By Grace Phang (Twitter @grac3fifty) Donna Buang ITT. 17km Hill climb?plus time trial?.. a zillion excuses had crossed my mind about not riding that morning. Woke up with a bugger of a sore throat, nose was leaking like a tap, it was cold, had to study for an exam on Tuesday?.yada yada yada?Well, I had…
Month: May 2012
Erdinger Alkoholfrei-DownerEDi Mining At Queensland Metro Road Championships
By Erdinger Alkoholfrei-DownerEDi Mining Just under 70 riders lined up to take on the 2012 Queensland Metropolitan Road Championships including 6 Erdinger Alkoholfrei ? Downer EDi Mining riders. Trent Carman, Ben Carman, Kristian Juel, Rafael Vainikka and James Szollosi all took the start of the 115km road race for the team which was hosted by…
Mauricio Soler Travels Back To Sankt Gallen
Eleven months after his serious accident in the Tour de Suisse, the Colombian visited the medical center whose ICU held him for the three weeks following his dramatic crash. Just under a year -the incident happened on June 16th- afer the crash that almost took Mauricio Soler’s life on stage six in the Tour de…
1-2 Punch For Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team In Gullegem Koerse
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team came into Gullegem Koerse with a strong selection, and they made sure they were well represented in the final kilometers, putting four riders in a nine rider break. Two of those riders were Matteo Trentin and Guillaume Van Keirsbulck. The two riders decided to take a risk, attacking on…
Lotto Belisol To Race Tour de Luxembourg
The preparation for the [W:Tour de France] continues with the Tour of Luxemburg (30/05 ? 03/06, 2.HC). Among the 16 teams participating, five WorldTour teams will start: Radio Shack-Nissan, Vacansoleil DCM, Team Sky, AG2R Mondiale and obviously also Lotto Belisol. Traditionally the Tour of Luxemburg is a tour with some good climbers on top…
2012 Roubaix Espoirs – The Last Kilometer
This weekend saw the 2012 Under 23 edition of Paris-Roubaix, Roubaix Espoirs, run & won by Bob Jungels of Leopard-Trek. The great people at thelastkilometer.com?were there shooting a video following Ignazio Moser, son of three time [W:Paris-Roubaix] winner Francesco Moser. It really was “a sunday in hell”, sunny & hot as well as very dry…
Shane Miller – Metro Road Champs & Tom Probert Club Teams Challenge
By Shane Miller (Twitter @gplama) Castlemaine CC hosted the 2012 Metro and Country Road Championships again this year. The course had been extended to 80km for MMAS1/2 and we were warned about a 1km of dirt road section before race day. The main climb near the end of the race was the selection point last…
Claudia H?usler Wins Exergy Tour Final Stage
Claudia H?usler won the final stage of the inaugural Exergy Tour in downtown Boise. The stage victory marks H?usler’s first win of the season and the first victory of the Orica-GreenEDGE outfit on North American soil. “Our plan had been well articulated even before we started the race five days ago,” said Sports Director Martin…
PureBlack Racing Head To North America
PureBlack Racing are off to North America next week for their second block of racing this year after a successful three months in Asia. The team will travel to Canada on June 7 for seven weeks, racing in three stage races and three major criterium. The major races include Tour de Beauce (UCI 2.2), CHIN…
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Investing In Young Talent
As of today,? through Wednesday, May 30, the Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team is hosting a “Talent Training Camp” specifically dedicated to the U23 and junior riders. After an initial positive experience in 2011, this year the team’s staff has decided to host another camp. We invited 10 athletes from the U23 category and…