RACING BLOGS, NEWS & REVIEWS

March 26, 2009

Marcin Makes It Great

Filed under: Wilier Racing — Tony @ 2:21 pm

marcin-bike-of-the-week-26309Wunderkind Marcin Bialoblocki is featured in the latest Cycling Weekly showing off the Sports Bean Wilier’s new bike the all-conquering Cento Uno. (more…)

March 24, 2009

Wiliers Dominate Again in Thruxton

Filed under: Wilier Racing — Tony @ 9:09 am

Sports Bean Wilier went back to Thruxton in triumph and scored five top ten places – even if they missed out on the all-important win! The Wiliers dominated the entire race. This is Mark Perry’s rider report: (more…)

March 16, 2009

Police Halt Thruxton Race – Marcin’s Progress Arrested!

Filed under: Wilier Racing — Tony @ 3:54 pm

The Boys in Blue scuppered Sports Bean Wilier’s chance of glory in Thruxton at the weekend when they cancelled a premier calendar outing half way through the race! Hampshire police revoked the event’s race licence because they felt some riders had been crossing into the oncoming carriageway when overtaking. Wonders will never cease. This is Will Bjergfelt’s roundup of the team’s weekend of racing in his own diary: (more…)

March 12, 2009

SB-W’s Five In Top Ten Finish

Filed under: Wilier Racing — Tony @ 11:20 am

After two wins out of two in the season curtain-raisers Sports Bean Wilier went into the  Jock Wadley Memorial Race in Essex with high hopes for another victory. It wasn’t to be Ben Luckwell’s day BUT with five riders in the top ten finishers it was a fine overall result for the Bean-powered lads. This report from Clive Richardson. (more…)

March 3, 2009

Procycling Interview with World Champ Ballan

Filed under: Wilier News — Tony @ 10:19 am

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Wilier’s World Champion Allessandro Ballan has been telling Procycling what he’s got up his multicoloured sleeves for 2009. You can read the interview highlights right here or buy the March magazine from news stands. (The article also includes superb technical know how from Wilier’s chief executive Andrea Gastaldello) (more…)

March 2, 2009

Marcin Gets Season off to a Flyer

Filed under: Wilier News, Wilier Racing — Tony @ 10:21 am

Polish wunderkind Marcin Bialoblocki took the top honours for Sport Beans Wilier  in the annual Severn Bridge Road Race organised by the Bristol Road Club as a curtain raiser to the premier season.  After 66 miles and ten laps of hard slog in the Gloucestershire sunshine the field of 70 riders was ground down by the long-legged Pole. You can read  Larry Hickmott’s report and see his pictures on the British Cycling website here: http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2009/20090301_Severn_brdige.asp

Alternatively you can read new team rider – Will Bjergfelt’s report right here: (more…)

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