NSW State TT
Last weekend saw yet another weekend with racing on the calendar. This time, the trip, with Fenz, to Calga on the NSW Central Coast for the NSW State Individual Time Trial.
After an up and down week, with not much training, only a few short sessions on the TT rig, we hit the road on Saturday afternoon and got through Sydney to Calga and got in a nice pre ride of the course.
I did this race several years ago and the pre ride only refreshed my memory of what a tough 43km it is. Up, down, up, down. With nearly 500m of vertical climbing through the course it is definitely one of the tougher TT courses out there, but at the end of the day there is certainly a deserved winner.
The morning dawned a little over cast and the wind picked up through the morning as earlier starters raced.
After a good warm up, I was off out of the start gate
Photo curtesy of Luke Picton
One of the toughest aspects of a long TT is the mind games and what goes on through your head as you are on the rivot for an hour. And I must admit my head wandered a little through the course of the test.
Anyway by the end of the test I managed 6th against some real specialists including a great bronze by Torq/BSS team mate Mark Fenner.
Photo curtesy of Luke Picton
CWD Article
Troy’s individual time trial triumph
MICHELLE COOK
04 Jul, 2012 04:00 AM
MICHAEL Troy’s versatility helped him to a top 10 finish in the Cycling NSW Individual Time Trial Championship on the weekend.
On Sunday, the Orange cyclist finished sixth in the elite men’s category at Calga, near Woy Woy.
A week earlier he was riding with Torq Bicycle Super Store in the Subaru National Road Series.
At the time trial event, the elite men completed a 43km course.
Troy, 23, finished the event in one hour and 53 seconds.
The winner, Brodie Talbot, stopped the clock in 58 minutes and 29 seconds.
Troy said he was pleased with his performance.
“Sixth against time trial specialists was quite a good result,” Troy said.
“I left everything out on the road. I couldn’t have done any more.
“I had hoped for a podium but after the hit-and-miss week I had leading into it, I was going to be happy with a top 10, especially with the calibre of riders there.”
The 43km course was hugely challenging.
“There was no flat at all. It was uphill or downhill,” Troy explained.
“It was a tough time trial. On top of that there was a gusty wind which kept you on your toes. There was 500m of vertical climbing so that makes for a really tough ride.”
Troy’s Torq BSS teammate Mark Fenner finished third in 58:44.
The Orange rider has plenty more work to do with another NRS event on the horizon.
The Torq BSS team will contest the Tour of Gippsland from August 1-5.
Troy will balance his training with his pharmacy studies at Charles Sturt University in Orange.
He said he was looking forward to another NRS event having already contested the Tour of Toowoomba and the North Western Tour.
“Going into Toowoomba I was really excited,” he said.
“Racing helps keep you motivated when you can see something on the horizon.”