Camperdown cyclist Xavier Gstrein has his sights set on riding in the iconic Melbourne-to-Warrnambool race. Xavier has made a successful return to the saddle after breaking a collarbone during a race at Shepparton on December 30. Now recovered, the 16-year-old is in full training and has a long-term goal of [...]

Colac’s Shaw family has re-affirmed its talent in the Western District cycling community, collecting a string of honours at regional championships. Cam Shaw, 36, produced the fastest time of his career at Hamilton’s South West Track Championships to collect a gold medal in the sprint event. [...]

A mountain bike racing career is beckoning Colac district cyclist Calum Middleton following his success in Forrest’s Otway Odyssey. Middleton, 17, was the under-18 winner of Saturday’s 50-kilometre Odyssey, fuelling a view the talented road racer has a future on the dirt track if he wants to switch disciplines. [...]

Colac mountain biker Ben Culton says he will have to think long and hard before putting himself through another 100-kilometre race through the Otways. Culton, a former couch potato who shed more than 60 kilograms and transformed himself into an athlete, has reserved judgement on racing 100km at next year’s [...]

Watching her children have fun on two wheels was a wake up call for Colac district mum Maree Middleton. If her sons Calum, 17, and Hamish, 14, enjoyed dodging logs and negotiating tight corners on a bike, why couldn’t she? So Middleton, 49, took up the high-adrenaline sport [...]

  Few people competing in tomorrow’s Otway Odyssey will have a story to tell like Colac’s Ben Culton. Culton, 31, has shed more than 60 kilograms – nearly half his body weight – in less than two years to make it to the starting line of the 100-kilometre cycling race from Apollo Bay. [...]

Colac district mountain bikers are leaving no stone unturned in pursuit of success at a national competition. Brothers Calum and Hamish Middleton, Tom Power, Simon Harrington and Ben Scott have completed a gruelling training camp in preparation for the national mountain bike cross-country championships in Adelaide, starting Friday. [...]

A Colac rider’s endurance has paid off resulting in top results in a world-class mountain bike event. Forrest Mountain Bike and Cycling club rider Gary Legg finished third in the Kona 24-Hour at Forrest. Legg completed six laps in 18 hours while fellow club rider Phil Bickerdike finished seventh in [...]

A Colac cycling team has beaten international cycling teams to finish second in one of Victoria’s biggest cycling races. The Bike Shop Colac team finished four minutes and 47 seconds behind the Savings and Loans team in the weekend’s Melbourne to Warrnambool race. The Bike Shop Colac team [...]

Chris Sutton has proved his love for south-west Victoria after winning two stages of Victoria’s most prestigious cycling race in the region. Sutton won stage two, Colac to Warrnambool, and stage three, Warrnambool to Apollo Bay, during this week’s Herald Sun Tour. The talented son of former Herald Sun tour [...]