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Details: Written by Glenys Taylor; Created: 05 January 2014

Lydia Rippon wearing the yellow jersey U19 women GC winner

Regan Gough wearing his yellow jersey u 19 men GC winner

Jacob Kench, Under 15 boys winner of yellow jersey

Details: Written by Wearer of many hats; Created: 20 December 2013

Below is a list of prizewinners for this year. Any cups that were not collected on the night have been returned to the prize cupboard.

A fun night was had by all which started with an apology of sorts from Glenys to all present for not being better organised. The many hats that are part of her life were noted.

Details: Written by Mike Keenan; Created: 12 December 2013

Bike Manawatu's Christmas Ride will meet on the way home at Fusion Cafe Ashhurst, 10AM - 10.30AM approx, bring along some gold coins for the Bike Manawatu Christmas raffle at $2 per ticket, see you Sunday.

Rides as follow:

long ride mmcc 9a, 86km - PN, Totara Res and return via Fusion Cafe

med ride mmcc 28c, 75km - PN, Bunnythorpe, Colyton, Valley Rd, Pohangina V, Ashhurst (Fusion C), PN.

short ride mmcc 28b, 60km - PN, Bunnythorpe, Colyton, Valley Rd, Ashhurst (Fusion C), PN.

Details: Written by Simon van Velthooven; Created: 18 December 2013

SIMON VAN VELTHOOVEN

World Cup Season

A major part of our long road to the 2016 Rio Olympics began on the 7th of October with a training camp ahead of the Manchester World Cup held early November. These training camps are very serious as specific riders are chosen for each event from out of these camps and therefore everyone is expected to be fighting fit and firing on all cylinders.
Russians or 'Rush-ins' which is the correct term, are our favourite team effort to carry out as it combines a mixture of all the training we do in one effort. Between 4-6 of us loop the top of the track gathering speed then rip it up down the front straight nearing 80kph when riders 1-3-5 swing up mid bend leaving riders 2-4-6 to chase each other and race the next 200 odd metres to the finish line rarely getting under 75kph. Of course there is some argy bargy in these efforts so you need to keep a clear head because any sudden movements when somebody touches you can easily mean it's all over.
During one of our training days the classy old men (that head down to invercargill for the week of the 'Burt Munroe Challenge') come into the Velo and check out what we do with the motorbike. Now our chase bike doesn't excite them very much but when they see it ripping around at 90kph with us glued to the back wheel it does raise their eyebrows somewhat. It's pretty cool having these people there because they actually come into pits and see the bikes for themselves, see how they are made, how they work and then see us in action at warp speed.