From the highs of a stage win and top-six on Teams GC last week, to the lows of a crash, broken wheels, punctures and withdrawn riders, ?we will be moving swiftly on from the 2014 Tour Of Toowoomba!!! Things were always going to be tough in Toowoomba. The team has raced there twice already this…
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Neil van der Ploeg Takes Final Stage In Toowoomba
By Sam Young A hot-paced Criterium around Queens Park in downtown Toowoomba saw Neil Van Der Ploeg? (Avanti) win his second stage of the FKG Tour of Toowoomba, and team mate Jack Haig finish safely in the bunch to retain his lead through the final stage and win the race overall. The pace was on…
2014 Tour of Toowoomba: Stage 5 Photo Gallery
By Sam Young A hot-paced Criterium around Queens Park in downtown Toowoomba saw?Neil Van Der Ploeg? (Avanti) win his second stage of the FKG Tour of Toowoomba, and team mate?Jack Haig?finish safely in the bunch to retain his lead through the final stage and win the race overall. The pace was on from the get…
2014 Tour of Toowoomba: Stage 5 Results
Neil Van Der Ploeg has won Stage 5 of the?2014 Tour of Toowoomba. Stage 5 Result Time/Gap Bonus 1. 6 Neil Van Der Ploeg (ART) 1h07:42 13 2. 42 Alistair Donohoe (STR) +0 6 3. 184 Ryan Macanally (FKG) +0 4 4. 113 Ben GRENDA (PGN) +0 5. 26 Joshua Taylor (CHM) +0 6. 54…
2014 Tour of Toowoomba Daily Diary: Morgan Smith; Stage 4
By Morgan Smith – @morgzracer Today I felt NRS success for the first time… I liked it! That said, I hated the first half of the stage- ?with good reason. I got caught up in crashes and spent best part of 50-60kms in 4th, 3rd, 2nd echelons. Once I was back in the convoy, I…
2014 Tour of Toowoomba: Stage 3 Results
Avanti Racing Team have won Stage 3 of the?2014 Tour of Toowoomba. Teams Time Trial Result Time Gap 1. ART Avanti Racing Team 23:39.4 2. BFL Team Budget Forklifts 24:16.0 +37 3. AWS African Wildlife Safaris Cycling Team 24:44.7 +1:05 4. STR health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team 25:21.9 +1:42 5. CHM CharterMason Giant Racing 25:23.1 +1:44 6.…
2014 Tour of Toowoomba: Stage 4 Results
Oliver Kent-Spark has won Stage 4 of the?2014 Tour of Toowoomba. Stage 4 Result Time/Gap Bonus 1. 45 Oliver Kent-Spark (STR) 2h34:01 22 2. 25 Morgan Smith (CHM) +0 8 3. 13 Michael Cupitt (BFL) +0 13 4. 6 Neil Van Der Ploeg (ART) +8 4 5. 54 Patrick Shaw (SGR) +8 1 6. 81…
Oliver Kent-Spark Claims Maiden NRS Stage Win In Toowoomba
By Sam Young Oliver Kent-Spark (health.com.au-search2retain) has taken his maiden NRS victory after a frantic 4th stage of the FKG Tour of Toowoomba. He out sprinted his breakaway companions Morgan Smith (CharterMason Giant) and Michael Cupitt (Budget Forklifts) after a move that went clear fifty kilometres into the wind effected race. Earlier in the day,…
2014 Tour of Toowoomba: Stage 3 Photo Gallery
Avanti Racing have claimed their third consecutive stage at the FKG Tour of Toowoomba, this time adding the team time trial to their haul. Off the back of Neil van der Ploeg and Jack Haig‘s stage one and two victories, the team were unstoppable in Clifton. Oceania time trial champion Joe Cooper led the team…
2014 Tour of Toowoomba: Stage 4 Photo Gallery
Geelong?s Oliver Kent-Spark (health.com.au-search2retain) has notched up his maiden Subaru National Road Series stage victory, outsprinting his breakaway companions on stage four in the FKG Tour of Toowoomba. Kent-Spark, who has ridden in the most aggressive jersey for two days, took out the 109 kilometre stage ahead of Morgan Smith (CharterMason) and Michael Cupitt (Budget…