After a 3month break between races, Round 2 of the Subaru National Road Series kicked off in Mount Gambier. 511km over 5 days racing in the South Coast of South Australia and Victoria. Bikebug Cocowhip racing led by DS Henk Vogels came into the race with the goal of a stage win and aiming for…
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Sam Crome wins Tour of the Great South Coast – National Road Series
By Cycling Australia Follow the NRS: Website | Facebook | Twitter Photos Credit © Con Chronis An exciting finish to the final stage has seen Sam Crome (Avanti IsoWhey Sport) crowned the overall winner of the Lakes Oil-Fulton Hogan Tour of the Great South Coast, part of Cycling Australia’s 2016 Subaru National Road Series. Crome,…
PATRICK GETS THE WAKE-UP CALL
The seasoned Ballarat professional cyclist Patrick Shaw admits that the Port MacDonnell stage of the past two Lakes Oil-Fulton Hogan Tours of the Great South Coast have been “a day out for relaxing and taking in the pleasant scenery.” Not so in 2016 – courtesy of a progressive initiative by the District Council of Grant…
CHRIS WELL IN THE GREAT SOUTH COAST RACE
It’s not every young cyclist who gets to ride in a trade team sponsored by his parents. Such is the good fortune bestowed upon the emerging South Australian Chris Harper. The engaging Harper, 21, was a talented summer tennis player and winter footballer as a budding sportsman in Adelaide, but a family holiday to Melbourne…
BRETT’S TEAM HUNTS AN ELUSIVE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TOUR VICTORY
TOUR OF THE GREAT SOUTH COAST August 10 – 14 Olympic gold medallist Brett Aitken is banking on speed to help steer his South Australian Sports Institute team to a coveted victory in the upcoming Lakes Oil-Fulton Hogan Tour of the Great South Coast road cycling classic. Since the tour’s inception in 2012, overall victory…
Marshall wins Sundowner 2016
Ben Marshall took the 2016 Keegan Downes Memorial Sundowner Classic title on Saturday in a thrilling finish which saw him hold off the main field after a bold attach in the final 2kms into the race finish in Gunnedah The former Scone cyclist who now resides in Canberra, was racing in his first Sundowner on…
NEWS | Lane Wins Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic in Record Time
Credit to Cycling Australia Patrick Lane (Avanti Isowhey Sport) has made history at the 56th edition of the Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic, finishing the gruelling 228 kilometre epic in less than six hours to set a new race record. On a stunning autumn day in northern New South Wales, almost 300 competitors across…
NEWS | Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic to kickstart 2016 Subaru NRS for men
The Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic will be a fitting host for the first elite male race of the 2016 Subaru National Road Series, with Australia?s best riders tackling what is arguably the toughest one-day race in the country. Now in its 56th edition, the 228 kilometre epic through Northern New South Wales has an…
STRONG FIELD ENTERED FOR 2016 GRAFTON TO INVERELL
With just over two weeks until the running of the 56th Grafton to Inverell Cycle Classic, 230 nominations have been received. Organisers are very happy with the numbers which are well up on last year and are expecting more before entries close this Sunday April 24. Over 100 riders will line up in the McDonalds…
Tim Guy
Tim Guy is a very likeable man, and has an engaging manner when you speak to him. There?s little indication that he is on a long comeback from a serious period of depression and anxiety, one that almost saw him give up cycling for good. Now the high school teacher, entrepreneur and Attaque Team Gusto…