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The Emma James Diary 2004
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Welcome to one of Cyclingnews' up-and-coming female talents, Australian Emma James. Emma has spent the past two years with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) team based in Italy, and in 2004, she has graduated to a full professional contract, firstly with Team S.A.T.S. and now with Bik Gios. 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: September 21: Done for the year
2004 entries
- September 21: Done for the year
- September 13: An (almost) champenois performance
- September 8: I'm a survivor at the Holland Ladies Tour
- August 26: Guest prune
- July 28: Back on my feet
- June 20: Insanity prevails at the Ster van Walcheren
- June 17: Spanish Sensations
- June 9: Getting better every time - Two Dutch classics
- June 2: New colours
- May 16: A win in Belgium... and some long-awaited podium flowers!
- April 27: Training in the Netherlands and the search for podium flowers
- April 9-11: Interesting times at the Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe
- March 30: Trying to warm up for the World Cup - Vuelta Castilla y Leon & GP Castilla y Leon
- March 26: La Primavera Rosa and the Valen Report
- March 19: Racing begins as the travel continues
- March 11: Denmark at last
- February 29: Geelong World Cup
- February 25: Geelong Tour (Stage 4)
- February 22-25: Geelong Tour (Stages 1-3)
- February 13: Meet the new team
- January 15-17: BMC Software Australian Open Road Championships
- January 12: The Jayco Bay Classic (Days 4-5)
- January 10: The Jayco Bay Classic (Days 1-3)
- January 7: Ready to Roll for 2004
2003 entries
- August 21: Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - Stages 11-14
- August 14: Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - Stages 7-10
- August 8: Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - Stage 6
- August 5-7: Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - Stages 3-5
- August 1-4: Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale - Stages 1-2
- July 31: Tour de Haute Vienne, part two: So close
- July 29: Tour de Haute Vienne, part one: The lead, and defending it
- July 21: Cento & Alfa Lum, San Marino
- July 14: Giro d'Italia Femminile, part three: The finale
- July 10: Giro d'Italia Femminile, part two: Missed opprtunities
- July 4-9: Giro d'Italia Femminile, part one: Disorganisation, rubbish, rain and beachside racing
- May 16-25: Team player: Tour de l'Aude round-up
- April 21-27: A week on the Euro roller-coaster - Köln, Flèche Wallonne, GP Liberazione Donne & Tour de Berne
- April 20: Dictating the race - Amstel Gold
- April 13: Australian domination - GP Cavrie, Italy
- March 30: The smell of asphalt - GP Feminas Castilla y Leon World Cup
- March 26-28: The rain in Spain... - Puddle-dodging at the Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y Leon Feminas
- March 22: One against 150 - not great odds at the Primavera Rosa
- March 18: Ciao from Italy - Trofeo Citta Rosignano
- February 26: Geelong Bellarine Tour - Working for the team in the summer heat
- February 19: Cooma Snowy Women's Cycle Classic - Cooma criterium
- February 15: Cooma Snowy Women's Cycle Classic - A classic crosswind
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January 29: A new season - the Bay Crits & the Aussie nationals
Profile and interview
2002 entries
- October 28: The World Championships
- 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.
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
