http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog/109427/Bridie-O-Donnell I'm completely bleary-eyed, after two glasses of wine, a bath and a 67km solo breakaway that ended in me winning the Oceania road title. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/114402/Calm-after-the-storm http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/114402/Calm-after-the-storm Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 Sou westers blew at 45kph and the temperature crept above 10 degrees just in time for the start of the Oceania championships in Winton, 30km north of Invercargill. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/114367/The-Police-to-the-rescue http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/114367/The-Police-to-the-rescue Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +1100 It was like being back with old friends when I arrived in Bétheny for the Chrono Champenois, 2 years since my last visit, writes Bridie O'Donnell. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112997/A-lot-on-the-menu http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112997/A-lot-on-the-menu Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 I'm sitting on the window ledge, overlooking the road, counting the average number of seconds between the irritating mosquito sounds of motor scooters, driven by future organ donors for Berlusconi's army. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112807/A-woman-with-a-plan http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112807/A-woman-with-a-plan Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Lost in Castranno without anything to wear Bridie O'Donnell is relying on the hand-me-downs of teammates to get her through a fashion crisis. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112592/Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112592/Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 The Australian National women's road squad returned home exhausted and elated after a hugely successful race at the Route de France, writes Bridie O'Donnell. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112086/Exhausted-and-elated http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112086/Exhausted-and-elated Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 On a wet greasy day in Cholet, Tiffany Cromwell faced down the race of truth and rode the race of her life, writes Bridie O'Donnell. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112057/Not-just-a-pretty-blonde http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/112057/Not-just-a-pretty-blonde Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:00:00 +1000 The 108km from Fontenay le Comte to Cholet was allegedly a 'flat' stage, but we headed north over dozens of roleurs, through villages and around plenty of crashes at roundabouts. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/111996/Bad-intel-and-blackberries http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/111996/Bad-intel-and-blackberries Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Sure, the funding has been cut, the days are less, but never fear.... what we've lost in race days, we've gained in driving time! http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/111937/Drive-time http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/111937/Drive-time Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Well, we're half way through the infamous bus trip from Montreal to Prince Edward Island, a 1200km journey with two scheduled 45min stops at chipper Canadian diners along the route. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109796/The-Wild-One-dominates-a-wild-tour http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109796/The-Wild-One-dominates-a-wild-tour Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 A surprise attack 400 metres into Sunday's Coupe de Monde Montreal was enough to hand Great Britain's Emma Pooley the win and confine my mate Ruth Corset to fourth in the only non-European World Cup race. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109626/A-toilet-mishap-a-dodgy-road-and-one-hard-day-s-racing http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109626/A-toilet-mishap-a-dodgy-road-and-one-hard-day-s-racing Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Baltimore insists that its two biggest claims to fame are Babe Ruth and David Hasselhoff, so it was with this in mind that the Australian National women's road team ventured south west for BikeJam! http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109554/Winning-the-big-bucks http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109554/Winning-the-big-bucks Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +1000 Being part of a good road team doesn't happen very often. So when you win stages, win jerseys, beat European teams in a UCI 2.1 tour, and come away with victory, it's pretty bloody fabulous. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109428/Teamwork-wins-races http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/blog-article/109428/Teamwork-wins-races Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +1000