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Alexis Rhodes takes the Gold at the 2009 Oceania Cycling Championships at Invercargill New Zealand

Riding in the elite women’s competition Alexis Rhodes took the Gold in an exciting contest by just four seconds from New Zealand champion Melissa Holt (Cambridge) with Victorian Bridie O’Donnell a further 12 seconds back in third.

Rhodes, 24, the former world junior pursuit champion was up at the turn of the 25km race, and held off the experienced Holt in a time of 33:39 minutes.

Norwood Cycling Club member Tiff Cromwell on for full 2010 European campaign (thanks to CyclingNews.com)

Australia’s Tiffany Cromwell will contest a full European campaign with the Skyter Shipping women’s squad in 2010. The South Australian and Norwood CC rider spent much of this season riding with Colavita-Sutter Home in the United States of America, with a limited appearance in Europe with the Australian National Team.

"I've actually signed with Nürnberger, so they will be Skyter Shipping next year," Cromwell told Cyclingnews. "It's exciting stuff, a full season in Europe. I’ll probably head over in February for the training camp in Majorca and then do some of the classics, it's going to be a full European season next year.

"I'm extremely happy with it," she added. "That was my goal this year, to step up and try to get a European contract."

Cromwell claimed some solid results in North America this season, including third on stage two of the San Dimas Stage Race and ninth overall at the Tour of the Gila. Those results were complimented by her victory at La Route de France Feminine’s time trial and her seventh place at the Montreal International Cycling Union (UCI) Women’s World Cup round.

"It was a really good year back with Colavita, they’re a really good team," said Cromwell. "I had an ideal race schedule as I focused more on tours instead of criteriums. I had quite a few top 10 finishes, I’d say it was probably my strongest year over there.

"Road races and tours suit me more than criteriums," added Cromwell. "That was the biggest thing this year. I wanted to step it up to try and head over to Europe [in 2010]."

While she’s yet to discuss her 2010 race program with her new squad's management, Cromwell already has some ideas of what she'd like to achieve next year. "I'd maybe like to give Tour de l'Aude a crack and line-up for the women's Giro again," said Cromwell. "I'd also like to do some of the classics, but like I said, I need to sit down with the director and work out what's best for me."

Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung announced in August that Luxembourg-based yacht timeshare company Skyter would replace the insurance company as title sponsor next season. Nürnberger Versicherung has supported the team for 10 years.

UNCLAIMED PRIZE MONEY 30th Sept 2009

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Thanks, Bronte McGair

Jack Bobridge conquers Swiss Worlds course for gold, Oliveira second by 18" 24th Sept 2009 (Thanks Cycling News for the details)
Australia's and Norwood Cycling Club member Jack Bobridge captured the rainbow jersey of Under-23 World time trial Champion on Wednesday in Mendrisio, Switzerland. He topped all time checks and completed the 33.2-kilometre course with a time of 40:44.

"It's just topped off an awesome year for me. I could not ask for much else, to win for Australia, it's awesome," said Bobridge, 20.

Portugal's Nelson Oliveira finished second for silver with a time of 41:03, 18 seconds behind. German Patrick Gretsch was third at 27 seconds behind the mark set by Bobridge.

Jack Bobridge, from Adelaide, made a name for himself earlier this year at the Tour Down Under. Lance Armstrong commended him for his numerous escapes and noted him as a future talent. Eight months later, Bobridge was uncertain heading into Worlds.

"I did not rule myself out," he said. "I had the advantage of training on the course because for the past 10 months because the Australian [Cycling centre] is based near by."

Oliveira and Gretsch were both happy with their placings.

"I wanted to ride in the top ten, so a second place is great," said Oliveira, 20. He surprised the fans with his performance as he finished ahead of Gretsch, who had been installed as a pre-race favourite.

"It is always hard when you are in that position," said Gretsch, 22. "I can leave here happy with third."

Gretsch's teammate Marcel Kittel held the provisional best time of 41:19 until Oliveira surpassed him. Kittel held on to finish fourth, 34 seconds behind Bobridge.

Defending Champion Adriano Mallori (Italy) finished fifth at 41:21, 36 seconds back. His teammate Alfredo Balloni finished sixth.

The time trial covered two 16.6-kilometre circuits, for a total of 33.2 kilometres. The 650-metre long Rancate climb was the main difficulty with sections of 10 percent. Bobridge posted the fastest time checks throughout the day, though. He had 11:25 at the top of Rancate, 20:10 at the end of the first lap and 31:54 the second time up Rancate. "My coach gave me good time splits through the ride, it helped to have a great ride," he said. Australian rider results 1 Jack Bobridge (Australia) 0:40:44 17 Travis Meyer (Australia) 0:01:42 41 John Anderson (Australia) 0:03:00

Alexis Rhodes places 13th in the Elite Women's Time Trial at the 2009 UCI World Road Race Championships.
Norwood Cycling Club member Alexis Rhodes rode well to finish 2:07:88 down on the World Champion Kristin Armstrong of the USA. Alexis was the quickest of the Australian rides with Vicki Whitelaw and Biridie O'Donnell finishing 21st and 22nd.

Norwood Cycling Club members join the Australian team for the International Cycling Union (UCI) World Road Championships in Mendrisio Switzerland at the end Sept 2009.

Oceania Road Race champion and Norwood CC member Alexis Rhodes head’s the women’s team, which includes Vicki Whitelaw, Emma Mackie, Rochelle Gilmore, Norwood CC member Tiffany Cromwell and Ruth Corset. Rhodes and Whitelaw will be joined by Oceania champion Bridie O’Donnell in the women’s time trial. Australia will also field a strong Under 23 men’s lineup, with Norwood CC member Jack Bobridge, Leigh Howard and Norwood CC member Timothy Roe amongst the five-strong road race squad. Bobridge will also contest the time trial, where he will be joined by Oceania champion John Anderson and Travis Meyer. Congratulations on your selection guys and we wish all good luck for the Championships.

Megafert Burra 100 Classic August 2009

Will Dickerson the winner of this year's Megafert Burra 100 Classic is a local rider from Clare and it has always been his goal to win his local race. In previous years things haven't gone well for him but this year everything fell into place. He won soloing over the finish, after breaking away from the scratch bunch on the climb up the Barrier Hwy and was able to hold his break to the line at the Burra Hospital.

His Mum was there to greet him and was overjoyed with his win. Will puts his good form down to a great ride in the preceding week, with for his trade team Savings & Loans in the Tour of Gippsland. More info on Will Dickerson and his Team http://cyclingteam.savingsloans.com.au/

From the Savings & Loan web site
With over 100 years of history, the Burra Classic is one of the oldest races still running in Australia. With the late scratchings of 3 riders, the scratch bunch looked to be undermanned in chasing down the 30 minute limit group over 100km. However a strong northerly wind and 6 laps of a twisting circuit meant that the 'scratchies' were able to use their experience and keep the pace high. With 15km to go, all of the groups were caught, and Will Dickeson made the first telling attack. This lasted about 8km, and after being caught, Will sat in to recover while Michael Stallard covered the counter-attacks. With 2km to go, on the climb back towards town, Will attacked again and was able to build a lead that allowed him to hold off the chasing bunch. Stallard was able to launch his sprint early and take 2nd, making it a 1-2 for Savings & Loans.
NCC Race Reporter

Monday, 15 June 2009
Savings and Loans performed well in the Tour of Korea: In the Tour of Korea, SA's and Norwood Club member Tim Roe won two stages back-to-back (Stages 6 & 7) and finished 3rd overall, while the team itself finshed 2nd overall in the Teams Classification, proving that the local UCI Continental team is one of the best teams in Asia and 'Timmy' is a force to be reckoned with!
S&L Tour of Korea Wrap-up:
* 2 Stage wins
* 1 Stage 2nd Placing
* 9 other top 10 results
* 2nd Overall (Jai Crawford)
* 3rd Overall (Tim Roe)
* 2nd in Teams Classification

Sunday, 14 June 2009
South Australian and Norwood Club member Alexis Rhodes has put a crash on Stage 3 behind her and launched a solo attack to win the fifth stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix in Mankato, Minnesota.

Rhodes (Webcor Builders) rode away from Dotsie Bausch (Jazz Apples) and Brooke Miller (TIBCO) to claim the stage and the overall lead in the climbers and best young rider classifications. Her efforts also moved her up to second place overall behind tour leader Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Test Team).

Rhodes completed the 138.4km Mankato Road Race in a time of 3hr56min26sec. She was 35 seconds ahead of Bausch with Miller a further five seconds back in third place. The South Australian started the day 2min07sec behind race leader Armstrong but finished 2min02sec ahead of the American at the finish line and collected a 15 second time bonus for her stage victory and she now sits 11 seconds off the race lead.

Rhodes was one of a lead group of seven riders that hit the finishing circuit more than three minutes ahead of the peloton but that advantage was whittled down as the race headed for home. The four laps of the finishing circuit featured a one-and-a-half kilometre climb with a 14% gradient and three times was part of the Queen of the Mountains competition. Rhodes was second on the first prime and won the next two and now sits on 13 points, three clear of Bausch.

“I knew I was climbing really well, and I thought if I could drop Brooke (Miller) on the last lap that would be good,” said Rhodes. “But I dropped her on the first lap so I guess, even better.

"I’m climbing really well at the moment, so I guess the (four laps of the hill) climb were really a blessing in disguise.”

”I felt pretty awesome today, but Kristin’s just a class above the rest of us," laughed Rhodes when asked about challenging for the overall win on tomorrow's final stage. "I’ll try my best to hold her wheel, and we’ll see how it goes.“

The final stage is a criterium in downtown Stillwater.

Sunday, 14 June 2009
Norwood Club member Jack Bobridge, 19, has taken home the points and best young rider titles from the U23 International Thuringen Tour in Germany.

The South Australian teenager, who won two stages of the race, also finished on the podium in third place on the general classfication.

Overall honours went to Austrian rider Stefan Denifl who clocked 23hr00min59sec at the end of 949km raced over seven stages. He was two seconds ahead of second placed Dutch rider Steven Kruijswijk with Bobridge third at 1min24sec.

In the best young rider rankings Bobridge finished on top, 56 seconds ahead of Austrian Matthias Brandl, and in the battle for the points classification Bobridge claimed 82 points to win by a 12 point margin over Andreas Stauff (Team Kuota).

"The last couple of stages were pretty hard and they (Deifl and Kruijswijk) weren't outlcimbing me and I wasn't outclimbing them so there wasn't really a chance to make up any time on them," explained Bobridge. "Still I'm happy to come away with two stage wins and two jerseys."

Bobridge's Team AIS team mates Leigh Howard, who won the opening stage of the Tour, placed third overall in the sprint jersey classification.

Team Manager for the race, David McPartland, says he's very impressed with the improvement shown by the likes of Borbridge and Howard in this year's event.

"Last year was a real learning experience for them but this year they are out there winning stages and jerseys," said McPartland of the team of youngsters . "They were in the race to win from the start and tactically they were excellent and did what they had to do when they had to do it."

The oldest member of the team in Thuringen was Travis Meyer who turned 20 during the race, Glenn O'Shea celebrated his 20th birthday today, Howard, Bobridge, Adam Semple and Rohan Dennis are all 19 years old.

Friday, 12 June 2009
Reigning Australian time trial champion, Jack Bobridge, has posted an emphatic win in the stage five time trial of the U23 International Thuringen Tour in Germany.

The 19 year old South Australia mastered the wet, slippery 29.2km course from Oberhof to Wende to stop the clock at 26min20sec.

2008 World Championship silver medallist, Germany's Patrick Gretsch (Thuringer Energie Team), was 45 seconds off the pace of Bobridge for second place with Austrian Matthias Brandl third at 49 seconds.

"It was rubbish weather, bloody freezing with a forecast of 13 and rain so I wasn't really that keen to hit the course in the wet," said Bobridge. "But they made some changes because of the conditions and made it one way so we had the whole road and it ended up being really good for me.

"It was mostly uphill and false flat so I ended up loving the course and I smashed it," said Bobridge who was fortunate to escape any major downpours of rain and had to only contend with some light drizzle.

Three of Bobridge's Team AIS team mates also finished in the top twenty on stage five with Rohan Dennis seventh at 1min06sec, Leigh Howard 15th at 1min27sec and Travis Meyer 18th at 1min34sec.

The stage result has propelled Bobridge to third overall, 1min24sec off the time of current Tour leader Stefan Denifl (AUT) with Dutch rider Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank) two seconds off the lead in second place.

"I'm riding for GC (general classification) for the team now so have to see whether I've got the legs to hold it and see if I can catch the other guys napping and move up higher," Bobridge explained ahead of the penultimate stage of the seven stage tour that will take the riders on a testing 133.8km course out and back from Neuhaus. The route includes two category one climbs in the last 40 kilometres of the stage.

"I've been climbing really well but it will come down to whoever has the best legs," he said. "We'll have to see who is willing to make the moves."

Saturday's final stage is over a 141.5km course out and back from Hildburghausen and also features two category one climbs but they come early in the stage giving teams an opportunity to chase down any breaks that escape on the climbs.

"Apparently the last day is pretty hard because it's up and down all the way so should be another challenging day," Bobridge explained. "But the boys have been riding super well for me this week and I think we've got the team and he strength to do the job. "

Bobridge's stage five result has also put him into the lead in both the points classification and the best young rider rankings. He has 69 points, 19 points clear of second ranked Andreas Stauff (team Kuota - Indeland) and in the battle for the white jersey is 56 seconds ahead of Brandl.

Friday 12th June - Cycling Medicine Seminar
In response to the success of Cycling Medicine Down Under Conference held last January, Learning and Leisure has developed a one-day seminar on Cycling Medicine with an emphasis on Physiology. Plenary sessions are coupled to practical workshops that will extend participants knowledge and practice of cycling. The program is aimed at anyone who has an interest in cycling performance and who wish to improve their cycling techniques. Presenters are David Martin PhD and Tammie Ebert PhD from the Australian Institute of Sport and Brett Aitken OAM, one of Australia’s most accomplished cyclists. The seminar will be held at the Adelaide Super-Drome on Saturday November 7, 2009. For more information about this event please visit the conference webpage

Monday, 8 June 2009
Club Vice President and Life Member Barry Skinner receives an OAM in the 2009 Queen's Birthday honors
Congratulations to Gordon 'Pud' Brooks OAM and Barry Skinner OAM for receiving high recognition in Queens's Birthday list for services to our sport. Both Barry and Pud have served South Australian Cycling tirelessly over many years and have received the honour of the Order of Australia Medal in recognition of their efforts. Both men have been long-time stalwarts in SA cycling and have had great involvement in their respective clubs - Norwood CC and Port Adelaide CC.

25th May 2009
Norwood Cycling Club Captain Chris Luxton's speed secures Tour win By Nick Dillon -Murray Pioneer
Former world champion speed skater Chris Luxton took out his first Tour of the Riverland on Saturday.

Luxton raced from the scratch grouping and held off Norwood's Graham Rootes and Loxton's Matthew Benson to win the 79-kilometre event. He pocketed nearly $10,000 in prizes, with $5200 for the win and $4300 for the fastest time.

Tour organiser Barry Skinner said Luxton had only taken up road racing recently. "He crossed from skating into cycling about 10 years ago, but just a couple of years ago he started road racing to build up strength," Mr Skinner said. "He was a criterium racer before that."

It was Benson's second consecutive top five finish, after finishing fourth in 2008. Mr Skinner said Benson's race was "exceptional" and was full of praise for the former Riverland Cycling Club member. "Matthew Benson was a sensation," he said. "He wasn't far back and that was a very good performance. He's only 17 and he's got such a big future." Benson has been selected in the Australian team as a reserve for the junior world championships and Mr Skinner believes he is every chance of getting a ride. Benson was the fastest under 19 rider, a title he narrowly missed out on last year, while Port Adelaide's Carley Light was the fastest female.

Mount Gambier's Matthew Opperman won Sunday's 37-kilometre handicap race, from Port Adelaide's Nigel Knowles and Kilkenny's Jarrod Cross. The Riverland's Lee Stevens finished fourth, while Central District's Dale Parker recorded the fastest time. Central District's Samantha Fromentin won the 38-kilometre junior race from Whyalla's Jai Sutton.

Saturday, 23 May 2009 Tour of Japan stage 6 (thanks to Cycling Aust)
South Australia's and NCC's Jack Bobridge today notched up his second and the fourth stage win for Team AIS in the Tour of Japan sprinting home solo at the end of the 96km Izu stage in and around the Japan Cycle Sports Centre, home of the country's Keirin racing school.

Bobridge crossed the line in a time of 2hr45min12sec, two seconds clear of second placed Dmitriy Fofonov (KAZ) with another Kazakh rider Valentin Iglinskiy, arriving 50sec down in third place. Bobridge's team mate Michael Matthews was a further two seconds back in fourth place.

"I felt quite good today," said Bobridge. "The Kazakh (Fofonov) is definitely strong - a bit of an animal really - but I knew I could beat him in a sprint so I just had to stay with him to the finish."

Team Director Brian Stephens says Fofonov repeatedly tried to escape from Bobridge as the race headed for the finish.

"Coming down to the last couple of laps Fofonov tried to get rid of jack but Jack wasn't going to be got rid off," said Stephens.

Five hundred metres from home the 19 year old Australian launched his sprint on what was a solid uphill drag to the line. Fofonov couldn't match it and Bobridge added Stage 6 to his Stage 4 victory of Wednesday.

"I wouldn't say I was feeling better and better but certainly I've been able to recover and race well every day as the Tour's gone on," said Bobridge who has now moved into seventh overall and is the best placed of the Australians on the general classification.

The eight laps of a rollercoaster 12 kilometre course was animated from the gun with several attacks being launched before Bobridge joined a break that stuck. He then launched another attack and was followed by Croatian Matija Kvasina (Amica Chips - Knauf), the same rider who joined him in the lead on Stage 4. Several riders tried to bridge the gap to the lead pair but only Kazakhstan's Dmitriy Fofonov succeeded with the trio in front for most of the race.

Kvasina cemented his lead in the mountain classification before he was dropped by Bobridge and Fofonov.

"The main bunch was being controlled by the bunch being controlled by the Carmiooro - A Style team, looking after their race leader (Spaniard Sergio Bellon Pardilla) which worked in our favour," said Stephens. "Also because the Kazakh's had a man up the road they didn't want to chase it back either."

The stage win has cheered up the Team AIS riders who were a little disappointed to see their GC aspirations dashed on yesterday's brutal mountain time trial stage on Mount Fuji. Matthews and Bobridge both lost around four minutes while Travis Meyer was close to five minutes off the pace of stage winner Pardilla.

"Yesterday was a bit of a shock to the system and we got bit of a hiding but Brian (Stephens) said we had to refocus and go for the stage win and we've come up with that today," said Bobridge. "Now we focus on doing it again tomorrow with Leigh (Howard)."

May 20th 2009 Tour of Japan report from CyclingNews.com
South Australia's Bobridge won a four-up sprint on stage four after being in a break away for more than 90 kilometres. Bobridge and Croatian Matija Kvasina (Amica Chips - Knauf) initiated the move and gained a maximum lead of almost five minutes before the Kazakhstan National Team nearly closed the gap down on the last climb. The chase allowed Spaniard Sergio Bellon Pardilla (Carmiooro - A Style) and Dmitriy Fofonov (Kazakhstan) to bridge across and pull the break clear again.

"It was pretty hard circuit," said Bobridge of the loop they covered 12 times. "The climb was in two parts, you went up for around a kilometre and then a little descent before the second half of the climb which was pretty steep.

"We could see from the time board that they (Fofonov and Pardilla) were coming but I just nailed it to get to the top before they caught us and then I just sat on them to recover a bit," said Bobridge. "I didn't have to work as I'd been away all day and both Fofonov and Pardilla were pretty keen to work hard to try and improve their overall standing.

"Pardilla went early to try and get the win and I jumped on him," said Bobridge. "The Amica guy (Kvasina) was on my wheel but I got around Pardilla and won fairly comfortably."

Team Director, Brian Stephens, says he didn't expect Jack to deliver the win. "He was away for more than 90 kilometres on a really, really hard course and I didn't think he'd have the legs to do the job on the line," said Stephens. "But if Jack gets a sniff of a win he seems to grow another leg."

"I think I picked right day to flog myself since tomorrow's a rest day," said a happy but exhausted Bobridge.

Congratulations Jack a great win.

Monday 18th May 2009
Norwood Cycling Club's Tim Roe stole the show at Mount Gambier on the weekend winning the 73rd WIN Television Alex Roberts 100 mile Cycling Classic. Roe smashed the course record covering the 160 kilometres in 3 hours 24 minutes and 17 seconds. Savings & Loans team mate Joel Pearson was second, Peta Mullens was the fastest female and Central District rider Damien Howson the best placed junior. Tim Roe made his winning attack just out of the Mount and wasn't chased down. Handicapping such an event is very tough and somethimes thankless task, but State and NCC Handicapper Bill Drodge did a magnificent job. And see that NCC club captain Chris Luxton manages a top ten placing as well. Congratulations guys on a job well done.
1st and Fastest Tim Roe
2 Joel Pearson
3 Miles Watson
4 Tim Decker
5 Gene Bates
6 Sean McCarthy
7 William Dickeson
8 Trent Stevenson
9 James Ibrahim
10 Chris Luxton

Tuesday 5th May 2009
The Norwood Cycling Club conducted it's annual general meeting on Monday 4th May at the George St clubrooms and elected the follow people to represent our members interests through out 2009/2010.
President: Len Underwood
Vice Presidents: Barry Skinner, Dave Richards, Peter Winter
Treasurer: to be confirmed at the June 2009 meeting
Secretary: Jo Saies
Minutes Secretary: Wendy Gordon
Racing Secretary: Bronte McGair
Handicapper: Bill Drodge
Club Captain: Chris Luxton
Club Coach: Dave Gomer
Chief Commissaire: Bill McMahon
CSA Delegate: Barry Skinner Proxy Len Underwood
Publicity Office: David Tichy
Webmaster: David Tichy
Legal Advisor: Oliver Portway
Trustees: Dave Richards (renew for another Term), continuing Barry Skinner and Len Underwood
Clubperson of the Year: Bill Drodge
Life Member: Dave Richards
Patron: Vini Ciccarello MP

Tuesday, 5 May 2009
Our own Jack Bobridge Signs with Team Garmin-Slipstream
The top American professional cycling team dedicated to ethical sporting and developing the next generation of cycling champions, announced today that it has added South Australian Jack Bobridge to its roster and formed a partnership with Cycling Australia to develop young riders into professional road and track champions.

The team already boasts Australia’s reigning points race World Champion, Cameron Meyer and today has confirmed 19 year old Jack Bobridge as part of the team’s line-up The Adelaide rider is the Australian U-23 road race and time trial champion and will join the professional team as a stagiaire later this year. “Jack is a phenomenal talent - possibly the most talented rider of his generation,” said Jonathan Vaughters, CEO of Slipstream Sports and Director Sportif of Team Garmin-Slipstream. “He excels on the road and on the track and makes an outstanding addition to our roster. We are thrilled that he decided to join Team Garmin-Slipstream"

Among the best U-23 riders in the world, Bobridge claimed two silver medals at the Track World Championships in March for individual pursuit and team pursuit, the latter won alongside new teammate, Meyer. Bobridge is also the Oceania and Australian Individual Pursuit Champion. “I chose Team Garmin-Slipstream because I believe in its mission of helping young riders reach their full potential,” said Bobridge. “I know that I will continue to grow as a part of this team – on the track and on the road.” Earlier this season Garmin-Slipstream hired 21-year-old Meyer, who recently took home one gold and two silver medals at the Track World Championships and on the road claimed the bronze medal in the U-23 time trial at the 2008 Road World Championships. Australian Matt White, a director of Team Garmin-Slipstream and former pro cyclist, serves as Meyer’s coach and will become Bobridge’s mentor. “It’s an exciting partnership because we are working with the best talent coming out of Australia,” said White. “And we are able to give these riders the tools they need to excel on the road and on the track."

"This partnership provides an ideal opportunity for Australia’s emerging talent to forge professional careers but to also to pursue their ambition to represent Australia in major international events,” said Graham Fredericks, CEO of Cycling Australia. “We are very pleased to formalise a relationship with a team that shares our philosophy and look forward to working with Team Garmin-Slipstream.” Cycling Australia National Performance Director, Shayne Bannan, says the partnership is a ‘win-win situation’ for all involved. “This is a fabulous opportunity for our riders and for our program,” said Mr Bannan. “The team is well respected and they understand how important it is for us to have access to riders such as Cameron and Jack at critical periods to prepare for Commonwealth Games, World Championships and Olympic Games.” Slipstream Sports LLC, the parent company of Team Garmin-Slipstream, was founded in 2005 with the goal of developing young riders and promoting ethical sportsmanship.

Norwood Cycling Club member Tim Roe takes out GC at Jelajah Malaysia April 19-26th 2009
Tim riding for Team Saving & Loan finished at the top of the General Classification with a lead of 24 sec over his team mate Jai Crawford. Great work Tim, and we hope that the club ride at Gumeracha a few weeks before helped with the training.

Masters riders wanted for physiological testing -
a focus on examining the 3 energy systems (peak sprint power, anaerobic power and aerobic fitness) in order to compare performances amongst cyclists and the general population. The Masters Commission established by Cycling SA has been instrumental in organising a collaborative opportunity with the University of SA.

The aim is to build a database on how the physiological performances of cyclists change as people age. The relationships between training hours, training intensity, number of years of continual training and performance will be recorded. A database will be developed to show how trained cyclists change with age compared with people of the same age who don't exercise much.

The proposed age groups are 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64,65-70 which will require around 120 individuals. The testing will take place at the University of South Australia, and take about 45-60 minutes to complete. A fee of $40 per person is payable to the Masters Commission of Cycling SA to help cover costs. Participants will be provided with a range of personal information generated as a result of their testing, including information related to their Vo2 max levels. Should you be interested in being a participant in the database development please contact. Tom at tome-s@bigpond.net.au or phone 08 83965186. Registration closes on 6th May 2009

Sunday, 15 February 2009
South Australian cyclist and Norwood Club member Alexis Rhodes had an easy victory in Geelong, winning the elite women's event at the 2009 Oceania Road Cycling Championships and took second in the time trail. Norwood Club member Chris Jongewaard claimed the elite Time Trial gold.

The 24 year old finished the 93.6km course at Portarlington in a time of 2hr30min05sec to be 1min53sec clear of the main field.

Ruth Corset and Rochelle Gilmore headed home the bunch sprint to place second and third respectively

Rhodes was hungry for a win after her second placing in the time trial at the Scody Australian Open Road Championships last month. This year she will race overseas with American team Webcor Builders.

The 2009 Oceania Road Cycling Championships were staged in and around Geelong with the time trials near the You Yangs National Park and the road races at Portarlington.

In the time trial events staged last Thursday South Australian Chris Jongewaard claimed the elite title ahead of David Pell and Chris Martin. The men's U23 crown went to John Anderson with Michael Matthews (Team AIS) second and New Zealand's Sam Horgan third. Aaron Donnelly won the U19 time trial for Australia with Michael Phelan second and Patrick Bevan third.

The women's elite time trial was won by Bridie O'Donnell who was relieved to collect the win after illness forced her out of last month's Australian Championships. Alexis Rhodes was second and Vicki Whitelaw third.

Sunday 15th February
Le Tour de Langkawi
The Australian National Team finished second on the podium to Diguivioanni-Androni, beating many more fanced teams like Fuji-Servetto, Cervélo TestTeam and Garmin Slipstream. The whole team worked very hard to get Jai Crawford onto the podium in second place. Our own Tim Rowe was a player in this effort and also managed to take 20th in CG. A great result and congratulations to the Team and Tim on their efforts in Malaysia. Like that smile Tim

Saturday 7th February
Nettie named Champion of Championhips and a member of the Australian Team for the Junior World Championships
Norwood Cycling Club member Annette Edmondson was awarded the 'Champion of Champions' title for the second straight year based on her haul of three gold medals (sprint, 500m time trial and scratch race) and one silver medal (keirin) in the U19 women's events. More details on 2009 Australian Track Championships at Cycling SA

Tuesday, 3 February 2009 thanks to Cyclingnews.com
South Australian Jack Bobridge has claimed his third Australian Title of the year with his victory tonight in the elite men's 4km individual pursuit. The 19 year old adds the track crown to the road race and road time trial titles he won in Ballarat last month. Bobridge posted a time of 4min20.294sec to defeat 21 year old West Australian Cameron Meyer (4min22.397) by just under two seconds. Bobridge took an early lead on around half a second but lifted his pace in the final two laps to surge clear for the win.

"Out of the whole week, this is the one I wanted," said Bobridge. "I have been aiming for this for the past few months so to come out and win it is fantastic. "I'm still a little bit tired from the Tour Down Under but mentally I was great," said Bobridge who has been improving at every start since making his Olympic Games debut in Beijing. There he finished fourth in the team pursuit and in qualifying earlier today broke the Australian Championship record set by Brad McGee in 1997. "I put my gear up a bit this afternoon thinking the weather would make it quicker but I noticed before my race that everyone was going slower so I had a few nerves there, but it came out all right the end."

Well done Jack!

Tuesday, 2nd Febrary 2009 thanks to CSA
NCC member Tim Roe takes third in the Tour of Wellington and the U23 Jersey
2009 Australian Road Champion, Peter McDonald (Drapac Porsche) has taken out the 2009 Tour of Wellington with Australians winning five of the event's seven stages. McDonald went into the final stage, a criterium around Wellington, with a 17 second lead and managed to survive a series of crashes to end the Tour with the same winning margin ahead of New Zealand's Jeremy Vennell (Cardno) with another Australian, Tim Roe (Savings & Loans) third at 49 seconds.

The stage was won by Victorian David Pell (Savings & Loans) with McDonald finishing safely in the bunch in eighth place. McDonald grabbed the race lead after winning Thursday's second stage into Masterton and held it until the end with his Drapac Porsche team mates ensuring he was protected.

Savings & Loans cleaned up with the remaining prizes taking the Teams Classification, King of the Mountains (Jai Crawford), U23 Young Rider classification (Tim Roe) and Sprint classification (David Pell).

A great ride Tim!