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Philippines and Mavericks take 2019 OCBC Cycle Speedway titles

5/13/2019

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The unique and exciting OCBC Cycle Speedway Championships returned to the Singapore  Sports Hub last Saturday and after six hours of thrilling action the national team of the Philippines were crowned Southeast Asia champions, while the Specialized Roval Mavericks retained their title as top local club. 

What makes the OCBC Cycle Speedway Championships unique is that it combines criterium racing with a team relay. Each of the rounds of racing took place over 10 laps of a hotdog circuit skirting the northern edge of the Singapore National Stadium. Significant this year was the presence for the first time of not just one all-female squad, but two; the Anza Women’s Cycling Team and the Fahrenheit Performance Development Team were the pioneers. 

​Click on this link to read the full race report.
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Gala day for Singapore cycling at OCBC Team Time Trial Champs

5/7/2019

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The OCBC Cycle Singapore Team Time Trial Championship showed once again last Sunday why it is probably the premier event on the local road racing calendar as over 130 teams of riders flocked to the Tanah Merah Coastal Road circuit for their annual dose of collective suffering.  
 
The Quad racing division alone attracted 76 teams across seven different categories, which equates to 304 riders, a superb number for a local cycling race. The Duo division attracted a further 60 teams, with many of the competitors in that set of races doubling up after a short rest from their Quad exploits … gluttons for punishment! While the Tanah Merah Coastal Road circuit isn’t the most exciting course in the world, it has loads of space for the officials, riders and supporters to set up their tents alongside the start/finish stretch, a big factor in the carnival atmosphere that prevailed on Sunday. Click on this link to read the full race report.
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Shafiq grabs more HolyCrit glory, Fischer gives Rad Race star power

3/27/2019

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​The big crowd who gathered at The Karting Arena for the third edition of the Odlo Cool Sprint Challenge powered by HolyCrit last Saturday witnessed a fitting end to an exciting night of racing as Muhammad Shafiq Muslim (Mayhem) out-manoeuvred local hero Elyas Yusoff (Cycleworx) late on the last lap to emerge as champion of the Road Bike Men’s Open after a real ding-dong battle.
 
It was Shafiq’s second successive time in the HolyCrit winner’s circle having won the fixed-gear race at the last Odlo Cool Sprint Challenge in September 2018. But the Kuala Lumpur-based rider’s decision to go roadie and not defend his title didn’t take any sheen off the fixed-gear division on Saturday night as the latter had its own dose of international star power in the shape of Jonas Fischer (Canyon Rad Pack), a member of the famous fixed-gear outfit Rad Race. Click here to read the full race report.
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Rookie Thrall shocks them all to win Tour of Phuket on debut

3/11/2019

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After three days of hot, hard and exciting racing in southern Thailand, Thomas Thrall (Matador Racing) and Chelsea Tan (BikeLabz Racing) are the new king and queen of the Singha Tour of Phuket.

The fourth edition of the Tour of Phuket was without a doubt the biggest and best yet, with bumper fields across the different racing groups, plus the race organisation was taken up a level; assisting Cycosports this year were media partner Unfound, local ground logistics partner Nich Cycling, Champion System supplied the race leaders’ jerseys, and of course, Thailand’s premier beer Singha came on board as title sponsor.
​Click here to read the full race report.
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Reinventing the wheel: Super League Triathlon

3/1/2019

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Like many other local members of the triathlon community, I was delighted when it was announced that Super League Triathlon was bringing its stable of superstar athletes to Singapore for its season-ending championship, but I wasn’t the only person to express my doubts when the location for the two-day event was revealed as Sentosa Cove. I wondered how the little luxury enclave at the eastern end of the island could possibly squeeze in a swim-bike-run course, never mind one to host a world championship-calibre event.

For a start, where were the athletes going to swim, in among the boats in the marina? Turns out they were, with the moored yachts providing a spectacular backdrop. And then there was a criterium circuit for the cycling! What genius came up with the idea of throwing a crit slap bang in the middle of a triathlon? What a masterstroke! As was the entire decision to hold the event at Sentosa Cove on a compact site ringed by restaurants and bars; my doubts about the location proved to be completely unfounded. Click here to read the full story.
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Dohling takes top sport as Singapore cyclocross nationals dazzle

1/21/2019

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The sport of cyclocross in Singapore took a giant leap forward yesterday as a bumper field of participants and a big crowd of spectators enjoyed a thrilling afternoon of action as just the second-ever CX national champs took place at Kallang Riverside Park. 

The big winner of the day at the 2019 OCBC Singapore National CX Championships was Bastian Dohling (Specialized Roval Mavericks) as the German outduelled the Aussie Mike Koreneff (Allied World Treknology3) to claim the men’s elite title after five laps of a fast but punishing course laid out along the banks of the Kallang River. With neither man being Singaporean, the title of national champion went to local cycling legend Junaidi Hashim (Team Awano Treknology), who finished fifth on the day.  Click here to read the full race report.
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Riyadh completes big year with Jungle Cross V win

11/9/2018

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Singapore’s competitive cycling scene drew to a close for the year on Tuesday with the concluding leg of the Cycosports Jungle Cross Series at the Centaurs Sports Park in Turf City. The record books will show Riyadh Hakim (Team Awano Treknology3) and Bastian Dohling (Specialized Roval Mavericks) as the big winners for triumphing in the Men’s Open MTB and Cyclocross events respectively, but the day was a true celebration of local cycling, combining a string of races with the opening of the Singapore Cycling Federation Academy, the SCF’s new youth training centre.

The event unusually took place on a Tuesday, thanks to the public holiday for Deepavali (Diwali), the Hindu festival of lights. With the absence of all the usual weekend sporting activities that often clash with cycling events, a bumper crowd of racers and supporters turned up and they came to have fun as they turned the covered transition area into a party zone complete with at least three BBQ stations and plenty of liquid refreshments. Click on this link to read the full race report.
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Koreneff pips Kiak to take final CBD crit glory for 2018

10/28/2018

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The 2018 URA-CFS Share the Road Criterium series concluded today in downtown Singapore with a thriller in the elite Men’s Open contest, which saw Michael Koreneff (Allied World Treknology3) edging Boon Yeo Kiak (CyclingTraining.Asia) by the slimmest of margins.

Vicky Goodwin (Anza Cycling) took the Women’s Open title, Winnie Chong (30Forty Cycling Team) won the Women’s Sports race, Pierre-Alain Scherwey (Allied World Treknology3) claimed the Masters crown and Julius Tangit (TWC Racing) was the Junior B champ.

Click on this link to read the full race report.
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Extra Thai flavour spices up 2018 Masters Tour of Chiang Mai

10/24/2018

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That the recently concluded 2018 Masters Tour of Chiang Mai (MTCM) solidified the four-day stage race’s reputation as one of the best cycling events in Southeast Asia shouldn’t be a surprise to previous participants, but its success wasn’t seen as a sure thing in the run-up to the October 13-16 event. 

There were a few fears going into what was the eighth edition of the MTCM that it might struggle to maintain the momentum that it has steadily built each year since its inception in 2011 due to potentially lower participatory numbers. However, those worries proved to be unfounded as nearly 200 bike racers and the northern Thai capital put on another entertaining and memorable show. The concerns arose due to a late change of dates forced on the race organisers by the Thai cycling federation which put the MTCM into direct competition with the Hong Kong Cyclethon and brought it to within two weeks of the Tour de Kepri. But in a twist of fate, the forced date change may have turned out to be a blessing in disguise as a big cadre of Thai riders, who wouldn’t have been able to compete on the original October 20-23 dates, gave the race a distinct home flavour. Click here to read the full story.
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Specialized online store goes live in Singapore

10/7/2018

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​Singapore fans of Specialized will be happy to hear that the official online retail platform of the US cycling giant has just gone live at www.specialized.com/sg/en. While the Specialized Concept Store and Tay Junction have done a good job over the years of showcasing Specialized’s wares (and we’re sure they will continue to do so), they perhaps at times didn’t go far enough in terms of stocking the full range of Specialized products. Plus if you didn’t live near Ubi or Bukit Timah it meant a schelp!

Why not try out the new platform for yourself. Specialized Southeast Asia has given Flat Spoke Media a 15 percent discount code – ALAN15FF – to share to our readers that can be used until November 1, 2018. Happy shopping. www.specialized.com/sg/en

Read the full review of the new online platform by clicking on this link.

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