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Team TORQ diary
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The UCI-registered Australian TORQ/VIS mountain bike team team, features some of Australia's top racers and future stars, including VIS scholarship recipients like Tory Thomas, Robbie Hucker, and Cal Britton.
For 2008-2009, TORQ racers are targeting the Australian MTB National Series, National Championships and Oceania Continental Championships. The team's top priority is racing Olympic distance cross country events, but it is also mixing things up with some short track, marathon and endurance events - and maybe even some road races. Some members will head abroad for the World Cups – an important part of Australian national team selection process for the 2009 World Championships to be held in Canberra, Australia.
Dan McConnell, who represented Australia at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, is perhaps the team's most well-known member. James Maebus, Katherine O'Shea, Joanna Wall, Luke Fetch, Steele von Hoff, Paul Weymouth are also on the roster. Members will take turns writing diary entries.
Latest entry: May 20: A busy month by Katherine O'Shea
2009 diary entries
- May 20: A busy month by Katherine O'Shea
- May 16: Trying out the European World Cups by Cal Britten
- April 10: "Racing" the inaugural Terra Australis by Tory Thomas
- April 3: Going Oceanic by Dan McConnell
- March 20: Going fast for the short and the long by Katherine O'Shea
- February 25: Returning to good times by Tory Thomas
- February 1: Highs and lows at Aussie nationals by Luke Fetch
- January 13: Breaking the Curse by Tory Thomas and Katherine O'Shea
2008 diary entries
- December 4: Launched into action by Tory Thomas and Jo Wall
- November 16: Excited for a new team & season by Tory Thomas
Articles & Interviews
- MTB News: Team TORQ ramps up (November 7, 2008)
