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Back in Italy - The Olivia Gollan diary 2006

After spending 2005 at Nürnberger, Olivia Gollan returns to Italy in 2006 with the Nobili Rubinetterie-Menikini-Cogeas team, where she can get back in touch with her 'inner Italian'. Follow Oliva's escapades through her exclusive diary on Cyclingnews.

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2006 entries

• February 3: Christmas, nationals and the exciting year ahead

2005 entries

• May 24: One second can mean second
• May 10: The going gets tough
• April 30: The blue corner does it in Italy
• April 6: A bad day for the authorities and my team
• March 22: A huge weekend for Nürnberger
• March 7: We come to bike races to win...
• February 28: Anke's wounds
• February 24: A Nurnberger rookie
• January 15: Airport Blues
• January 12: A rude awakening
• January 11: The Eve of Discovery - in form or creeping?

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