Winners are Grinners !!

A big congratulations goes out too all riders who attended the state titles in Kalbar QLD over the recent weekend...

The Rodent cleaned up with the win in a tough Masters 4 category ride, Cat coming in for second in her division

too see micks winning sprint for yourself watch below

The Winning Weekend

How many Trek riding athletes on podiums this last weekend? Here's just some of the Trek Success Stories....
...or as Gary Fisher himself, said it:

How many athletes racing on Trek bikes this weekend? 20, 120? No, more like 1000 worldwide. #trekworld #greatpeopleridetrek
— Gary Fisher (@Gary_Fisher) August 10, 2013

LG and SpyCat had a successful campaign in Charters Towers and Townsville.

Hard work and dogged determination (and a fair bit of driving to races around the country) pays off.

Cat on the Podium Again

Mick on the the Podium too.

Jenni King gets two 3rds in CycloCross; one in the round and one for the National Series.

Peta Mullens gets a trophy for something... with Chris Hamilton and Ruby Greig

Ruby Greig wins the U19 ITT Champs.

Congratulations to our latest recruit @rubygreig on becoming Victorian U19W ITT Champ today! Now back to the dirt before you hurt yourself..
— Target Trek MTB (@TargetTrekMTB) August 3, 2013

Chris Hamilton (U19 Target Trek Racing) becomes the first Under19 CycloCross Australian Champion.

Chris Hamilton - U19 Australian CX Champ

Rebecca Henderson won another round of the UCI World Mountain Bike Cup (U23 Women) at Mont Saint Anne, Canada; and re-gained the series lead with one round to go.

Bec leads...

Dan McConnell place 5th in Elite Men at Mont Saint Anne.

Leading out the bunch.

Emily Batty placed 10th in Elite Women

Brook MacDonald and Neko Mullaly were looking good for the Downhill at Mont Saint Anne until Mother Nature put a dampener on things.

Neko

Brook

Ethan Kelly takes out the overall at Logans Run and compatriot Zack Agius not far behind.

Chris Horner wins the Queen Stage and 2nd Place GC at the Tour of Utah

Tracey Moseley 2nd at CrankWorkx Whistler Enduro

Ladies results #CWXEnduro @World_Enduro @SRAMmtb @iamspecialized pic.twitter.com/EGiEXLUpEO
— Crankworx (@Crankworx) August 12, 2013

The Tour of Bright

Apologies for the delay in getting the results and photos up on the blog for the Tour of Bright.  Most people in M1 land would know by now that both SpyCat and LG finished the 2012 road season with awesome rides at the Tour.

It was a clean sweep in C grade women for SpyCat, with victory in the two road races and time trial.  SpyCat will return to M1 land in the new year with an awesome looking trophy and a jersey or two too match!

In masters 3/4, LG had a tough field of 69 string bean hill climbers to race against.  LG proved to be Mr Consistency finishing 16th overall after the three tough stages.  LG walks away from the Tour with some of the best looking calves I've seen!

Both riders have secured starting positions in the 2013 Tour - an event that is selling out within minutes of registrations opening.

The Batman Ride

Well, well, well, it looks like this Saturday's ride is going to be one of Good v Evil with Batman (Zulu) and Robin (Blogmistress) teaming up on the tandem to take on the M1 City nasties aka single bikes...

From what I've heard, all the usual M1 City crooks will be riding:
- The Joker (Hef), does he really need any introduction??
- The Riddler (Mr Anderson), sorry Ando - but you do actually look and behave like the Riddler.
- Bain (LG), the pure grunt of the single bike pack.
- Catwoman (um, SpyCat of course), no explanation needed!
- The Penguin (The Pied Piper), there are some definite physical similarities here.....
- Mr Freeze (Snapper), beware of the frosty glaze of Mr Freeze.
- Poison Ivy (Skeeta), hmmm, gotta watch this one, she's fiesty.

Will Good overcome Evil on Saturday morning??? Will the tandem completely SMASH the single bikes??? Me thinks so!

The Love Is Ride

Ok you Mere Males in M1 Land, listen up.  Remember the little cartoons "Love is.....", well this morning's ride was a clear indication that Hef, Snapper and Mr Anderson all need to be reaquainted with the Love is theory.  Let me explain....

Mr Anderson.  Love is NOT.... 'deliberately stalking down your wife on Haddock Drive and passing her 10 metres before the top'. 

Snapper.  Love is NOT.... 'catching your wife just before the railway line with about 500m to go before the coffee shoop'.

And Hef.  Love is DEFINATELY NOT..... 'sprinting against your wife as you come into the final corner 100m before the coffee shop to take victory for the boys'.

It's probably a good thing that LG wasn't on the ride this morning as I'm sure he would have been influenced by the other Mere Males in the pack!

And "Enforcer", you took Kitty Soft Paw Ride to a new low this morning when you turned on Jim Whyte and missed Haddock altogether.  Tsk Tsk.

The "Gold Fever Le Tour" Cycling Festival 2012

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Results - Cat.1

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Results - Cat.4

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The Results - Round One

After this mornings Time Trial at Charters Towers, the M1 boys are well placed.  In Cat 1 (Open A), LG finished in 11th place in a field of 21 riders and in Cat 3 (Open C), the Silent Assassin came in 4th in a field of 25 riders.

This afternoon the boys will back up for the Criterium before resting ready for tomorrow's 120k road race.

The Gold Fever Le Tour

Best of luck to LG and the Silent Assassin who are on their way north today for the Gold Fever Le Tour event being held at Charters Towers.

It's going to be a tough weekend for the boys with a time trial, criterium and a 120k road race all crammed into two days.

Best of luck boys!  For more info check out http://www.qld.cycling.org.au/site/cycling/qld/downloads/Events/Flyers%202012/2012%20Gold%20Fever%20Le%20Tour%20Flyer.pdf