Tour Down Under
Team UniSA-Australia Supporters Club
Team UniSA-Australia Supporters Club
Date
of birth: 15 July 1976 (29-years-old)
Born: Adelaide
Lives: Adelaide
Weight: 70kg
Height: 1.78m
Occupation: Professional cyclist
Club: Adelaide Cycling Club
Professional team: Savings & Loans Avanti
Bike: Avanti
Fastest speed clocked on a bike: I clocked 100km/hr in the Tour
Down Under going down the hill in the Victor Harbor stage in 2003 – that
would be my fastest time. I’ve been over 100km a couple of times, but
only just over.
Longest distance on a bike: I raced in the Melbourne to
Warnambool last year – and it was 300km. It’s actually the longest race
in the world now. It used to be shorter but they made it longer this
year. I finished fourth in that race.
Career highlights: Riding in the Giro d’Italia twice in (2004 and
2005) and getting an eighth place in one of the time trials, being 2005
South Australian champion and winning three bronze medals in the
National Time Trials (2000, 2001, 2005).
Ambitions for 2006: My aim is to make the Commonwealth Games
team.
Jacob’s Creek Tour Down Under appearances: 2006 will be my
sixth Tour.
How do you prepare for the Tour? I started out doing 1000km a
week just getting the base in and in the last few weeks I’ve been doing
800km a week training with some harder intensity to get ready for the
Tour.
What do you hope to achieve in the Tour? I’d like to win
something, either a jersey or a stage.
Someone you look up to: Lleyton Hewitt. I like his aggression
and desire to win all the time. In cycling it would be Lance Armstrong.
He’s the best Tour de France cyclist ever.
Favourite music: I collect music. What I listen to depends on my
mood but I’m into every type of music.
Favourite TV show/film: I like all the Quentin Tarantino movies
and I don’t mind a bit of Jim Carrey.
Favourite food: Pizza
