Sunday held a cracking morning courtesy of Adelaide Hills Cycling Club at Mount Torrens, with the Springhead Road Race course delivering on expectations of creating challenging, positive racing.

After Saturday’s Super Series race, a bunch of our crew headed out to @adelaidehillscyclingclub’s road race out at Macclesfield on Sunday.

In B Grade, Adam backed up his solid day of racing on Saturday with a win courtesy of his uncanny ability to turn a corner at exceptional speed – combined with his huge kick. Jimmy managed to take third place, giving the team two podium places.

The pace in C grade was spicey – in C1, Paul used his big kick to take 2nd while in C2 Daniel’s huge engine took the win with over a minute on 2nd place.

In D grade, Juan pinned on a number for his first AHCC road race and took the win and Alison took third place – great work!

Saturday wrapped up the 2021 Super Series for our crew, with the final race being held at the jacaranda lined four corner Unley crit circuit.

Yesterday we made our way into the center of the city for Round 7 of @auscyclingsa’s @cyclingsuperseries on Rundle Street.

For Round Six of the Aus Cycling SA Super Series, the crew made their way out to Gawler – some forty kilometers north of the city center.

Saturday afternoon saw the crew head down to Aldinga for Round Five of the AusCycling SA Cycling Super Series.

We were lucky enough to head out to Macclesfield for Adelaide Hills Cycling Club’s Stamps Rd Road Race – a gruelling 13km course with 150m elevation each pass. One lap can be hard, but multiple at race pace becomes brutal very quickly.

On Sunday a bunch of our crew made their way out to Bradbury for @adelaidehillscyclingclub’s Kermesse.

While the weather turned it on, unfortunately a disgruntled local had sabotaged the course with tacks. This turned the race from one that is typically one of attrition from a physical fitness perspective into one that mechanical attrition also became a factor.

In B Grade, Jimmy Wade hung in for a very tough race and took third place, backing up his podium from Fox Creek. Luckily, his tyre had been victim to a tack – but it ‘threaded’ in and out of his tyre without piercing the tube. Adam Bowey was not so lucky, falling victim to a tack on the first lap.

In C1, both Harry Hollaway and Pearce avoided the proverbial minefield, both getting around the course without incident. The finish was somewhat chaotic, with B grade passing C1 on the final lap with both grades. The result was  Harry taking a dominant W in his first ever road race while Paul was forced to thread the needle through B grade while still managing to take third – very impressive after Saturday’s performance!

In C2, Daniel Kelly and Victoria Veitch raced strongly, with Daniel taking third and Victoria fourth. Unfortunately Simon Veitch fell victim to a tack – with well over half of this grade in particular being ‘tacked’.

Finally, in D1 Luke Dingley snagged his second podium in as many races, taking second place behind an U19 rider who will no doubt be making his way up the grades promptly. Unfortunately – and this is becoming a familiar story in this report (!!) – Alison Skinner was unlucky to hit a tack.

All in all, a morning that held some great results for the team, if not being a little bittersweet for those that received a tack and didn’t get to let their legs do the talking. That said – onwards and upwards, we’re looking forward to the next AHCC race at Macclesfield this Sunday.

Thanks go out to Adam Bowey and Amanda for the photos.

Saturday’s @auscyclingsa Super Series Points Race was a tough one!

Over the weekend, a bunch of Blackchrome’s crew made the journey out to Lobethal to “enjoy” the Fox Creek Road Race, put on by Adelaide Hills Cycling Club.