BICYCLE ROAD RACE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 30 September 1907, Page 4

BICYCLE ROAD RACE.

WABRNAMBOOL TO MELBOURNE.

WON BY A 13 STONE MAN. (Unitei. Peesb Association.— Copyeight.]

MELBOURNE, Saturday. Tht Warrnambool to Melbourne race resulted as follows : Dobie, Victoria, 42mins., 1; Oaks, Victoria, 80mins., 2; Willis, Victoria, 60mins., 3. Two hundred and thirty riders started, constituting a world's record. The race was won t>y about a quarter of a mile.

Later. The riding conditions for the cycling raco were unfavourabfc, the roads being sloppy owing to rain. Nevertheless some splendid work was done. Dobie, the winner, left Warrnambool at 6.13 in the morning, and reached Melbourne at 1.57 p.m. Oaks was the next to finish. About a quarter of a mile behind them came Wilson. Oaks' time was 8 hours 24 mins. 47 sees, and Willis' 8 hours 7 mins 42 sees.. Larcomb, who was at scratch, made the fastest time, 7 hours 40 mins 10 sees, lowering J. Artist's record by over three minutes. Larcomb finished fifteenth. The second fastest time was put up by Birch, a New Zealander, who, riding from the 24 mm mark, completed the course in. 7 hours 433 mins. Dobie is 6ft 2in. in height, and weighs 13 stone. Oaks has only one arm. Larcombe, who rode unpaced from Colac, had a puncture near Geelong, causing him a delay of ten minutes. A passing cyclist lent him a wheel. It is reported that the tack fiend was again in evidence, causing disaster to some riders.