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Golden Girl: The Sara Carrigan Diary 2005

In August last year, Sara Carrigan reached the pinnacle of her sporting career by winning the women's Olympic road race title in Athens. Turning professional for Team Ton van Bemmelen-AA Drink shortly afterwards, Australia's golden girl will be searching for similar success as a co-leader on one of the most powerful teams in women's cycling.

Latest entry: May 6: It's all happening

2005 entries

• May 6: It's all happening
• February 16: Back on track

Interviews

• October 2004 interview: Golden girl
• August 2003 interview: Moving on up

2004 entries (AIS women's diaries)

Women's Olympic Road Race, Athens, August 15, 2004

• A long time coming by Olivia Gollan

Int. Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen - 2.9.1, Germany, July 20-25, 2004

• Hard day at the office by Olivia Gollan
• Keep those jerseys comin' by Olivia Gollan

Giro d'Italia Femminile, Italy, July 2-11, 2004

• Wood wins the day at the Giro d'Italia Femminile by Olivia Gollan

• A big black hole of pain at the Giro del Trentino Femminile by Olivia Gollan

Tour de L'Aude Feminin, France, May 14-23, 2004

• Ljungskog's day, but Nurnberger a class act at the Tour de l'Aude by Olivia Gollan
• Nurnberger triumphant - team effort of the year at the Tour de l'Aude by Olivia Gollan
• T-Mobile TT blitz; Onya Kimbo! at the Tour de l'Aude by Olivia Gollan
• Castelnaudary is beginning to haunt me... at the Tour de l'Aude by Olivia Gollan
• Fighting it out in the saddle at the Tour de l'Aude by Olivia Gollan
• A tough day, even in the bunch at the Tour de l'Aude by Sara Carrigan
• Lunch, followed by a hors categorie climb at the Tour de l'Aude by Olivia Gollan

Other 2004 entries

• Team Aus gets cheesy by Lorian Graham
• Italian culture, Aussie-style by Lorian Graham
• Destroyed in Switzerland at the Souvenir Magali Pache by Sara Carrigan (May 2)
• ANZAC biscuits at the GP Liberazione Donne by Sara Carrigan (April 25)
• Tactics-aHuy at Fleche Wallonne by Sara Carrigan
• Welcome to Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen World Cup, by Oenone Wood
• What a day - Castilla y Leon World Cup, by Olivia Gollan
• Absolute carnage - Vuelta Castilla y Leon Stage 3, by Olivia Gollan
• Chilled in Spain - Vuelta Castilla y Leon Stages 1-2
• More than rookies now - Back in Italy and defending the World Cup jersey, by Olivia Gollan

2003 entries

World Road Championships, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, October 7/12, 2003

• Part one - A disappointing day at the elite women's TT by Olivia Gollan

Giro della Romagna Donne - 2.9.1, Italy, September 28, 2003

• Giro della Romagna Donne part 2 by Olivia Gollan
• Romping in Romagna by Olivia Gollan

Giro della Toscana Internazionale Femminile - 2.9.1, Italy, September 16-21, 2003

• The prologue and stage 1 by Olivia Gollan
• Stages 2, 3a & 3b by Olivia Gollan

Trophee d'Or Féminin, France, France, August 27-31, 2003

• A win - and World's on the horizon by Olivia Gollan

World track championships, Germany, July 30-August 3, 2003

• We're ready - By Katie Mactier and Alison Wright

Giro d'Italia Femminile, Italy, July 4-13, 2003

• Part two: The quest for pink - Stages 2-4 by Olivia Gollan
• Part one: Pink Balloons - Prologue & stage 1 by Olivia Gollan

Other 2003 entries

• June 1: My first European podium at the Memorial Pasquale de Carlo by Emily Williams
• June 8: Beating the summer heat at Trofeo Riviera della Versilia by Oenone Wood
• May 27: Tour de l'Aude round-up by Olivia Gollan
• May 19: Hard days, rain and hills at the Tour de l'Aude by Olivia Gollan
• April 27: Tour de Berne - Euro first blood by Olivia Gollan
• April 23: Fleche Wallonne - Stomping on the Huy by Oenone Wood
• April 20: Amstel Gold - Good legs and a great team by Olivia Gollan