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RROTY 2024 Current Standings (8 Rounds completed)
Rank Rider Races First Second Third Fourth Fifth Signs Points Pts/Race Last 5 Rounds 1 BOURKE Dene 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 40 6.6667 3,SIGNS,7,6,4 2 FERRIS Pat 6 0 1 1 1 1 1 37 6.1667 10,3,4,13,2 3 BRENNAN Shaun 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 35 7 9,2,5,14,1 4 WILKINSON…
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Straub takes out Autumn Festival crit
On a perfect autumn day in Armidale, Geoff Straub rode a brilliant race to win the A grade Autumn Festival criterium for 2008. While all eyes were on the pre-race favourite Peter McDonald (Drapac-Porsche), Straub attacked almost from the beginning, building a handy lead on the field. McDonald and Matt Conelly (Port Macquarie) then bridged…
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Handicap road race – 15 March 2008
Seniors rode a 30 km race on Dangarsleigh Road on Saturday. Col Maciver came home in first place from a very impressive Mitch Sozou, with Andrew Kirk on his new Argon18 in third place (it has to be said that Kirky joined the race at the 1km mark rather than the traditional departure point of…
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Tour de Taiwan
Pete McDonald won Stage 3 of the Tour de Taiwan on Tuesday, and finished in fourth place overall. This shot shows him visibly happy with the stage win. Not quite as visibly happy as Kenny gets at the prospect of his first schooner at the Bowlo, but he was probably feeling a bit puffed out.
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Armidale riders perform in Newcastle and Inverell
Mitch Bullen and Geoff Straub rode in a track carnival at Newcastle on 8th March. Mitch was one of the leading riders of the meet with a first and a third place in two of the scratch races. Geoff was second in a consolation final. Meanwhile, several riders went to Inverell on the same day…
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Road races – 8 March 2008
Both juniors and seniors raced on Dangarsleigh Road this Saturday. A big field of juniors rode in a 10km handicap race, with the handicappers doing their job well ensuring a close finish. Reece O’Hara rode strongly to take out the race after starting with the scratch markers, with excellent rides from Cody Burton and Sam…
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Insurance cover for 2008
Cycling Australia has updated its insurance policy for members. Note that the brochure states that Ride-It members are not covered when racing.
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Junior results – 1 March 2008
Juniors raced two races at the track, the first being a one lap time trial against the clock. The following riders set the top 5 fastest times. Reece O’Hara 1:49 Gillian Backhouse 2:01 Britt Sisson 2:02 Angus Swan 2:03 Kyle O’Hara 2:06
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Point score criteriums
Senior criteriums on March 1 were run with a points racing format. The race over 25 laps had sprints for points every 5 laps.
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Mikkelsen takes criterium
A large number of cyclists competed in A, B and C grade criteriums at the Traffic Education Centre on Saturday 23 February. A grade saw a powerful ride from Ole Mikkelsen to ride from the main bunch to the breakaway group and then take the sprint. Second place went to Col Maciver and third to…
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Handicap road race – 16 Febuary 2008
A 30km handicap road race on Dangarsleigh Road was taken out by Dave Jenner from Tim Dunn and Pat Ainsworth with Geoff Straub finishing with the fastest time (he time trialled all the way and on a very windy day that time equates to just over 40kmh!)
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Time trial – 2 February 2008
The first major club race for the season was a 15km time trial on Dangarsleigh Road.
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2007 season review
Armidale Cycling Club has finished the 2007 racing season with a number of very impressive results. One of the most successful riders was Col Maciver, who successfully competed at the Australian Masters Championships in Bacchus Marsh (Victoria), finishing 6th in the time trial, 2nd in the criterium, and 3rd in the road race.