Here’s a quick update from Nicole Cooke’s Vision 1 Rider Aurore Verhoeven who’s been out training on her Focus bike.

2nd Part of the Season

After the French Championship, I was in Belgium to ride the European Championship U23. I’d crashed the previous day during the training. For the race, I wasn’t 100%… I stopped my race 2 laps before the finish.

The next day, I took the plane to Milan to go to the training camp in Italy near the Magiore Lake. It was very nice with the good weather and the mountain. The ideal conditions for good training! During these days, I rode a men’s criterium in Brugg, I finished 4th and Katie 2nd.The journalists and photographs came to the training camp to interview Nicole and took a team photo for the regional paper (Lombardie).

After the training camp, I rode a race with the team, the Carnavale di Cento (Italy). It was a race all flat with a lot of wind. After 5 laps, 10 riders (I think) escaped. Good work from the team Menikini come back the peleton at 30″, for the last lap, it was me and Vision 1 who made the break at 5kms before the finish. I finished 10th at the sprint. Giorgia Bronzini won.

From 21st July to 26th July we were riding at the International Thuringen Rundfahrt in Germany. It’s a big race with the best teams! Each day was very hard, with the repetitions of the cobbles and the bumps. It was again a very good experience at international level ! It was incredible! I didn’t finish the Thuringen, I stopped my race during the 5th stage.

1st stage: 18th at 10″
2nd stage: 17th at 43″
3rd stage: 34th at 7′14″
4th stage (Time Trial): 46th at 5′13″

The last day, I followed the race in the car with the team DS.

See you soon friends!
Aurore x

Aurore Verhoeven & Vision 1 Racing are being sponsored by Focus for all their Bike Frames

Time Trial Frame: Focus Izalco Chrono 2009

Road Bike Frame: Focus Cayo 2009

Turbo Trainers & Rollers:
To help the team train Paligap have sponsored the Vision 1 Racing Team with: CycleOps Turbo Trainers & Rollers.

Components:
For various cycle components Paligap have sponsored the Vision 1 Racing Team with: Ritchey Cycle Components

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