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Tour of Chongming Island, China: 2
Tour of Chongming Island
Thursday the 12th & Friday the 13th of May. Stage Two & Three; 118.4km & 79.3km.
The tour of Chongming Island has been quite a struggle for me this year! Last year I had a little success here riding with the Australian national team. I was on the podium in the tour and finished third in the World Cup! Although, I did end up in hospital after returning to Italy, with pneumonia (fluid on the lungs) and a serious chest infection which kept me off the bike for nearly a month!
Tour of Chongming Island, China: 1
Viewing R-L Marissa, Dany, Vicki, Rochelle, Wesley, Cherise.
Wednesday the 11th of May. Stage One; 73.4km.
What a crazy day in my world! Today’s stage could be described as one of the most boring races we’ve ever done but in my world it was a little more eventful, or should I say challenging?
Luxembourg Review
Luxembourg
Well, I’m back home in Italy for another few days between races in Luxembourg last weekend and Belgium again this weekend.
On Saturday and Sunday I raced in Luxembourg; the races were quite hilly so I didn’t expect any results- I was just going there to be a part of my team Lotto Honda and to get some good training in. I didn’t finish these races in Luxembourg last year so I was surprised to finish 22nd on day one and 8th on day two… a few more UCI points was a tiny bonus!
Roeselare Result and Luxembourg Preview
Roeselare
Last Sunday’s race in Roeselare was fun; it was a tough race which I handled very well. I’m climbing a lot better this year so I can hold position at the front of the bunch-I don’t have to rely on team mates and chasers to bring me back to the front of the race, it’s nice to already be there!
One rider (Amber Neben) had broken away with 20km to go and won the race by 36 seconds, so I was in the race for 2nd…..
PREVIEW & PREDICTION: Out to beat the prediction!
(Article by PodiumCafe.com)
Prijs Stad Roeselare, Sunday 24th April, Belgium, UCI 1.1
From southwest Netherlands to West Flanders, and the biggest race of the weekend, in terms of UCI points. Prijs Stad Roeselare seems to have a very similar startlist to Borsele, only with Ina-Yoko Teutenberg for HTC and Annemiek van Vleuten for Nederland Bloeit…. I’m not sure how accurate this is, given that Teute isn’t racing Borsele – but Horizon Fitness will definitely be there, starring Café correspondent Nancy Arreola
Like Borsele, there are races for u23 women and men, as well as the elite women. The women’s race is 135km long, made up of 1 big loop of 118km, and 2 laps of an 8.6km circuit in Roeseleare. It’s the same course at the u23 men’s race (they do more laps of the circuit) and while it’s hillier than Borsele (the Monteberg is 800m, av. 7%, max 13%; the Kemmelberg is 400m, ave. 4%, max 22%, and the Helling Geluveld is 600m, av 2%, max 7%), there are then 50 flat kilometres to the end… my prediction is that it’ll come down to a sprint between Teutenberg and Wild, with Gilmore taking third spot on the podium… unless Vos has decided to race this one too. Wild has won the race for the last two years, so she knows what it takes…