28/04/2007 Mountain Month continued for Warragul Cycling Club members on Saturday. The race consisted of a two stage timed tour. The first race was on the relatively flat terrain of the Cloverlea circuit. From there, riders headed up the six kilometre long climb that is the Yarragon Hill. The combined …
19/08/2006 Handicaps can be tough. Even tougher when you have no idea where you are in the race. Start as a mass bunch and ride your hardest race. When you finish, take your time from the time set by the handicapper and the person with the best time wins. That …
05/08/2006 Warragul Cycling club raced at the hilly Lillico circuit on a cold and rainy Saturday afternoon. In A grade Shane Stiles allowed the field of five to stay with him for 2 laps then decided some individual time trial practice was in order. He left the others confused and …
06/05/2006 Racing on Saturday was at Cloverlea and bunch sprints decided all grades except the C2 race. In A grade evergreen sprinter Geoff Thomson proved too strong for Shane Stiles in the sprint to the line. As usual Stiles made it a tough race for anyone who was not at …
22/04/2006 A handicap race on a cold and windy day at Cloverlea is always a tough day on the bike for all concerned. Handicapper Staff Duncan has demonstrated precise handicapping recently but every race is a new challenge for him. Staff in an innovative move set C – Grade away …
25/03/2006 A big field of riders turned out in near perfect conditions on Saturday to the relatively flat Cloverlea circuit. After the last few weeks racing where Shane Stiles has smashed the A grade bunch to pieces from the gun, he was in a more restrained mood and the A …
22/05/2004 It was a D grade day-out at Saturday’s Warragul Cycling Club handicap, as the group took full advantage of a large field of riders, improving average speeds and generous handicap time to storm home 5 minutes ahead of the chasing fields. In overcast and windless conditions, 27 riders ventured …
17/04/2004 Strong south-westerly winds and patchy rain deterred many from bringing the bikes out to race on Saturday afternoon for Warragul Cycling Club’s Baw Baw warm-up race up the 6.5km Leongatha Road climb, better known as the Yarragon Hill. Yet thirty-one cyclists braved the elements to complete varying laps of …
28/02/2004 Warragul Cycling Club Race Director Staf Duncan was left stunned as an infallible C-grade stormed home 20 seconds clear of the chasing A and B grade field, despite ruthlessly shortening their handicap start for Saturday’s race. In conditions described as ‘beautiful’ – before the strong south-westerly wind reared its …
21/02/2004 Fifty Four cyclists descended upon the Burke St. circuit for the final crit of the season. The cool conditions and big numbers set the scene for a fast race. A head wind down the finishing straight would mean resisting the temptation for an early sprint while the undulating back …
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