There were over 20 Kelly Cycle Coaching athletes who attended the racing in Mansfield and with ideal race conditions, the weekend was a huge success. The KCC women were well representated with great racing from Vic Snibson, Carley McKay, Maddy Cardillo, Jess White and Jess Laws.  Maddy worked hard in the closing lap of the criterium to position Carley for […]

Two of our masters riders, Ed Smith and Steve Payne, recently completed the Marysville Challenge. Here are their reports: Report by Ed Smith: The Marysville Lake Mountain Challenge is the first event in the centrepiece of Cycling Victoria’s recreational program for 2012, the Netti Challenge Series. The ride had 35 km and 120km options, both terminating in Marysville.  Either ride […]

One of our Kelly Cycle Coaching athletes prepared this report on his recent trip to the Tour Down Under. Adelaide trip – by Ben Andrews It was the time of the year that I always look forward to, the Tour Down Under. I was going to my 10th year starting in 2003. We had booked the caravan park where we […]

Kelly Cycle Coaching had 3 athletes compete in the Trans Hajar Mountain Bike race in Oman.  This was a tough 4 day mountain bike race, made harder by the extreme heat, arid terrain and the quality of the field. Our Kelly Cycle Coaching athletes were excited to see a few ex pro European cyclists show up making it an even […]

One of Kelly Cycle Coaching’s U17 athletes Steve Carroll has been progressing well in his various sporting endeavours.  He comes from a triathlon background and is making the transition to cycling.  In the last few weeks Steve has: finished 7th in the State Omnium Championships in Shepparton finished 7th in the U15-U19 Gatorade Triathlon in Melbourne on Sunday, and competed […]

Kelly Cycle Coaching had 2 elite women participate in the Bay criterium events.  Jessica Laws raced on Day 1 whilst Carley McKay started Day 2.  Here is what Jess had to say about her bay criterium experience. Bay Criterium – Stage 1 – Jessica Laws If someone had told me a few of months ago I would have had a […]

Day 2 bay crits report – by Michael Hale On day 2 of the jayco bay cycling classic it was the eastern park stage which was approximately 2 kilometers in length in the geelong botanical gardens, everyone knew that this day was going to be the hottest day of racing out of the four stages. The day started off with […]

Jayco Bay Crits – Day 3 Portarlington – report by Liam White The weather for the Portarlington, stage 3 was a big relief for most riders after the previous day’s weather of just under 40 degrees. Portarlington was known as the toughest stage and a lot of the boys, including myself wanted a bigger and better performance after pulling out […]

Brad Wills, a first year U23 rider, competed in his first National Championship last weekend, the National U23 Criterium Championships.  After recently completing Year 12 and having only had 5 weeks of training in his legs, here is his race report on what happened in his race. On the 5th of January the national criterium race for U23 men, elite […]