Toni in France
Immediately after competing with distinction at the Melbourne Commonwealth Games, Toni took a break from cycling to recharge the batteries. This year Toni is taking up a proffesional cycling contract with Les Pruneaux dÁgen cycling team in the south of France. They are sponsored by a distributor of Prunes from the area near Carcasonne. The uniform is a little unflatttering (white with little brown prunes on it), but Toni wears it well.
Soon after arriving Toni and her other kiwi team mate Tammy Boyd, received their new bikes and kit and resumed training for a full-on season ahead.
First big race for the year was the Tour de Láude, one of the biggest womens stage races in the world. 10 days of tough stages in and around the Pyrenees.
Toni rode a very consistent tour with no real bad stages. Her team was lacking firepower with a lack-lustre performance in the opening Teams Time Trial, but after that Toni steadily improved every day to finish 26th overall, 2nd NZer and top finisher from her team.
Today Toni flies out to Montreal to compete in the World Cup there.
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posted by Toni @ 11:47 PM
2 Comments:
Keep on trucking Toni, great ride in the Tour de Laude and great to see the consistancy at the world Cup in Canada.
Welcome to the cycling fields of unending possibilities.
Expand in consciousness --- be ready to accept anything now, at any time.
The FAN club back home. Ole
Wow, Toni, you are really flying girl. Unbelievable. We are absolutely inspired by yours and Joanne's phenominal rides in the La Grande Boucle prolouge. 4th and 5th respectively. 4th and 11th in stage 2a with the same time credit. 1st and 6th stage 2b. 6th and 7th stage 3. And a brilliant 6th in overall standings with Joanne in 3rd. This is absolutely awe inspiring stuff Toni in the white hot heat of European cycling.
Linda and I, and no doubt your wider FAN CLUB will stay riverted to the result and reports of the final two stages as Bradshaw fights determindly to achieve a performance which will give her FANS something to shout about, on those joyful Sunday morning rides from Royal Oak to Ramarama and back as the kilometers are easily frittered away, with the bountiful memories of your performance as they collectively obliterate time, space, pain and distance in the cold joyful experience of mindful cycling.
Who would fly with the tiny wings of a sparrow when we continue to SOAR with the mighty wings of TONI BRADSHAW. Ole Ole Ole Ole Ole
Nathan and Linda and the FAN CLUB back home.
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