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The Joseph Sunde Memorial Criteriums are conducted by the Eastern Suburbs Cycling Club at the popular Heffron Park criterium circuit and are dedicated to the memory of Joseph Sunde, who passed away in 1993 after an 18 month battle with leukemia.

Joseph was the youngest son of John & Christine Sunde (see about Joseph) His father John is a keen cyclist who has been racing at Heffron Park for 20 years and also works in the bicycle industry.

During the past eight years the Joseph Sunde Memorial has established itself as one of the premier Criterium events during the summer racing season. The event is held on the Australia Day holiday weekend and attracts over 120 riders in the three events which cater for elite, women & masters and club riders.

The 45km elite event has been won by four Australian Champions including current US Postal rider Matt White who won the race in 1998. International riders have dominated the event for the past two years with English time trial specialist, Stuart Dangerfield and Dutch strongman, Jens Mouris winning the past two editions.

No one has won the event more than once and perhaps this year recent Jelly Belly signing Brent Dawson may be able to achieve this goal if his form in last weekend's Australian Derny Challenge at the Dunc Gray Velodrome is any indication.

One of the more unique events of the Joseph Sunde Memorial is the 30km graded handicaps for B, C and D grade riders. The event is based on the same format as the popular Tuesday night summer Criterium series, where D grade are given a 1'30" start over C and B grades. Eastern Suburbs cyclist, Steve Newman has won the event for past 2 years and will be aiming for the hat trick on Monday.

The 30km Masters event opens the days racing and like the elite event, has become one of the prestigious Masters events on the summer calendar. If last weekends Masters event at Homebush Bay is any indication, Lawrence Vignes will be the man to watch, especially in the absence of injured Robert Upton who is the only rider to have won the race on two occasions.

One of the special features of the day is the fundraising efforts of the cycling community for the Childrens Cancer Institute. Joseph underwent treatment at the Sydney Children's Hospital in Randwick, which is where the Institute is based and over $10,000 has been raised through the Memorial Criteriums and other efforts.

Donations can be made direct to the Chrildrens Cancer institute of Australia by clicking here. Simply quote 'Joseph Sunde Memorial' in the comments box.

2001 winner Jens Mouris and Sunde clan Photo: © Cycingnews/JJ

Past winners

2001
Elite: Jens Mouris (Ned) Van Vliet-Weba
Masters:Robert Upton (Harlequin)
Handicap: Steve Newman (Easts)
 
2000
Elite: Stuart Dangerfield (Parramatta)
Masters: Tony Iannacito (Harlequin)
Handicap: Steve Newman (Easts)
 
1999
Elite: Brent Dawson (Dubbo)
Masters: Lawrence Vignes (Bici Sport)
Handicap: Andrew Hoang (Easts)
 
1998
Elite: Matt White (Amore Vita)
Masters: Robert Upton (Harlequin)
Handicap: Arthur Driver (Penrith)
 
1997
Elite: Anthony Spurgeon (Caravello)
Masters: Gary Burgett (Penrith)
Handicap: D Mackay (Randwick Botany)
 
1996
Elite: Christian Back (Penrith)
Masters: G Bennett (Penrith)
Handicap: T Mulligan (Randwick Botany)
 
1995
Elite: Tony Gaudry (Caravello)
 
1994
Elite: Andrew McGee (Parramatta)
Masters:Dick Conway (Easts)
Handicap: Tim Francis (Easts)

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