Aussie women dominate Giro Donne stage 2!

A massive day for Australia in the Tour de France (Cadel Evans 2nd stage 1)... But the big news is that Shara Gillow won the 2nd stage of the Giro Donne and the pink jersey! This is the first pink jersey for Australia EVER. I rode the Giro Donne with Shara last year and she is such a big talent. Big things are in store for that lady. The other big news is that 2nd in the stage was none other than Sharon Laws (aka nicest chick in the peleton). Shaz exited the Giro last year with a broken collarbone and spends most of the year being super-domestique for Emma Pooley on Garmin-Cervelo. Sharon is also an honorary Australian as she lives in Melbourne over the Aussie summer. What a huge weekend! It's all so exciting. I love July!

Ride Happy.

Tracking the Tour

This weekend, the biggest men's and women's races in the world kick off- the Tour de France for the blokes and the Giro d'Italia Feminin for the women.I've just installed the SBS Cycling Central TDF iPhone app (it's free- avail on iTunes) which has tour routes, results, videos and a lot more. It looks unreal. Next stop is to finalise my TDF tipping team for Milesini's 'Le Tipping' comp run out of Canberra (a real highlight of the tour for me).

The Giro Donne, or women's Giro d'Italia, is the biggest women's pro race in the world. I raced it last year and it remains the hardest thing I've done. What an awesome experience. This year, the Aussie national team won't be racing it but there are several women flying the flag- Ruth Corset, Shara Gillow, Rachel Neylan, Carla Ryan, Bridie O'Donnell, Tiff Cromwell and others I can't think of right now. Special mention to TE's Sharon Laws who is coming off 3rd at British nat champs last week to race for Garmin-Cervelo. Go Shaz!!

Best of luck to everyone and I'm looking forward to some sleepless nights ahead!