We race for fruit boxes!
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Queensland’s premier handicapped road race is on again 24 June.
Eighty (80) kilometres or two laps of the roads through Somerset Region including crossing the wall of the picturesque Wivenhoe Dam.
Entries through Cycling Queensland close Sunday 10 June.
This was a great turn out! It must be after all the inspiration form the Commonwealth Games Road Cycling event the day before. Well done to all who came and conquered! See you next month!
Men A
1 Thomas COATES (Lifecycle)
2 Daniel Busbridge (NZ)
3 Nick Miller (NZ)
4 Mathew BICKEL (Balmoral)
5 Luke STENNER (Lifecycle)
P1 Benjamin Albany (Gold Coast)
P2 Daniel Busbridge (NZ)
Men B
Gary MADIGAN (lifecycle)
Adam CLARK (Lifecycle)
David SHELBERG (Balmoral)
Philip CHALLEN (Kangaroo Point)
Klaus AUCKENTHALER (Moreton Bay)
P. Junjie HUANG (Moreton Bay)
Men C
1. Jeff KELLY (Kangaroo Point)
2. Glenn BIRNIE (Wynnum Redlands)
3. Greg HOOGSTRATE (Lifecycle)
4. Mark L’HUILLIER (Lifecycle)
5. Peter Buggy (Lifecycle)
P. Jeff KELLY (Kangaroo Point)
Men D
1. Angus SHUGG (Lifecycle)
2. Isaac Carson (Lifecycle)
3. Bruce NICHOL (Lifecycle)
4. Robert LIGHT (Lifecycle)
5. Myles HOUGHTON – Juniors B
P. Paul FARRINGTON
Women A/B
1. Maddison TAYLOR ( UQ)
Vickie BURR (Balmoral)
Simone LONGDEN (Brisbane CC)
Bridget MALLORY (UQ)
Amanda ROOSMATEN (Kangaroo Point)
P. Simone LONGDEN (Briabane CC)
Women C
1. Elicia Driver ( Moreton Bay)
2. Hayley PARTRIDGE (Lifecycle)
3. Leah ROBERTS (Moreton Bay)
4. Elise RUN (TBC)
5. Eva BURY (Lifecycle)
P. Elicia Driver (Mroeton Bay)
Women D
1. Chen Chen (lifecycle)
2. Travee’ TRANSOM (Balmoral)
3. Isha-Lee POMANA (Balmoral)
4. Jodie Behan (Hamilton)
5. Kate Huang (Lifecycle)
P. Jodie Behan (Hamilton)
Details of grade standings (for the last six months) have been updated here.
Mens A and Womens AB raced for points with sprint laps called by the commissaires at intervals of around 5 laps. Points were awarded for the first four in each sprint lap with double points for the finishing sprint.
Other grades raced under normal criterium conditions.
Photo credit: Selina Green.
1st Michael Bettany, Hamilton Wheelers
2nd Beej Albany, Gold Coast
3rd Jack Landsberg, Hamilton Wheelers
4th Alex Quirk, Balmoral
5th Murray McClymont, Hamilton Wheelers
1st Jessica Pratt, Balmoral
2nd Faye Goodyear, University of Queensland
3rd Rachel Effeney, Brisbane
4th Bridget Mallory, University of Queensland
5th Ashleigh Elliot, Hamilton Wheelers
1st Gary Ernst*, Hamilton Wheelers
2nd Junjie Huang*, Moreton Bay
3rd Adam Clark, Lifecycle
4th Will Phillips, Lifecycle
5th Carmen Barney, Brisbane
Prime Junjie Huang*, Moreton Bay
1st Steph Byrom, Kangaroo Point
2nd Ceran Nilsen, Lifecycle
3rd Emma Pratt, Balmoral
4th Helen Chesswas, Brisbane
5th Leah Roberts, Moreton Bay
Prime Steph Byrom, Kangaroo Point
1st Richard Kohout*, Lifecycle
2nd Adam Barnes*, Hamilton Wheelers
3rd William Lai, University of Queensland
4th Shane Elliot*, Hamilton Wheelers
5th Oliver Elsworth, Lifecycle
Prime Adam Barnes*, Hamilton Wheelers
1st Isaac Carson, 3 Day
2nd Robert Light, Lifecycle
3rd Bruce Nichol, Lifecycle
4th Paul Farrington, Lifecycle
5th Harvey Lewis, Lifecycle
Prime Bruce Nichol, Lifecycle
*Please note that the Club Handicapper has assessed the results of the following riders and has advised that they are now graded as follows:
Gary Ernst, Mens A
Junjie Huang, Mens A
Adam Barnes, Mens B
Shane Elliot, Mens B
Richard Kohout, Mens B
The club’s racing season gets underway on Sunday 4 February with racing from 7am at Albert Bishop Park at Nundah. Racing is a “Restricted Open” format for women and a “Club Only” for men. This means all women with a current CA License are eligible to race but men’s racing is confined to current club members (including dual members) and bona fide visitors.
The Club has secured the circuit for the following dates this year, so lock these away in your calendar:
For full details follow the Team App to stay ahead of all upcoming events.
Lifecycle is famous for building welcoming and fun race events and it is great to see the Women’s Only racing is getting more popular every month. Thank you to Emridesbikes for the video and well done on the win.
Video Blog from Em Rides Bikes
If you want to have a go please let the club know. Our next criterium is set for 2 December and will also feature womens only racing in Grades A&B (combined), C and D. Be sure to sort out your club grade with the handicapper beforehand. You can apply for a grade here.
Remember we race for fruit boxes not sheep stations.
Words: Adam Clark
Photo: Selina Green
Congratulations to Daniel Van Driel (Hamilton) who has earned a promotion to Mens A grade after accumulating points in Mens B, including this win on Saturday 23 September.
Also moving up in the Womens ranks is Lisa Cox (Logan) moving from Womens D to Womens C.
Well done to both. For full details on the Club’s points system click here.
Congratulations to the following riders (members and visitors) who based on their performances in club criteriums have been promoted to a higher grade.
To see how the point system works, and to check your own progress, follow this link.
Almost two years ago, during a training run, one of my guide runners ran me into a large pothole and subsequently I injured my knee. I had to swim for the next few weeks while I recovered from the injury.
I found swimming quite boring, coming from a running background, so to make it interesting I would team up with another swimmer. During one swim session about 6 months later, a swimmer, Troy Grice asked me if I had ever completed a triathlon. I explained that due to my limited swimming experience I had never contemplated competing in a triathlon.
Troy asked if I would consider completing a triathlon with him on the Gold Coast. I accepted his challenge, which unbeknownst to me was the second step in a major chain reaction.
I adjusted my attitude towards swimming, and saw it as part of the process of completing a larger goal. I hadn’t cycled for many years, so quickly built a team of training partners, most particularly Mark L’Hullier who assisted me on my tandem bike.
I completed the triathlon with a few mishaps, which included our swim tether coming loose three times. It was a great experience completing the triathlon, but I was not satisfied with the result. I went on to complete a few more triathlons during 2016 and each time improving the process and the result.
I completed the same Gold Coast triathlon a year later with Mark Turner, and achieved a significant improvement! I was identified as an emerging Paralympic triathlete and was invited to compete in the elite Paralympic Triathlon Series.
The chain reaction saw me step up a new gear in my training and now with Mark Turner as my coach, and goal to represent Australia at the 2017 Paralympic World Championships.
The Chain reaction of a new structure with my swim sessions and cycling, and improving my run off the bike. Now with a new, guide Dmitri Simons, our efforts were rewarded with a win at the National Championships, second at the Oceania Championships, and a bronze medal at the World Cup on the Gold Coast.
The results moved my International ranking from 22 to 12th in the world. However, only the top ten ranked athletes qualify to compete at the World Championships.
I had one last opportunity to improve my international ranking with a good performance at the Canadian World Cup Triathlon, last Friday. The field of athletes was incredible with the current World Champion, and many other former world Championship athletes in my race.
I came out of the swim leg in fourth place, which I was really pleased by as this was my weakest part of the triathlon. The bike course was four laps of a 5Km course which included a 500 meter very steep hill.
Dmitri and I attacked the hill, and instantly our bike dropped the chain to our horror.
Unable to jump back on a tandem bike and start pedalling up a steep hill, Dmitri and I were left to run the bike to the top of the hill. I could hear all the other teams riding past as we were running the bike up the hill.
We mounted the bike at the top of the hill, and knew we had to hammer the next three laps to have any chance of catching these athletes. Over the course of the next three laps of the bike course we were able to catch most of the athletes, but knew there was still work to do on the run leg.
We ran down one other Paralympic athlete in the 5km run, and finished the triathlon in fifth place. The dropped chain on the first lap, I believe created a chain reaction which saw Dmitri and I achieve a new level in teamwork.
The dropped chain cost us a bronze medal, but achieved something more rewarding that often is not visible, and that is a greater sense of working together as a team.
I am excited to say that my result last Friday has resulted in being ranked sixth in the world, and I have been selected to represent Australia at the World Championships in September. Yahoo!
I never thought that a fall in a pothole would lead to a chain reaction where I am now ranked inside the top ten Paralympic triathletes in the world. I believe that this is similar to what we do in our day to day life. The donation we make, or the time we give to lend a hand can be a chain reaction in changing a person’s life.
We are all an important cog in the gears that each of us move through, in reaching our destinations. How we link up and work together is part of the cycle.
My sincere thanks to everyone who was able to link up with me and support my efforts with donation. I appreciate it more than you will ever know!
Gerrard Gosens
The Cunningham Classic is arguably Queensland’s toughest one day road race are now open. It is hosted by Kangaroo Point Cycling Club and is now in it’s 35th year. This years edition promises to be a fantastic race with $17,000 in cash prizes and giveaways.
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