsors in Isostar and Sportlife. Bike suppliers were Raleigh, Eddy Merckx and Colnago (up to 1989), then switched to a “Panasonic” bike brand in 1990. Groupsets were Campagnolo up to 1990, then switched to Shimano.

Team members were the best of the best, and won World Road Championships (with Rudy Dhaenens), numerous Classics (with Planckaert, Anderson, Van Lancker, Breukink & Vanderaerden) and Tour victories with Anderson, Winnen & Breukink. Phil Anderson won numerous Classics and any Tour up to 10 days in length has his name on it, and the team itself specialized in Team Time Trials at the Tour de France. Other team mates (who it their own right were outstanding athletes) were Lubberding, Peiper, Nulens, De Rooy, Ekimov, Oosterboosch, Freuler. Wampers, Theunisse, Van Vliet, Van Lancker & Sergeant.

Phil Anderson

Henk Lubberding

Eric Vanderaerden wins Paris Roubaix

Eric Vanderaerden again in Paris Roubaix wearing the Belgian Champions jersey & waiting for a bike change

Ghent Wevekgem Classic and Eric Vanderaerden (left) takes the win from team mate Phil Anderson

News Shorts - 17 January

BiciSport Griffith @ 16 Jan - BiciSport Griffith rode from Griffith to Whitton & return over 80k (for hot scones & coffee at Whitton).

L to R … Roger Thompson Seagrave, Albert Ravanello, Frank Signor, Max Hopp, Dom Piromalli, Helen Vowles & Melissa Budd & Peter Budd.

BiciSport rider support is offered to all races listed in the Special Events section of this website.

At the local level this relates to Heffron Park criteriums, Eastern Creek & West Head road races. In addition there are selected NSW State Opens and all Championships. Just go to the Special Events section of this website for more details.

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 18 Jan - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums

• 22-23 - Alpine Classic Cyclosportive (Bright, Vic)

• 22-23 Jan - Illawarra Track Open, Sprint Grand Prix (DGV)

• 23 Jan - Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

• 21-29 Jan - Santos Festival of Cycling (Adelaide, SA)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 18 Jan

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Thurs 20 Jan

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 21 Jan - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 22 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Willem 11 - Gazelle Cycling Team (Netherlands) - Pictured above Rik Van Looy (left) & Peter Post

Willem 11 existed from 1966-71 and featured a Dutch cigar maker as the main sponsor with Gazelle the dutch bike manufacturer. Components were a mixture of Campagnolo coupled with Universal (Italian) side pull brakes (not really sure why) .

One of the most talented professional teams ever assembled with Rik Van Looy, Rene Pijnen, Peter Post, Harry Steevens, Rini Wagtmans, Ward Sels, Harm Ottenbros & Evert Dolman. The team had a single day Classics focus and they won every one of them courtesy of Van Looy, Post, Pijnen & Sels. Van Looy also took a World Road Championship as did Harm Ottenbros. Post won a Paris Roubaix classic (holding the fastest average speed for P-R for several years) and Sels won what Van Looy & Post somehow didn’t. A classy team with several life time legends on the roster in Van Looy, Sels & Post. Ottenbros won a World Pro Road Championship but claimed the fame & pressure caused him more harm than good.

A Willem 11 derny bike (and driver) with Peter Post in tow at a local criterium.

Rik Van Looy (left) & Eddy Merckx @ 1969 Tour de France

Eddy Merckx (left) and Rik Van Looy (right) in 1967

Rik Van Looy

Team cars were a Simca ! …. the advert said “… you know where you are with a Simca …” … which was usually broken down on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck !

Harm Ottenbros (pictured) won the World Pro Road Championship but subsequently did not enjoy the journey.

News Shorts - 10 January

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 9 Jan

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 8 Jan - the day before the Tumut Classic the BiciSport Griffith (Anytime Fitness) take to the local roads including a stopover at the Blowering Dam wall. L to R … Albert Ravanello, Frank Signor, Peter Budd & Melissa Budd

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 8 Jan - Frank Signor towards Blowering Dam

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 8 Jan - Albert Ravanello towards Blowering Dam

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 9 Jan - L to R … Frank Signor, Melissa Budd & Peter Budd on the outskirts of Tumut

Jindabyne Training Camp @ 3 Jan - Stewart Campbell (BiciSport Happy Wheels) near the lake at Jindabyne

Jindabyne Training Camp @ 3 Jan - Stew & Mirielle Campbell

Campagnolo is always at the forefront of innovation, even when it comes to wooden shopping trolleys or bread …..

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 11 Jan - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums - CANCELLED

• 12-16 Jan - AusCycling National Road Championships (Ballarat, Vic)

• 15 Jan - Dubbo Track Open

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

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 11 Jan

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Thurs 13 Jan

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 14 Jan - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 15 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Zetelhallen Pro Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1994-2000

A Belgian third division team trading on the fringes of the cycling hierachy. A limited team roster of only 10 riders with sponsorship from Zetelhallen (Hoboken & Mechelen suburban furniture stores), RDM Vosschemie, Vodka ?, Van Dijk, Ysco and Aluplast. Bikes were either Bio Racer (now more famous as a cycling lycra manufacturer) or Tommasini ? (Italian). Groupsets were Campagnolo.

Riders were talented but maybe moreso either prior or post to this particular team. Johnny Dauwe (team sprinter), Frank Hoj (real results followed after Zetelhallen), Jan Bogaert (again more results on the career sheet prior to Zetelhallen) and Gino Primo (a good Belgian kermesse performer). The team collected three doping infractions towards the end.

News Shorts - 3 January

Happy New Year to all BiciSport members & friends

Christmas Track Carnival @ DGV @ 28 Dec - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) on the comeback trail after a significant MTB “off” some months back & riding well on the velodrome at DGV. Davide finished 5th in the B grade pointscore at DGV at the Christmas Carnivals

The goal remains the Goulburn-Bowral Track Open at the end of January.

Christmas Track Carnival @ DGV @ 28 Dec - Davide Browne on the DGV warm up track

Christmas Track Carnival @ DGV @ 28 Dec - David Browne

Centennial Park @ 31 Dec - Randolph Baral (BiciSport Happy Wheels) spotted by the cycling media paparazzi doing interval laps around the Park

Happy New Year from BiciSport member John Elderfield (BiciSport Anytime Fitness). John now resides in the remote far western enclave called Western Australia … Eastern Staters used to visit there from time to time but now we forget why …

That’s what Eddy Merckx thinks of the Covid year that was 2021 …. put it behind you !

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 8-9 Jan - Tumut Classic Cyclosportive

• 9 Jan - Heffron Park (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 4 Jan

  • 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 5 Jan

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

• Thurs 6 Jan

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 7 Jan - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 8 Jan - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Castorama Professional Cycling Team (France) - 1990-95

In reality the team had a much longer history coming out of Gitane-Campagnolo, Renault, Systeme U, Super U then into Castorama in 1990. Castorama was similar to a Bunnings (a French domestic hardware chain), bikes were either Raleigh (UK) or Guimard (French). Groupsets were Campagnolo then Shimano. Jersey design reflected the hardware chain sponsor and enough said (it was a total lycra shocker) and designed around a tradesman’s singlet.

The Casto years were high on talent and they won a lot with Laurent Fignon (pictured above, now sadly RIP from cancer), Jacky Durand (won Tour of Flanders), Thomas Davy, Laurent Brochard (pre 60%), Luc Leblanc, Thierry Marie & Fred Moncassin. Bjarne Rijs (pre 60%) and Pascal Simon.

Laurent Fignon in Paris Roubaix

News Shorts - 27 December

Santa has been and delivered and seen returning to the cobbles of Paris Roubaix

BiciSport Griffith @ 25 Dec - coffee at Maccas on Christmas Day with (L to R) - Mike Taylor, Frank Signor & Roger Thompson Seagrave

Lansdowne Park @ Waratah Masters @ 26 Dec - Ian Grainger (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) took 7th in C grade

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 21 Nov - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) has had a outstanding Heffron season and was promoted to A grade for the 21 December start. It was fast & furious through the famous “Squircle” (square circle) section of the Heffron circuit .

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 21 Dec - Rolly has time to wave to the crowd entering the Squircle

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 21 Dec - Rolly Delaytz

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 21 Dec - Rolly Delaytz

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 21 Nov - Rolly passes the Heffron grandstand with the peloton full gas.

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 21 Dec - Rolly after the finish

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 21 Dec - Rolly before the start of the Heffron criterium with the Led Zeppelin IV support “roadie”

Sydney Christmas Carnivals @ 28-30 Dec - Davide Browne (BiciSport Happy Wheels) features at the DGV from 28-30 Dec from 3pm each day

Tumut Cycle Classic @ 9 Jan - BiciSport is taking a strong starting line up to Tumut on 9 January. Hope to see you there.

Tumut Cycle Classic is a great community event raising funds for the Tumut Hospital

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

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

• 2 Jan - Lansdowne Park (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 28 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 29 Dec

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

• Thurs 30 Dec

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 31 Dec - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sun 2 Jan (closed 1 Jan) - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Lotto Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1985 to today

Simply impossible to snapshot this team into a few paragraphs. The cornerstone of Belgian & world professional cycling. As the team is rich in history then so to the sponsors from Lotto, Soudal, Superclub, Isoglass, Mobistar, Adecco, Domo, Davitamon, Predictor, Silence, Omega Pharma & Belisol. Team management started with Walter Godefroot & Patrick Lefevere with later day managers in Marc Sargent & Herman Frison (both retired as managers this year). Bikes were either MBK, Merckx or Ridley and components either Mavic or Campagnolo but rumor has it SheMaNO in 2022

Team talent was endless with several Aussies (McEwen, Ewan, Sweeney, Lloyd & Evans). The remainder was a endlees list of top talent with Eeckhout, Steels, Steegmans, De Gendt, Phil Gilbert, Wellens, Criquielion, Museeuw, Verbrugghe, Bruyneel (pictured above), Tchmil, Hoste, Greipel & Campenaerts. They won it all be it numerous Classics, Tours, and several Six Day events.

Johan Museeuw

Claude Criquielion

News Shorts - 20 December

BiciSport wishes all members & friends a very Merry Christmas and a happy New Year

Eastern Creek Raceway @ 19 Dec - Peter Verhoeven (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) rode well in A2 grade

Eastern Creek Raceway @ 19 Dec - Ian Grainger (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) leads the C grade peloton

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 14 Dec - Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) again performing well in B grade throughout the Heffron season. The final Heffron Crit is on Tuesday 21 Dec and resumes after the New Year hiatus on Tuesday 11 Jan.

Bowral Classic @ 12 Dec - Mirielle & Stew Campbell on the Bowral Classic start line

Bowral Classic @ 12 Dec - Stew Campbell never disappoints in the bike bling department. It works as good as it looks !

Bowral Classic Criterium @ 11 Dec - on the Saturday criterium with Randolph Baral, Tom Green & Eric Dole

BiciSport at Sandstone Cafe coffee @ 18 Dec - Nigel, Raoul, Marty (of green Quickstep iPhone fame), Ashley (Sandstone Cafe), Ian & Tony at Sandstone. Sandstone Cafe is closed next Saturday (Christmas Day) but is open on Sunday 26 Dec (Boxing Day) from 8.30am to 11.30am

BiciSport is putting a good contingent on the Tumut Cycle Classic start line. If you can get there its worth the effort. Details are in the Special Events section of this website

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 21 Dec - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums (then resumes 11 Jan)

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

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 21 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 22 Dec

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

• Thurs 23 Dec

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 24 Dec - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sun 26 Dec (closed 25 Dec) - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Domex - Weinmann Professional Cycling Team (Belgium) - 1989-91

Domex is better known in many countries as Domestos bleach used in everyday domestic cleaning. Weinmann sold cycling componentary and Eddy Merckx manufactured the bikes. Team management was the legendary duo of Walter Godefroot & the one the only Patrick Lefevere (now of Quick Step fame).

The team itself featured some classy individuals in Beat Breu (won a Tour of Switzerland), Carlo Bomans (pictured - Belgian National Road Champion), Johnny Dauwe (sprinter), Michel Dernies (classics), Maarten Ducrot (hard man), Thomas Wegmuller, and super star in Adrie Van Der Poel (father of … ). Besides Beat winning his home race in Switzerland they won several stages in the Tour de France and the team itself got cleaned out at the end of 1991.

Adrie Van Der Poel

Carlo Bomans

News Shorts - 13 December

West Head Road Race @ 12 Dec - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing) takes a fine 3rd

West Head Road Race @ 12 Dec - Matt Coy (right) takes 3rd

Bowral Classic @ 12 Dec - Stewart & Mirielle Campbell on the Bowral start line

Bowral Classic @ 12 Dec - on the start line with Randolph Baral, Tom Green & Eric Dole

Bowral Classic @ 12 Dec - departing from the Bowral start both Eric Dole (left) & Tom Green faced a long 150k day over a challenging course towards Berrima, Moss Vale, Bundanoon & Robertson. It was not an easy day as Tom Green had a substantial rubber side up just outside Bowral (ended up battered & bruised but recovered well). BiciSport started Eric Dole, Tom Green, Randolph Baral, Stew Campbell, Randolph Baral, Conor Tarlington & Brett Tarlington

Bowral Classic @ 12 Dec - At the finish in the event village with Eric Dole, Peter Budd, Randolph Baral & Melissa Budd

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 14 Dec - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums (until 21 Dec)

• 18 Dec - Clarence Street Cup (DGV)

• 19 Dec

  • Camden Christmas Classic (Camden, NSW)

  • Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

  • Mt Ku Ring Gai Criteriums (Northern Sydney CC)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 14 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 15 Dec

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

• Thurs 16 Dec

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 17 Dec - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 18 Dec - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30amxx

Paternina Professional Cycling Team (Spain) - 2000-2004

Paternina is a highly regarded (and expensive) Spanish wine, Jazztel (team clothing), and Costa de Almeria (Spanish Tourist Office). Bikes were either Orbea or Krups

The wine was (and still is) top tier but the jury was out on the team itself. It was very much all about Marino Lajarreta who was the Tour rider of considerable talent (rode everything, raced everywhere and regularly won when things got hilly). ably supported by aussies Hodge & Stephens. Dick Dekker (Netherlands) was the designated sprinter but it was a blank results canvas beyond that.

Paternina Professional Cycling Team (Spain) - Marino Lejarreta

…. looks very much like an original Giant TCR frameset (carbon forks & aluminium triangle) with a Spanish paint job …

News Shorts - 6 December

Bowral Classic this coming Sunday 12 December - the best cyclosportive in the country launches on Saturday with a criterium around Bowral on the Saturday afternoon (around Bradman Oval) then the main cyclosportive on the Sunday commences in the Bowral main street from 6.30am, finishing at nearby Loseby Park (near the Bowral Hospital)

BiciSport is taking a good sized peloton of team members to Tumut on January 9. This is a great cyclo over some delightful country roads just outside Tumut. Details in the Special Events section of this website.

The European road season has finished but Milan San Remo is just over three months away … can’t wait

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW ROAD CALENDAR FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW road calendar for the 2022 season has now been posted on the Calendar & Special Events section of this website

RACE CANCELLATIONS DRAWING TO A CLOSE

• The current event cancellations & changes include -

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Heffron Park Retro Celebration - Feb 22 (date to be confirmed)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

  • Drops & Hoods (Jindabyne, NSW) - moved to Dec 22

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 7 Dec - Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums (until 21 Dec)

• 11 Dec - Bowral Classic Criteriums (Bowral, NSW)

• 12 Dec

  • Bowral Classic Cyclosportive (Bowral, NSW)

  • Fitz’s Challenge Cyclosportive (Canberra, ACT)

  • The Wall Handicap (West Head, NSW)

  • Eastern Creek Raceway (Waratah Masters)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 7 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 8 Dec

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

• Thurs 9 Dec

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 10 Dec - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 12 Dec - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

Caja Rural Professional Cycling Team (Spain) - 1987-2021

Caja Rural is a Spanish Rural Bank (Caja means bank) and Seguros is insurance, AKAI was stereos. Bikes have been Fuji, Orbea, De Rosa or Vivelo.

A Spanish team of note but a bit of a mixed bag results wise in the more current years. In the early years the team was definitely top tier and the team rode several Tours of Italy, France & Spain with several international riders. Wins of note being the 1985 Tour of Spain with Pedro Delgado. In the current years its now in the middle tier with a complete Spanish team roster with limited results.

Prominent riders were Pedro Delgado, Matthieu Hermans (sprinrer), Marino Lejarreta (Tour rider) and aussies Hodge & Stephens.

Caja Rural Professional Cycling Team - Matthieu Hermans

Caja Rural Professional Cycling Team - Marino Lejarreta (… riding Campagnolo “Delta” brakes he couldn’t stop anyway so winning came naturally …)

News Shorts - 29 November

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Eric Dole (BiciSport Happy Wheels) in the M7 breakaway that gapped the peloton by nearly 2 minutes

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Eric Dole takes 3rd on the M7 podium

NSW Masters Criterium Championship @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Ian Grainger (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) on the charge in the M9 Criterium

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Ian Grainger finished 2nd in the M9 criterium

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Matt Coy (BiciSport Pilu Racing) was attentive throughout and finished 6th

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Matt Coy after the finish

NSW Masters Criterium Championships @ Sutherland @ 28 Nov - Randolph Baral in a solo breakaway in M5

BiciSport Everesting Challenge @ 21 Nov - Tom Green (BiciSport Happy Wheels) completed the ultimate “Everesting” challenge over 16 hours 31 minutes on a home trainer in Newport !. Thats a 5.15am start until a 9.45pm finish. Total distance was 240k and that equals 9 ascents of Alpe D’Huez (on Swift). That’s 9700m of elevation.

Tom consumed a kilo of home made rice cakes, a loaf of marmalade sandwiches, some cold pizza, at least a dozen bidons and a lot of coffee. Tom had great support from his family, plus BiciSport team mates Dudley Hoskin & Mike Lawson.

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 23 Nov - The form of Rolly Delaytz (BiciSport Happy Wheels) has been on a steady upward trajectory for a few weeks now. So picking up a rewarding B grade victory was going to happen, and it did.

Heffron Park Tuesday Criteriums @ 23 Nov - Rolly Delaytz (left)

BiciSport Belgium @ Aalter Cyclo Cross @ 21 Nov - Koen Verhulst (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) in the Flanders mud

BiciSport Belgium @ Aalter Cyclo Cross @ 21 Nov - Koen Verhulst

BiciSport Belgium @ Aalter Cyclo Cross @ 21 Nov - Briek Verhulst before the start of his first competitive event at Aalter

BiciSport Belgium @ Aalter Cyclo Cross @ 21 Nov - Briek Verhulst

BiciSport Belgium @ Aalter Cyclo Cross @ 21 Nov - Briek Verhulst

Creswick (Vic) Cyclo Cross @ 27 Nov - Mike Lawson (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) takes second in C grade

Waratah Masters @ Heffron Park @ 28 Nov - Craig Pager (BiciSport Anytime Fitness) took a fine 3rd in A grade. Craig rode off the front a few times but it was resolved in a bunch sprint.

MASTERS ROAD NATIONALS NOW FLIP TO BALLARAT IN JANUARY

• Another day another date change on the race calendar ….

• National Masters Road Champs are now in Ballarat in January 22

  • Jan 12 - Masters Individual Time Trial

  • Jan 13 - Masters Team Time Trial

  • Jan 14 - Masters Criterium

  • Jan 15 - Masters Gran Fondo (no Road Race)

SANDSTONE CAFE EVERY SATURDAY @ 9.30AM

• Covid lockdowns have been a challenge and its timely to reach out to your family, friends and BiciSport team mates and what better way than coffee and a chat at Sandstone Cafe Terrey Hills at 9.30am every Saturday.

BICISPORT COUNTRY ESCAPES FROM JANUARY 2022

• With a view towards the future BiciSport will be organising monthly country escapes during the 2022 season, commencing with the Tumut Cycle Classic on 9 January 2022.

• Go to the Special Events section of this website for updated BiciSport Country Escapes information

NSW ROAD CALENDAR FOR 2022 ANNOUNCED

• The NSW road calendar for the 2022 season has now been posted on the Calendar & Special Events section of this website

RACE CANCELLATIONS SLOWLY DRAWING TO A CLOSE

• The current event cancellations & changes include -

  • Tour of Bright (Vic) - 3-5 Dec (cancelled)

  • AusCycling National Cyclo Cross Championships (Creswick, Vic) - cancelled

  • Tour DownUnder (SA) - Jan 22 (cancelled)

  • Cadel Evans Road Race (Vic) - Feb 22 (cancelled)

  • Heffron Park Retro Celebration - Feb 22 (date to be confirmed)

  • Gravel & Granite Classic (Tenterfield) - moved to 12 Mar 2022.

  • Drops & Hoods (Jindabyne, NSW) - moved to Dec 22

• Keep a sharp eye on your social media and BiciSport News for any further race cancellations

RACE SEEKER - THIS WEEK

• 4 Dec - Lake St Clair Charity Ride (Singleton)

• 5 Dec

  • Waratah Masters (Eastern Creek)

  • Downes Nursery Classic (Camden, NSW)

BICISPORT TRAINING RIDES

• Tues 30 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

  • Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

• Wed 1 Dec

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

• Thurs 2 Dec

  • Happy Wheels Waterloo to La Perouse @ 6.00am

  • Belgian Waffle Ride @ 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

• Fri 3 Dec - De Niro’s Cafe Kingsford (Anzac Pde @ 6.15am sharp for La Perouse

• Sat 4 Dec - Coffee @ Sandstone Cafe Miramare Gardens @ 9.30am

RMO Professional Cycling Team (France) - 1986-92

RMO was a French employment agency (Relation Main d’Oeuvre), framsets were Meral Liberia (again French), groupsets were Mavic (French). Team management was Bernard Thevenet (won two Tours de France) and Jacques Michaud. Ironically RMO themselves went broke at the end of 1992 and put numerous team members out into the world of unemployment.

A team full of classy riders but victories were really not there, somehow it was lacking something. Yes, Thierry Claveyrolet won the Mountain Jersey at the 1990 Tour de France and Marc Madiot won the 1991 Paris Roubaix but …… . Other very good riders were Charly Mottet, Paul Sherwin, Michel Vermote, Bernard Vallet (won the Bordeaux Paris derny race), Jean Claude Colotti, Paul Kimmage (now a well regarded journalist), Pascal Lino and the aussie Clayton Stevenson.

RMO Professional Cycling Team - Marc Madiot in Paris Roubaix

RMO Professional Cycling Team - Robert Millar (left), Charly Mottet (RMO) & Pedro Delgado at the Tour de France