Qormi Cycling Club

Kevin Muscat in the Masters 40+

The National Time Trial Championship for 2012 started on the Coast Road on Sunday 29th April in a force 4 easterly wind which made cyclists invest in a harder effort on the route.  The overall results gave an encouraging start to club cyclists where Joe Mallia finished first in the 50+ category, while George Abela and Anthony Borg crossed the line second and third respectively in the 60+ category.    Kevin Muscat just missed a podium finish in the harder Masters 40+ category after ending 4th.

Full results available in the Results Page

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Ramon Grech at the start of the closing ITT event

This year’s Tour ta’ Malta included four cycling events on four separate days. The Club participation was limited to  two categories, Open and Masters, where Ramon Grech raced in the former and Joe Mallia in the Masters.

The launching ITT event proved that the level of foreign cyclists was quite high.  This was further confirmed in the second event which was a road race on San Martin circuit.

The third event was switched from Gozo due to road works and transferred to St Paul’s Bypass.  Foreign cyclists again dominated this event.

The closing race was an ITT on Zebbug Bypass where the times clocked by foreigners proved higher than that of the locals.  Ramon Grech managed a good performance on the closing day clocking 18 minutes 44 seconds and finishing 16th overall and 6th among the locals.

This year’s edition included two professional teams, Christina Watches Onfone and Team OneCo Masterhus  which  competed in the Elite Pro category.  Cycling enthusiasts enjoyed the presence of renowned cyclists Michael Rasmussen and Stefan Schumacher during the four days of the Tour.

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2nd Prize to George Abela

The road race on St Paul’s Bypass was held on 18th March in next to perfect weather conditions.  Despite a minimal participation,  Qormi CC still managed two podium finishes when Joe Mallia and George Abela ended first and second in the over 50 and  60 categories respectively.

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Ramon Grech during Coast Road TTT

Qormi CC participated in the annual Team Team Time Trial event on the Coast Road with three cyclists , Ramon Grech, Kevin Musact and Joe Mallia. The latter two of the team  compete in the over 40 and 50 categories and despite the age drawback,  the club team still managed a respectable 8th place out of ten teams.  The clock stopped at 1 hour 7 min 3 seconds after the last rider of the team crossed the finishing line.

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Kevin Muscat and Joe Mallia leading the Masters group

The second event of the cycling season took place on Sunday 19th Februay on the Zebbug Bypass circuit of 4.2km.  The race was the first mass start of the season where the different categories had to perform a number of laps on this circuit in good weather conditions.  Another success was achieved in the over 50 category where Joe Mallia managed to cross the line first while Kevin Muscat finished 7th in the over 40 category.

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Joe Mallia receiving the first placed reward for the O/50 category

The uphill route from Qormi to Dingli has been the challenge for over 70 riders in an Individual Time Trial event which launched the cycling season 2012.  Wet surfaces and headwinds made the route more difficult to the participants.  Good results were obtained by the club in the over 50 category as Joe Mallia placed first in 23 minutes and 58 seconds while George Abela finished second in the over 60 category in 29 minutes and 33 seconds.  In the over 40 category Kevin Muscat      managed a respectable 5th place in the season opener.

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Kevin Muscat during the Pembroke race

Club cyclist Kevin Muscat  is currently leading the Masters category of the National point series of the Mountain Bike Association after crossing the finishing line first both in the first event at Pembroke and the following race in Mizieb.   We augur Kevin further success in the Mountain Bike challenge.

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Cliff Micallef memorial at Pembroke garden

Qormi CC members next to the memorial

A bike ride was organized on Sunday 12th February 2012 from Bahar ic-Caghaq to a new Pembroke garden where a memorial to club cyclist Cliff Micallef was inaugurated.  Present for this activity was Hon Minister George Pullicino,  MCF committee members, cyclists and relatives of Cliff.

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Club cyclists produced a promising start for the Individual Time Trial National Championship 2011 on Sunday 19th June after Kevin Muscat and Michela Galea ended leaders of the Masters and Girls Under 15 categories respectively . The registered times indicate the good form of our cyclists for this competition.   Missing for the inaugural race in the Elite category were key club cyclists David Galea and Jack Schiavone who were not available on the day.  The second race of the TT championship is scheduled for Sunday 26^th June on the Coast Road.  We augur that the determination shown last Sunday continues for the rest of the season.

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David Galea illustrated his best in Sicily after finishing first local during Gran Fondo Villasmundese .  A good number of local cyclists participated in the grueling 115km race which included a 6 km climb after 80km.  Strong headwind made the race harder to the participants.  David crossed the line after  3 hours 15 mins and 41 sec beating second local Maurice Formosa by 6 minutes and third local Etienne Bonello by 8 minutes.  This was a second successive hit for David in Villasmundo.

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