18th Tour de Femme coming soon!

October 12, 2007

One of Canberra’s Cycling Icons is only a few weeks away…

The Tour de Femme is a women’s-only twenty kilometre ride that doubles as both a race and a participation event.  In 2007 it will be held on Sunday 11th November.  Many of Australia’s top female riders have competed in previous events and are expected to return this year.  Previous winners have included Oenone Wood, Alison Wright, Kim Palmer and Tracey Gaudry.  There are a range of age divisions with separate prizes that are hotly contested each year.

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Live Interview: Ben Kersten…Bound for Beijing!

October 12, 2007

2006 Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth Games hero Ben Kersten is looking forward to  qualifying for the Olympic Games in Beijing, where he hopes that he will be able to bring home another gold medal.

Brian Crawford caught up with Ben Kersten when he arrived at Dunc Gray Velodrome for Thursday afternoon NSWIS training.

Cyclingresults.net: Welcome back. We covered your reports while you were doing the Japanese style Keirin racing and they were a great read but we hadn’t heard from you for a while.

Ben Kersten: MY computer fell over and I was without access to my web page for 2 months after my “professional foul”. which was really disappointing as I had 2 more races to do and my racing continued to get better. I got a second behind Theo Bos and a second behind Mickael Bourgain as I was learning how to ride the Japanese style keirin.

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SouthAustralia.com team solid across the board for Sun Tour

October 12, 2007

The SouthAustralia.com team isn’t packing a noted champion coming into next week’s Jayco Herald Sun Tour.

But manager Rod McGee is hopeful more than one of his charges will one day wear that lofty tag.

McGee said his team, drawn largely from the Australian Institute of Sport squad, was “pretty strong across the board”.

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Canberra Club champs to highlight 07 road season

October 12, 2007

Winter is over and its time for Canberra’s best road riders to show their stuff.

The CCC Road Championships is always a highlight of the season as it wraps up the core season of road racing for the year. Those that have been training and racing hard through the cold winter months get to show their colours and attempt to capture the prestigious title of the Canberra Cycling Club’s Road Champion for 2007.

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Dutch riders looking for TT equipment for Sun Tour

October 12, 2007

A couple of Dutch riders and myself will participate in next week’s Herald Sun Tour in Melbourne.

Unfortunately we don’t have the opportunity to bring proper TT equipment with us.

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Canberra criterium series to launch on the 27th of October

October 12, 2007

Criteriums start on Wed 31 October, 5:30pm at Stromlo Forest Park. The criterium series and teams launch is on Sat 27 October @ 10am, Lennox Gardens (behind the Hyatt)

Team nominations are now open. Read all the information… 

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