The past 2 weekends racing in the Salverda Omloop Van Der IJsseldta and the Spar Flanders Diamond UCI Tour races have been a huge amount of fun and a big learning experience. Racing in bunches consisting of 170 women at high speeds takes more...
Sunday was a good day for the Mike Greer Homes team with everyone riding positively and becoming more confident in the bunch. The race although flat was still challenging with a field of 150 girls, many obstacles on the road, sprints and cobble sections. After...
These races have been challenging, but also immensely rewarding. The first few races were really just about finding our feet, sorting a routine and sticking to it. The Lotto Thüringen UCI 2.1 tour was certainly mentally challenging for the girls, and physically exhausting too, for...
I’d like to think we make our own luck, but this week it felt as though something wasn’t quite on my side despite my best efforts. I had a challenging start to the tour, suffering from travel sickness and GI issues before racing started,...
The team loved our first race on European soil on a very technical and challenging 9 km circuit for a total of 111km. With plenty of technical challenges and a gnarly power climb after a sharp turn we knew this race would be tough, especially...
The Te Awamutu Junior Tour is an old favourite for many kiwi cyclists, it’s where we first start to develop our race craft and learn the challenges of a stage race. The competitive spirit of TA tour, made even better by the fact that I’m racing my mates,...
I was excited to race the Grape Ride as the course goes around one of my favourite training loops that I do. Knowing the course is definitley an advantage also, in any race we compete in. Normally the women's race would start just before the...
I rode past the media bike with a grin on my face and couldn’t help but have a chuckle to myself. I knew my parents and friends would be watching the livestream back at home and would probably get a huge shock to see me...
Gravel and Tar was more than just another race. It is the only UCI women’s race in New Zealand, one of the few races with equal prize money to the men, both of which lie close to home within our women’s team, where opportunities for high level racing...
The weekend of NZ Road Nationals started off with a 20km Individual Time Trial, the main focus for me. Being the first age group racing on the course definitely had its perks with light winds and cooler temperatures. My ride didn’t quite go as planned but it was...