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Victorian
Stars
Coming
Although 8mith, Suther
land and Arnold are the
most brilliant riders in 'The
Advertiser' field, it includes
many other Victorians who
have won Australian road
classics.
Don Williams, the 14 st.
4 lb. former NSW rider, has
probably trained harder for
the coming tours than and
other starter, his weekly
mileage being between 400
and 500.
Williams was 125-mile
road champion of NSW in
1948-49, and 100-mile cham
pion in 1950-51, and is also
a national 10-mile track
champion.
John Beasley, 24-year-old
member of- the famous
Beasley family, who is
training 350 miles a week
for the Tour, is making a
comeback after missing last
season.
In 1950 he won the 175
mile Melbourne to Wan
garatta for the first time,
and the Tour of Gippsland.
Beasley was a member of
a team of four with Oeane
Whitehorn, Peter Anthony
and Hec Sutherland (ama
teur) sent over to Europe
by an Australian fund in
1952. He rode in the Tour
de France and other Euro
pean classics, and im
pressed.
The 'old fox' of Austra
lian road cycling. Alby
Saunders, at 32, is one of
the veterans of the Tour,
but he .beat Sutherland last
year in the Australian 125
mile title, and later won
over £208 in taking fastest
time in the Warrnambool
road classic, covering 165
miles in 6 hrs. 8 min. 58 sec.,
averaging 27 m.p.h.
Saunders has the ability
to produce a brilliant finish
when seemingly exhausted.
Italian hopes, Angelo
Catalano and Cesare
Pivato. are two new riders
who have made their mark
in the past two years.
Catelano. at 22 years, in
his first road season last
year, won the Victorian
long distance title— the 187
mile stage of the 'Sun'
Tour. ,
He revealed further pro
mise by finishing third to
Smith and Sutherland in
the national road title a
fortnight ago, and is noted
for aggressiveness in his
riding.
Thirty -one - year.- old
Pivato. has only been in
Australia two years. In
Europe, he rode in th« Tour
of Italy *™ WStOf.
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