Dundee Thistle Stage Race 27th and 28th of May

Some great racing in some very tough conditions. The event was only marred by some reckless riding from individual riders causing the second stage to be stopped.
Full report and pictures by David and Rachel available from home page

Prologue

After more than 18 years the club has redesigned it’s club kit.

The three main colours of red, orange and blue remain but we have re-introduced the thistle on wheel badge.
Hopefully we’ll get some pics up soon of guys out in the new kit.

Despite the snow returning to cause yet more disruption on Tayside and Fife roads
42 brave cyclists made it to the Christmas lunch.
10 actually did the mountain bike run over the Sidlaws first.

Big thanks go to –
Li for organising
Brian for a great raffle and Gemma for assisting.
Dave for revealing a series of great pics for the Steve Donnelly calendar
The Belmont Arms for a great spread
And everyone who attended and bought calendars and raffles tickets.
All proceeds go to Steve’s fund

In June of 2010, Steve Donnelly was one of the bunch on a routine Sunday morning run with his Dundee Wheelers clubmates. Conditions were wet and on bend during a descent, he gently touched his brakes. As sometimes happens, his back wheel slid away from him and he went down.

It was a fairly typical fall, only on this occasion it didn't have the usual outcome of him picking himself up, checking the bike, then getting back into the saddle and on with the run. He landed the wrong way...and in that moment his life, and that of all those close to him, changed for ever.

If you haven't heard already the Christmas dinner will be on Sunday 19th of December.

Mountain Bike Run
Meet at Auchterhouse war memorial for a mountain bike run over the lovely Sidlaws via Kinpurny Tower to Meigle.

Road bikes
Meet at Camperdown gates for the road bike run. The route is decided on the day.

The Place
Belmont Arms Meigle

All groups to try and get there at 12 for a 12:30 sit down.
Time for a pint or for the MTB boys time to change into the white shirt and tie.

Club run accident involving Steve Donnelly, from the Dundee Wheelers, on Sunday 27 June.

Steve came off on a corner while making a descent in wet conditions on the A822 Amulree-Dunkeld Road, being knocked unconscious and sustaining serious injuries. He was tended to by club-mates, including a nurse, before the arrival of paramedics. They treated him at the scene before he was taken by air ambulance to the spinal injuries unit at Glasgow’s Southern General Hospital. His condition was said to be critical.

Everyone who knows him will be hoping for the best possible outcome.

Feedback from Braveheart forum re our stage race:

"Congrats Pedro del Murdo. Never lost it. Big thanks to all at the Dundee Thistle for a good, well orginised weekend's racing. Good to see all the same faces making everything run smoothly."

Peter Murdoch wins Dundee Thistle stage race
Peter Murdoch (East Kilbride RC) took the final stage of the Dundee Thistle race and with it the overall win.

Overnight leader John Kermode (Dundee Thistle) punctured, getting back to the main peloton but not making the break.

Showing the strength of riders coming through, three juniors finished in the top six.

Scott McCrossan (Pedal Power) finished just ahead of local riders Andrew Leith from Dundee and Matthew Hamilton from Perth.

Prologue (time trial hill climb to the top of The Law)

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