In 2007 the Drapac Porsche Cycling also started there overseas trip in Belgium before racing in Austria, Italy and Germany.
2008 Drapac Porsche European Tour:
June 22, 2008 Lede
June 24, 2008 Sint-
June 25, 2008 Halle-
July 4, 2008 Criterium Sint-
July 6, 2008 De Drie Zusterstedan -
July 10, 2008 Melle (Belgium)
July 13, 2008 Boekhoute (Belgium)
July 21, 2008 Dentergem (Belgium)
July 24, 2008 Dentergem (Belgium)
July 28, 2008 Westrozeberek (Belgium)
July 31, 2008 GP Getxo (Spain)
August 2, 2008 Sparkassen Giro Bocham -
Coming Events - June / July 2008
2007 Europe Tour
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Lede event starts a big week for Drapac Riders:
23.06.2008
After finishing the GP Frans melckenbeeck at Lede (22.06.08), the Drapac Porsche team will feel the eyes of the world press when they participant in the lead up events to the Belgium Nationals. Both the Sint-Elooisprijs and the Halle-Ingooigem will have excellent fields, with a number of the world best professionals using the events for final training before the Belgium National Road Championships on 29 th June 08.
With Tom Boonen (QuickStep) again on the starting list for the Halle-Ingooigem UCI 1.1 event (25.06.09), the race will be alive with media activity. Boonen who was second at the Belgium Nationals in 2007, and third in 2006, will be keen to pull-on the Belgium Champions jersey in 2008, and would appreciate some good news to take the media focus off recent events.
Olivier Kaisen top 10 in last years Nationals and Leif Hoste 4th in 2006 are currently in the Silence – Lotto team for the Sint-Elooisprijs, while 2006 Belgium champ Niko Eeckhout (Topsport Vlaanderen) is on the start lists for both the Sint-Elooisprijs and the Halle-Ingooigem. Other recent Belgium Championship performers in the Halle event include Nuyens (Cofidis) 4 th last year, and Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet) also well up in top 10 in 2007.
Having recent experience against these high profile teams in events such as Tour of Qatar will allow Drapac Porsche to be better prepared mentally to tackle the Belgium events, as well as the more obvious advantage of knowing the riders. The Australians well aware of new European talent such as Silence – Lotto’s Greg Van Avermaet going into this weeks important Belgium events.
See on left - images from last years Halle & Belgium Nationals.....
Drapac Porsche arrivies in Europe:
20.06.2008
With Drapac Porsche Cycling Team first start on their 2008 European Calendar on Sunday (22/06/08) in the Belgium National Class Lede event, the Drapac Porsche riders have had to use a bit of initiative in there pre event training, switching to the towns commuter bikes after their racing machines have been delayed in arriving in Belgium.
Faced with the dilemma of needing to roll the plane travel from there legs, but with no firm commitment on when their oversize luggage would arrive, the team opted for the next best option and borrowed the town bikes for a training session..
Sunday’s Lede event is a circuit race (approx 10km a lap), located between Ghent and Brussels. After a strong showing last year where the team had 3 riders in the top 30 finishers when McLachlan got clear in a bunch early and stayed away all day to finish 4th. Dean Windsor tried to get across and finished 10th in the chase group, While Mitch Docker got in a late move to finish 30th, the team will again be eager to feature in the early attacks and start the trip on a positive note.
23.06.2008
After finishing the GP Frans melckenbeeck at Lede (22.06.08), the Drapac Porsche team will feel the eyes of the world press when they participant in the lead up events to the Belgium Nationals. Both the Sint-
With Tom Boonen (QuickStep) again on the starting list for the Halle-
Olivier Kaisen top 10 in last years Nationals and Leif Hoste 4th in 2006 are currently in the Silence – Lotto team for the Sint-
Having recent experience against these high profile teams in events such as Tour of Qatar will allow Drapac Porsche to be better prepared mentally to tackle the Belgium events, as well as the more obvious advantage of knowing the riders. The Australians well aware of new European talent such as Silence – Lotto’s Greg Van Avermaet going into this weeks important Belgium events.
See on left -
Drapac Porsche arrivies in Europe:
20.06.2008
With Drapac Porsche Cycling Team first start on their 2008 European Calendar on Sunday (22/06/08) in the Belgium National Class Lede event, the Drapac Porsche riders have had to use a bit of initiative in there pre event training, switching to the towns commuter bikes after their racing machines have been delayed in arriving in Belgium.
Faced with the dilemma of needing to roll the plane travel from there legs, but with no firm commitment on when their oversize luggage would arrive, the team opted for the next best option and borrowed the town bikes for a training session..
Sunday’s Lede event is a circuit race (approx 10km a lap), located between Ghent and Brussels. After a strong showing last year where the team had 3 riders in the top 30 finishers when McLachlan got clear in a bunch early and stayed away all day to finish 4th. Dean Windsor tried to get across and finished 10th in the chase group, While Mitch Docker got in a late move to finish 30th, the team will again be eager to feature in the early attacks and start the trip on a positive note.
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Halle & Belgium Nationals
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Halle & Belgium Nationals
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