National Time Trial Race Report
NATIONAL TIME TRIAL RACE REPORT The first race of the season has been and gone and it was a pretty good hit out to start 2012 with a bronze medal at the National Time Trial Champs in ChCh. I was so excited to be racing on my brand new Avanti Evo2 with Di2!! It is the most amazing machine I have...
the last few weeks
Thelast few weeks have been full on as the track racing season got underway. Beginning in Invercargill with the Oceania Games and then on to Cali, Columbia for the World Cup. The team was still on a high after coming off a great week of racing to kick off the season in Invercargill. In the Teams...
Phase One Done
Hey Team Well I have one more week left here in America and the three months have flown by. We, the full womens track team were based in Pennsylvania for most of our time over here and travelled to several races across the country. The Tour of Toona in Altoona, PA and then The Cascade...
Arrived in Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Hope all is well. I touched down in Kutztown, Pennsylvania on the East Coast of America a week ago and have already knocked out five solid days of long training rides. The body is thawing out after the last few weeks training in Dunnos and really soaking up the sun and warmth. I have...
Outward Bound
Outward Bound Story courtesty of NZ Herald Alison Shanks was almost at breaking point. She wasn’t in the last stages of a gruelling 3000m pursuit as you would expect - but confronting her fears on an Outward Bound course. The cycling champion is accustomed to high-pressure situations...
Silver at Worlds
Silver for Alison Shanks at the World Track Championships New Zealand and team Avanti cyclist Alison Shanks came within a blink of regaining her rainbow jersey on the third night of finals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in The Netherlands today. Shanks led world record holder Sarah...
World champs on Web
World Track Champs on the Net Hey team If you want to try and follow the racing over the next few days here in Apeldoorn, Holland at the World Track Champs apparently there is live streaming available on eurosport. Also there is always www.tissottiming.com if you can't get the Eurosport to work...
Cascade Classic Completed - Ali Shanks
Sixdays of racing up in beautiful Bend, Oregon flew by. I’m back at “home” in Kutztown, PA now.The tour was a great week of racing through the majestic mountain scenery of Oregon. The second day of the tour, a 120km stage that took us up and over the McKenzie pass highway, a 30km...
Cascade Classic - Ali Shanks
I'mnow up in the Cascade Mountain area in Bend, Oregon for the Cascade Cycling Classic. The 6day race has a 2mile Prologue along the river front. I always look forward to the opportunity to get the Avanti Chrono Time Trial bike out and all the race gear - disk, aero helmet etc, and just feel...
Back to Kutztown - the sauna
WellI am back in Kutztown now after being up at the Fitchberg Tour. All went well and I finished up 4th overall, after managing to complete the criterium in 38deg heat!!! They even allowed feeding during the hour long race that went around a 2km block in down town Fitchberg. Craig and I arrived...
