Month: January 2018

This year Adelaide Hills Masters Cycling Club annual event Tour of Goowla on February 24th and 25th is being sponsored by our team’s sponsor ADX Depot and have naming rights over the event. Pedal Action has also opted to sponsor Stage 1 along with the Finniss General Store.

The event consists of four stages over the two days, a team time trial, road races and a hill climb at the end. This year we will see a much higher level of competition across all grades as the standard of riders racing has improved.
Many of athletes are busy preparing for this event and it will prove to be a challenging two days, those planned to race are Keith, Dave, Richard, Georg, Paul, Colin, Steve and David and coach Michelle.

Here is a video we took of last years event as re-cap

Good luck to everyone, keep up the preparation!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short update this week as the local racing has been cancelled due tot he extreme heat we are having!

Earlier this week we were back racing at Victoria Park for grades and team racing.
Many riders were away but we had Keith, Richard and Colin racing

Keith took the win in A grade
Colin 4th in C grade

 

Full grades result here

In the teams event we had Matt, Steve, Georg and coach Phil
Steve put in a good sprint on the 2nd Preme, however the final sprint to the line was a close battle with Phil narrowly being beaten in 2nd place

Full team results here

Norwood Super Series Criterium Results

Earlier this week Norwood Cycling Club  held their annual Tour Down Under racing series over three days, starting with the Rapha Kermesse at Uraidla, Giant Criterium at Victoria Park Monday and  aBloc Cycling Beer Criterium on Tuesday also at Victoria Park.

With many from interstate riders coming along to race whilst the Tour Down Under is on it’s not surprising to see some very fast racing. Across the three days racing were athletes Matt, James, Andrew and Coach Phil.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first race proved too hot and fast for many as the hills were not kind, over half the field were DNFs in each grade.
The 2nd stage of the series at Victoria Park proved a much better day with most athletes finishing in the main bunch but honours went to Andrew picking up 3rd place in B grade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The final stage, also at Victoria Park, everyone had settled down but the racing was just as tough with slightly windier conditions. The attacks came earlier, Andrew managed to get across to the winning break and had a solid sprint to claim 2nd in B grade.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Full results of the series can be found here 

It’s been a big week of racing for our athletes with racing mid week and again on the weekend with Classic Adelaide Masters Series a series of racing over three days.

First up this week were graded criteriums at Victoria park, out racing was Greg, Matt, Georg, Keith and Coach Phil across the grades. Everyone rode strong placings were in B grade

Matt 2nd
Phil 3rd
Georg 4th

Next cam the CAMS Criterium race on Saturday 13th January at Victoria Park also seeing athletes in multiple grades, great win from Richard with Matt in 4th place
Richard Gold B grade
Matt 4th B grade

Saturday 14th was a graded scratch race at McLaren Flat
We had several athletes out racing across the grades on this very tough course Greg, Phil, Graham, Dave, Stuart, Paul and coach Michelle

Dave 1st – B grade
Graham 2nd – B grade
Michelle 4th – E grade

 

 

Monday 13th saw the third and final round with a Time Trial around McLaren Flat, great results by all athletes who competed

Richard Bronze M3
Stuart Bronze M5
Phil Gold M4

 

Full results can be found here

More results to follow after the final Norwood and Giant Crit Super Series also being held during Tour Down Under week

The 2018 racing continues with some outstanding results already this week.  At the Southern Veteran and Ladies Cycling Club the season began with the usual time trial on a 16km course around McLaren Flat followed by two laps on the same course as graded scratch race but two laps. The race result was on the combined time of both races so the pressure was on to do a good time trial, the wind was buffeting riders around and proved very challenging.

Michelle rode and excellent race winning the time trial and backing up with 2nd place in the road race in D grade

Graham was next best placed with a 3rd in A grade

Well done to the rest of our athletes competing today the wind and mechanical problems played a big part in the results. Full Results can be found here
The results from earlier this week can be found here 

Racing is back in full swing after the Christmas break with the first race of the year at Victoria Park on Wednesday 3rd January with the VLCC grades and team crits

Top honours went to Greg Adams winning D grade last night in a long sprint!

Full graded results are here

Teams were also in action with Keith, Phil, Steve and Georg racing last night in their respective grades and teams. Phil and Georg we’re highest placed with 4th and 9th respectively

Full team results here 

Lots more racing over the coming weeks, we’ll endeavour to keep you posted promptly with results