http://www.timgudsell.com Clean, Green, New Zealand Machine Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:27:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.timgudsell.com/2008/10/29/signed-up-and-back-home-down-under/ With only a matter of weeks to go in the professional season, the peloton is starting to feel the effects of a long season but also knows the end is near and want to push hard for one last peak of form. The Tour of Poland is the last race in ... http://www.timgudsell.com/2008/09/17/tour-of-poland-2008-pro-tour-finale/ 1.2. 3.4.5.6. 1. Mum ignoring Chinese Security to wave the NZ flag in Beijing. 2. The boys with the Oakley Team at Oakley House, Beijing.           3. Julian Dean and I getting a bit of culture at the Forbidden City. 4. Time to chill in Albi at a cafe. 5. Market shopping ... http://www.timgudsell.com/2008/09/06/a-visual-timeline-of-the-past-month/ Hi all, Well I'm back again, as per the norm for the last couple months a little over due.  Life has thrown up a lot of interesting new challenges for me lately, I have dealt with some of these well and some not so well.   Beijing came and went that ... http://www.timgudsell.com/2008/09/04/a-wirlwind-olympic-trip-and-the-duties-of-a-pro-cyclist-in-such-uncertain-times/ Hi all Sorry it's taken me a few days to get onto writing here at the Olympics, it's been pretty full on since arrival and now we are all go tomorrow as the road race kicks of at 11. So far the build up has gone really well, and the team is ... http://www.timgudsell.com/2008/08/09/olympic-intro/ 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. ... http://www.timgudsell.com/2008/07/27/olympic-selection-beijing-on-the-horizon/ From L-R: FDJ team cars lined up, the winding road of the Col du Tourmalet, the remnants of peloton approaches the summit, Tourmalet summit, the grupetto arrives (I don't always look this happy after a mountain stage honest), the view from our hotel at the Luchon ski station. ... http://www.timgudsell.com/2008/07/18/route-du-sud-gallery/ Summer has finally arrived! After months of sketchy weather here in Europe as the seasons changed and couldn't decide what they wanted to do, we have finally got the first real heat or as they call it in French 'chaleur' of the year. I definitely welcomed it with ... http://www.timgudsell.com/2008/07/01/route-de-sud-et-la-premiere-chaleur/ Roundabouts, traffic islands and barriers, roads more like over sized footpaths, a few cross winds, and you have yourself a day of start stop racing in Holland, as the peloton tried to navigate it's way around all the obstacles without to many incidents.  Though it was inevitable there would be ... http://www.timgudsell.com/2008/06/17/veenendall-veenendall/ Well it's been a week since I crossed the finish line in Milan, and it's been one very slow one. Up until today it's felt like I have had a wicked hangover, but I didn't even get to hang around to party in Milan. When I finished in Milan, it ... http://www.timgudsell.com/2008/06/09/the-giro-hangover/