Talia Appleton wins Eildon Junior Tour
Talia went to Eildon over the weekend to race the Eildon Tour in A-grade under-17 Women.
She was second on stage one, won solo by a mile on stage two and finished in a small bunch just behind the winner on stage 3. So after three stages on Saturday, she led the General Classification overnight by 40 seconds.
After Sunday’s hilly stage, she finished with the bunch to win overall by 15 seconds. Here are the details.
Congratulations Talia.
Ruby Dobson leads Vic CX Series
Many thanks to Mark Geary for the pic.
Ruby travelled to Creswick last weekend for two rounds of the Victorian State CycloCross Series. Racing in B-grade Women (not Juniors!) she finished second on Saturday and won on Sunday, meaning she now leads the B-grade overall. Details here.
The next round is at Beechworth on 18 July.
MMBCC at ECC
Saturday saw a large contingent of MMBCC roadies head to Yarra Glen for round one of the Eastern Cycling Club’s Tour de Metro series.
Steve Duke, Dave Moore, Darren Bakker and Ewyn Carter rode in C-grade with Ewyn grabbing second, Darren fifth, Steve finishing in the front bunch and Dave being visited by Mr Cramp.
Di Condie had a great ride in finished fourth in E-grade!
Well done all!
Many thanks to Mark Edwards from ECC for the pics. More pics available here.
AGM reminder
The MMBCC will hold the 2021 AGM on Wednesday 18 August 2021 at 7pm at the Mansfield Hotel.
We need vote on members of the Executive Committee and find some other committee members, hand out some Rider Development Grants, chat about road racing, Dirt Crits, Junior Development, the Mansfield Tour, the Buller round of the Vic Downhill Series and Recreational Rides. Get involved!
Grant reminder
With thanks to the Australian Communities Foundation, the MMBCC is accepting applications for Rider Development Grants for 2021-22. The Grants are designed to encourage and support the development of promising young riders at varying levels in their cycling careers, to assist with the cost of travel, accommodation, equipment or training.
Click on this link to the Documents page where you can download the Rider Development Grant PDF.
Hurry! Applications are due by the end of July.
Finally…
Interesting article here from Iain Treloar at Cycling Tips on whether the Cofidis team, currently racing the Tour de France, are actually vampires.
If you’re really bored and want some ‘light’ reading, the club has adopted a new constitution in line with AusCycling guidelines. Feel free to download a copy from here and have a read.