Monthly Archives: January 2011

Ángel Madrazo, The 2011 Tour Down Under Obscure PRO

The Tour Down Under is quickly approaching and we’re hearing lots of media build-up about the clash of the sprinters and it being Lance Armstrong’s farewell international race. Last year the TdU had a much bigger celebrity emerge: Arthur Vichot. …

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2011 Australian National Women’s Road Race Championships

Photos courtesy of James Broadway and Jarrod Partridge Congratulations to Alexis Rhodes for winning the 2011 Australian National Road Race on Saturday. The first time I heard of Alexis Rhodes was when I first moved to Austrlia in 2005 and saw the …

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2011 Australian National Road Race Championships

I’m currently in transit back to home to Australia but I was able to catch the Men’s National Road Race via twitter. I just found some decent wi-fi in the airport and discovered in my inbox an unbelievable line-up of …

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2011 Bay Crits #4 – Williamstown

Well that concludes the 2011 Jayco Bay Crit series and I’m disappointed that I missed it. Thanks to the talented photographers, Leigh Schilling, Jarrod Partridge, Leanne Cole and James Broadway, I still got to witness a piece of the action and make …

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2011 Bay Crits #3 – Geelong

Photos courtesy of Jarrod Partridge In my opinion this 600m hot dog course featured in yesterday’s race is the most difficult one for the competitors, and definitely the most exciting one to watch for the spectators. The circuit simply doesn’t allow for …

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2011 Bay Crits #2 – Portarlington

Photos courtesy of Jarrod Partridge and Simon Meagher Yesterday was day 2 of the Jayco Bay Crit Series held on the beautiful seaside town of Portarlington. By the sounds of it this was an extremely tough race that was made even …

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2011 Bay Crits #1 – Geelong

Photos by Leigh Schilling Since moving to Melbourne I’ve been involved with every Bay Crit race in some capacity. This year I’m gutted to be missing the series since I’m still in Canada, but thanks to tweets from @deanwindsor, @SophieSmith86 …

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Your 2011 Cycling Horoscope

Aside from being a blogger, cyclist and tech nerd, did I ever mention that I’m a registered horoscopologist? That’s right. I actively study the signs of the Zodiac, the movement of the planets and stars, and other astrological phenomena. I thought …

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