The 2008 edition of the Autumn Festival Criterium was one of the most successful yet with exciting racing and strong support from the local Armidale community.
The race was run in conjunction with the Cervelo Cup criterium series, which resulted in the biggest field on record with over 130 riders in 6 grades. Armidale riders took [...]
Entries from March 2008
A successful day at the races
March 31st, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Juniors · Results · Seniors
Straub takes out Autumn Festival crit
March 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments
On a perfect autumn day in Armidale, Geoff Straub rode a brilliant race to win the A grade Autumn Festival criterium for 2008.
While all eyes were on the pre-race favourite Peter McDonald (Drapac-Porsche), Straub attacked almost from the beginning, building a handy lead on the field. McDonald and Matt Conelly (Port Macquarie) then bridged the [...]
Handicap road race - 15 March 2008
March 17th, 2008 · No Comments
Seniors rode a 30 km race on Dangarsleigh Road on Saturday. Col Maciver came home in first place from a very impressive Mitch Sozou, with Andrew Kirk on his new Argon18 in third place (it has to be said that Kirky joined the race at the 1km mark rather than the traditional departure point of [...]
Tour de Taiwan
March 16th, 2008 · Comments Off
Pete McDonald won Stage 3 of the Tour de Taiwan on Tuesday, and finished in fourth place overall.
This shot shows him visibly happy with the stage win. Not quite as visibly happy as Kenny gets at the prospect of his first schooner at the Bowlo, but he was probably feeling a bit puffed out.
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Armidale riders perform in Newcastle and Inverell
March 12th, 2008 · Comments Off
Mitch Bullen and Geoff Straub rode in a track carnival at Newcastle on 8th March. Mitch was one of the leading riders of the meet with a first and a third place in two of the scratch races. Geoff was second in a consolation final.
Meanwhile, several riders went to Inverell on the same day to [...]
