Tom Boonen confirmed yet again he’s the king of the cobblestones after winning the “queen of the classics” for the third time in five years at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday.
Just a week after Stijn Devolder defended his title at Tour of Flanders aboard a Tarmac SL2, Boonen did the same thing on a muggy, windy Easter Sunday aboard an S-Works Roubaix SL2, giving the pair a unique place in history of the becoming the first teammates to defend their respective victories in the Flanders-Roubaix double.
“To win alone in Roubaix is like a dream,” Boonen said. “I honestly didn’t think I would win today. I didn’t think I had good legs, but I was at the right place at the decisive moment and I started to feel better.”
Winning Roubaix – arguably cycling’s most difficult race with 52.9km of rough cobblestones spread over 27 sections in the 259km run from Compiègne to Roubaix — is never easy, something Boonen was quick to admit.
The Quick Step captain overcame a crash, a mechanical problem and avoided two costly crashes on the decisive Carrefour de l’Arbre cobblestone section with 17km to go to drop an elite group of six leading riders to claim victory in the best possible way.
Email to a friend April 13th, 2009
Terra Australis is an epic seven-day Mountain Bike journey [ Modeled of the Trans Rockies in Canada ] . An unforgettable adventure that will take us from the heights of Victoria’s Alpine Resorts, through historic high country villages. Teams of amateur and pro riders will pedal their way across the rooftop of Victoria and into the luscious alpine valley’s of North East Victoria. It will be a true test of our physical endurance and mental resolve but the sense of personal achievement will last a lifetime. 600 km’s…..7 days….. 15,000+ mts of ascent later we will celebrate our own personal victory in TERRA AUSTRALIS 2009.
Peter Hepworth and Bryce Young are taking on Terra Australis on March 29th 2009. 600km of mountain (more…)
Email to a friend April 5th, 2009
Hats off to the Top Gear Boys Pete and B.Y putting in a fantastic effort so far in the biggest MTB event in australia. Putting in a soild day on day 1 the boys suffered a bit on day 2. Day 3 they started to get their legs back and by day 4 they were flying moving up the GC to 6th over all. Well done Pete and B.Y keep up the good work.
check the results at:
http://www.terraaustralismtbepic.com/TA-Stage-4-Series-Category.pdf
Email to a friend April 2nd, 2009
The Economic Cycle Sale starts this Friday. We have instore some great bargins on current model bikes.Hurry in as this is for a very limited time.
Email to a friend March 11th, 2009
Topgear Cycles sponsored athlete Paul Attard has had an outstanding season so far. He has won two national triathlon races out right this season and looks good to continue this form. see his race report below……..
“As most will know there was a few of us guys head to Tassie on the weekend for the Hobart Challenge.
Between us we all had some very mixed results from PB’s to DNF’s and overall wins!
Thankfully i can say i had the overall win on Sunday in what were just about perfect race conditions.
I was slow to start in the swim but finished it off well once i got going, but still come out about 3mins behind some surf league guys. (more…)
Email to a friend March 2nd, 2009
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(*NRMA 2007 Vehicle Running Costs report)
small car $174.60
light vehicle $143.81
people mover $265.31
SUV $323.02
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Email to a friend February 25th, 2009
We came , we saw, we kicked butt! Well, we all finished in one piece! This weekend a group of friends from Topgear Cycles took on the Otway Odyssey 100km MTB Race. This mountain bike event starts in the coastal town of Apollo Bay and ends up at a small town called Forrest. For mountain bikers Forrest is the Meca of single track riding.
In a nut shell, the course climbs uphill for the first 40km on a mixture of dirt roads and bush tracks. Once you hit the high spot of 570 m you have some fast single track and very ruttered 4wd tracks. This year, the conditions were a far cry from last year’s mud, with dust being a big problem amongst the big pack of over a 1000 riders. With a few nasty spills and some broken bones the riders were greeted with some of the best single track riding you will find in Australia.The last 40km weaves it way around 3 different loops.As tired as you are its a dream track that just keeps on going…. The last loop is 13km and includes a killer of a climb. Once you think you have put all the up hill behind you , course designer John Jacoby puts in a hill he calls the “sledgehammer” Finally the last couple of k’s are fast and flowing and you can enjoy the moment of crossing the finish line knowing you have finish one of the toughest 100km races around.
Email to a friend February 22nd, 2009
The Australian cycling community has been busy over the past week, raising money and donating equipment to those who have been affected by the nation’s worst bushfires. Over $42,000 dollars and some 65 bicycles have been donated through various fund raising events over the weekend.
Victorian mountain biking clubs held the first Enduro Series round in aid of the bush fire victims. The event, which was moved from Eildon to the You Yangs due to the devastating bushfires, raised some $35,000 for the Fire Relief Fund. (more…)
Email to a friend February 18th, 2009
The Eildon HDATO has been cancelled due to the fires, instead clubs have organised the following event:
Bush Fire Relief rd 1 of the Victorian State Enduro Series (more…)
Email to a friend February 11th, 2009
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