This morning's Coot-tha Challenge was an epic battle of strength and determination that was thoroughly enjoyed by all who took part. Simone's Seven pulled off a well-deserved and narrow win with a 57 second improvement on their PBs, ahead of Blair's Boys who finished second only 49 seconds behind. The Dalglish Dashers were third, only another 24 seconds behind and the Farrington Five finished only another 45 seconds back. Considering there are 5 riders contributing to each time gap, the teams all finished up very close to each other. 

Tom Boonen stormed to an emotional victory at the Paris-Roubaix, winning the 'Queen of the Classics' for the second time in an exhibition of perfect tactics and unbeatable sprinting. 'Tornado' Tom and his Specialized Roubaix were the driving force behind a decisive attack in the final 35km that forged the winning three-man move in Sunday's six-hour test of wills across Europe's roughest roads.

Boonen's team, Quickstep, already have two classics wins this season and attribute much of the team's success to their Specialized Roubaix bikes, specifically engineered for rough roads like those at the Paris-Roubaix. "I guess the bike works!" Boonen said as he climbed to the top of the podium yesterday. "This bike (Roubaix) is perfect for Paris-Roubaix because it's comfortable on the pavé, but fast on the smooth roads."

We are clearing out all remaining Bianchi bikes at massively discounted prices. These bikes are brand new 2007 models and they're on sale because we aren't stocking Bianchi in 2008. There are only a few left and they're running out the door very quickly so don't wait and miss out! See below for the models on sale:

Once again I find myself at another AIS cycling camp in our nations capital and this time there’s more than one strange twist. This time instead of sharing `ressie’s’ with the many strangely shaped athletes like 60 wrestlers (thank goodness!!), 20 mini gymnasts (a little scary too!) and heaps of long and lanky basket ballers. We cycling girls now find ourselves living all the way over at the physiology labs sleeping at 3000 meters in the altitude house.

After last year's favourable results, a large team of Lifecycle riders made their way to Christchurch for the 10th running of the toughest 100km 'fun' ride in New Zealand.

This year Liam McCarthy and Blair plus a couple of NZ Lifecycle riders made the trip to beautiful Queenstown for the annual Tour de Lakes race held every Easter. This was a hard lead up to Le Race and featured a hilltop finish for the last stage. A good effort by Liam saw him upstage some of the local teams with a strong finish in 5th place at the summit. Next year with a little bit more knowledge of the course could see him ready for a top place in the overall!