Eastern Cycling Club

Results for Wednesday's racing at The Loop.

We had reduced numbers again this week. Perhaps due to the quick burst of rain in some parts, about an hour before racing. Thanks to those that entered and managed to enjoy an incident-free race.

We had just the 3 starters in B and so they started with A. The consistency of Lucio in C is putting his time in this grade under threat - the talk of promotion is nigh. Well done all!

Good luck to all teams on Sunday for the annual Team Time Trial out at Steels Creek.

Pictured here co-favourite “Jim’s Mowing” with a power profile of their team make up.

Best of luck all riders.

Congratulations to ECC member Matt Sherwin on his fantastic results at the recent Merv Dean Memorial 3 Day Club Tour in Bendigo. This was held over the King's Birthday weekend, with 3 challenging stages.

In the overall results, Matt finished 2nd in the Points/Sprint Classification and 9th on GC. These were his stage results:
Stage 1 - Sutton Grange, 101.2km. 9th place
Stage 2 - Mt Alexander, 109km. 9th place.
Stage 3 - Harcourt Kermesse, 58km. 2nd place.

Racing at Casey Fields today, congrats to all, results below

Results for the Teardrop racing from Wednesday.
As there were only 3 entries for B Grade, 2 of these went up to A Grade and the other went to C Grade. Maybe the weather was a bit of a deterrent, but the weather gods played nicely and racing went ahead.

John Williams delivered an extended pre-race briefing in the area of the bottom corner. Considering it has been the site of 2 crashes in recent weeks and, historically speaking, of many more. Scars in the bitumen, a result of many pedal strikes over the years backed up the message: respect the corner, give each other room and don't pedal till you're safely through. Everyone must've really listened as thankfully, we had an incident-free morning. Well done to all.

Our final results for the LBS Toughen Up Series:

Toughest 1st Female - Glenda Signorini
Toughest 1st Male - Fraser Bryden

2nd - Murray Budin
3rd - Peter Mackie
4th - Andrew Pike
5th - Devon Boyd
6th - John Thomson
7th - Dean Tune
8th - Justin Van Tol
9th - Jimmy Stevens
10th - Steve White

We had our presentation / social night on Saturday at the Ringwood Club. Along with the above placegetters, our recent Crit Championship medals were handed out. Thanks to all for coming along and to Andrew Steele, owner Local Bicycle Shop for supporting and also presenting the prizes for the Toughen Up Series.

This week's racing at Eastern Cycling Club
WEDNESDAY - 3 June 2026
Wednesday racing at the Loop / Teardrop
Grades A to F
Racing starts at 10:15am
https://entryboss.cc/races/29812

SATURDAY - 6 June 2026
Casey Fields
Grades A to F
Racing Time
55 minutes plus bell lap
Registration opens at 1:00pm, racing starts at 2:00pm
https://entryboss.cc/races/29833

The final round of our Toughen Up Series was held yesterday at Yarra Glen.
Again we thank our title sponsor, Andrew and the Local Bicycle Shop for their generosity in supporting our racing.
Results below, with the Series wrap up to follow.

As Round 5 of the LBS Toughen Up Series concludes today at Yarra Glen, we take a look back at the action from Gruyere last week.
Thank you to John Signorini for capturing these moments from around our beloved cheese course.

ONLY 2 WEEKS - EASTERN CYCLING CLUB TEAM TIME TRIAL - 14th June 2026

Reminder to get your team together

Format: Handicapped Team Time Trial
Start Time: 10 am
Course: Steels Creek
Size of Team: 4 riders (minimum 3) required.
Eligible Riders: All masters riders welcome - M1 and W1 upwards (Men 30yo+, Women 30yo+)

Bike Type: Road or TT (no Tri water bottles on the front)

Entry: Riders to enter separately via
https://entryboss.cc/races/29834 and include the names of your team members in the comments section.

Team Captain: please identify yourself in the comments section and advise of your team's name.

Team Name: Your team will need a name. Think outside the box! See less