Tour Down Under
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Team UniSA-Australia Supporters Club
Date of birth: 17-4-71 (34-years-old)
Born: Leeton, NSW
Lives: Canberra
Weight: 87kg
Height: 1.88m
Occupation: I’m a professional cyclist but I’m also a qualified
school teacher.
Club: Tuggeranong Vikings cycling club
Professional team: Drapac-Porsche (Melbourne based team)
Bike: Bianchi
Fastest speed clocked on a bike: Fitz’s Hill in Canberra, you can
clock over 100km/hr going down there.
Longest distance on a bike: 303km training with Charlie Walsh
(former national cycling coach) in Adelaide when I was 19 or
20-years-old. It was supposed to be a 280km training ride but we got
lost. It took 10 hours.
Career highlights: Representing Australia at the Olympics in
1992. Three stage wins in the Sun Tour in 2004. Second place in the
Australian Open Road Championships in 2004 and 2005.
Ambitions for 2006: I’d love to win the National’s this year
after finishing second twice, but it’s such a hard race to win. I’d also
like to make the Commonwealth Games team.
Jacob’s Creek Tour Down Under appearances: This year will be
my second tour.
How do you prepare for the Tour? At the moment I’m doing a lot
strength work. A couple of weeks out I will start to do some speed work
behind a motorbike.
What do you hope to achieve in the Tour? A stage win in Tour Down
Under would be good as would an overall team victory especially as we
are up against a lot of strong pro teams.
Someone you look up to: Stuart O’Grady has a great attitude
and winning spirit. Michael Rogers who was world champion three times in
a row – that’s an amazing feat for someone who is only 25.
Favourite music: Powderfinger and some other Oz-rock
Favourite TV film: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Favourite food: Chicken Korma
