We are excited to announce that Team Erdinger Alkoholfrei ? Downer EDi Mining rider Reuben Donati will be taking his cycling to the next level.? Reuben will be spending the next few months riding in a professional Spanish cycling team, Team GOMUR-CANTABRIA DEPORTE. Reuben will be based in Santander, where he will be racing alongside…
Month: July 2012
London 2012 – Marianne Vos Wins Thrilling Road Race
via London 2012 Press Release Marianne Vos of the Netherlands took gold on The Mall after a thrilling climax to the women’s Road Race. The Dutch rider edged ahead at the end of a pulsating 140km race, which featured two climbs of Surrey’s Box Hill. With the peloton cast adrift, Great Britain’s Lizzie Armitstead was…
Drapac Professional Cycling Shift Focus To National Road Series
After successful campaigns in both Asia and Europe Drapac Professional Cycling has returned to home soil and set its sights on the domestic National Road Series (NRS). The team will head to the Tour of Gippsland, beginning in San Remo on the 1st of August, with a star studded team containing two former National Champions…
London 2012 – Alexandre Vinokourov Claims Road Race Gold
via London 2012 Press Release [W:Alexandre Vinokourov] triumphed in a dramatic men’s Road Race on The Mall to claim gold for Kazakhstan. Colombia’s Rigoberto Uran Uran claimed silver, with Norway’s Alexander Kristoff third. Great Britain’s [W:Mark Cavendish], the world champion, was unable to put himself in a position to attack late on as Vinokourov won…
London 2012 – Play Sport, Not Politics
By Caelli Greenbank (Twitter @fireflycaelli) Our sporting rivalry with the Brits is famous. The Ashes, on the track, the road?whenever we can, we go up to bat against the Mother Country in the hopes of returning home victorious. So it seems odd that the Australian Olympic Committee has knowingly handicapped the Australian cycling…
London 2012 – The Flag of Hope; Adrien Niyonshuti
Rwanda has chosen a cyclist as its flag-bearer for the opening ceremony: Adrien Niyonshuti, a survivor of the 1994 genocide, and a Mountain Biker with a bright future. When Chris Hoy enters the Olympic Stadium on Friday, you could say that he will be dazzled by the power of history. Billions of eyes will then…
London 2012 – Mark Cavendish Happy With ‘Dream Team’
via?London 2012 Press Release World champion [W:Mark Cavendish] has described his Great Britain squad as ‘the dream team’ but says he is relaxed despite potentially being the first Host Nation champion. The 250-kilometre men’s Road Race will take place on Day 1 and Cavendish is among the favourites. The race features nine ascents of Surrey’s…
Jo Hogan – European Update
By Jo Hogan (Twitter @jojohoganTR) Hello family and friends, It is hard to believe another month has nearly past and itis only eight weeks until I will be returning to the Aussie shores.? I am currently traveling to France from Belgium,for the Tour of Limousin. I am a guest riding for a Belgium based…
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step At London 2012
Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team is prepared to compete in the most prestigious sporting event in the world. [W:Tom Boonen] (Belgium), [W:Sylvain Chavanel] (France), Michal Golas (Poland), Bert Grabsch (Germany), Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland), Tony Martin (Germany), [W:Niki Terpstra] (Nederlands), and Stijn Vandenbergh (Belgium) will compete in the road race competition on July 28. Matteo…
WA State Junior Individual Time Trial Championships – 4 August 2012
It?s that time of year again; where WA?s talented junior cyclists will be putting all their training and hard work to the test, when they take on the clock in an attempt to be claim gold by achieving the fastest time in this year?s WA State Junior Individual Time Trial Championships on Saturday 4th August.…