18.01.12

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.

Evo II

I was so excited to be racing on my brand new Avanti Evo2 with Di2!! It is the most amazing machine I have ever ridden.

I had a pretty good ride and gave it everything. It was a tail wind on the way out where I was sitting on 50km/hr at times. The stiff head wind on the way home made for a testing ride and at the finish line I was totally spent. I finished up 3rd with my two teams pursuit team mates Lauren Ellis and Jaime Nielson finishing 1st and 2nd. Of course I was a little bit disappointed not to win, but if you are going to get beaten it may as well be by your own team mates!

All three of us are now down in Invercargill for a 10day track block. We then head home again for a few more weeks on the road before the next World Cup in London 17th - 19th February. This final World Cup acts as our test event for the London Olympics and we get to race on the brand new Olympic Velodrome. Till then there are plenty more laps to ride - I hope everyone has had a great relaxing holiday break, even if not so sunny this year (I was in Hawkes Bay with Craigs family pre-Nationals). For the record though, Invercargill 27deg and scorching sun today! Sorry North Islanders!!!!

AVANTI RIDERS