Cycling Australia has announced the long list for both the men’s and women’s teams to compete at the 2011 UCI Road World Championships to be held in Copenhagen from 19-25 September.
Our cover girl from The Wheeler #04, Jo Hogan, has made this long list for the road race, along with Ruth Corset (Team Jayco AIS), Tiffany Cromwell (Team Hitec Products UCK), Shara Gillow (Team Jayco AIS), Rochelle Gilmore (Lotto Honda), Belinda Goss, Chloe Hosking (HTC Columbia), Melissa Hoskins (Team Jayco AIS), Jessie MacLean (Verducci Breakaway), Carla Ryan (Garmin Cervelo), Amanda Spratt (Team Jayco AIS) and Vicki Whitelaw (Lotto Honda).
Jo is currently (25 August) in Stelvio, Italy, with the Australian team – sitting in convoy behind the GreenEDGE Cycling bus – having a splendid time at the high-altitude training camp. This special treat is part of Jo’s Amy Gillett Foundation 2011 Scholarship win.
It was just 3 years ago that Jo decided to give road racing a serious go. Having done triathalons at school and competed in cross country running at a national level, she decided in 2008 to spend most of her savings on a serious bike, get herself a coach and turn all the riding she was doing into training for racing.
Not the easiest path to choose, Jo is known for her hard work and unflinching dedication to training, especially through Melbourne’s winters (read more of Jo’s story so far from The Wheeler, ‘Hard work if you can get it’).
