Armidale Cycling Club

To celebrate the end of the 2010 Tour de France, Armidale CC staged its own mini tour on Dangarsleigh Road on Saturday 24 July. Although not nearly as strenuous as the French race, many riders found the three stages in one day quite a challenge.
First up was a 5km time trial, won convincingly by Mick [...]

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With our mini tour coming up this weekend, one rider to watch will be Sam Jenner, who has been competing in a number of events of this type over the last few weeks.
Since his win in the Tamworth Junior Tour in June, Sam has competed in the Canberra Junior Tour, followed by the Queensland Junior [...]

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Juniors were back in action after a break for a couple of weeks. They started off with their customary 1 lap time trial, with Brent Weston recording fastest time of 1:50, closely followed by Kyle O’Hara at 1:51 (an impressive effort for someone who hasn’t touched a bike in a couple of months.). Other times [...]

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Armidale’s fastest octogenarian John Bentley celebrated his first ride as an 85 year old this Saturday 3 July. Asked what his secret was later at the Bowling Club he replied “plenty of riding and the occasional tipple of Dr Tooheys’ Magic Elixir” . He also admitted he is considering hanging up the bike and taking [...]

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Eight Armidale riders traveled to Inverell on Saturday to compete in the Ashford Road Race, including Wilfried Keller, Chicka Russell, Roger Munday, Phil Thomas, Andrew Swan, John Scott-Hamilton, Mick Hoult and Geoff Straub. The race was a 70km out and back handicap with the infamous “9 mile” hill on the return.
Most successful [...]

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