30/05/1992
By Geoff Cuckson
Warragul Cycling Club’s racing took a slightly different format last Saturday as riders rode individual time trials as part of a team relay event. With three members in each of five teams riding alone the emphasis was on both speed and stamina over the 10 km circuit.
A brilliant last leg of 15 mins 53 secs by John Pettingill added to a smart 17.52 from juvenile Brett Williams and an excellent 17.03 by Anthony Radcliffe to give his team victory by almost one minute.
The second team was led by Glen Gibson (16.57) whose lead rider Stuart Cuckson went around in 18.08 with his number two junior Murray Fenwick, blasting around in the equal third fastest time of 16.44.
Third place went to the team of Tim Eerhard (16.44), Grub Melnyk (16.59) and Paul Yeatman (18.48), almost two minutes off the pace. Graeme Hank’s 17.07 was an excellent ride and faster than his leader Andrew Palm (17.21) with Simon Cuckson’s 18.28 being sufficient to just hold on to fourth spot.
The second fastest individual time went to the flying John Salton with 16.08 but this was not quick enough to pull his team through – juvenile two lad Brett Miller riding an excellent 18.23 to come in ahead of his father Brian who went around in 18.26. On Sunday several club members took part in the Gippsland Hill Climb Championships – an annual event on the cycling calendar.
