It’s been a couple of weeks now since the Olympic Road team was finally named, for me it always give me great pride to be named in a New Zealand team, when you think about pulling on the silver fern and lining up ready to do service for your country.

Firstly I would like to thank everyone who has emailed txt and left comments on the site, it is always nice to have that support. I will do everything in my power represent you and the rest of the country proudly.

The Olympics road race brings an interesting challenge for everyone as the strong countries are limited to a max of 5 riders so, controlling the course isn’t to easy. But with the sounds of this course, I’m sure the strongest will prevail.

Now I have two preparation races before leaving for Beijing, the Tour de Wallonie and Classic San Sebastian. Today was the first day of the Tour de Wallonie, and the legs felt pretty good, So I hope the form will continue to come up and on my arrival in Beijing I will be ready for battle in the black strip.

Will be back soon

Tim