Stage 4 –  Gila criterium Webcor’s overall position in Tour of the Gila was dominating as we lined up for the 26 mile criterium in downtown Silvercity.  Mara Abbott was wearing the pink leader’s jersey, Rach Heal was 2nd in GC, Amber Rais 5th, whilst Helen Kelly, Bev Harper and Laura Yoisten were all looking strong and working hard to […]

2006 Women’s Road World Cup – Open de Suède Vargarda IRM Rang BIB Code UCI NOM / Prénom Code équipe Temps/Ecart IRM Rank BIB UCI Code LASTNAME / First Name Team Code Time/Gap 1 51 SWE19760316 LJUNGSKOG Susanne BFL 3:11:56 2 1 GBR19830413 COOKE Nicole UPT 3 34 SWE19840515 HOLLER Monica BCT +0:00:25 4 76 GER19810928 WORRACK Trixi NUR +0:00:28 […]

Preparing for the worlds, 2006 Training in Koflach, Austria in preparation for the World Champs 2006. So now that I am back in good health, I have found time to tell you about my “2006 worlds experience”. Preparation for making the Australian Team With a sensational aussie team contribution to Oneone’s bronze medal in the 2005 World Champs, making the […]

Recovering from Deep Vein Thrombosis Well, I have been back in Australia for a month now but it hasn’t been the off-season I was hoping for. Sadly, there hasn’t been any red wine and late nights. I felt really sick after I arrived home and my “self diagnosed” calf strain was getting sorer each day. I did a lot of […]

Road World Championships – Salzburg, 2006 From left to right, the Aussie team: Olivia Gollan, Nat Bates, Kate Bates, Emma Rickards, Helen Kelly and Oenone Wood. Race Day On race morning, I woke up feeling “a little off” but put it down to pre-race nerves. After breakfast, I spent an hour stretching and then headed downstairs to our final pre […]

Tour de Berne World Cup, Switzerland 23 April 2006 – 120km (6 laps x 20km) The Tour de Berne world cup course consisted of a 20km circuit that we did 6 times. The only major climb was 5km from the start so I did a few fast intervals to make sure my legs were ready to go hard from the […]

Wellington Tour and World Cup, 2006 I joined the Italian based Safi Pasta team, as a guest rider, for the Wellington Tour and World Cup. It was a tough week of racing and here is what happened. Stage 1 – Lower Hutt Criterium – 40km The criterium commenced at 6pm with a large crowd of kiwi supporters watching us battle […]

Geelong Tour and World Cup, 2006 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 […]

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 […]