Scottish
50 Mile Time Trial Championships
Sunday 29th June, 2008
"Given my record of bad luck in 50's,
when I heard that the course had been changed, I expected to end
up in the Cromarty Firth at the turn, checking out the dolphins!"
But Mark Atkinson successfully avoided that fate to take his third
Scottish 50 title; leading Sandy Wallace team mates, second placed
Jonathan Copp and fifth placed Ian Black, to take a double championship
win on a bright but cool and windy Sunday morning on the A9 near
Invergordon.
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Scottish
25 Mile Time Trial Championships
Sunday 15th June, 2008
Recording exactly the same time
- 52:15 - as the last occasion he won the 25 title, in 2005, Fort
William's Mark Atkinson (Sandy Wallace Cycles) regained his crown
on a cool and windswept Laurencekirk by-pass on Sunday morning.
VeloResults correctly tipped the top three,
but got the order wrong. We had Mark down to win ahead of Dooley's
duo, Arthur Doyle and Gary Robson, but a personal best 52:46 by
Robson gave him the silver by nine seconds from Doyle. More...
Eastern
Promise Road Race
Sunday 13th June, 2008
On a dismal Wednesday night, made
even more unpleasant by Pro Tour level midges, it was those Pedal
Power boys carrying on where they left off in the Sam Robinson,
with Gordon Murdoch and Gary Hand scooping the dosh in the Eastern
Promise road race across the moors around Gladhouse Reservoir. I
haven't trained as an SC commissaire, but presumably there's a rule
which says; "Pre race briefings must always be conducted
outside in the torrential rain, rather than in the comfort and dry
of the strip." More...
Super
6 Series - Event 4, Leven
Sunday 1st June, 2008
"That was horrid",
said the winner Evan Oliphant, as I asked him moments after he crossed
the line how he enjoyed it. "It was just like being back
at the Rás, what with the rain - and those roads!".
Oh! I I thought he was talking about his teammate James McCallum
congratulating him with a sloppy kiss on the cheek! More...
Scottish
10 Mile Time Trial Championships
Monday 19th
May, 2008
On a Sunday morning as
close to perfect as we’ll get in Scotland, Arthur Doyle (Dooleys) did what
most people had expected and took the Scottish ten mile championship over the
A811, Kippen Flats, equalling Graeme Obree’s 20-13 course record. If Arthur’s
first time trial championship win went to form, then the destination for rest
of the medals was much less predictable. More...
Riccardo
Riccò debuts the new Scott Plasma2 at the Giro
Tuesday 13th May, 2008
The big manufacturers always wheel out their
new weaponry at the Grand Tours to catch all those eager lenses
- and here's the latest TT machine from Scott, the "Plasma2".
Riccardo Riccò, the young team leader for Saunier Duval–Scott
and winner of Stage 1 on Sunday, used the new bike in the opening
Team Time Trial last Saturday. More...
Super
6 Series - Event 3, Greenacres
Saturday 3rd May, 2008
"I was needing a win! I've had too many
second places!"
was how Gordon Murdoch (Pedal Power) explained his strongman's victory
over 62 windy, potholed, crash-plagued miles in Saturday's Dooley's
Grand Prix, high on the bleak moors to the south west of Paisley.
The Pedal Power men took their tartan to a one-two-four, with Scott
Macrae close behind Murdoch at the line and the man in the Super
Six leader's jersey - Gary Hand - fourth, after puncturing at the
wrong time. Third place belonged to race hero, Arthur Doyle (Dooleys);
it had looked for a while as if his solo epic might pay off, but
Murdoch was, as Macrae said; "super strong!" More...
Unlucky
Team Liquigas at Paris-Roubaix
Friday 18th April, 2008
Lady Luck certainly wasn't
on Team Liquigas' side at last Sunday's Paris-Roubaix, as things
went from bad (even before the race) to worse! Still, Manuel Quinziato,
Murillo Fischer, Filippo Pozzato and the guys in green gave it their
all at the world's toughest race. So, here is a list of 10 things
you may not have seen from Paris-Roubaix coverage elsewhere... More...
The
ScottishPower Renewables Girvan 3 - Day Stage Race
Friday 21st - Monday 24th March,
2008
"The Girvan" stage race,
based in beautiful Ayrshire and Galloway and held over the Easter
weekend, has the reputation of being one of the toughest races in
Britain, and it certainly does deserve it. This year the 39th edition
is again being run over 3 days and 4 stages, with the 3 road stages
taking the riders into wild and remote terrain, most likely in less
than ideal weather, which has been deteriorating ominously during
the week and with foul conditions including snow predicted to arrive
at the weekend, together with over 100 of the UK's top cyclists,
it should be an interesting race...
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Plus, just because
we like this kind of thing, we've raked through our archives and
compiled a summary of statistics following last year's race.
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Super
6 Series - Event 1, Gifford
Saturday 1st March, 2008
The new Scottish Cycling Super 6
series kicked off in grand style today at Gifford in beautiful East
Lothian, with Gary Hand taking a well-executed and deserved solo
win in the 'A' Race, in a superbly organised Edinburgh Road Club
event. It was a great result for his pedalpower.org.uk/Endura
Race Team as his teammate Gordon Murdoch came across the line
in 2nd place 32 seconds behind, and with David Lines in 6th place
at 3'25" and Paul Coates next in just 1 second behind pedalpower
easily won the team award, a feat which mirrored the team's earlier
success in the 'B' race. Paul Coates also won the KoM competition,
and Gary Hand the Sprints competition to round off a very successful
day for the team. More...
Rock
Racing's solid performances at the Tour of California
Monday 25th February, 2008
Michael Creed’s extraordinary
ride yesterday capped an impressive performance for Rock Racing
at the Amgen Tour of California. Attacking from the start of the
93-mile (150 km) stage, Creed played an instrumental role in a pair
of breakaways that stayed clear of the peloton on a rain-soaked,
bone-chilling ride from Santa Clarita to Pasadena. Aggressive to
the end, Rock Racing nearly scored its second podium finish of the
race when Creed attacked inside the final mile and finished fourth
in a five-up sprint in front of the Rose Bowl. More...
