CYCLING.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 8, 19 August 1908, Page 11

CYCLING.

Bathurst to Sydney. SYDNEY, August 16. •The road race from Bathurst to Syd-ney,-a distance of 188$ miles, took place yesterday; resulting As follows:— Allan A. Turner IN.S.W.) .... 1 R. Patterson (Victoria) ....... 2 A. J. Hyslop; (N.SAV.) 3 The weather vyas.fipe, and the road in good condition, but the riders had to contend against a. .strong, head wind all the way. Three hundred assembled at Bathurst when the first man left at seven o’clock iu the morning, and 10,000 witnessed the..finithi,|>f the race at Ashfield, near Sydney. and Turner, who had 48 min. star-1. Cbvered t he. distance .in 8 hours 4 min.. Patterson ( with 42 min. start) ta-ki ng <Bc , lion rs 14 iriin. 53 • secs. and Hyslop (52 min. .start)- 8 hours 24 min. 41 secs., m xe- , ~ , Lareombe, scratehji who finished ninth, put up tlie fastest time—7 hours 53 min. 40 sees-.. He led at Penrith, but Turner got in front before rebelling Parramatta; Keefe (Tasmania).,. With 20mill, start, was second fastest,>iii 7.-hours 57 secs. J< ; T. Summers A( New,.Zealand) finished in the ruck. • of >•, hi . t c