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CYCLING.
By Cyclos.
DrM.OI* ROAD RACKS,
Th ■ mora important r<;«d raws in .V h!r;j"j.■. f),•
Wiirrn.'imlKJOl to Melbourne an J the < oi;n- to li<-l
bourne, will be conducted on <l'lob-i 3. Their
races, lu'omotcd. by ibe Dutdop-I1'rdiiau Ituhbci
t'o. I.fd., have achieved world frunc. The "U arr
nnmbool" was firrt conduced in 1X0.7. vtaii it wat
run in three groups, comprising iirsr, !.d, ant
Ibird class rid'is. its popularity may it: judged
from tli'- fact thai in tin- last Hi races" thine have
liceti lytbX slaili ',-. of whom 2.3t<0 have won time
medallions. Tin- 103 mil base ban < o-.ueii by.
SG5 riders in from !'J to It'i bonis, |,y 713 in fiom
It to 30 hours, bi CI !S in from is to 0 botrre.
and by 133 in lioin 7 in h hours. j„ jpjy 355
riders started, constituting a record whi'-h has ■
not yet been broken. 'Ibe reonni lime for Hie
course was made by I. lb Monro in 1I'OO, who
covered the distance inJ 7h. 32min. 31sec. 11.
Opperman's best fime is 7h. Jymin. 37see. lie has
made fast eft time on three occasions.
'J'be first prize tor the Wamiamliool will Ik- £50,
tlic Warmambool cup valued at 1331, and a £3/5/
gold medal; second i»rize, £23; and tbiid nrize. a
tjv'u UltUflj, tx.vWMU I" '**■■1 1 if IIU UjI'W | »J 17Ar, •
case of cutlery, valued at £1!»/15/. TUo rider
making tartest time will receive the "blue riband"
and a £5/5/ gold nmdal and, providing Ik- does
not win the raec, £20.
In the Colac the first prize is a gold watch valued
at £25 and a £5/5/ gold medal. Hie .second
prize its an electric wireless set valued at £19/13/;
and the third prize, trophies to a total value of
£10. The lidt-r gaining absolute fastest lime will
receive a £5/5/ gold medal, and if be does not win
the first prize, the Dunlop cup valued at £12/12/.
The total value of prizes for the Warrnambool is
£300, and the Colae £150.
OPI'EBHAN'S SUCCESS.
French newspapers were unanimous in their
praise of the great win of Hubert Opjtcrman, Hie
Victorian cyclist, in the Paris-Brcst-Paris 950-mile
road race. The "Echo de Paris" Easy that Opper
man is one of the most popular foreign cyclists
who has ever visited France, and that he thor
oughly deserved his victory, which resulted from
a superhuman effort. "Le Petit Parteien" at
tributes his victory to his "endurance, which is in
versely proportionate to his size and stature,"
and "Le Journal" describes him as a "marvellous
dynamo of human eneigy."
It was the first occasion that the race had been
won by a non-French rider. The prize was £400,
and success in such a race frequently results hi
many remunerative engagements being offered to
the "winner. Despite the fact that Oppcrman led
the field for the last 34 miles and averaged 28 miles
an hour in the last lap on the Velodrome Buffalo,
Paris, where the race finished, he was quite fresh
afterwards, indicating his systematic methods of
training. When interviewed he described the race
as the hardest in the world. "Many think that the
Tour de France is the toughest test," he said,
"hut in that race we had trainers and masseurs
who were not provided in the Paris-Brest-Paris."
dCEENSLANU.
The 14 miles junior teams' premiership of
Queensland, run under the auspices of the Queens
land Amateur Cyclists' Union, was won by the
Hamilton Wheelers team on Saturday. A. Club
won the 25 miles senior road championship of
Queensland, his brother Tommy finishing second.
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