Australian Time Trial Championships, 2006 Perfect Preparation In early November 2005, I sat down with my coach, John Beasley and talked about my goals for 2006. The Australian time trial was being used to select the Commonwealth Games team, and wanting more than anything to represent Australia, we planned out a 10 week time trial program.  The main focus was […]

GP Cham – Hagendorn Road Race, Switzerland 20 May 2006 Today is my first ever win in Europe! I won a Swiss national road race held in Cham, north of Luzern, called the GP Cham-Hagendorn,  Here is what happened: Yesterday, my two Elk Haus NÖ team mates, (Annette Beutler, Patricia Schwager) and I, decided to attend this race as good […]

Tour of Geelong I was very excited to be racing with an Austrian Team, Elk Haus No, until I heard that my inclusion in the team, as a guest rider, would prevent the team from earning team UCI points, so instead I joined a mixed team with Susanne Ljunskog (former Road World Champion). Susanne and her partner Klas, together with […]

Gidday Everyone, I arrived in Holland last week and spent 5 days training with a friend, Oenone Wood, who was staying close by.  I have officially signed with a UCI trade team, Elk Haus No, which is based in Austria.  The team language is German so I am doing my best to learn the basics but luckily everyone speaks English […]

Cooke moves into the World Cup lead By Kristy Scrymgeour Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Bigla) celebrates another successful last-minute attack. Photo ©: CJ Farquharson Zoulfia Zabirova (Team Bigla) did her thing today with a move that can pretty much be named after her in the women’s peloton: the last minute attack. She has the ability to time it perfectly and she […]

Castilla y Leon World Cup Spain, May 7, 2006 Nicole Cooke (Univega) won the Castilla y Leon World Cup in an uphill sprint, crossing the line ahead of Judith Arndt (T-mobile) and Susanne Ljunskog (Buitenpoort Flexpoint). My team mate, Annette Buetler (Elk Haus) was the best finisher in the Elk Haus team, finishing 18th. She is now ranked 7th in […]

Mt Baw Baw Classic A three-inch snow dump, rain, sleet and sub-zero temperatures greeted riders for the 6th annual Mt Baw Baw Classic. The final climb to the summit required clearing of snow by Mt Baw Baw Resort staff before racing commenced. I had heard many stories about how tough the final 6km climb to the finish was. After hearing […]

Stage 4 – Sunset Road Race – 100km Quark Cycling Team News Release Ina Teutenberg made it two in a row winning the Sunset road race today concluding the Redlands Progel bicycle classic. The race had drama and excitement from the start as the top three places on GC were separated by only 7 seconds. To make things even tougher […]

Stage 3 – Criterium – 1hr Today racers took to the streets of Downtown Redlands to contest the Beaver Medical criterium.  The race was fast from the gun as battle lines were drawn with each team trying to protect there positions leading into tomorrows Sunset Road race.  T-Mobile and Webcor wanted to establish a break so that the midway time […]

Stage 2 – Oak Glen 125km The second stage of the ProGel Redlands bicycle classic was contested today under bright clear sunshine with the famous Santa Ana winds once again blowing. The peloton was hesitant at first to brave the winds and most riders were seeking the shelter of the peloton when the first sprint of the day took place […]