Masters, In this week’s Bleat;
- CRMuBS out and about – Conan takes on the world!
- Next Race – 5 August 1.30pm – Sutton Super Series Graded Scratch – Sutton Driver Centre
- Race Reports
- Race Director needed for Sunday 13 August, this our next Sunday race – the Stromlo Criteriums, 1.30pm. Race calendar can be found here for other race dates needing Officials
“I wanted to take as much time as possible and I’m happy I did it for my team. They kept saying: ‘You’ll set things straight on the Tourmalet.’ I told Annemiek [van Vleuten] it was not up to me to ride with her because I had teammates behind, and if the girls wanted to drop Lotte [Kopecky], then it was up to them. At one point, I felt it and I just went. With the mist, I knew that if I opened a gap quickly, then they wouldn’t be able to see me. I went full gas and never looked back.”
Demi Vollering, SD WORX/NED. Winner Stage 7. And GC Winner 2023 Tour de France Femmes.
Conan takes on the world!
Membership secretary Conan Liu, riding for Vikings, will be representing Team Australia in the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Scotland this Friday. Congratulations on making the team Conan, and here’s wishing you the ride of your life against the best age group riders in the world. For more details see here.
Rob Langridge – Race Committee
RACING – Next Race
Saturday 5 August 1.30pm – Sutton Super Series Graded Scratch – Sutton Driver Centre
Format: Sutton Driver Training Course. All races are scratch with riders in their road grade. Direction is clockwise, so the long drag to the finish. Registration is $10, with the cutoff at 2130 AEST on Friday, 4th August. Race calendar can be found here
Start Times:
1330 – E/F/G 30 mins plus one lap
1410 – A/B 50 mins plus one lap
1510 – C/D 40 mins plus one lap
Directions: Approx 0.5 km along Sutton Rd from intersection of Sutton Rd and Pialligo Avenue.
*We are now up to round five of the super series. Riders who can finish all six races will get the 12-point bonus for persistence. See below for the point score. Super Series Promotions – Toby McLenaghan B to A.
Rob Langridge – Race committee
Race Reports
The TT perpetual trophies are donated by Henry and Marilyn Beaverstock. Sadly Marilyn died last year but the race will continue in her memory. Henry was a long serving member of the club since it’s inception and Marilyn was one of our first female riders in the club.
Unfortunately we had no female competitors for the female perpetual trophy this year. (TT Results here)
Racing Calendar changes – please see below
Subject to approvals from NSW and ACT governments, the dates have changed for the following events:
| Saturday, August 26 | Iron Mike Moved from August 19 as the AusCycling ACT RR championship is being held that morning on the same course. |
| Sunday, October 15 | The 2023 Gunning (aka Peter McLennan Memorial) event. Start/Finish at Bredalbane, using the community hall as race central Consists of a TT event followed by the usual 48km lap – once or twice depending on your grade. The handicapper is considering letting D grade vote on their lap count… The single day approach facilitates (i) the ability to attract potential 2024 members though the use of the single day trial licence, and (ii) reduces event costs hiring NSW traffic controllers. |
The dates of the NSW and ACT AusCycling events were not available at the time the Calendar was submitted to the ACT government for approval in 2022.
Chris Short – Race Committee
