This week’s Races• Round 1 Warm up Scratch
• Round 2 no race this week
• Round 3 Wheel-Races (7 laps 1.75km)
• Round 4 Madi-leads and Div 1 Madison • Round 5 Combines
Explain these races Wheel-Race- - A Wheelrace is a handicap event open to a wide range of riders. The race distance is typically 1000-2000 metres. Riders start from a variety of positions around the track, with their handicap (or position) based on current grading and past performances. The top riders start from the 'scratch mark' - which is the absolute race distance - but they are sometimes over 200 metres behind the first riders who have that much less distance to travel. The scratch riders - normally top professionals - are the only competitors who have to cover the entire race distance. reference www.cyclingnews.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epn2EAFZCLY&feature=channel
This week’s Wheel-races will be graded with a max of 20 riders per heat, so please listen in to how I split it up (should your division need to be split.
Your handicap is posted below.
Madilead- The pace in this race is set by a Madison team (see Madison). The bunch follows the Madison team for ??laps until, with 5 laps remaining the Madison leaders take off leaving the bunch to sought out the winner in scratch race style finish. The Idea of this race is to allow the lower grades to experience following a Madison change (which is a key skill in learning to ride a madison). The pace of this race can often change with the experienced leaders putting in a few hard attacks to stir up the bunch.
Madison- A high speed, two person continuous race relay. Think of tag team wrestling meets track cycling - while one partner is racing the other is resting at the top of the track. This race is named after Madison Square Garden in New York where the event was first held. Two man teams contest the event, which is typically an endurance event. Only one rider from each team is allowed in the race at a given time, meaning that teams must take it in turn each lap (or more) to have a rider in the race. Changeovers are quite dangerous, but impressive to watch when done well - one rider circles around waiting for his teammate, who joins hands and imparts his momentum to the slower rider. At RAW Track we usually ride this on a scratch race format reference www.cyclingnews.com Don’t forget
The 2013 Babici Madison series Check out current standings:
http://www.rawtrack.com.au/index.php/topic,666.0.html
Point Score info
Last week’s top scorers • Div 1 Tirian McManus 20 points
• Div 2 Gary Mandy 20 points
• Div 3 Damian Brunt 18 points
• Div 4 Nigel Apps 20 points
• Div 5 Kirk Cleaven 18 points
series • Div 1 Gavin White 95 points
• Div 2 Gary Mandy 89 points
• Div 3 Eric MacDonald 95 points
• Div 4 Nigel Apps 102 points
• Div 5 Broughton Caley 88 points
Teams/Clubs Challenge
1 Lidcombe 1939
2 Dulwich Hill 1936
3 Penrith 918
4 Illawarra 648
5 St George 571
6 Central Coast 561
7 Parramatta 474
8 Bicisport 466
9 Canberra 381
10 Randwick Botany 380
11 SUVelo 354
12 Hunter Districts 338
13 Southern Cross 333
14 Bankstown Sports 274
15 Peloton 272
16 Bathurst 249
17 Vikings 244
18 ATTA nsw 218
18 Sutherland 218
20 Macarthur 182
21 Manly 143
22 Northern Sydney 120
23 Sydney 119
24 Waratah Masters 111
25 Muswellbrook 108
26 WSMTB 105
27 Day 101
28 Southern Highlands 81
29 CA 79
30 Goulburn 75
31 ? 60
31 Harlequin 60
33 Racing Kangaroos 42
34 Marconi 33
35 Eastern Suburbs 32
36 ANU Cycling 31
37 ADCC 30
37 Rockhampton 30
39 All other clubs
A message from LACC to DHBC Each week The Big friendly Vegan has been posting a cheeky gif on the DHBC forum
Top two clubs at a glance 1.
Lidcombe 1939 points total
36 members have attended RAW 2013
Average points 53.9 per rider
2.
Dulwich Hill 1936 Total Points
34 members have attended RAW 2013
Average points 56.9 per rider
DHBC are scoring 3 points per rider more than LACC. Over their 34 riders this equates to 102 points. If this trend continues DHBC will hit the front next week by 17 points
