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The Emma James Diary 2002
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Welcome to Cyclingnews.com's newest female diarist, Australian Emma James. Emma's enjoying her first year as a scholarship holder with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) road cycling team, managed by coach James Victor. She's a gutsy rider who's decided that she'd rather be testing the waters of professional cycling than testing the salinity of the Sydney's waterways as an environmental scientist - which used to be her previous occupation before Emma decided to take the plunge.
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"I want to achieve as much as I can in this sport, tactically outwitting the opposition to win. I want to time trial as fast as I can physically go. I want to be a key member of a strong team that can ride aggressively and win and make other riders suffer in pursuit." — Emma James, April 2002 |
Latest entry: October 28: The World Championships
2002 entries
- October 7: Final tuning for the Worlds
- Giro della Toscana: A tough warm-up for the world's (September 17-22)
- Mid-September: A full deal & the last two World Cups
- September 2: Success in the Trophée D'Or
- August 25: Catching a ride on the Saturn train at Plouay
La Grand Boucle Féminine
- August 18: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 14 - The final stage and post-tour celebrations
- August 17: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 13 - Combativité award for Emma?
- August 16: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 12 - Chewing the bars
- August 15: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 11 - Hanging with the attacks
- August 14: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 10 - battling along in mid-field
- August 13: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stages 9a and 9b - Ljungskog's hard slog rewarded, Brandli incredible
- August 11: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 8 - Sock it to me
- August 10: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 7 - Very much a survival thing
- August 9: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 6 - Suffering Lido dancer wins Elegance prize?
- August 8: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 5 - Stormy weather and killer cereal
- August 7: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 4 - Attempts, and Lindberg's long escape
- August 6: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stage 3 - Splitting up is easy
- August 4-5: La Grand Boucle Féminine, stages 1a-2
Other 2002 entries
- July 25-27 - From Italy to France, riding for Mantes la Ville; Victory in the Tour de Haute Vienne
- July 21 - Giro del Casentino - A little taste of Italian tarmac
- July 20 - No carnivale on the bike at the Carnevale d'Europa
- June 27 - Heat, hills and hard racing. Ugly.
- June 20 - Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi!
- June 11 - An almost meeting with Mr Claudio Chiappucci
- May 2 - My first week in Tuscany
Giro d'Italia Femminile
- July 14 - Giro d'Italia Femminile Stage 9 - Glad to have finished, with good memories and good results
- July 13 - Giro d'Italia Femminile Stage 8 - It was on from the gun!
- July 12 - Giro d'Italia Femminile Stage 7 - Softening up the bunch for Sara
- July 11 - Giro d'Italia Femminile Stage 6 - Corrigan secures the young rider jersey
- July 9-10 - Giro d'Italia Femminile Stage 4 & 5 - Riding through the Italian swamplands
- July 8 - Giro d'Italia Femminile Stage 3 - It was important not to smash yourself too much!
- July 7 - Giro d'Italia Femminile Stage 2 - Beautiful, simple, gourmet Italian pasta. mmm.
- July 6 - Giro d'Italia Femminile Stage 1 - Hopefully better legs tomorrow for another tough stage
- July 5 - Giro d'Italia Femminile Prologue - Are we racing or aren't we? Who knows.
Profile and interview
Emma's racing exploits in 2002
- July 21 - Giro del Casentino - Italy
- July 20 - GP Carnevale d'Europa - Italy
- July 5-14 - 13th Giro d'Italia Femminile - Italy
- June 21-23 - Giro del Trentino Alto Adige e Sud Tirolo - Italy
- June 15 - 15th Coppa delle Nazioni - Italy
- June 1 - 4th Trofeo Riviera della Versilia - Massarossa, Italy
- May 17-26 - Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin - France
- May 12 - 3rd Trofeo Guareschi Prodotti Ittici - Parma, Italy
- May 11 - 16th Giro del Friuli - Fruili, Italy
- March 10 - World Cup #2 - Hamilton City, New Zealand
- March 4-6 - Tour de Snowy - Australia (Emma's first big win with the AIS)
- March 3 - World Cup #1 - Cooma - Thredbo, Australia
