News for November 14 - First Edition
Baptisma
Fabio Casartelli's son Marco was baptised on 22 October 95 in the chapel at
the Madonna Del Ghisallo. The bicycle of the fallen rider was placed in the
shrine in his memory. This beautiful church, high in the Lombardy region of
Italy was designated by Pope Paul VI as a shrine to cycling and cyclists.
1996 Giro d'Italia
* The 79th Giro will start on 15 May 96 in Athens to mark the 100th
anniversary of the modern Olympic Games. The 22-stage -- 3,951 kilometers
event will briefly cross into France and Switzerland.
* Some riders report they like the Giro's early stages in a relatively
flat part of central Greece and its final, demanding run through the Alps.
"It is a very different Giro from past years," Eugeny Berzin, the winner of
the 1994 Giro, said. "The first part is very open and the last five days
will be decisive."
* The 14th through 17th stages will be in the western Alps and the 20th
and 21st stages in the Dolomites where a high point of 2,621 meters is
reached at Coppi's Peak. "The final stretch will be very, very intense," a
said a bed-restricted, but recovering Pantani.
* Known non-participants: M.Indurain; L.Jalabert.
* Question marks: T.Rominger; C.Chiappucci.
* The Giro ends just 20 days before the start of the '96 Tour de France.
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Motorola Report: Pacific Power Commonwealth Bank Classic (Oct 21- 29)
The final race of the season for the Motorola Cycling Team was in the
Australian event, the Pacific Power Commonwealth Bank Cycle classic
(PPCBCC) in late October. The race was a nine day event which was open to
fully professional teams for the first time in it's history.
Max Van Heeswijk wrote his name into the history books of the race,
becoming the first rider to win five stages in the event, having garnered
four victories the previous season whilst still an amateur. He went on the
win two more stages, increasing his tally to seven stage victories in two
years.
He was backed up by team mate George Hincapie, who also scored a fine
win in the country's capitol of Canberra on the last day of the event,
after the young Dutchman's retirement due to a crash. In fact the Motorola
Cycling team were plagued with bad luck during the race after the midway
point.
It began the day after Stephen Swart had taken the race lead in the
event after tenth stage. Swart was bridging to a small breakaway group when
he crashed on a descent. He injured his knee in the fall and after
remounting his bicycle was unable to stay with main pack. The New Zealander
lost more than eight minutes on the stage and all hopes of victory.
His team mate Van Heeswijk took over the race lead following Swart's
accident, but he too had been involved in a crash on the same day, injuring
his calf muscle. The young Dutchman was unable to start the following day
and had to relinquish the lead to Englishman Chris Lillywhite.
Bobby Julich, who up to this point had been riding in a supportive
role for Swart and Van Heeswijk, rose to the occasion and managed to take
third place in the overall standings after some superb attacking riding
over the last few days.
The team received extensive coverage in the Australian television and
press coverage of the event, which included a half hour nightly program.
The race which was supported by Motorola, Australia.
.... Paul Sherwen reporting
MOTOROLA George Hincapie, Bobby Julich, Kevin Livingston
RIDERS: Stephen Swart, Max Van Heeswijk
DATE: October 30, 1995
EVENT: Pacific Power Commonwealth Bank Classic
LOCATION: Sydney- Canberra
DISTANCE: 1170 kilometers
RESULTS:
Stage 1:
1st Jeremy Hunt Caltex England 49'36"
2nd Declan Lonergan Pacific Power Ireland s.t.
3rd Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland @ 16"
18th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
20th George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
27th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
73rd Kevin Livingston Motorola USA @ 2'47"
Stage 2:
1st Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland 3hr 00'25"
2nd Jan Koerts Websdale Holland s.t.
3rd Chris Lillywhite Caltex England s.t.
22nd George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
27th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
30th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
63rd Kevin Livingston Motorola USA s.t.
Leader: Hunt
Stage 3:
1st John Tanner Caltex England 42'16"
2nd Allan Iacoune Giant-AIS Australia @ 09"
3rd Ralf Grabsch Bosch Germany s.t.
14th George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
15th Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland s.t.
19th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
28th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
66th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA @ 2'52"
Leader: Hunt
Stage 4:
1st Rick Reid Sanitarium New Zealand 1hr 37'26"
2nd Jeremy Hunt Caltex England s.t.
3rd Chris Lillywhite Caltex England s.t.
4th Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland s.t.
14th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
21st George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
24th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
36th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA @ 21"
Leader: Hunt
Stage 5, 3.6 km tt:
1st John Tanner Caltex England 5'22"
2nd Jeremy Hunt Caltex England @ 03"
3rd Bobby Julich Motorola USA @ 06"
4th Michael Anderson Sportscover Sweden @ 08"
6th Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland @ 09"
11th George Hincapie Motorola USA @ 17"
14th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand @ 19"
25th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA @ 28"
Leader: Hunt
Stage 6:
1st Chris Lillywhite Caltex England 3hr 32'54"
2nd Patrick Moster Bosch Germany s.t.
3rd Matt Illingworth Pacific Power England s.t.
4th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
11th Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland @ 1'19"
20th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
35th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA s.t.
39th George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
Leader: Lillywhite
Stage 7:
1st Baden Burke CanberraCasino Australia 42'26"
2nd Martin Ritsel Sportscover Sweden s.t.
3rd Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland @ 09"
4th Jay Sweet White Pages Australia s.t.
8th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
13th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
14th George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
30th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA @ 16"
Leader: Lillywhite
Stage 8:
1st Bob Rasenburg Websdale Holland 3hr 37'11"
2nd Matt White Ansett Australia s.t.
3rd Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland @ 52"
4th Jay Sweet White Pages Australia s.t.
10th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
17th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
20th George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
25th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA @ 16"
Leader: Lillywhite
Stage 9:
1st Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland 38'02"
2nd Mike Weissmann Bosch Germany s.t.
3rd John Den Braber Websdale Holland s.t.
4th Jeremy Hunt Caltex England s.t.
6th George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
8th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
11th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
46th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA s.t.
Leader: Lillywhite
Stage 10:
1st Stefan Gottshling Bosch Germany 2hr 16'32"
2nd Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
3rd Pavel Padrnos Bohemia Czech s.t.
4th Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland @ 23"
19th George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
25th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
34th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA s.t.
Leader: Stephen Swart
Stage 11:
1st Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland 38'02"
2nd Baden Burke Canberra Cas Australia s.t.
3rd John Den Braber Websdale Holland s.t.
10th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
14th George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
19th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
30th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA s.t.
Leader: Stephen Swart
Stage 12:
1st Ralf Grabsch Bosch Germany 3hr 09'11"
2nd Pasi Hokkanen Sportscover Sweden s.t.
3rd Max Van Heeswijk Motorola Holland @ 02"
9th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
18th George Hincapie Motorola USA @ 8'46"
19th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA s.t.
20th Stephen Swart Motorola New Zealand s.t.
Leader: Van Heeswijk
Stage 13:
1st Kelvin Martin Giant-AIS Australia 4hr 11'59"
2nd Bobby Julich Motorola USA @ 06"
3rd John Tanner Caltex England s.t.
30th George Hincapie Motorola USA @ 38'25"
38th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA s.t.
Leader: Tanner
NOTE: Swart & Van Heeswijk were unable start due to injuries
Stage 13:
1st George Hincapie Motorola USA 2hr 42'40"
2nd Ric Reid Sanitarium New Zealand s.t.
3rd Mike Wiessemann Bosch Germnay s.t.
13th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
49th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA s.t.
Stage 15:
1st Mike Wiessemann Bosch Germnay 52'03"
2nd George Hincapie Motorola USA s.t.
3rd Olivier Senn Coca Cola Switzerland s.t.
10th Bobby Julich Motorola USA s.t.
18th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA s.t.
Overall Standings:
1st John Tanner Caltex England 28hr 47'54"
2nd Chris Lillywhite Caltex England s.t.
3rd Bobby Julich Motorola USA @ 44"
25th George Hincapie Motorola USA @ 48'09"
30th Kevin Livingston Motorola USA @ 54'42"
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From Down Under
LIDCOMBE-AUBURN at Lidcombe Oval: Open A 12-lap: W Doyle C Reay G Harding.
B: D Turkovic S Isaksen D Simpson. C 10-lap: P Grech S McManus F Trueba. D
8-lap: L Hall T Newton H Gray. U-17 12-lap: S Hoskins K Brown I Ferranda.
U-15 10-lap: B Johnsston L Sheffir L Trueba. U-13 A 4-lap: M Stokes D Amy N
Seage. B 3-lap: S Rockell B Harrison I England. U-12 500m hcp: J Isaksen N
Newton N Bergolin. Women: U-15-17 10-lap: P Coxon K Bates C Kauter. At
Wetherill Park: Open A 1hr plus 2-lap: G Harding P Clarke E Salas. B: S
Trueba C Panarello D Simpson. C 45min plus 2-lap: B Blaxall N Emerson S
Doherty. D: D Cliff J Quinnell P Bocquee. U-15-17 13km hcp: S Grimshaw P
Dixon K Hoskins.
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'97 Triathlon Worlds
Western Australia (WA) will host the world triathlon championships in 1997.
So far, WA has secured the rights to host four Olympic sport world
championships in the lead-up to the 2000 games -- cycling, board sailing
and triathlon in 1997 and swimming in 1998. The '97 championships will be
based in the center of Perth with the 1.5 kms swimming leg on the Swan
River, the 40 kms cycling leg skirting the city and Kings Park and the 10
kms run along the river and through Kings Park before finishing at the
Esplanade on the edge of the city center.
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Aussie Drafting?
Australia reportedly plans no team tactics for Monday's World Triathlon
Championships despite a new policy legalizing drafting durng the bike
section or the event, according to Aussie team manager, Rob Pickard. Four
time World Cup champion Brad Beven of Cairns and Melbourne's defending
world champion Emma Carney are favorites for the race, which will be held
on Monday morning Australian time in the Mexican resort of Cancun. This
will be the first time a world championship has allowed drafting, where a
cyclist rides closely behind another to gain an energy-saving advantage.
"I'm aware the Germans and Americans have worked out some tactics, but it's
difficult because if you have a good swim there's obviously no point in
waiting at the start of the bike ride for your team-mates," Pickard said.
Sure, we have a few scenarios, but will play it by ear. Team members are
experienced enough with drafting through the grand prix series to know what
to do."
A possible drafting strategy would be for Queenslander Rina Bradshaw to be
among the leaders after the swim and ride with New Zealand's Sarah Harrow,
another strong swimmer. "In that situation, Rina would know not to work
with Sarah to try and open up a big lead for them, but just sit on her so
people like Emma and Jackie Gallagher (of Queensland) can catch up,"
Pickard said.
With arguments that it detracts from the individual philosophy of a
triathlon competition, legalizing drafting has been a controversial issue.
Source: AAP