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AGF Share the Road Tour
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Rochelle Gilmore to ride from Adelaide to Melbourne in support of the Amy Gillett Foundation |
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On Monday the 3rd of December, Rochelle Gilmore will start the 1043km journey from Adelaide to Melbourne in support of the Amy Gillett Foundation’s Share the Road Tour. Since its first edition in 2009, the Share the Road tour has raised over $700,000 to assist the Amy Gillett Foundation work towards its mission of safe cycling in Australia and vision for zero bike-related fatalities. |
London Bound For Charity
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Rowsell and Gilmore join cycling’s biggest names to raise money for charity
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DTPC Honda Pro Cycling’s Olympic Champion Joanna Rowsell and Commonwealth Games Gold medalist Rochelle Gilmore will join a star-studded line up to raise money for the children’s charity Action Medical Research at its third annual Champions of CycleSport dinner in London on Thursday 22nd November. Rowsell and Gilmore will be joined by some of cycling’s biggest champions in Chris Boardman MBE, Dave Brailsford CBE, Jonathan Tiernan-Locke and Jody Cundy at an event which last year raised £100,000 to help sick babies, children with disabilities and those suffering from a rare disease. |
NEW WOMEN’S UCI CYCLING TEAM FOR 2013
| Dream Team Professional Cycling (DTPC) is pleased to be able to unveil the British registered DTPC Honda Pro Cycling’s roster for 2013.
Headlined by the Italian two-time World Road Race Champion Giorgia Bronzini, the DTPC Honda Pro Cycling team looks to focus on wins in the classics and sprint style races on the UCI calendar. Racing alongside Bronzini will be Britain’s strongest cycling talents in Olympic Champions Joanna Rowsell, Laura Trott and Danielle King in addition to recently crowned Junior World Individual Time Trial Champion Elinor Barker and youngster Amy Roberts. Each of these riders will be looking to make their breakthrough win in Europe as they transition into the elite women’s international road cycling scene. |
Granfondo’s, Commentary, Resorts & Racing!
Rest stop on La Pina ride!
Dear family, friends, sponsors, fans and followers,
Please accept my sincere apologies for not updating you all regularly during the past months… I’ve been busy, but it’s no excuse. I’ll try to give you a brief update now, and then promise to update my website more frequently so I can share my experiences with you!
My last updates were posted during the Giro d’Italia where I felt as fit as ever but lacked finishing power and speed which prevented me from standing on the podium.
Luperini crowned best Italian rider at the 2012 Giro d’italia Donne
Faren Honda’s Fabiana Luperini can now pack and take home the blue jersey she has proudly been wearing since stage three, through to the end of the 2012 Giro d’Italia Donne which finished in Bergamo today.
Luperini took a strangle hold on the competition after a courageous display of strength in stage three. The Italian climber rode away from the peloton up the penultimate climb with only two other riders able to hold her wheel. She also went on to claim 2nd place in that stage.
Luperini then cemented her lead at the top of the classification by placing a respectable 7th in stage 4, and then again stepping up onto the podium in stage 7 for 3rd place.
Overall, it was a successful tour for team Faren Honda in its maiden showing at the 2012 Giro d’Italia Donne. In addition to Luperini’s Maglia Azure and two podium finishes, Rochelle Gilmore also claimed three top 10 finishes in stages 1, 5 and 6. Current Olympic Champion Nicole Cooke always rode aggressively whilst the team’s domestiques Gracie Elvin, Giuseppina Grassi, Jennifer Hohl and Yulia Blindyuk faithfully dedicated themselves to their leaders to ensure team Faren Honda always remained in contention for results in each stage.
Luperini’s comeback year has been extremely successful, before the Giro she took an impressive solo stage win at the tour of Trentino and her consistency saw her finish 4th on GC today. “I’m content with my results here at the Giro because we didn’t expect them, we were hoping the Giro would consist of more longer climbs like in the previous years – that’s what I needed in order to be in contention for the win.” Luperini said.
Fabiana Luperini has raced the Giro d’Italia 16 times now, winning at her first attempt and then an additional 4 times since. Can she win again? “Fabi is climbing as strong as the strongest in the world and if the climbs were longer here, we may have seen her take a 6th Giro title. She is one of the most professional athletes in the sport so if the course is right for her next year and the team offers strong support – she could definitely win again” said Faren Honda’s team manager, Walter Ricci.
Team Faren Honda will now focus on preparing Nicole Cooke to defend her current title at the 2012 Olympic Games in London on the 29th of July.