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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.
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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!
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