{"id":349127,"date":"2025-12-15T07:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349127\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T07:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:57:08","slug":"redlands-cycling-club-shines-at-taupo-and-robina-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349127\/","title":{"rendered":"Redlands Cycling Club Shines at Taup\u014d and Robina Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Sally McLean<\/p>\n<p>REDLANDS Cycling and Multisport Club (RCMC) celebrated a standout weekend across two major events \u2013 the Lake Taup\u014d Cycle Challenge in New Zealand and the QTS Robina Triathlon on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p>At Taup\u014d, riders enjoyed clear skies and classic climbing as they circled the 160km lake course.<\/p>\n<p>Justin Kimber finished strongly in 5:12, calling it \u201ca real rider\u2019s ride\u201d, while Robert Collins produced a superb sub-five-hour effort, attacking in the final kilometres to finish with a 33.3km\/h average after almost 2000m of climbing.<\/p>\n<p>Back in Australia, the Robina Triathlon delivered thunder, lightning and torrential rain, forcing the standard distance to be shortened.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the conditions, RCMC athletes impressed \u2013 Kelly Phuah, Phil Stoneman and Darren Farlow each claimed first place and State Champion titles.<\/p>\n<p>Rosemary Kimber raced consistently, and Francisco Caicedo Narvaez showed resilience after a tough swim.<\/p>\n<p>In the sprint division, Sally McLean took first place, while Bronwyn Williams finished a close fourth, just 30 seconds off the podium.<\/p>\n<p>A remarkable weekend for RCMC, showcasing strength, patience and racing class in both sunshine and storm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Sally McLean REDLANDS Cycling and Multisport Club (RCMC) celebrated a standout weekend across two major events \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-349127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}