October 29, 2007
Hey Guys,
Been awhile between diaries but all for good reasons, busy racing, working and travelling. I have had a choc-a-block season this year which, will hopefully lead onto a better season next year and some good results.
This year I travelled overseas with U/23 Australian Team where personally i felt i did quite well, even surprised myself a few times, the trip is what really kick started my year. When i was overseas i found i came on in leaps and bounds in strength, speed, cadence and endurance, from the help of Ian Mckenzie’s Ergo’s.
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October 22, 2007
Hi all,
Here I am checking in for my final diary of this years Jayco Herald Sun Tour, and what a journey it has been.
Coming into the final crit it was still possible anyone of the top four on GCs race, with Matt Wilson holding a slender lead over Steve Morabito.
As Matt had shown his strong sprinting form on the day to Wangaratta, it was quite possible that Astana would accept second on GC, and go for another stage win. It would turn out, that this was exactly their plan.
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October 22, 2007
Full results & report.
Mathew Miller (Mittiga) and Michael McGee (Orbea) were the first two victorious riders in this years season of criteriums at Regency Park held in 30+ degree heat. Miller took out the qualifying series for the teams premiership and in doing so qualified his team Mittiga.
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October 22, 2007
Brian Crawford caught up with Phil Thuaux during NSWIS training at Dunc Gray Velodrome.
Cyclingresults.net: Good afternoon Phil, it’s been a few months since we’ve caught up, how is the team going?
Phil Thuaux: “This is my second year with Drapac, last year was my first year and I went to Drapac when I was at Uni and I just recently finished Uni, they’ve treated me well let me study full time at Uni without any pressure to race giving right emphasis to Uni, which is good it let me finish and a good group of guys and people involved with the team they’re all trying to help each other out, there’s no designated leader for the whole season; we see how things go, whoever we nominate we put in 100% for them. I like the philosophy of the team, the education side.
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October 22, 2007
Full results, report & photos.
3 time world champion Cameron Meyer has taken out the 2007 NSW Criterium Championships in a dominant performance at Sydney Olympic park. Meyer, who rides for the South Australia.com/AIS team, powered his way from North Sydney’s Nash Kent and former Australian criterium champion Dean Windsor.
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October 21, 2007
After sleeping in past 730 for the first time this week, the team all went for a nice relaxing ride along beach road, and quality coffee stop at the famous cycling café, café racer. After this nice change to the daily routine, it was the 8km race of truth set to sort out the top end of GC.
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October 21, 2007
The final, yet shortest road stage was set to be raced at a furious pace, with Matt Wilson only 8 seconds off the yellow, and Bernie Sulzberger wanting to win the KOM jersey.
This pretty much guaranteed that no break away would succeed before all sprint and KOM points had been contested.
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October 19, 2007
Cadel Evans is now the leader of the ProTour after an announcement from the UCI early today. The UCI will remove Italian Danilo Di Luca from its ProTour standings, the organisation announced today. Di Luca has led the series since taking the overall classification of the Giro d’Italia, but his luck turned when he was first excluded from the World Championships and then sanctioned by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI), who gave the 31 year-old a three month suspension which began on October 16 for his involvement in the “Oil for Drugs” scandal.
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October 17, 2007
There was only one word to describe today, magic! We woke up to complete
blue skies, not a breath of wind, and a scheduled temperature of around 25
degrees. Absolute idyllic conditions for riding a bike and I think it was
well welcomed by every rider in the tour after the past 2 days of hard
racing.
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October 17, 2007
Hi all,
This morning we were greeted by winds that made yesterday’s winds look like a light breeze. After the usual pre race preparation of eating breakfast 3 hours before start time, and packing the bags, we headed up the road to the race start at the Michelton Winery.
To give everyone a nice picture, the neutral section out of the winery lasted for around 300m with a rocketing tail wind, before we were due to take a left hand bend into a filthy cross wind that would last for the entire 144km journey to Mansfield.
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October 16, 2007
Stage 3 of the Tour saw us leave Nagambie (Mitchelton Winery) and ride over the Strathbogie Ranges through to the alpine region in Mansfield.
We thought yesterday was windy, well the winds returned today even harder! Right from the gun and out of the car park, SA.Com caught everyone by surprise by driving hard in the cross winds for 5km. There were riders being dropped left right and centre - it was going to be a looong day for some.
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October 16, 2007
Today was the first day that counted towards the GC, and the course was guaranteed to give a good indication of who was going to be within a shout of taking out the 2007 JHST.
After all the happenings around my residing town of Bendigo, with hundreds of school children out to watch, as well as hundreds of other Bendigonians, it was time for the serious stuff. An 149km epic from Bendigo to Nagambie with the first climbs of the tour in 32 degree heat and some gale force winds, it was definitely going to be a hard day.
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October 16, 2007
This Saturday, over 330 school students from over 160 schools, will contest the State Final of the Rider Sportswear Victorian Schools Cycling Championships, held right in the heart of the city of Melbourne.
Contested on the same circuit as Stage 6 of the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour, the students will ride on the 2.5km course around the Tom’s Block precinct - located on the edge of the Royal Botanical Gardens off St Kilda Rd - just hours before their professional counterparts.
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October 16, 2007
Australia’s hopes in next month’s opening round of the 2007-2008 UCI Track World Cup Classics series being staged at Sydney’s Dunc Gray Velodrome from November 30 to December 2 will be bolstered by the return of several 2004 Olympic Games champions.
Tickets for the event are now on sale to the public who have an opportunity to see around 300 cyclists
from more than 30 countries competing in 17 events.
Dual Olympic Champion, Graeme Brown, who won gold in the Madison, will be joined by fellow teams pursuit champions and world record holders Brett Lancaster and Luke Roberts with the trio racing on the track for ‘The Cyclones’ for the first time since 2004.
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October 15, 2007
Full results & report.
A brilliant opening stage to the Jayco Herald Sun Tour saw Unibet’s Matt Wilson run away with the victory, while most of the peloton seems already out of contention after the first stage.
The moment the flag was dropped the riders attacked down the road and it didn’t let up.
One of the best opening stages was made difficult by the howling side winds and high temperatures, which left only a tough group at the front.
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October 15, 2007
Hello all,
One day down and 7 to go and what a first day it was! 14 teams of 7 riders, with I believe 15 different nationalities, all racing around a
beautiful 1.7km circuit in the CBD of the town I have called home for the past two years, Bendigo!
Big crowds and amazing atmosphere was going to make for an interesting race, especially with such top class riders as one of my all time heroes Stuart O’Grady, Baden Cooke and race favourite Trent Lowe.
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October 15, 2007
Results & report.
Mtb rider Daniel Braunsteins has taken out his first criterium of the season beating David Kemp and Carnegies Chris Tymms to the line. Braunsteins showed his raw strength to control the race and win from a field of 28 riders.
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October 14, 2007
Bundaberg’s Aaron Kemps riding for Swiss team, Astana, provided a multi national flavour to a thrilling prelude to the 2007 Jayco Herald Sun Tour on the streets of Bendigo.
Making the most of the perfect conditions, Kemps was part of a nine man breakaway formed after just six laps of the testing 1.7km circuit and along with British rider, Tom Southam, was one of those who ensured that the peleton never bothered them thereafter.
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October 14, 2007
Craig McCartney starts of the Savings & Loans Cycling Team diaries during the Herald Sun Tour. You can read the rest of the team diaries here.
Today greeted us with very favourable racing conditions for start the tour, with great sunshine and little wind.
We are started the day with breaky followed by a light spin for an hour or so to kick start the legs for the afternoon Herald Sun Classic Criterium.
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October 14, 2007
Trent Lowe, who normally rides for the Discovery Channel team, will wear saddle cloth number 1 for the defending champion Jayco Australian National team at the JHST, which commences in Bendigo on Saturday.
Team manager (and CC CC member Dave Sanders) believes Lowe has the talent and form after a strong ride at the world championships to challenge for the final yellow jersey.
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October 14, 2007
Report & photos.
A mild, windy day in Canberra saw many riders come out on the new Stromlo Forest Park Course. Olympian Sid Taberlay showed his strength, holding on over the first summit.
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