Racing

Yesterday, Aidan and I completed the Grafton to Inverell. For Aidan, it was his second go after his first try in 2009 (last year he sat out after his crash at the Melbourne-warrnambool). For me, it was my first time and my longest race by about 70 km. Yes, I was nervous.
The race started [...]

After a quick and chilly (2deg) 30 min drive from Miles to Chincilla for the start of the Round 3 Road Stage we had plenty of time before the race started. Luckily this time allowed for the temperature to increase. After relaxing in the sun for a while we readied ourselves for the 150km race [...]

KRISTIAN GOT THIRD!!!

Foodworks Teams Series Rnd2 – Finish from UQ Cycle on Vimeo.
We had our own little Paris Roubaix today for the second race in the QLD Foodworks Team Series.
It was a dry, 130km road race on some narrow, sketchy roads that were full of potholes and cow-dung.  Most of the course was flat however [...]

So we have raced  round 1 of the Foodworks series and it was a fantastic event.  The team really rode well together and we were very happy with our result, finishing in 6th position for the day.  A big thanks to Pirate who stepped up and joined the team for the event, he buried himself [...]

On Friday 7th January I left Brisbane bound for Ballarat. The Australian Open Road Cycling Championships were held between January 6 and January 11. The men’s road race was the only event I was racing. This was held on Sunday the 9th on the familiar 10.3km circuit at Buninyong. 16 laps and 163.2km for everyone [...]

The 50th Grafton-Inverell race was shaping up to be a good race with 4 Guitar Gym Orbea members to line up in the Elite race. Kristian who has been under 19 all this year turned 19 a few weeks back which messed his entry and his coach didn’t plan on him riding the full 228km [...]

A quick update from Warrnambool following an epic day racing the Melbourne to Warrnambool.
My mind is a little fried so I’ll keep it simple:
- 5hrs sleep
- 4 degrees, dark & raining when we left motel
- I had 5 layers on, Bobo countless & looked like Michelin Man!
- 7 degrees, sunny & 40kph WSW wind [...]

Last Sunday I was lucky enough to step into the GGO kit for a day, to complete the 4 man line up for the State Team Time Trial Championships.  The other 3 riders were Ben Manson, Dave Hanson and Dan Felton, with the rest of GGO committed at the Tour of Tassie or elsewhere.  This [...]

I can only write this one down as a learning experience:
3 flats in the first 30kms. I then soloed, off the back, for 150kms to the finish. A hard day. It’s held on an awesome course, must do next year!
Hopefully my luck is in for the rest of the races this year.
Dave

With 66 riders from Elite and U23 Men on the start list, and 179kms to be ridden, the State Road Champs at Elimbah was always going to be a hard day out. Even so, it could have been a bigger and harder field if the NRS ‘Tour of Geelong’ wasn’t being held at the same [...]