McLane Pacific Cycling Classic – 22nd March 2003 Course: 40 laps – 32 miles (51km) Conditions: Sunny with minimal winds – 75F Joan and I travelled 7 hours from San Diego to Merced on Friday 21 March to race the McLane Pacific Cycling Classic criterium and road race.  Our plan was to use both races as Solano preparation races and […]

McLane Pacific Cycling Classic – 22nd March 75F 40 laps – 32 miles Each lap was 0.8 mile long.  It was a anit clockwise circuit in a figure The early primes on laps 2,3 and 4 were for $100, $50 and $25, respectively.  Laura Van Gilder (Saturn) jumped on the 2nd lap in preparation of the $50 prime.  I went […]

World Cup No 1 – Cooma to Thredbo – 3rd March 2002 Conditions: moderate winds, 23°C, 11am Well, this is the first world cup race for 2002 and the pace started sedately as we headed out of Cooma into a gentle headwind.  The peloton was very nervous with the first crash happening only a few km’s of Cooma.  The course […]

Sunday, 25 August, 2002        Victorian Road Race Championship – 108km – 4th Conditions: 16ºC sunny, mild southerly winds The Victorian Road Race Championships were held in Dookie, North Eastern Victorian on a 36km loop that we raced 3 times.  For winter, the weather was perfect, without a single cloud in the sky. My legs felt great today, with yesterday’s time […]

Victorian Championships 2002 Saturday 24 August, 2002      Victorian Individual Time Trial Championships – 25km – 1st Conditions: 15ºC sunny, slight northerly breeze The state individual time trial championships were held in Dookie, in North Eastern Victorian, on a mild sunny winters day.  The course was an out and back loop on a long flat country road.  There was a gentle […]

Stage 3: Road Race – 21 July 2002 Course: 82km (7 laps x 11.7km) 1st Sandy Espeseth 2nd Manon Jutras 3rd xxxx 10th Helen Kelly

Tour de White Rock: Vancouver, CANADA Stage 1: Hill climb, White Rock  – 19 July 2002 Course: 900m 15% gradient Buena Vista street Results: 1st 2nd 3rd 6th Helen Kelly Stage 2: Criterium – 20 July 2002 Course: 30km (30 laps x 1km) 1st Sandy Espeseth 2nd Manon Jutras 3rd Kim Davidge 10th Helen Kelly

Tour de Gastown, Vancouver, CANADA Criterium – Gastown, Vancouver Course: 36km – 30 laps x 0.9km Results: 1st Kim Davidge                      (Saturn) 2nd Marnie                                (Trek) 3rd 7th Helen Kelly     (Verizon Wireless-Cervelo)

Stage 3: Road Race, Tsawwassen – 14 July 2002 Course: 88km (11 laps x 8km) Results: 1st Manon Jutras                      (RONA) 2nd Kim Davidge                      (Saturn) 3rd 11th Helen Kelly                        (Verizon Wireless-Cervelo)

Stage 2: Criterium, Ladner – 13 July 2002 Course: 36km (40 laps x 0.9km) Results: 1st Kristie Scrymeour              (Saturn) 2nd Kim Davidge                      (Saturn) 8th Helen Kelly                        (Verizon Wireless-Cervelo)