CYCLE RACING.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19161, 18 November 1927, Page 11

CYCLE RACING.

VICTORIAN GRAND PRIX. (n CUtt-mi! ASSOCIATION—COFTBIQHT.) (ivnuuur avd *.2. cable association.) (Beorired November 17th, 10.25 p.m.) MELBOURNE, November 17. tb» third stage of the Victorian Gnad Prix cycling race, Bendigo to MRnunbool, 192 miles, the New Zeahod tetm retains its lead. Forty- . wreeruJers continue in the race. w aa defeated to-day for the JPW pmes at Ballarat and Castle- ■»## by Jehu, of Geelong, who led at Watson punctured at °Ty miles, but Rennie was well 2® we early stages. At Ballarat, •warty-eight miles, Bainbridge (Vic*"j*) first and Watson eighth, •« twenty-one miles farther on Wat--5! readied third place. At 129 mTb ■ L°-I er was: Opperman, Watand Osoorn, who wore . A heavy head wind is wgfflg the riders. A finish is ex«t Mven o'clock to-night. The /eehng the effects of the «ad progress is slow. WIN FOR OPPERMAN. *NI> K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) ffweived November 17th, 12.25 a.m.) MELBOURNE, November 17. We waa an exciting finish, the placbeing:— 13hrs 32min losec .. 1 icV ew Zealand), 13hrs 32miu »l-s»ec 2 13hrs 32min 15 l-ssec .. 3 13 hrs 53min 47sec .. 5 fij followed by Anderson, SeuU /\t anc * Williamson, with •SJtTOoT and) ' 13hrs 53min 47 'theblf 8 , a marv ellous sprint over • kwth w? 9 ' Opperman won by half • wkiol ea t Osborne bv half ,l>«d i r ™ ce to °k ~' ir6 22min betertaiii *,;» ew Zcalanders are fa the teams prize. It till midnight 801110 ridClS WiU not