Shelby Women’s Clinic Criterium Cat. 1/2/3 1 539 Mayola-Pic Tina Diet Rite 2 520 Long Megan OBRU 3 524 Hutchinson Shannon Colavita-Bolla 4 544 Grain Gina Victory 5 541 Martinez Graciela Victory 6 532 Underwood Christina Fuji 7 540 Martinez Veronica Victory 8 522 Sproule Tracy Colavita-Bolla 9 543 Franges Lauren Victory 10 545 Kiesanowski Joanne Diet Rite 11 531 […]

Results Women – Roswell Criterium 1 Tina Mayolo-Pic (Diet Rite) 2 Shannon Hutchinson (Colavita-Bolla) 3 Gina Grain (Victory Brewing) 4 Nicole Freedman (Team Basis) 5 Megan Long (The Bicycle Store) 6 Ashley Kimmet (Colavita-Bolla) 7 Esther Davis 8 Kathleen Underwood (Fuji) 9 Iona Wynter (Genesis Scuba) 10 Emily Gloeckner (TDS) 11 Joanne Kiesanowski (Diet Rite) 12 Kathleen Billington (Fuji) 13 […]

Roswell Criterium – 4 May 2003 Conditions were very warm for the Roswell criterium situated north of Atlanta city, Georgia.  We raced at 3pm and the mercury was hovering around 30ºC. The course was narrow along the back section with a long gradual climb which fatigued the legs after 60 minutes of racing.  The corners were tight and technical and […]

Shelby Criterium – 3 May 2003 The Shelby criterium held in South Carolina was an anti -clockwise loop with 8 corners which included a gradual down hill and uphill around the back end of the course.  The start/finish straight was also slightly uphill with a gentle cross headwind.  The course was open and wide with no sharp technical corners. The […]

Athens Circuit Race – 27 April 2003 The Athens circuit was held at Horse Park, the venue used for the mountain bike events for the Atlanta Olympics.  I was anticipating a hilly technical circuit but instead the 3.5km circuit used was the entrance road to the park.  The road was 2 lanes wide with a U turn at either end.  […]

Athens Twilight Criterium – 26 April 2003 The streets surrounding the Athens Twilight criterium in Georgia were blocked off for the entire weekend with jazz music and skateboard trick riders providing plenty of entertainment for the crowds.  There were a number of novelty events held throughout the afternoon as hundreds of thirsty college students congregated at pubs and cafes around […]

Nature Valley Stage RaceStage 5 Women 1 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                   51.54 2 Sarah Ulmer (NZl) TDS                                      0.28 3 Karen Bockel (Ger) Rona-Esker                              0.30 4 Katie Mactier (Aus) Saturn Cycling Team                    0.33 5 Manon Jutras (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                     0.37 6 Amy Moore (USA) Saturn Cycling Team                        1.04 7 Margaret Hemsley (Aus) Equipe Nurnberger                   1.06 8 Tina Mayolo-Pic […]

Stage 3 – 40 minute criterium Teutenberg and Schmatz Rule the Criterium By James Lockwood It was suppose to be a 40-minute race through the streets of downtown Minneapolis. Saturn’s Ina Teutenberg turned it into a 40-minute time trial. The German took off from the start of the gun in the inaugural Minneapolis Downtown Classic – a .8-mile circuit race […]

Stage 2 – 6 mile individual time trial Saturn struts through Nature Valley time trial with top 3 places Saturn’s Katie Mactier finished third again, but this time she was smiling. Coming off what she described as a disappointing third-place finish in the first stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix, Mactier and her teammates swept the top three places […]

Stage 1 – 61 miles Tina Mayolo-Pic (Diet Rite) has won the first stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix, taking line honours from an elite group of eight riders that formed in the last 25 kilometres of the stage. Without the support of her teammates, Mayolo-Pic was strong enough to lead out the sprint and hold off her seven […]