It may be late news, but better than never.  After a few weeks of discussions with FDJ I finally signed the dotted line for another year in the pro ranks.  It sure was a relief to finally sign as my head had been turning for few weeks over all the possible outcomes.  I had thought often to keep you all informed on what was happening contract and race wise, but I just found it so hard to sit down at the computer to write a post on such shaky ground.  Though my form on the bike had been fairly solid, maybe not picking up the individual results I had hoped for, I’ve produced some impressive lead outs and been in a lot of breakaways to please the bosses.

So with the contract signed it was on the plane back to NZ to put the feet up for a real offie.   At the end of last year I just had a weeks spell between racing the track for NZ and pulling the FDJ whites back on, and gearing up for the road nationals in January.  As I concluded my season this year with the Crono des Nations just last weekend it made for a very long 10month season with over 90 days of racing in the legs, the body has been screaming for a break.

The bike will be put away for 3-4weeks now and I will be enjoying catching up with family and friends, before the task of straightening out and shaping up the body for another season begins.

I would like to thank you all for your support this year, it has been amazing.  It was a real learning curve for me and I hope you learnt a few thing along the way too.  Next year I’m sure there will still be some learning to be done but I will endeavour to turn what I already know into results.

Thanks very much for reading.

Tim