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.
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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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. 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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