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10 Mar 2010	HTC-Columbia's Chloe Hosking has finished third in a sprint finish of the Merced Downtown criterium in California
10 Mar 2010	Stu Shaw wins stage 7 in Tour de Langkawi
10 Mar 2010	Matthews 2nd in stage 4 - Tour de Langkawi
10 Mar 2010	Matthews wins stage 3 in Tour de Langkawi
2 Mar 2010	Matthews wins opening stage in Tour de Langkawi
2 Mar 2010	2010 ACT Junior Track Team for National Championships
24 Feb 2010	Inaugural Amy’s Ride Canberra is on Sunday 14th March
13 Feb 2010	2009 Cycling ACT Awards night
10 Feb 2010	Presenters and Assessors for Coach Training Programs in 2010
9 Feb 2010	2010/11 ACTAS Cycling program applications now open
7 Feb 2010	Day 5 Results - Daniel Ellis Silver in the Keirin
5 Feb 2010	ACT Day 4 Elite Track Results
5 Feb 2010	Chloe Hosking 3rd in Professional debut
3 Feb 2010	Ellis wins his first Elite Sprint National Championship
2 Feb 2010	Mitchell and Edward red hot in Adelaide
7 Jan 2010	Great ACT results at the 2010 National Criterium Championships
6 Jan 2010	ACT riders perform well at National Time Trial
3 Dec 2009	First Aid - Cycling Australia Requirements for Coaches
1 Dec 2009	Social networking media policy
21 Nov 2009	ACT Hill Climb Championships 2009 - Results
14 Nov 2009	6 cyclists from the ACT are finalists in the Jayco 2009 Australian Cyclist of the Year Awards.
26 Aug 2009	2009 ACT Junior Road Team
20 May 2009	Adam Phelan dominated the U19 division at the 2009 DBR Australia Canberra Junior Tour.
17 May 2009	Leigh Howard wins Stage 1, Michael Matthews 4th in the 13th Tour of Japan
10 May 2009	Michael Phelan U19 Australian National Road Champion
28 Apr 2009	Chloe Hosking 4th in Prijs stad Roeselare
26 Apr 2009	Chloe Hosking 6th in the Omloop van Borsele - 1.2W
26 Apr 2009	Michael Matthews 2nd in the 64th Gran Premio della Liberazione - 1.2U
25 Apr 2009	Hosking wins Tour of Chongming Island
8 Apr 2009	Australian Masters National Track Championships - Day 4 summary
3 Apr 2009	Australian Masters National Track Championships - Day 3 summary
2 Apr 2009	Australian Masters National Track Championships - Day 2 summary.
1 Apr 2009	Australian Masters National Track Championships - Day 1 summary
27 Mar 2009	Junior Track Nationals results
20 Mar 2009	2009/10 ACTAS Cycling Application forms - Hurry closes 25th March 2009
18 Feb 2009	Strong results at Oceania Championships
22 Jan 2009	Results - ACT Criterium Championships Day 1

Chloe Hosking

HTC-Columbia's Chloe Hosking has finished third in a sprint finish of the Merced Downtown criterium in California

Mark Phelan, Wednesday, 10 March 2010

HTC-Columbia's Chloe Hosking has finished third in a sprint finish of the Merced Downtown criterium in California.

Her team mate Ina Yoko-Teutenberg won the bunch sprint for the second year running with American Shelley Evans second.

"The girls raced really well to control the race. Kim, Chloe and Evelyn were in every break and did the perfect lead out over the last few laps," said Teutenberg. "It's also nice that Chloe was able to get on the podium after leading me out."

After a serious crash with three laps remaining, the race was neutralized for 15 minutes. When the officials restarted the race, they increased the lap count to six. HTC-Columbia controlled the finish.

On the last lap Anderson was setting the pace with Teutenberg on her wheel. Teutenberg let a gap open up forcing other teams to chase. Anderson was caught just before the last corner and Hosking set Teutenberg up for the sprint.

"It was a good introduction to US racing. I was happy to be able to help Ina in the lead-out and hold on for third place," said 19 year old Hosking.

Team Director Rene Wenzel was happy with the team's second win in two days. "It was a pleasure to see the girls in action today. They all did their job perfectly and when it finishes with a win and a third place, one can only be happy."

Tomorrow the women line up for the Foothills Road Race.

Stuart Shaw sprints home to win final stage in Langkawi

Stu Shaw wins stage 7 in Tour de Langkawi

Mark Phelan, Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Australian Stuart Shaw has taken out the final stage of the 2010 Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia.

Shaw, who rides for Drapac-Porsche, outsprinted Spaniard Vidal Celis (Footon-Servetto) and Austrian René Haselbacher (Vorarlberg-Corratec) at the end of the 133.7km stage from Kulala Kubu Baru to Dataran Merdeka in a time of 3hr01min00sec.

“I just had my appendix out and had surgery. I had three months off my bike and this is my first race in five months,” said a delighted Shaw who had been performing domestique duties during the course of the race. “The team sent me here, which was nice, to come and help Peter [McDonald] win the King of the Mountain and to help Adiq Othman.

“I just came here to help the team and every day I got a little bit stronger. Today I felt good near the sprint. So I had a bit of a go. It was a nice result.”

The Tour title was won by Venezuela's Jose Rujano (ISD-Neri) who cemented the victory with a dominant display on the penultimate Genting Highlands mountain stage.
Heading into the final stage McDonald was level on points with Rujano in the King of the Mountains competition but, thanks to the latter’s first place on the climb up to Genting Highlands, he was awarded the jersey.

McDonald knew he had to beat Rujano by at least one point to secure victory in the classification, and had strong team support in the first KOM prime at Batu Arang (km 41.3). He was first to the top, with his team-mate David Pell second and Rujano only third which gave McDonald the lead in the climber's category.

“It has been a long week, with lots of racing. There were little climbs to try to get a point here, get a point there,” McDonald explained. “Yesterday I was a bit disappointed to miss out on a few opportunities leading up to the big climb [Genting Highlands]. I finished fourth up the big climb and to not actually have the jersey [was frustrating]….I needed one more point.

“Today worked out all right with the team. They did a good job to lead me out for the climb. They were very aggressive in the corners leading up to it, and that helped us to make the gap. I was able to get the sprint.”

McDonald also placed well overall at the end of the seven stage 1013km tour finishing fourth at 3min21sec.

The Tour also went well for Team Jayco-Skins with Michael Matthews claiming two stage wins.

Matthews placed second on Stage 4

Matthews 2nd in stage 4 - Tour de Langkawi

Mark Phelan, Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Team Jayco Skins' Michael Matthews has taken over the lead in the points classification after stage four of the Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia.

The 19 year old from Canberra finished second on today's 163 kilometre stage from Mersing to Parit Sulong. Japanese rider Taiji Nishitani (Asian Racing Team) claimed the win with Footon Servetto's Vidal Celis (ESP) in third place.

Matthews picked up 14 points at the finish line and earlier in the stage collected five points for winning the first intermediate sprint of the day at Jemaluang (15km mark).

His rival for the points jersey, Malaysian Anuar Manan (Geumsan Ginseng Asia), managed only a third and a fourth place in the next two sprints and was sixth at the finish which wan't enough to keep Matthews at bay.

Jayco Skins Richard Lang helped the cause by pipping Manan in the third sprint to prevent him claiming an extra point. The tactic was also aimed at keeping Matthews fresh for the finish and it paid off.

"At the bridge I was actually 20th wheel so I wasn't actually going to go for the sprint at the end as I wasn't feeling too good coming into it – it was way too dodgy," said Matthews. "There were people going everywhere and it wasn't really worth crashing for. I was just going to sit up and then I saw a free run to the front so I hit it from 20th wheel and got second. I was happy with that."

Matthews picked up 14 points at the finish line and earlier in the stage collected five points for winning the first intermediate sprint of the day at Jemaluang (15km mark).

His rival for the points jersey, Malaysian Anuar Manan (Geumsan Ginseng Asia), managed only a third and a fourth place in the next two sprints and was sixth at the finish which wan't enough to keep Matthews at bay.

Jayco Skins Richard Lang helped the cause by pipping Manan in the third sprint to prevent him claiming an extra point. The tactic was also aimed at keeping Matthews fresh for the finish and it paid off.

"I kind of set myself up well as we went into the first sprint today, but I got rolled in the second one and there was a breakaway for the third one, so we were tied on points," said Matthews. "I just had to try and beat this guy [Anuar Manan] in the finish to get the jersey."

Matthews now has 72 points, three ahead of Manan. He is also still sitting in fourth place overall, 2min39sec behind Tour leader Germany's Tobias Erler (Tabriz Petrochemical). Australian David Pell (Drapac-Porsche) is in second overall at five seconds and South Africa's Jay Thomson is seven seconds off the lead in third.

Pell's team mate Peter McDonald grabbed another point in the King of the Mountain competition and remains in the polka dot climber's jersey.

Today's stage began with a flurry of attacks but nothing stuck until the 30 kilometre mark when Swiss rider Silvere Ackermann (Vorarlberg-Corratec) and Malaysian Ali Fallanie managed to forge a two man break that rode away to a lead of close to four minutes by the halfway mark of the stage.

But the sprinters teams were itching for another bunch gallop and lifted the pace to chase back the leaders. The lead pair split with Fallanie the first to be reeled in 15 kilometres from the line and at the seven kilometre to go mark Ackermann's attack was also quashed.

Tomorrow the riders will enjoy a shorter stage covering 111.5kms from Muar along the Malacca Straits coast north west to Port Dickson and they'll need the respite ahead of Saturday's decisive 103 kilometre stage that ends with a tortuous 25 kilometre haul up to the Genting Highlands finish line at close to 1700m altitude.

Michael Matthews wins Stage 3, 2010 Tour de Langkawi

Matthews wins stage 3 in Tour de Langkawi

Mark Phelan, Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Canberra teenager, Michael Matthews, has notched up a second stage win for Team Jayco Skins in Malaysia's Tour de Langkawi.

The 145.6km third stage took the race south from Dataran Pekan down the east coast of the Malay Peninsula to the finish at the Mersing ferry terminal where the 19 year old won the bunch sprint ahead of American Alex Candelario (Kelly Benefit Strategies) with Ukrainian Dmytro Grabovsky (ISD-Neri) third.

"It actually turned out to be a pretty easy sprint," said Matthews. "There was a u-turn at a kilometre to go and I was fourth or fifth wheel into that.

"Then a Fuji-Servetto rider launched down the left hand side of road and I jumped on his wheel," he explained. "I think he thought he was leading out his team mate and he took me to 300m to go before he realised it was me and I just went on with from there."

The shorter stage prompted a flurry of attacks which set a cracking average speed for the stage of 44.47km/h

"The first two hours of the stage were pretty crazy and I think we covered the first 50 kilometres in about 45 minutes with breaks going left, right and centre," said Matthews. "The Jayco Skins boys were in everything and they kept me fresh throughout the race."

Eventually Korean rider Gong Hyo Suk (Seoul Cycling) managed to forge a solo lead of more than three and half minutes. He survived until the final 30 kilometres when Dmitriy Grudzev (Kazakhstan National Team) caught and passed him in a bid to claim a solo win.

"One guy against the bunch is pretty impossible," said Matthews. "The ISD team was on the front tapping tempo to bring the leader back slowly and then the boys got on the front at about 20 kilometres to go to string the bunch out.

"Jayco Skins was going great today and rode really well for me. Five kilometres from home I was in good position and then I just sat on some other guys and rolled them at the finish."

Matthews also won the Tour's opening stage to claim the leader's jersey but he relinquished it yesterday when a three man breakaway finished three minutes ahead of the peloton across the line. He went into today's stage sitting fourth overall at 3min02sec and in second place in the points classification, two points off the lead.

"The overall isn't really in the plan, we're targeting stage wins but Brian (Stephens - Team Director), told me I was up there on the points jersey so that's also on the list now," explained Matthews who collected 21 points today, 15 for his stage win and six in the intermediate sprints. But his rival for the points jersey, Malaysian Anuar Manan (Geumsan Ginseng Asia) was fourth on the stage and picked up 10 points in intermediate sprints to hang onto the lead with a three point margin over Matthews.

Matthews says conditions on the coast were a little cooler than the past two days.

"The start was cooler then we went inland a bit and it got really hot before we headed back to the coast," he explained adding that crosswinds also played a part today. "On the water it was pretty windy, there was a nice crosswind going but that was good for us because we're strong in the crosswinds."

Meantime 2009 Australian Road Champion, Peter McDonald (Drapac-Porsche) was second across the line on today's only climb to add another two points towards to his tally in the King of the Mountain competition in which he has a five point lead.

The Tour leader is Germany's Tobias Erer (Tabriz Petrochemical) who is seven seconds ahead of yesterday's stage winner South Africa's Jay Thomson with Australian David Pell (Drapac-Porsche) third at 35 seconds. Matthews remains in fourth place overall at 2min48sec. The overall ranking is expected to change dramatically on Saturday when the race heads up the infamous Genting Highlands climb.

Stage four will start from today's finish line and wend it's way over 163 kilometres of undulating roads to the finish in Parit Sulong.

Michael Matthews sprints to victory in Malaysia

Matthews wins opening stage in Tour de Langkawi

Mark Phelan, Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Team Jayco Skins is off to a flying start in the 2010 Tour de Langkawi in Malaysia with Michael Matthews claiming the opening stage.

Matthews won a bunch sprint ahead of Spaniard Vidal Cells (Footon Servetto) with Ruslan Tieubayev (KAZ) third at the end of the 174.5 kilometre stage from Kota Bharu to Kuala Berang.

"It’s unbelievable," said Matthews of his first professional race win. "I came here wanting to win but not expecting it, so it’s really good.

"It was a bit messy at the finish," said Matthews. "We had a lead out going from about 20km out but it got messy with guys getting into it and swamping us so the guys got me to about five to go and then I said not to worry and I just followed wheels from then on.

"I just made sure I stayed in the top ten and followed guys who were going off the front then the Footon guy (Cells) hit out pretty early so I had something to run at, and it gave me something to chase," said Matthews who despite the win says it was one of his toughest days in the saddle.

"It was boiling hot and humid - ridiculous conditions," he explained. "Felt like I was riding in a sauna, couldn't breath and really wasn't having much fun until the end. Crossing the line first though was heaps of fun."

Matthews now leads the tour by a narrow four second margin heading into stage 2, a 182.3km ride from Kuala Terengganu to Chukai.

"The plan tomorrow is go in as we did today and make sure we've got guys in every move," he said. "If we can get our guys in a break it will take the pressure of the boys of having to set the pace and then we can aim for another sprint at the end."

Matthews says he may also contest a couple of the intermediate sprints if the stage allows it.

"I might try and pick up a few bonus seconds that way to give me a bit more of a cushion on the lead so I can maybe hold it until we hit the Genting Highliands climb on Saturday," said Matthews.

Fellow Australian Peter McDonald (Drapac Porsche) is sitting fifth overall after an aggressive performance on Stage 1. McDonald shrugged off the sweltering conditions to go on the attack with the Indonesian Rastra Patria Dinawan (Polygon Sweet Nice). They surged clear 54 kilometres into the stage and while Patria Dinawan was dropped soon afterwards, McDonald continued on alone and scooped the day’s third intermediate sprint, at Sungai Tong (km 128.3), plus the second King of the Mountain (KOM) prime, the category 4 ascent at Sg Tong (km132.3).

He built a maximum lead of over nine minutes, yet was caught 25 kilometres from the line. He ended the day level on mountains points with the first KOM winner, Roman Zhiyentayev (Kazakhstan), who nabbed the category 4 prime at the large bridge of Tok Bali [km 40.5], plus the winner of the third climbing prime (Kg Chapu, km 151.8), Adiq Othman of Drapac Porsche. The race judges awarded the Australian the jersey, and he vowed to do his best to defend it throughout the race.

“I wasn’t really looking to stay away until the end, I thought it was a bit out of my grasp,” he admitted afterwards. “I just wanted to pick up the sprint and KOM primes. I didn’t actually know there was one more KOM to come towards the end, maybe I might have pushed a bit more to try to take that, but it all worked out fine because I have the jersey anyway.

“The jersey is a goal now. I will just try to pick up points along the way, if I can. They tend to work out more by sprints, so you have to look for your team to help you out and keep you up near the front when it comes to the KOM.”

He said that he hoped to ride well on the savage Genting Highlands climb on Saturday, and that his priority after using so much energy today was to try to recover and keep a bit for that always-decisive stage of the Tour de Langkawi.

The Tour de Langkawi runs from 1 to 7 March.

2010 ACT Junior Track Team for National Championships

Mark Phelan, Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Cycling ACT is proud to announce its team to contest the 2010 U15 and U17 National Track Championships being held in Melbourne 18th - 20th March 2010

U15 Men

Michael Rice

U17 Women

Allison Rice

Lucy Kirk

Maddy Marshall

Emily Clark

Manager - Ed Rice

Head Coach - Michael Aisbitt

Mechanic - Adrian Marshall

Chaperone - Megan McAuliffe

Amy’s Ride

Inaugural Amy’s Ride Canberra is on Sunday 14th March

Mark Phelan, Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Inaugural Amy’s Ride Canberra is on Sunday 14th March

The inaugural Amy’s Ride Canberra is on Sunday 14th March. Starting and finishing on Federation Mall in front of Parliament House, this will be an exciting addition to the Canberra cycling scene with three ride options: 30km to Stromlo and back, with the 65km and 110km ride venturing out past Stromlo to increase the challenge. Amy’s Rides are a fun way to promote cyclist safety and add your voice to the message of increasing harmony and respect between all road users.

The first 1000 participants will receive the fabulous ‘A Metre Matters’ jersey, encouraging motorists to provide more space on the road for cyclists.

To register go to www.amygillett.org.au

2009 Cycling ACT Awards night

Mark Phelan, Saturday, 13 February 2010

The top Cyclist from the ACT during 2009 were honoured at the Cycling ACT Awards night held on the 12 February 2010.

A large and very appreciative audience was entertained by MC for the night Greg Boorer. Greg providing many insights into the World of Professional cycling during the presentations and Cycling ACT would like to thank Greg for ensuring the night was a great success.

Apart from recognizing the ACT’s best performing cyclists in 2009 other initiatives were undertaken on the night.

Cycling ACT launched its Track cycling promotional video, commissioned to promote Track racing as a fun and exciting discipline with the ultimate aim of increasing the number of riders racing track, the video will be used when promoting cycling at all levels.

In collaboration with our member clubs permanent race numbers were auctioned on the night, this initiative was an attempt to raise money for an electronic timer to be used at the Stromlo Forest Park Criterium Circuit. The auction gave ACT cyclists an opportunity to purchase sought after 1 and 2 digit race numbers from 4 to 99 that they can own and wear in any ACT Club event. Bidding was strong on some of the popular numbers with favourite numbers and birthdays sought after as expected as well as famous professional athlete numbers from other sports attracted strong interest. The auction was a great success with enough money raised to purchase a suitable electronic timer.

One of the ACT’s more animated local criterium teams, Team Quon, donated a signed and framed 2009 Team Columbia Jersey to be auctioned on the night to assist Breast Cancer awareness and support groups. Team Quon’s Cameron Boland organized the Jersey and signatures through Michael Rogers and included the signatures of Mick Rogers, Andre Greipel, Bernie Eisel, Mark Renshaw and George Hincapie. The auction attracted spirited bidding, in the end it came down to a two way battle with Lee Sheather coming out the victor with a winning bid of $2,100.00 Congratulations to Lee on her aggressive bidding and the Quon for organizing the auction with the big winner being Bosom Buddies a local ACT-based volunteer organisation that actively supports individuals living with breast cancer., and assists their families, friends and other supporters.

Congratulations to all the winners on the night and we hope to see you all next year to celebrate the success of our Cyclists in 2010.

Presenters and Assessors for Coach Training Programs in 2010

Mark Phelan, Wednesday, 10 February 2010

Presenters and Assessors for Coach Training Programs in 2010

Cycling Australia, BMX Australia and MTBA are looking for expressions of interest from potential presenters and assessors for delivering Coach Training Programs in 2010.

Applications are requested to present and assess on the CycleSkill, Level 1 BMX, Level 1 Mountain Bike and Level 1 Road & Track Coach Training Programs.

Ideally, prospective presenters/assessors will have a presenter/assessor qualification and be an accredited coach in the relevant discipline. However, applications will be welcomed from those wishing to go through training to meet the presenter/assessor criteria.

For further information, please contact Brendan Moriarty, National Coaching & Development Manager: brendan.moriarty@cycling.org.au.

Yours sincerely,

Brendan

Brendan Moriarty

National Coaching & Development Manager | Cycling Australia

T: (02) 9339 5815 | F: (02) 9339 5888 | M: 0416 678 536

E: brendan.moriarty@cycling.org.au | W: www.cycling.org.au/coaching

Level 2, 280 Coward St

Mascot NSW 2020

PO Box 6310

Alexandria NSW 2015

2010/11 ACTAS Cycling program applications now open

Mark Phelan, Tuesday, 9 February 2010

2010/11 ACTAS Cycling program applications now open

Selection Policy - HERE

Application Form - HERE

Applications close 24th March 2010

Late applications will not be accepted

L-R Daniel Ellis, Scott Sunderland, Andrew Taylor

Day 5 Results - Daniel Ellis Silver in the Keirin

Mark Phelan, Sunday, 7 February 2010

2010 U19 and Elite Track National Championships.

Day 5 and Daniel Ellis rode a brilliant Keirin to win the Silver Medal, Australian Team mate Scott Sunderland just edging out Danny for the Gold. Alex Bird rode well to finish 5th in the final.

Mitchel Lovelock-Fay and Edward Bissaker had strong rides in the U19 mens Points race finishing 7th and 9th.

Photo's

Mens Keirin final gets underway

The sprint opens up in the men's Keirin final

L to R Alex Bird, Daniel Ellis, Garry Ryan, Australian Champions in the Team Sprint

ACT Day 4 Elite Track Results

Mark Phelan, Friday, 5 February 2010

2010 U19 and Elite Track National Championships.

Day 4 and some outstanding results from the ACT Team.

Alex Bird, Daniel Ellis and Garry Ryan combined well in the Elite mens team sprint to win the Gold medal. Alex rode a blistering 17.938 first lap to unleash Daniel Ellis, Danny built on the lead handing it over to Garry Ryan who tore up the final lap to bring home the Gold for the ACT. After many years of 'almost' with Bronze and Silver in this event in the past the ACT trio were over the moon to step up to the top of the podium this year.

Sue Powell continued her domination of the Para Cycling C4 division with another world class time and gold medal performance in the 500mtr Time Trial. Sue's time should also be the benchmark world record time for the new C4 category. The win also netting Sue the Para cycing Champion of Champion jersey.

Caitlin Todd was another ACT Rider in action tonight in the Womens Keirin. Caitlin rode a perfect heat placing 2nd to make the final. The final had a bit of contoversy as an exploding tyre from a crash in the final stages of the race was mistaken as the starters gun, Caitlin and some other mistook this as a signal to stop the race, although the riders quickly realised the race was still on it had disrupted Caitlins progress, Caitlin finished 4th just missing a podium spot.

In the kilometre tandem finals, South Australia’s Felicity Johnson and pilot Stephanie Morton (1min14.689sec) narrowly edged out ACT's Brandie O’Connor and pilot Kerry Knowler (1min15.531sec) to take the B Class (blind and visually Impaired) women's tandem title, Brandie and Kerry rode a huge 4 sec personal best time to take home the silver, terrific improvement from the ACT pair.

Queensland’s Bryce Lindores and pilot Sean Finning of Victoria won gold in the men's B Class final after recording a time of 1min06.632sec. New South Wales’s Nathan Johnston and pilot Matthew Meisel-Dennis from the ACT took home the silver medal in 1min13.379sec.

What a night, World best times, Australian Championships, Silver medals and a 4th place, got to be happy with that.

Photo's

Sue powell C4 500mtr Time Trial Gold

Sue Powell with Klaus Mueller

Alex Bird and Daniel Ellis in the Team Sprint

Alex Bird ready for the Start for the Team Sprint on his way to an impressive 17.938 sec first lap

Chloe Hosking 3rd in Professional debut

Mark Phelan, Friday, 5 February 2010

Chloe Hosking had a dream start to her professional debut for HTC Columbia with 3rd place in stage 1 of the Tour of Qatar.

Chloe backed that up with a strong 2nd place in Stage 2 to sit just 12 seconds behind General Classification in 5th place.

Full results here.

Daniel Ellis edging out Scott Sunderland for Gold

Ellis wins his first Elite Sprint National Championship

Mark Phelan, Wednesday, 3 February 2010

2010 U19 and Elite Track National Championships.

Daniel Ellis won his first Elite National Sprint Championsip today beating his friend and Australian Team mate Scott Sunderland in two straight rounds for the Gold Medal.

Daniel top the times in qualifying with a 10.266, ACT Team mate Alex Bird won through the rounds after qualifing 5th (10.496) to take home the Bronze for the ACT. ACT Team mate Garry Ryan had a great ride qualifing in 6th place (10.532).

In the days leading up to these championships Daniel nearly pulled out of the qualifying round due to illness, thankfully the day of qualification he started to feel better and by the time finals came around Daniel was back to his best.

Daniel, Alex and Garry will team up for the Team Sprint later in the championships and will be one of the favorite combinations.

Photo's

L-R Jackson Law, Dale Parker, Mitchell Lovelock-Fay

Mitchell and Edward red hot in Adelaide

Mark Phelan, Tuesday, 2 February 2010

2010 U19 and Elite Track National Championships.

On the first day of competition Mitchell Lovelock-Fay produced the perfect ride against his State team mate Edward Bissaker in the Bronze medal final of the U19M 3000mtr Pursuit.

In qualifying it was Edward (3:20.406 and new State record) edging out Mitchell (3:20.958) by 5 tenths of a second to qualify for the bronze medal ride, Mitchell however was hot on his heals. Both had produced magic times.

In the Final however it was Mitchell who showed strongest in the closing laps to win the Bronze medal and put himself in the box seat for National selection.

Congratulations to Mitchell and Edward, you have both done everything you had to do and the State is very proud of you both.

Photo's

Great ACT results at the 2010 National Criterium Championships

Mark Phelan, Thursday, 7 January 2010

Chloe Hosking grabs gold in the U23 Womens Australian Criterium Championships and Tom Palmer brings home Silver in the U23 Mens Australian Criterium Championships. Once again the ACT were in the Medals with terrific rides from Chloe and Tom. ACT riders are some of the favorites for the Road Races starting on Saturday.

ACT riders perform well at National Time Trial

Mark Phelan, Wednesday, 6 January 2010

Michael Matthews (U23) and Alex Carle (U23) won bronze medals at todays National Time Trial Championships. In good conditions ACT riders performed well accross the board see list below of all ACT Results.

Elite Women

4th Vicky Whitlaw

14th Rebecca Doolan

16th Bronwyn Ryan

21st Tracey Gaudry

23rd Kerry Knowler

36th Susan Powell

37th Vanessa Essam

U23 Men

3rd Michael Matthews

4th Nathan Hass

5th Adam Phelan

10th Alastair Loutit

13th Sam Genge

U23 Women

3rd Alex Carle

8th Miffy Galloway

Great results and all the best for the Crit and Road Race later in the week.

First Aid - Cycling Australia Requirements for Coaches

Mark Phelan, Thursday, 3 December 2009

First Aid

Cycling Australia Requirements for Coaches

In consultation with the Australian Sports Commission, BMX Australia, MTB Australia and the State/Territory Cycling Organisations, the Cycling Australia Coaching Commission has passed the decision that as of the 1st January 2010, a First Aid qualification will be a mandatory pre-requisite for all coaches wishing to attend a coach training program, at all levels, across all disciplines.

The aim is to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of coaches and athletes alike and it is already a mandatory pre-requisite to hold a first aid qualification before attending the Level 1 BMX and Level 1 MTB NCAS Coach Training Programs.

First Aid as a requirement for existing accredited coaches will be introduced gradually over the next 15 months and will become compulsory for all coaches as of 1st January 2011.

Cycling Australia believes that it is an essential safety requirement for all coaches to possess the knowledge and skills to be able to deal with an accident or emergency in the coaching setting. Cycling Australia has always highly recommended that coaches obtain a first aid qualification, and from 1st January 2010 this will be a compulsory requirement for coach accreditation.

For further details on the type of first aid qualification required, please see the Frequently Asked Questions page in the Coaching Section of the Cycling Australia website (www.cycling.org.au/coaching) or the BMX Australia website (www.bmxaustralia.com.au).

Please note: If you would like to organise First Aid training for a group of attendees in conjunction with a cycling coach training program (e.g. in the lead-up to a CycleSkill Coach Training Program), Cycling Australia is aiming to work with Sports Medicine Australia in organising one-day First Aid training at a reduced cost.

Social networking media policy

Mark Phelan, Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Cycling ACT today released its Social Network Media policy which is aimed at ensuring that Cycling ACT members are aware that cycling related activities can now regularly include online activities. As members of Cycling ACT and Cycling Australia (CA) members have agreed to abide by the CA Code of Conduct (Code). The purpose of the Code is to describe the type of behaviour which CA is seeking to promote and encourage its members and supporters to adopt.

Cycling ACT believes that the Code is equally relevant to member's online interactions and have developed the Social Network Media policy to provide guidance on expected standards of online behaviour. Read the Social Network Media policy ....

Cycling ACT's Social networking media policy

ACT Hill Climb Championships 2009 - Results

Mark Phelan, Saturday, 21 November 2009

ACT Hill Climb Championships 2009

ACT Cycling Federation

Corin Road . 21 Nov 2009

Results

Female - ACT Hill Climb Champ - Canberra Cycling Club

Place

Race No

Name

Team

Tag Time

MWAS1

268

Frances MCNAMARA

Vikings Cycling Club

41:04

Gold

301

Emily WALSHE

Canberra Cycling Club

42:41

Silver

MWAS5

229

Lyn VASUDEVA

Vikings Cycling Club

43:21

Gold

Elite Women

152

Elite W

Amber HALLIDAY

Women's AIS

34:07

Gold

321

Elite W

Bronwyn RYAN

Canberra Cycling Club