Eisner in Red Hot form
A larger field of nineteen riders rolled up for the weekly Thursday race in near-perfect, albeit slightly windy, conditions.
First off was John Eisner followed four minutes later by Alex Green, Dave Jagger, John Findlay and Ian Conrick. Further back in groups of three or four were Tim Hall, Rob Skinner, Janine Appleton, Tom MacMunn, Darren Bakker, Tim Ross, Ant Bateup, Steve Duke, Dave Moore, Damon Ginns, Matt Hoskin, Steve Brown, Chris Miller and finally Josh Hopwood chasing the whole field with a thirty second deficit.
Eisner enjoyed a solo ride until being caught by the following group heading up the Coombsberg whereupon a bit of cat and mousing ensued. Findlay was riding well and had two bursts off the front but never got far enough off to make a clean break. In the final kilometer, Eisner took the downwind gutter and thanks to Conrick’s boxing was able to outsprint Dave Jagger with John Findlay taking out third.
In a nod to Dave Moore’s handicapping, the rest of the field pretty much had a same time finish leaving the marshals to review the video footage to determine the minor placings. Fastest was Josh Hopwood and Best effort went to Steve Duke.
Thanks to Tony Copland for sharing his race photos and to the helpers – great job thank you and a note of thanks to Michael O’Keefe , Rod Warren, and the Cardiac team at RMH!!
Please note this week’s race the “Bakker Handicap” in Jamieson, the Club has a booking from 7:45 pm. A request from the Brewery is you must order soon as you get there. Thanks.
Upcoming Events
Women’s Hanging Rock Handicap
After a one year hiatus, the famous Hanging Rock Handicap is back in 2022, and better than ever, thanks to our generous sponsors Topbike Tours (http://www.topbike.com.au), Pedla (thepedla.com) and generously supported by VicHealth and Hawthorn Cycling Club. Join Australia’s biggest and best women’s road race event!
A few members did this event in 2020 and there were over 100 women, yes that’s right over 100 women racing!!
65km women-only road race, handicap format, based at the picturesque Hanging Rock Reserve, a little over 2 hours from Mansfield.
We’ll have the same beautiful Hanging Rock backdrop for registration and post-race celebrations, coffee cart, catering, and more.
Females only, 15yrs+
Licences - new!
Keen to race but you dont have licences??? Well AusCycling have a free 4-week trial licence available to anyone via this link - https://auscycling.tidyhq.com/public/membership_levels/4a938f38233d
More information via EntryBoss.
Racing News
The Tour of Gippsland is off to a great start today with Talia Appleton taking 3rd place in the U19 women’s stage 1, with 2 more stages to come. Great effort!! You can find the live results here.
Tour of Gippsland - Stage 1 podium. L-R Isabelle CARNES (QLD), Bronte STEWART (NSW), Talia APPLETON (VIC)
Spare a thought for the race behind the race, the logistical nightmare, massive shout-out to all the support crews that pull it all together for race day. Here you can see the Appleton’s loaded up heading for Gippsland and the Dobson’s cruising off to Tasmania. Good luck to all the MMBCC members racing this week and the crews taking on the 2022 AusCyling Mountain National Championships at Maydena park in Tasmania. Results can be found here during the week.
