May 24, 2016

It’s been a while since the Tour De Yorkshire but I want to reflect on my experience with being back home and racing on home soil. We arrived a few days before the race. A beautiful hotel in the middle of York. A city, which I would love to explore in my off-season. It looked amazing! I wasn’t actually feeling well at all so I arrived and had a room on my own....

May 19, 2016

After the Trofeo Binda in Italy at the end of March, I got to return home to compete at the Redlands Cycling Classic – the kickoff for the cycling season in America, and one of my favorite races. My Wiggle High5 management was generous enough to let me compete on a composite team at Redlands – The Amy Dombroski Foundation Team.  Amy was a good...

May 16, 2016

I still remember the day our coach, Gary Sutton sat my track teammates, Josie Tomic, Melissa Hoskins and Amy Cure and I down the day before the 2012 Olympic Cycling Team was to be announced. We were on camp in Holland, sitting on the lounge in the corner of Sutto’s cabin. He said, “Tomorrow, you will be named an Olympian. You will become part of an elite club...

May 15, 2016

Next up was the Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women’s Race this year! For me the race starts a few days before. I travelled to York on Wednesday and picked up my team mates Anna Christian and Lucy Garner on the way. This is a time where having our Honda cars come in very handy!! Thursday was a busy day! I caught up with my teammates, and we set off to do a recce of...

May 14, 2016

My teammates might say I have an acquired taste in music. What this actually means is that when I offer to DJ in the team bus before races I often receive the following answer, ‘No, but we’ll still use your speakers.’ Unless, of course, it’s the young girls. In which case they don’t have a choice and will listen to what I decide....

May 13, 2016

Ik schrijf deze blog vanuit Heerlen. Na een week van rust was weer tijd om de draad op te pakken voor het 2e deel van het seizoen. Na een periode van veel wedstrijden en daardoor weinig tijd om te trainen stonden er voor deze week weer langere trainingen op het programma. Gisteren ben ik naar hier vertrokken om samen met Maaike (Polspoel) hier te kunnen...