Hi everyone,
I'm in Belgium now, well settled in and into my third week of racing and training. The town we are based in is called Teilt-Winge, which is a small town in a mostly flat part of Belgium, there are ten of us living in the apartment, mostly athletes and a few support staff also. Time is going by fast already with only another 6 weeks before we go into track camp in Bordeaux.
After arriving in Belgium we had three days of training before starting our first tour, the Tryptique des Ardennes, which is a three day tour raced in and around liege. During the 3 days, we experienced hot weather, heavy rain, steep descents and some of the most famous climbs in Belgium. I didn't finished the tour, after loosing contact with the main group on the last day, but gained some good benefits throughout the tour, which was a hard tour to begin, with 6 Professional continental teams racing.
Our next race was a one day race called GP Criquelion which was on Sunday, a completely different type of race compared with the first tour. The race was 6 laps of a 22km circuit and then 4 laps of a 10km circuit, much like a massive criterium. I missed making the race winning break, but I rode well to finish this race in good bunch positioning.
Training has been progressing well, i'm progressing into some hard specific track efforts to bring my form up. My next race is the GP de Wilde which is a tough one, that's coming up on sunday.
Westley Gough
Friday, May 30, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Chadwick Delivers Tour of Arkansas Title For Team Type 1
Van Buren, Ark. - Glen Chadwick will go into the history books as Team Type 1's first overall winner of a professional stage race.
The New Zealander wrapped up the Tour of Arkansas on Sunday by finishing eighth in the 75-minute Celebrity Classic Criterium in Historic Downtown Van Buren. Chadwick enjoyed a 25-second margin of victory in the final standings ahead of runner-up Predrag Prokic (Toshiba-Santo Professional Cycling Team presented by Herbalife) and third-place finisher Michael Lange (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling).
Team Type 1 also placed two riders in the top 10 with Moises Aldape (fifth) and Chris Jones (ninth) while Valeriy Kobzarenko was 31st, Fabio Calabria was 35th and Ian MacGregor was 48th. Timothy Hargrave, who made his stage race debut for Team Type 1, also finished the race but his final position was not immediately made available.
Chadwick - who had not won a stage race since the Tour of Korea in 2003 - dedicated the victory to his wife, Isabelle, and their two-year-old daughter, Jade.
"It has been a strange season with a pretty bad six months off because my family and I were very sick," Chadwick told Cyclingnews' Kirsten Robbins.
"To actually pull off a result like this is amazing for myself."
A bout with Epstein-Barr Virus sidelined Chadwick in February following the Tour of Langkawi in Malaysia. The life-threatening spinal virus even infected his daughter, forcing her to be hospitalized as well.
"It was very tough for us to see our daughter hooked up to an I.V. all the time and her veins collapsing," he said. "It's hard to explain to a two-year-old why the doctors were always sticking her with needles."
Chadwick, 31, won his first stage race in the United States by soloing to victory in the first two stages of the 350-mile race that featured a pair of mountain top finishes and more than 23,000 feet of climbing. Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon said teamwork solidified the victory from there.
"The guys were awesome," Beamon said. "It was pretty much textbook on the last two stages. Today, the guys took the lead on the first lap and held it to the finish, pretty much destroying the field in the process."
Brad Huff (Jelly Belly) won Sunday's six-corner criterium ahead of Karl Menzies (Health Net presented by Maxxis) and Mark Walters (Team R.A.C.E.
Pro), while Aldape took the small field sprint for fifth.
Chadwick's accomplishment follows a 20th place finish at the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T and improves his chances of becoming one of New Zealand's three representatives for the Olympic road race in Beijing in August.
Team Type 1 was created to inspire people living with diabetes to take a proactive approach to managing their health and overcoming obstacles often associated with the condition. This is the first year Team Type 1 has fielded a professional squad, after winning the corporate team division of the Race Across America the past two years. Calabria and Hargrave are two of four athletes on the pro team who have Type 1 diabetes.
Attached Photo Courtesy: Team Type 1
Team Type 1's Glen Chadwick stands atop the final podium Sunday at the Tour of Arkansas.
The New Zealander wrapped up the Tour of Arkansas on Sunday by finishing eighth in the 75-minute Celebrity Classic Criterium in Historic Downtown Van Buren. Chadwick enjoyed a 25-second margin of victory in the final standings ahead of runner-up Predrag Prokic (Toshiba-Santo Professional Cycling Team presented by Herbalife) and third-place finisher Michael Lange (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling).
Team Type 1 also placed two riders in the top 10 with Moises Aldape (fifth) and Chris Jones (ninth) while Valeriy Kobzarenko was 31st, Fabio Calabria was 35th and Ian MacGregor was 48th. Timothy Hargrave, who made his stage race debut for Team Type 1, also finished the race but his final position was not immediately made available.
Chadwick - who had not won a stage race since the Tour of Korea in 2003 - dedicated the victory to his wife, Isabelle, and their two-year-old daughter, Jade.
"It has been a strange season with a pretty bad six months off because my family and I were very sick," Chadwick told Cyclingnews' Kirsten Robbins.
"To actually pull off a result like this is amazing for myself."
A bout with Epstein-Barr Virus sidelined Chadwick in February following the Tour of Langkawi in Malaysia. The life-threatening spinal virus even infected his daughter, forcing her to be hospitalized as well.
"It was very tough for us to see our daughter hooked up to an I.V. all the time and her veins collapsing," he said. "It's hard to explain to a two-year-old why the doctors were always sticking her with needles."
Chadwick, 31, won his first stage race in the United States by soloing to victory in the first two stages of the 350-mile race that featured a pair of mountain top finishes and more than 23,000 feet of climbing. Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon said teamwork solidified the victory from there.
"The guys were awesome," Beamon said. "It was pretty much textbook on the last two stages. Today, the guys took the lead on the first lap and held it to the finish, pretty much destroying the field in the process."
Brad Huff (Jelly Belly) won Sunday's six-corner criterium ahead of Karl Menzies (Health Net presented by Maxxis) and Mark Walters (Team R.A.C.E.
Pro), while Aldape took the small field sprint for fifth.
Chadwick's accomplishment follows a 20th place finish at the Tour de Georgia presented by AT&T and improves his chances of becoming one of New Zealand's three representatives for the Olympic road race in Beijing in August.
Team Type 1 was created to inspire people living with diabetes to take a proactive approach to managing their health and overcoming obstacles often associated with the condition. This is the first year Team Type 1 has fielded a professional squad, after winning the corporate team division of the Race Across America the past two years. Calabria and Hargrave are two of four athletes on the pro team who have Type 1 diabetes.
Attached Photo Courtesy: Team Type 1
Team Type 1's Glen Chadwick stands atop the final podium Sunday at the Tour of Arkansas.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Bike X Results
Bike X Results 18-05-2008
Youth 1 (-10 years) Girls: Nicola Hodson 1; Tiara Phipps 2; Hannah Gray 3; Samantha Freemantle 4.
Youth 1 (-/10 years) Boys: Corey Hodson 1; Harry Young 2; Dylan Joe 3; Matthew Durrant 4; Sam Heaven 5; Finn Durrant 6; Thomas Moore 7; Cameron Joe 8; Brendan Joe 9; Luka Freemantle 10.
Youth 2 (11/13 years) Girls: Natasha Grundy 1.
Youth 2 (11/13 years) Boys: Caleb Grey 1; Kyle Power 2; Dominic Dixon 3; Reed Stewart 4; Matt Macleod 5; Blake Caudwell 6.
Youth 3 (14-15 years) Boys: Lars Hopman 1; Matt Grundy 2; Josh Chiverell 3; Tim Lutter 4; Shaun Ferris 5.
Junior Men (16-19 years): Sam Haslett 1; Simon Ellison 2; Andrew Neverman 3.
Open Female: Marie Davis 1.
Open Men: Andrew Bott 1; Vaughn Phillipson 2; Carl MacParland 3; Brendon Trower 4; Martyn Wallace 5; Carl Larsen 6; Logan Marriott 7; Allister Beets 8; Tony Harding 9.
Fun Female: Faith Barber 1; Anna Bland 2; Gillian Slater 3; Lorraine Power 4.
Fun Men: Luke McCarthy 1; Paul Davis 2; Brent Jeffares 3; Simon Godden 4; Fraser Kitt 5; Henry Heather 6; Gavin Smith 7; Craig Weston 8; Bruce Strachan 9; Brent&Laura Carrad 10; Richard Gray 11; Peter Young 12.
See Article below for full comentary
Youth 1 (-10 years) Girls: Nicola Hodson 1; Tiara Phipps 2; Hannah Gray 3; Samantha Freemantle 4.
Youth 1 (-/10 years) Boys: Corey Hodson 1; Harry Young 2; Dylan Joe 3; Matthew Durrant 4; Sam Heaven 5; Finn Durrant 6; Thomas Moore 7; Cameron Joe 8; Brendan Joe 9; Luka Freemantle 10.
Youth 2 (11/13 years) Girls: Natasha Grundy 1.
Youth 2 (11/13 years) Boys: Caleb Grey 1; Kyle Power 2; Dominic Dixon 3; Reed Stewart 4; Matt Macleod 5; Blake Caudwell 6.
Youth 3 (14-15 years) Boys: Lars Hopman 1; Matt Grundy 2; Josh Chiverell 3; Tim Lutter 4; Shaun Ferris 5.
Junior Men (16-19 years): Sam Haslett 1; Simon Ellison 2; Andrew Neverman 3.
Open Female: Marie Davis 1.
Open Men: Andrew Bott 1; Vaughn Phillipson 2; Carl MacParland 3; Brendon Trower 4; Martyn Wallace 5; Carl Larsen 6; Logan Marriott 7; Allister Beets 8; Tony Harding 9.
Fun Female: Faith Barber 1; Anna Bland 2; Gillian Slater 3; Lorraine Power 4.
Fun Men: Luke McCarthy 1; Paul Davis 2; Brent Jeffares 3; Simon Godden 4; Fraser Kitt 5; Henry Heather 6; Gavin Smith 7; Craig Weston 8; Bruce Strachan 9; Brent&Laura Carrad 10; Richard Gray 11; Peter Young 12.
See Article below for full comentary
Mountain Bike Club take coveted Handlebar Trophy
Even with convincing wins in the Youth 2 Girls, Youth 3 Boys and Open Men, the Ramblers Cycling Club could not stop the Hawkes Bay Mountain Bike Club juggernaut from claiming the coveted Handlebar Trophy.
This year the two cycling clubs who organised the weekend’s Bike X, put up the trophy as a challenge, with a point for every rider plus a bonus for each win. The sheer quantity of their bikers alone stacked the odds in favour of the HBMTB club before the race even started.
The off-road circuit race ran on the riverbank adjacent to Pettigrew Green Arena and pulled together riders from a great mix of ages and abilities. Despite a frosty start the ground crew set up a challenging technical course that sapped the energy from the hardiest contestants.
Supporters and fans admired the youngsters who not only provided many a priceless moment, but also showed they had stamina and gusto. At the end of the day it was the Hodson family taking home both the Youth 1 Boys and Girls top prizes.
Instead of pimping his ride Vaughn Phillipson opted to pimp himself, but his decoy action lasted only till half way the 45min Open Men’s race. Last year’s winner, Andrew Bott, saw through the act and distanced himself from the Bike Xdresser, taking a deserved win.
Spare a thought for Brent and Laura Carrad who combined forces to tackle the windy course on a tandem. This colourful father and daughter team set the tone in the Fun Class race. Luke McCarthy and Paul Davis were dressed to amuse but their competitive streak provided a close battle that lasted till the dying moment of the race, with McCarthy taking the Fun Class win by the smallest of margins from the late charging Davis.
This year the two cycling clubs who organised the weekend’s Bike X, put up the trophy as a challenge, with a point for every rider plus a bonus for each win. The sheer quantity of their bikers alone stacked the odds in favour of the HBMTB club before the race even started.
The off-road circuit race ran on the riverbank adjacent to Pettigrew Green Arena and pulled together riders from a great mix of ages and abilities. Despite a frosty start the ground crew set up a challenging technical course that sapped the energy from the hardiest contestants.
Supporters and fans admired the youngsters who not only provided many a priceless moment, but also showed they had stamina and gusto. At the end of the day it was the Hodson family taking home both the Youth 1 Boys and Girls top prizes.
Instead of pimping his ride Vaughn Phillipson opted to pimp himself, but his decoy action lasted only till half way the 45min Open Men’s race. Last year’s winner, Andrew Bott, saw through the act and distanced himself from the Bike Xdresser, taking a deserved win.
Spare a thought for Brent and Laura Carrad who combined forces to tackle the windy course on a tandem. This colourful father and daughter team set the tone in the Fun Class race. Luke McCarthy and Paul Davis were dressed to amuse but their competitive streak provided a close battle that lasted till the dying moment of the race, with McCarthy taking the Fun Class win by the smallest of margins from the late charging Davis.
Ramblers member and Team Type 1’s Chadwick Wins Again
Chadwick conquered the mountain top finish at Mount Nebo State Park by out-sprinting Predrag Prokic (Toshiba-Santo Professional Cycling Team presented by Herbalife) to finish the 98-mile (157.7 km) race in three hours, 59 minutes and 47 seconds.
Chadwick and Prokic left Team Type 1 teammate Moises Aldape and Michael Lange (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling) on the decisive climb, with the New Zealander winning the race by five seconds. Lange was third and Aldape fourth.
“Our guys put in a really good effort today and I didn’t want to let them down,” Chadwick said.
Chadwick’s back-to-back stage wins – a feat he also achieved in the Canadian Tour de Beauce stage race last year – puts him 25 seconds ahead of Prokic with two stages remaining. Team Type 1 also has two others in the top 10 overall: Aldape is fourth, 58 seconds behind, and Chris Jones is eighth, 1:28 behind.
“For sure I’m thinking about winning the race overall now,” Chadwick said. “We still have Moises and Chris a handful of seconds behind so they can always tag a good move and the lead could change. But I’m pretty keen to go all the way to the finish.”
Saturday’s 97-mile (156 km) race starts and finishes atop Arkansas’ tallest peak, Mount Magazine (2,753 feet) and features 6,600 feet of climbing. The 10-mile ascent of Mount Magazine features a continuous grade of six to eight percent.
Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon said the squad will be a little more protective of Chadwick’s lead than it was during Friday’s stage.
“There’s only a handful of guys we have to be worried about, but at some point, we’ll have to take responsibility for the stage,” Beamon said. “Hopefully, we can get another good effort out of Timothy (Hargrave) and Fabio (Calabria) again and take control of the race.”
Hargrave and Calabria, Team Type 1’s competitors with Type 1 diabetes in the race, played integral roles in both of Chadwick’s victories. On Friday, the pair combined with teammates Valeriy Kobzarenko and Ian MacGregor to successfully chase down Aaron Tuckerman (Jelly Belly), who gained a nearly three-minute advantage after attacking on the descent of the second climb.
Sunday’s final stage is the Celebrity Classic Criterium in historic Downtown Van Buren, Ark. The event begins at 8:30 a.m.
– TT1 –
Team Type 1's Glen Chadwick celebrates his victory atop Mount Nebo with runner-up Predrag Prokic (left) and Michael Lange (right).
Photo Courtesy: Team Type 1
Chadwick and Prokic left Team Type 1 teammate Moises Aldape and Michael Lange (Jelly Belly Pro Cycling) on the decisive climb, with the New Zealander winning the race by five seconds. Lange was third and Aldape fourth.
“Our guys put in a really good effort today and I didn’t want to let them down,” Chadwick said.
Chadwick’s back-to-back stage wins – a feat he also achieved in the Canadian Tour de Beauce stage race last year – puts him 25 seconds ahead of Prokic with two stages remaining. Team Type 1 also has two others in the top 10 overall: Aldape is fourth, 58 seconds behind, and Chris Jones is eighth, 1:28 behind.
“For sure I’m thinking about winning the race overall now,” Chadwick said. “We still have Moises and Chris a handful of seconds behind so they can always tag a good move and the lead could change. But I’m pretty keen to go all the way to the finish.”
Saturday’s 97-mile (156 km) race starts and finishes atop Arkansas’ tallest peak, Mount Magazine (2,753 feet) and features 6,600 feet of climbing. The 10-mile ascent of Mount Magazine features a continuous grade of six to eight percent.
Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon said the squad will be a little more protective of Chadwick’s lead than it was during Friday’s stage.
“There’s only a handful of guys we have to be worried about, but at some point, we’ll have to take responsibility for the stage,” Beamon said. “Hopefully, we can get another good effort out of Timothy (Hargrave) and Fabio (Calabria) again and take control of the race.”
Hargrave and Calabria, Team Type 1’s competitors with Type 1 diabetes in the race, played integral roles in both of Chadwick’s victories. On Friday, the pair combined with teammates Valeriy Kobzarenko and Ian MacGregor to successfully chase down Aaron Tuckerman (Jelly Belly), who gained a nearly three-minute advantage after attacking on the descent of the second climb.
Sunday’s final stage is the Celebrity Classic Criterium in historic Downtown Van Buren, Ark. The event begins at 8:30 a.m.
– TT1 –
Team Type 1's Glen Chadwick celebrates his victory atop Mount Nebo with runner-up Predrag Prokic (left) and Michael Lange (right).Photo Courtesy: Team Type 1
Team Type 1's Chadwick Wins Tour of Arkansas Opener
Russellville, Ark. — Team Type 1’s Glen Chadwick soloed to victory on the opening stage of the inaugural Tour of Arkansas Thursday while his teammate, Moises Aldape, finished third.
Chadwick won the “Epic Road Race,” a 110-mile (177 km) race that featured 10,592 feet of climbing. In doing so, he scored his first victory of the season and the seventh win of the year for Team Type 1.
“Chaddy really wanted this one,” Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon said of the sixth-year pro from New Zealand. “We rode the climb for him so he was really the only guy who wasn’t on the front today.”
Chadwick capped an extraordinary display of teamwork by Team Type 1 by attacking just as a three-rider breakaway that included teammate Valeriy Kobzarenko was being caught in the final mile. At that point, fewer than 30 riders remained in the pack, including six from Team Type 1.
“With a kilometer to go, everyone was focused on the three guys in the lead who were only about four or five seconds ahead of us,” Chadwick said. “The field was riding on the right, so I punched it as hard as I could on the left.”
Chadwick’s successful attack led to a one-armed salute as he crossed the finish line five seconds ahead of Karl Menzies (Health Net presented by Maxxis). Aldape finished another five seconds later for his first top three placing of the year and Team Type 1's 23rd podium finish of 2008.
Team Type 1, which was created to inspire people living with diabetes to take a proactive approach to managing their health and overcoming the obstacles often associated with the condition, now has six riders in the top 25: Fabio Calabria is eighth, Ian MacGregor is 14th, Chris Jones is 16th and Kobzarenko is 23rd.
Calabria and Timothy Hargrave, two of four professional on the squad who have Type 1 diabetes, each played pivotal roles. Hargrave set a blistering pace as the race reached the first decisive climb, while Calabria launched the first attack to spring a breakaway that further decimated the field.
“It was a great ride for our two Type 1 riders,” Beamon said.
With three stages to go – including Friday’s 98-mile (157.7 km) Mount Nebo Road Race, Chadwick is leading a stage race for the first time since 2003, when he won the Tour of Beijing.
“I’ve always been racing for the GC (general classification) but never really been the guy in the first spot,” he said. “Hopefully we can pull another maneuver like we did at the Tour de Georgia (when Team Type 1 put four riders in the top 20 on the stage at Brasstown Bald) and have plenty of options. I’m always happy to hand the lead over to a teammate.”
– TT1 –
Photos courtesy of Team Type 1
Team Type 1's Valeriy Kobzarenko (left) was joined by Eric Boily (Team Volkswagon) in a three-man breakaway that nearly made it to the finish in the opening stage of the Tour of Arkansas.
TourofArkSt1Podium.jpg:
Glen Chadwick (center) is joined on the Tour of Arkansas Stage 1 podium by Team Type 1 teammate Moises Aldape (left) and Karl Menzies of Health Net presented by Maxxis.
Chadwick won the “Epic Road Race,” a 110-mile (177 km) race that featured 10,592 feet of climbing. In doing so, he scored his first victory of the season and the seventh win of the year for Team Type 1.
“Chaddy really wanted this one,” Team Type 1 Sport Director Ed Beamon said of the sixth-year pro from New Zealand. “We rode the climb for him so he was really the only guy who wasn’t on the front today.”
Chadwick capped an extraordinary display of teamwork by Team Type 1 by attacking just as a three-rider breakaway that included teammate Valeriy Kobzarenko was being caught in the final mile. At that point, fewer than 30 riders remained in the pack, including six from Team Type 1.
“With a kilometer to go, everyone was focused on the three guys in the lead who were only about four or five seconds ahead of us,” Chadwick said. “The field was riding on the right, so I punched it as hard as I could on the left.”
Chadwick’s successful attack led to a one-armed salute as he crossed the finish line five seconds ahead of Karl Menzies (Health Net presented by Maxxis). Aldape finished another five seconds later for his first top three placing of the year and Team Type 1's 23rd podium finish of 2008.
Team Type 1, which was created to inspire people living with diabetes to take a proactive approach to managing their health and overcoming the obstacles often associated with the condition, now has six riders in the top 25: Fabio Calabria is eighth, Ian MacGregor is 14th, Chris Jones is 16th and Kobzarenko is 23rd.
Calabria and Timothy Hargrave, two of four professional on the squad who have Type 1 diabetes, each played pivotal roles. Hargrave set a blistering pace as the race reached the first decisive climb, while Calabria launched the first attack to spring a breakaway that further decimated the field.
“It was a great ride for our two Type 1 riders,” Beamon said.
With three stages to go – including Friday’s 98-mile (157.7 km) Mount Nebo Road Race, Chadwick is leading a stage race for the first time since 2003, when he won the Tour of Beijing.
“I’ve always been racing for the GC (general classification) but never really been the guy in the first spot,” he said. “Hopefully we can pull another maneuver like we did at the Tour de Georgia (when Team Type 1 put four riders in the top 20 on the stage at Brasstown Bald) and have plenty of options. I’m always happy to hand the lead over to a teammate.”
– TT1 –
Photos courtesy of Team Type 1
Team Type 1's Valeriy Kobzarenko (left) was joined by Eric Boily (Team Volkswagon) in a three-man breakaway that nearly made it to the finish in the opening stage of the Tour of Arkansas.
TourofArkSt1Podium.jpg:Glen Chadwick (center) is joined on the Tour of Arkansas Stage 1 podium by Team Type 1 teammate Moises Aldape (left) and Karl Menzies of Health Net presented by Maxxis.
Monday, May 12, 2008
ECNI Results
Results from the ECNI events held over the weekend.
Circuit races around School Road, Crystal Road circuit in reasonable conditions.
Time trial on Elite Nationals course in perfect conditions.
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Circuit races around School Road, Crystal Road circuit in reasonable conditions.
Time trial on Elite Nationals course in perfect conditions.
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Come and Support the Sports Park and Velodrome
Public consultation on the proposed Regional Sports Park commenced with a
summary issued to all Hastings District Council ratepayers. If you wish to
view the Summary Proposal or the Full Proposal,click here Please note that submissions close on Monday 26th May 2008.
On Monday 12 May at 5.30pm, a Public Meeting as part of the public consultation around the Regional Sports Park proposal will be held at the Hawke's Bay Opera House theatre.
An Open Day was planned for this Saturday, however this has been postponed until further notice due to likely bad weather and works being undertaken on the Percival Road site.
summary issued to all Hastings District Council ratepayers. If you wish to
view the Summary Proposal or the Full Proposal,click here Please note that submissions close on Monday 26th May 2008.
On Monday 12 May at 5.30pm, a Public Meeting as part of the public consultation around the Regional Sports Park proposal will be held at the Hawke's Bay Opera House theatre.
An Open Day was planned for this Saturday, however this has been postponed until further notice due to likely bad weather and works being undertaken on the Percival Road site.
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