Monthly Archives: August 2010
Tour of Geelong Stage 5
Photo courtesy Jarrod Partridge Stage 5 of the Tour of Geelong ranks up there with one of the toughest courses I’ve experienced in Australia. A lumpy 143km with 6 little pincher hills per lap (18 in total) that sapped the life …
2010 Tour Of Geelong Stage 4 Results
Photo courtesy of ProCycleImages The weather cooperated today it was actually quite an enjoyable time trial. The sun was shining, hardly a breeze, a beautiful TT course along the ocean. What else could you ask for? I don’t think much …
2010 Tour of Geelong Stage 3 Results
photo courtesy of Teri Dodds. Another beautiful day at the Tour of Geelong. A 63km criterium in pleasant conditions which I’m sure everyone enjoyed ;-) I wasn’t there to experience today’s “epicness” but I can’t say I’m complaining after seeing …
2010 Tour of Geelong Stages 1 & 2
Today was one of those days in bike racing where you think to yourself “why do I do this again?”. I know that’s not overly motivating to hear, but it’s part of my love-hate relationship with the sport. I’m sure …
The LBS v.s. Online Shopping
Northside Wheelers – one of my favorite small LBS’s in Melbourne that I’d hate to lose to the online giants. The Local Bike Shop (LBS) has been fighting a losing battle with the online giants over the past few …
Chris Jongewaard Interview
Photo by Veeral Patel – 2007 Herald Sun Tour In September of last year Chris Jongewaard was sentenced to nine months in jail over a hit-run accident which seriously injured his former training partner. For those of you who don’t …
Le Tour de Qinghai Lake
Photos by Daniel Carruthers. Daniel is a Kiwi living in China and also a talented cyclist. Check out his excellent blog here. As you may remember from his previous post, local Melburnian Jono Lovelock is on a 4 month bike …
The Art Of The Counter Attack
I learned the art of the counter-attack from my teammate Duncan Smith. He’s the master of reading the race and hitting the bunch at the right time. Photo by Leigh Schilling. Do you ever wonder how some guys have all …
San Sebastián Classic
Yesterday was the 30th edition of the Clásica San Sebastián-San Sebastián. The route was slightly lengthened this year up to 234 Km to include decisive 7.8km Jaizkibel climb twice instead of once. For the life of my I cannot fathom …
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Actually it doesn't apply to just the top tier pros. I co-manage a U23 amate...