CYCLE ROAD RACE.
WON BY A VICTORIAN. A CLOSE FINISH. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. MELBOURNE, 2nd October. The cycle road race from Warrnambool to Melbourne, 151 miles, promoted by the Dunlop Rubber Company, was run yesterday, the placed men being :—: — Piercy, Victoria (47min) ... ... 1 M'Sw-eeney, West Australia (17min) 2 Perrett, New South Wales (4Smin)... 3 The winner's riding time was lOhrs lmin 21sec, while tho fastest time was made by L. Pianto (West Australia), 9hrs 30min 46sec. Won by a length and a half, the third man only a few feet away. Twenty thousand people wTtnessed tha finish. Ihe weather threatened at the start in the morning, and a very strong northerly wind was blowing, but the conditions afterwards improved. Out of the 401 acceptors for the race 355 started. Amongst those scratched were Walsh and Neilsoi>, New Zealanders.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXX, Issue 81, 3 October 1910, Page 7
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