BIG CYCLING RACE
WARRNAMBOOL CONTEST BEGINS 182 COMPETITORS START Reed. 2 p.m. MELBOURNE, Today. In the Warrnambool cycling race there were 224 acceptors, and 182 starters. The weather is perfect for the race. There is a difference of 70 minutes betwen the scratch and the limit men. The riders encountered a head wind for the start, and made an average pace of about 18 miles an hour, passing through Camperdown at 8.30. Mead. King, Anderson, and Ford led, closely followed by McLeod, Smith, Plum, and Pearson, the riders bunching in a big group because of the wind.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 786, 5 October 1929, Page 11
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97BIG CYCLING RACE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 786, 5 October 1929, Page 11
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