The first criterium of the season saw Peel District Cycling Club return to the Pinjarra industrial estate for the first time in a number of years. Mother nature made sure the day was memorable with a strong north easterly, which made the back half of the course demanding. Which made being in a break or …
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Race Report – Presidents Cup 10 October 2015 Casuarina
The final race of the road race season is the President’s Cup a handicap race, were everybody is racing over the same six laps of the 8.5km Casuarina circuit. Their start time was determined, by their race grade, with the intention of everybody finishing together. Last year, the race was won by 78 year old …
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Race Report – State Road Championships – Wellington Dam – 26 September 2015
The West Australian Road Race Championship were held at the Wellington Dam in the Shire of Dardanup last Saturday. The circuit was picturesque, however the riders had to concentrate on the challenging climbs more than the views. Particularly the River Road climb, 2.8 kilometres at close to a 10% average grade. The men faced three …
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Race Report – Pinjarra Classic 20 September 2015
Last Sunday saw the running of the Pinjarra Classic the premier race on the Peel District Cycling Club calendar. This year saw a record turn out of over two hundred riders competing across four grade as well as under 17 men and women races. A grade is the only grade which races two laps of …
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Race Report – Club championships Serpentine 12 September 2015
It was fine but very windy when the racing started last Saturday. The conditions were going to be tough, and it was expected most grade would finish in a bunch sprint aided by the strong tailwind down Karnup Road. Instead the wind managed to break every grade up and then the rain and later hail …
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Race Report – Dog Hill 5 September 2015
Last Saturday despite a forecast of rain and strong winds Peel Districts Cycling Club had the biggest turn out of the year with over 100 riders racing. Unfortunately with over 100 riders, there was only one E grade racer. Callum Milne, so he raced with D grade. Which was a fairly frantic race which saw …
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David Wessels 2015 Collie Donnybrook race report
I started the race with a well organised and sensible 16 minute group. We set out from Collie setting a solid but steady pace, keeping the group fairly intact over the climb. Not long after cresting the climb we managed to pick up both the 17 and 18 minute groups. The number of riders in …
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Race report Dog Hill 7 August
The strong wind and threat of rain, did not put off over seventy riders at Baldivis on Saturday. Including more than ten people taking advantage of a three day licence to try out road racing. While most of the grades had good size fields, E grade only had two junior riders and they had the …
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Race report Serpentine 18 July 2015
Another big field of riders enjoyed great racing conditions at Serpentine last Saturday. A grade was a typical aggressive race, on the 5th lap a rider was off the front, the next lap four riders bridged across. The breakaway of five stayed away until the finish two laps later. In the small bunch sprint it …
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Race Report – Casuarina – 11 July 2015
The Casuarina circuit is fast becoming a favourite amongst club members and visitors with 100 riders racing last Saturday, including a incredible 37 in B grade. In A grade, it looked like a repeat of the last race here when Ryan Willmot and Logan Calder got away on the first lap. The pursuing bunch broke …
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