Ride Routes 25th – 31st January

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Hi all,

Send 💚 to everyone at the Tour Down Under at the moment! We have a Public Holiday weekend coming up, including a crit on Sunday and Public Holiday Ride on Monday. Enjoy.

Let me wrap up the Nationals with shoutouts to SPR members and some photos to share the love.

So from the Gran Fondo, here are the SPR podiums and top ten (++):

  • 🥈 Corrie JOHNSTONE – 2nd place, 35-39 Years Female
  • Michelle MCLINTOCK – 4th place, 35-39 Years Female
  • Claire TYRRELL – 6th place, 35-39 Years Female
  • 🥉 Rhianna FARRELL – 3rd place, 45-49 Years Female
  • Rebecca KELLY – 4th place, 45-49 Years Female
  • Jane YANG – 6th place, 50-54 Years Female
  • 🥉 Lyndon GREESHAW – 3rd place, 35-39 Years Male
  • 🏆 Elar KALDA – 1st place, 45-49 Years Male
  • Ian POOLE – 6th place, 45-49 Years Male
  • Lyle ROBERTSON – 7th place, 45-49 Years Male
  • Adam RALPH – 8th place, 50-54 Years Male
  • Paul PROTTEY – 11th place, 50-54 Years Male
  • Simon JONES – 10th place, 55-59 Years Male
  • Raymond SMITH (à la David Menarry!!)  – 11th place, 55-59 Years Male
  • Michael BONNER – 4th place, 60-64 Years Male
  • Stuart GEE – 7th place, 65-69 Years Male
  • Greg HOCKING – 7th place, 70-74 Years Male

Also a shout out to some significant locals in the Elite race 🙂

  • 🏆 Luke Durbridge, Elite Mens
  • 🥉 Cassia Boglio, Elite Womens
  • 🥈 Sophia Sammons, Under 23 Women

If you were thinking about a Europe trip for 2025, please see below a callout to fill the final two places in our Italy trip later this year.

See you out on the bike.

Daniel

SPR Italy Trip 2025 — We’ve had a great response to the EOI and the trip is on! Two places left in fact! Details below including link to EOI.

Updated post in the blog last week and EOI here.

Racing this weekend – If you want to race, or get in on the action watching others race, read on.

1. RCCC Australia Day Criterium 2025 (26/Jan)

2. PDCC 24-25 Summer Criterium Race 3 (9/Feb)

Summer Crit Calendar
Summer Crit Calendar

SPR Juniors

Juniors Ride — For this upcoming Saturday, we have planned a session focusing on racing tactics and strategies for the more advanced juniors. We’ll be practicing along Riverton Drive in Shelley.

For our younger riders and newcomers, we’ll be running a skills session along this course: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/328282383. We’ll repeat this a few times, focusing on rolling and taking turns etc.

We will meet at the usual spot in Shelley (https://maps.app.goo.gl/xjCWxTHdJn6R2BGU8) at 10:30 AM.

From the Ride Coordinator — We have a long weekend coming up, so there are opportunities for extra KMs.

It is important to consider whether your actions(e.g. no hands) could jeopardise the group and refrain from those activities. It only takes a split second to cause an event that results in a prolonged break for one or more riders.

Communication is the key to a safe and successful group ride. When you are the rider at the front, you must call out all hazards(e.g. parked car, potholes) and indicate route directions, and following riders must pass it back down the group. Calls from the back of the group must also be passed to the front of the group. Remember that it can be even more difficult to hear in windy conditions.

Saturday 25th January

Sunday 26th January

Monday 27th January – Australia Day Public Holiday

Tuesday 28th January

Wednesday 29th January

Thursday 30th January

Friday 31st January

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