CANBERRAN ON THE WINNERS PODIUM
After a successful Tour of California where he finished just outside the top 10, Rory Sutherland (Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling) took out the overall honours at the 27th Tour of Beauce in Canada. Rory claimed the yellow jersey after the 4th stage and the team defended it very well over the last two stages. Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1 Sanofi) had his best finish during stage 6, taking 11th spot in a bunch finish for third. Fabio finished in 31th position overall on the GC.
TEAM SKY ANNOUNCES TOUR DE FRANCE SQUAD
After weeks of waiting, Team Sky finally released their squad for the Tour de France. Fans and the media were eagerly anticipating whether the squad would fight the Tour de France on two fronts - yellow and green jerseys. The social media world were alight with rumours that Cavendish would not be selected, forced to focus on Olympic gold medal glory instead.
On 21 June, Team Sky finally revealed their squad. It was no surprise that Wiggins would lead the squad, but Team Sky was also challenging for Green jersey honours by naming Mark Cavendish.
After back to back podium finishes, it was not a surprise to see Michael Rogers selected. He will no doubt be one of Wiggins' main super domestiques in the mountains. Great to see Dodger back to his best.
Unfortunately there was no room in the squad for Matt Hayman. The yellow and green jersey fight for Team Sky meant limited spots were available for Hayman. Hopefully Team Sky will take Hayman to Spain for the Vuelta.
The full squad was Bradley Wiggins, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Mark Cavendish, Bernhard Eisel, Chris Froome, Christian Knees, Richie Porte, Michael Rogers and Kanstantsin Siutsou.
http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,25884_7833018,00.html
TRADING THE LYCRA FOR HOPS AND BEER GOGGLES
Drapac Porche, after 6 weeks of solid racing in Europe, traded in the lycra for brewing yesterday. The team had a bonding exercise by heading out to a brewery in Oudenaarde (Belgium). Oudenaarde has a rich brewing tradition with many regional breweries. Four of them are still active today: Roman, Liefmans, Cnudde and the new brewery Smisje. Adam Phelan went on to say on twitter - 'Went on a brewery tour here in Oudenaarde & I had no idea how much of hassle it was to make beer.'
SUCCESS AT THE NATIONAL ROAD SERIES
Canberra cyclists had an impressive Round 3 of the National Road Series by winning several stages at the Santos North West Tour. It started with Rebecca Wiasak winning the opening Women's prologue in Narribri and finished with Joe Lewis winning Stage 6 of the men's race today - although a neutralised stage after a number of infringements. In between, Ben Hill and Kimberly Wells took out strong stages.
Great result for Canberra riders.
WHERE ARE CANBERRA RIDERS RACING THIS WEEK?
Michael Roger (Team Sky) - Michael will be on the starting line in Leige on 30 June 2012 for the start of the Tour de France. His current form on the time trail bike will mean that Rogers will be one of the favourites for the ITT.
Fabio Calabria (Team Type 1 Sanofi) - After Canada, Fabio heads across to China for the Tour of Qinghai Lake. Thankfully the visa arrived just in time.
Chloe Hosking (Specialized - Lululemon) - Heading to her first Giro delle Donne since 2009.
Still waiting on news on whether the other Canberra women have been selected for the Giro delle Donne.
LOCAL RACES
The next race of the Canberra Cycling Club winter race season is next Saturday, 30 June 2012. Fingers crossed that the race will be drier than the last two races.
Details of the race can be found at:
http://www.canberracyclingclub.org.au/events/details.asp?IntContId=1666&IntCatId=33
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