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Winning the Opening Round of the 2005 Women's World Cup - The Geelong World Cup, Photos ©: John Veage
WORLD CUP- CHINA
World Cup, Chongming Island. China. 9th of May 2010
1st: Ina Teutenberg, 2nd: Kirsten Wild, 3rd: Rochelle Gilmore.
Thanks to the performance of the Australian National Team, we sprinters were given another opportunity to battle it out for the podium.
With 10km to go HTC Columbia and Cervelo had their two strongest riders (Arndt & Duster) 30 seconds up the road and they were happy to let those two riders race for the win. If we, the Australian team wanted a podium today, it was up to us to chase and close the gap.
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TOUR OF CHONGMING ISLAND
Tour of Chongming Island. China. 5th-7th May 2010
The Chinese Tour of Chongming Island started today in very wet conditions! It’s a short three day tour from May 5th to May 7th. The tour is a UCI 2.1 category race attracting the world’s strongest teams including HTC Columbia, Cervelo and the Australian National Team. I will represent the Australian National Team as designated sprinter this week.
Chongming Island will also host a World Cup on Sunday for the first time.
The 20 teams participating at this year’s event will cover a total distance of 370km during the 4 days of racing.
Race Reports
OMLOOP VAN BORSELE
Omloop Van Borsele. Holland. 17th April 2010
Out sprinted by Kirsten Wild again, but I’m getting closer!!!
Today’s race of 120km saw a break of 15 riders form during the first 20km, the break contained all of the strongest riders and stayed away the entire race.
Cervelo had 5 riders in the break including Wild. HTC Colombia had 3 riders including Arndt, Van Dijk and Hosking. Great Britain had 3 riders including Cooke. Bloeit had 3 riders including Vos.... I was in there alone.
Full Report
RONDE VAN GELDERLAND
Ronde van Gelderland, Apeldoorn, Holland, 17th April 2010
Last Saturday Rochelle Gilmore and her Lotto team mates took 2nd place at the Ronde van Gelderland in Apeldoorn, Holland.
The UCI race was 141km with only one challenging climb, the Posbank which was positioned at the 75km mark.
Report
TOUR OF FLANDERS
Tour of Flanders, Belgium, 4th April 2010
Grace made history today when she won the Ronde van Vlaanderen! At 25 years of age Grace has become the first Belgian female to win the Tour of Flanders. It must be every Belgian riders dream to win Belgium’s most famous classic, and what better way to do it than with the Belgium team that has supported and believed in her for the past 5 years- Lotto Ladies Team.
Click here for the full report.
TOUR OF NEW ZEALAND
Wellington, New Zealand from the 24th to the 28th of February
This year’s tour will start on Wednesday with a stage in the Wairarapa (Martinborough to Masterton). Day two heads over the Pahiatua Track to Palmerston North. Day three will take place in the Manawatu. Day four will lead the race back to Masterton via the Pahiatua Track, and then the tour will once again finish in Lamton Quay, Wellington with a street criterium on Sunday.
Team Lotto will start with 5 riders; Rochelle Gilmore (Aus), Ashley Moolman (RSA), Nimesha Smith (NZ), Josephine Tomic (Aus) and Vicki Whitelaw (Aus).
Tour favourites include; Amber Neben (USA) Linda Villumsen (NZ) Catherine Cheatley (NZ) Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Vicki Whitelaw (Aus) Ruth Corset (Aus).
Check Rochelle's Diary for daily reports...
TOUR OF QATAR 2010
Doha Qatar from the 3rd to the 5th of February
Chaos and carnage! That’s the only way I can describe my start to the season in the desert!
I hit the deck just 40km into stage one, I ran into a pile up that occurred during the desperation of the first intermediate sprint.
It’s fair to say that there were a lot of energetic riders wanting to test their legs when given their first opportunity in 2010 against an international field.
Read On......
PREVIEW: LADIES TOUR OF QATAR
Doha Qatar from the 3rd to the 5th of February
The Ladies Tour of Qatar, now in its second edition, has already made an indelible mark on the racing calendar’s start of the season.
The 2010 race will take place from Wednesday 3rd to Friday 5th of February 2010. The Ladies Tour of Qatar will be made up of 3 stages and will cover a total distance of 304 kilometres.
Kirsten Wild (Dutch), the world number two and the winner of the tour of Qatar in 2009, will be back in an attempt to reconquer the routes of Qatar. Wild’s strongest competitors are likely to be; Giorgia Bronzini, double stage winner and second in the classifications last year, who will be returning thirsty for further victories. Ellen Van Dijk, always well placed in the sprints, and the best young rider of 2009, will also be eager to seize the gold tunic this year.
Other strong contestants making the journey to Qatar are; Australia’s Rochelle Gilmore, Chloe Hosking and Kirsty Broun, Holland’s Martina Bras and Loes Gunnewijk, Germany’s Trixi Worrack and Judith Arndt, Great Briton’s Lizzie Armitstead, and Sweden’s Susanne Ljungskog and Emma Johansson.
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JAYCO BAY CRITERIUM SERIES
Stage One, Geelong East Gardens Circuit. Victoria, Australia: 2nd January 2010
The Honda Dream Team took out their 2nd consecutive race win today at the opening round of the Jayco Bay Crit Series in Geelong. Team moral and confidence was high after winning the Cronulla GP just 2 weeks ago, the team performed under pressure and expectations today to take out stage one with their Sprinter- Rochelle Gilmore.
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HONDA DREAM TEAM- READY TO RACE
Geelong, Victoria, Australia: 1st January 2010
The Honda Dream Team will be lining up at the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, 2-5 January, with Rochelle Gilmore at the helm supported by some of Australia’s most promising cyclists.
After Gilmore took the win in the Honda Dream Team’s debut race in her own backyard at the Cronulla Grand Prix two weeks ago she has built a team around her in a determined effort to repeat her Jayco Bay Cycling Classic win of 2002.
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HONDA DREAM TEAM WIN!
Wanda Beach Car Park, Cronulla, Australia: 13th of December 2009
The Honda Dream Team lined up for the Cronulla International Grand Prix with one of the nation’s strongest teams; Rochelle Gilmore, Chloe Hosking, Tiffany Cromwell, Elizabeth Georgouras, Nimesha Smith and Skye-lee Armstrong.
The team’s ambitions were clear; they wanted to win their first race together!
Honda employed two of the world’s fastest sprinters (Gilmore & Hosking) to better their chances to pull of the victory, the two girls were supported by one of the world’s strongest domestiqe’s (Tiffany Cromwell) and track racing star, Elizabeth Georgouras. Skye-Lee Armstrong started the race during treatment for hemochromatosis and still managed to play a key role for 8 laps (of 16) before retiring from the race. Pinarello’s Nimesha Smith from NZ has joined the Honda Dream Team as a seriously reliable rider who is capable of closing gaps as or before they happen!
Click here for Rochelle’s report on the Cronulla International Grand Prix.
HONDA SPONSOR ROCHELLE & THE HONDA DREAM TEAM
Honda Dream Team Launch. Cronulla, Australia: 8th of December 2009
Women’s cycling took a big step forward today with the announcement of the Honda Dream Team for the Australian summer of cycling.
The all women’s team headed up by Rochelle Gilmore, one of Australia’s most accomplished road and track cyclists, the Honda Dream Team will make its debut at the Cronulla International Grand Prix on Sunday 13 December.
Joining Gilmore on the Honda Dream Team will be some of Australia’s most promising female cyclists Tiffany Cromwell, 21, Chloe Hosking, 19, and Skye-Lee Armstrong, 21, along with the experienced Liz Georgouras and New Zealander Nimesha Smith.
More about the launch...
HONDA HYBRID WOMEN'S TOUR
Honda Hybrid Women's Tour. Victoria, Australia: 15th-17th of October 2009
Team HP-Pinarello have just taken out 3 of 3 stages at the Honda Hybrid Women’s Tour which was run in conjunction with the Men’s Jayco Herald Sun Tour.
Liz Tadich-Taylor and Karin Jones from TL Sports Promotions have successfully hosted the inaugural Honda Hybrid Women’s tour over the past few days with the much appreciated support from Japan’s car manufacturer- Honda.
Honda Australia’s press manager- Mark Higgins has been the driving force behind Honda’s fresh and enthusiastic involvement with Women’s Cycling.
Full Diary Entry
World Cup & World Championships!
Nurnberg World Cup, Germany: September 13th. Mendrisio World Championships, Switzerland: September 26th. 2009
The end of the 2009 European road season is very near, we just have one small race to finish off with- The World Championships!
My last big personal goal of the season was the Nurnberg World Cup last weekend where I finished 2nd. It was a race I’d been thinking about all season which led to a last minute withdrawal from the Holland Ladies Tour, the day before it started!
Full Diary Entry
TROPHEE D'OR
Trophee d'Or, France: August 25th-29th, 2009
Rochelle took the Mountains Jersey on day one, that's right- the 'Mountains' jersey!
Read Rochelle's diarly page for daily reports on the stages.
Full Daily Reports
ROUTE DE FRANCE
Route De France, France: August 9th-14th, 2009
There’s never really too much to report from a TT or prologue, my result is always the same in a prologue- about midfield. Diana Ziliute was the winner today from Svetlana Bubnenkova and Ina Teutenberg. The surprise of the day was Australia’s Tiffany Cromwell in 4th position! Well done Tiff!
Full Daily Reports
SPARKASSEN GIRO
Sparkassen Giro, Bochum, Germany: August 1st & 2nd, 2009
Click the link below to read Rochelle's diary report on a successful weekend!
2 out of 2...
Tour Féminin en Limousin
Limousine, France: July 23rd to 26th, 2009
Introduction to the Tour of Limousin
Well this certainly isn’t the way we roll.... we’ve gone from living it up in 5 star hotels during the Giro d’Italia to staying in an old school in the middle France! We arrived at the school after a long drive from Italy to unmade beds, no towels, no pillows, no hot water, communal push button showers, no soap, no complimentary moisturisers/shower caps etc.... Well, we will survive!
Stage by Stage Report
ITALIAN UCI ONE DAY RACE
Cento, Ferrara, Italy: July 18th 2009
Cento is a flat circuit race held in Ferrara Italy- it’s always just one week after the Women’s Giro D’italia. It’s definitely a race for the sprinters but it’s interesting to see who recovers well during the week, one year I couldn’t even complete 3 laps of the 11 lap race- I had not recovered at all after the Giro that year!
Race Report
GIRO D'ITALIA DONNE
Montecatini Terme, Pistoia, Tuscany: July 3rd 2009
The Giro d’Italia Donne has arrived! We will start the tour with a 2.5km prologue in Scarperia today. Scarperia is in the Province of Florence- in the Italian region of Tuscany. After a few days in this region the tour will head south, finishing on the 12th of July in Grumo Nevano in the area of Naples. We will race everyday for 10 days covering a total of 920km, plus our additional warm up and warm down kilometres. It’s a rather mountainous tour with few opportunities for the sprinters, in saying that- the best of the best sprinters are here to battle out those few opportunities!
Tune into my diary page for daily reports:
Diary Page
DEPARTING FOR CANADA
Milan Malpensa Airport: May 27th 2009
Here I sit in Milan Malpensa airport waiting to board my flight to Canada. I’m excited about the trip and racing again after a short training block at home in the Italian dolomites.
In Canada I will race the following races with my team; Lotto-Belisol.
The Montreal World Cup (30th of May) 111km on the Mont-Royal.
The Tour Du Grand Montreal (1st-4th June)
The Tour De PEI- Prince Edward Island (7th-11th June)
Our team in Canada will be; Vera Koedooder, Emma Mackie, Linn Torp and me. The team will be directed by Lennon Wicks.
Look for daily reports on my diary page!
Diary Page
FIRST EUROPEAN WIN FOR 2009
Netherlands: May 9th 2009
Rochelle has claimed her first European win of the season by taking out the Omloop Door Middag-Humsterland in Holland. The bunch sprint victory in the UCI 1.2 event capped of a heavy block of racing for Rochelle and her Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam.
During this past block of racing Rochelle also picked up two more 2nd place finishes in the GP Stad Roeselare in Belgium and the Ronde van Gelderland in Holland.
Rochelle will now return to Italy for some well earnt rest, recovery and training prior to her Canadian trip for the Montreal World Cup, Grand Tour du Montreal and Tour de PEI.
ARRIVING IN EUROPE
Italy: March 30th 2009
Last year I arrived in Italy after a long tough flight to learn that my car had been left at the wrong airport for me; it was parked at Milan Malpensa instead of Milan Linate. I think I walked about 5-10km searching for the car spot that didn’t exist at Linate airport! It was then a long day catching buses etc in search of my car.... this year’s arrival also provided some unexpected challenges- to spite trying to be well organised!
Click below to read about Rochelle's start to the season!
Diary Page
RACING IN NEW ZEALAND
Wellington, New Zealand: February 25th-March 1st, 2009
Rochelle has travelled to Wellington, New Zealand to take part in the Trust House Women's Tour of New Zealand (UCI 2.2) and the Wellington Women's Race (UCI 1.1).
Rochelle will be racing with the Australian National Team.
A detailed recap of Rochelle's New Zealand racing block can be found in her diary page. Click below:
Diary Page
TOUR OF QATAR
Doha, Qatar: February 8th-10th, 2009
The Gulf state of Qatar will launch it’s first ever Women's Tour next month, Rochelle will participate in the exciting new TOUR OF QATAR from the 8th-10th of February.
Qatar will bring together 15 teams, including six national squads, and 90 riders from 14 countries to kick start the UCI calendar of events for 2009.
All of the top women’s UCI teams have been invited and will participate in this event, the competition will be world class and whilst the Europeans will face the added challenge of relatively high temperatures, the Australian’s will feel at home after recently experiencing a heat-wave across the country.
Women's Tour of Qatar teams: Nuremberg, Columbia, Lotto, Giant, Flexpoint, Leontien, Selle Italia, Bigia, Cervélo; Australia, France, Italy, Japan, South Africa, United States.
A detailed recap of Rochelle's racing block in Qatar can be found in her diary page. Click below:
Diary Page
BEIJING TRACK WORLD CUP
Beijing, China: January 16th-18th, 2009
Following on from three 2nd place finishes in the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic and the overall sprinters jersey Rochelle's 2009 season has started in a positive manner.
But now, her attention will turn away from the road and back to the track with the Beijing Track World Cup - the 4th leg of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics.
Rochelle is entered in both the Scratch and Points race. With 6 weeks track training under her belt, and beginning to find her track legs, Rochelle will be pressing for a medal, but will face tough competition given the high class start list which features Former World Champions, World Cup winners, and also Olympic Champions.
Rochelle's Report
JAYCO BAY CYCLING CLASSIC
Geelong, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: January 2nd-6th, 2009
Rochelle will travel to Melbourne and the Geelong region to open her 2009 season. Competing in the 2009 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, dubbed the "world's fastest criterium series", this cycling extravaganza will see Rochelle take on Australia's best female riders in an action packed 5 race series.
Riding for the NSWIS, Rochelle, a multiple race winner and previous overall title winner (2002) will face tough competition from reigning Australian criterium champion Kirsty Broun (MB Cycles), Belinda Goss (Pitcher Parnter) and former junior world champions Josie Tomic (Plan B).
A full preview of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, stage reports and results can be viewed courtesy of CyclingNews
CyclingNews: Preview, Race Reports and Results
Following the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic, Rochelle will travel to Ballarat to round out her preparation for the Scody Australian Open Road Cycling Championships. Rochelle will race the Scody Women's Road Race on January 10th.
More information on the Scody Australian Open Road Cycling Championships can be found by clicking the link below:
Scody Australian Open Road Cycling Championships
Rochelle's Report
ROCHELLE'S 2008 ROAD SEASON REVIEW
Home, Passo Cereda, Fiera Di Primiero, Trento, Italy: October12th, 2008
Click below to read Rochelle's recap on the 2008 European Road season...
Diary Page
GRAN CARACOL DE PISTA
COLOMBIA: October, 2008
Following the UCI World Road Race Championships and the official end of the European road season Rochelle has turned her attention to the track. She is currently competing at the Gran Caracol De Pista in Medellin, Colombia.
The 3 day carnival features many of the best track riders from all over the world and will provide a good opportunity for Rochelle to get back in touch with the track. Rochelle will return home to Italy next week before heading to Amsterdam, Holland to compete in the 6 Daagse van Amsterdam as preparation for the first leg of the UCI Track World Cup in Manchester, England.
Rochelle has posted a tentative race schedule for the following year. Changes are expected as the year progresses. This can be viewed by clicking on her Race Program Page.
Additional information on the races can be found by following the links below:
Gran Caracol De Pista
6 Daagse van Amsterdam
WORLDS SELECTION
ITALY: September, 2008
Rochelle has gained selection into the Australian Team for the upcoming UCI World Road Race Championships in Varese, Italy, September 23-28.
Rochelle will be a part of a 7 women strong squad featuring Oenone Wood, Emma Rickards, Nikki Egyed, Natalie Bates, Carla Ryan and Vicki Whitelaw. The women are expected to face tough competition from the home Italian squad - Squadra Azzura - who have the title as race favourites. Australia also expect strong challenges to come from the German, Dutch and Great Britain squads.
The women will race over 138.8kms on an 8 lap course which features 237m of climbing over the 17.35km circuit.
Action, live results and reports from the UCI World Road Championships can be found at both:
UCI Official Race Website
CyclingNews Women's World Road Race Preview
TROPHEE D'OR FEMININ
FRANCE: August 26th-30th, 2008
Rochelle capped off her final tour of the year at the UCI 2.2 Tour - Trophée d'Or Féminin in France. Rochelle pick up a bunch of podium finishes in the 6 stage event. Riding with the Australia National Team, she finished 2nd on three occasions and 3rd once.
Rochelle will now focus on preparing for the World Championships to be held in Varese, Italy on September 27th.
DUTCH VICTORY
NETHERLANDS: August 6th, 2008
Rochelle has claimed victory in the Dutch Post Tour de France crit - Ridderronde Maastricht. The short invitational event featured 11 elite riders.
This victory comes on top of her win in the Olympia Preis Bochum Criterium and 2nd in the UCI 1.1 race- Sparkassen Giro.
Daily Peloton - Ridderronder Recap
CyclingFX - Ridderronde Maastricht Gallery
GIRO D'ITALIA FEMMINILE
ITALY: July 5th-13th, 2008
Rochelle has posted diary entries from her 2008 Giro d'Italia Femminile campaign. Check out her diary page for more details.
Giro d'Italia Femminile
RACING IN CANADA
Montreal and Prince Edward Island, CANADA: June 2008
Rochelle has recently completed a productive and profitable racing block in Canada featuring the La Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal (CDM), Le Tour du Grand Montréal and the Tour de PEI.
Check out her diary page for detailed race reports.
Canadian Racing Block
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