Speed Files
by: Umbrella
Posted on: Friday, October 1st, 2010 at 6:38 am by: Umbrella
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Speed File: JEANNIE LONGO-CIPRELLI 31/10/58 (FRA)
•The oldest competitor at the UCI, 51 years
•The oldest male is Gordon McCauley (NZL) 38 years
•Jeannie is one of the greatest female cyclists ever
•5th in Women’s TimeTrials, Wed. places 1-4 were riders 25-34yrs, up to 26yrs her junior!
•TimeTrial was Jeannie’s focus for the UCI World Championships, Geelong
•She spent almost 3 weeks riding in Colorado as preparation
•An Olympic gold medallist, with five Olympic medals from four games
•Is likely to race in London Olympics, 2012
•Among accolades, 5x gold UCI World Road, 4x gold UCI World TT
•Eats all organic food
•Starts a race day with a few slices of different types of organic bread
•With fresh butter or cream cheese, unpasturised
•Works for the French Sports Ministry
•Has a doctorate in sports management among other degrees
•Is an avid reader, especially thrillers
•Her husband, who began as her coach, is her bike mechanic & tours with Jeannie
•They spend around three months a year on tour
•National team director Isabelle Gautheron calls Jeannie ‘legendary’
Speed File: EMMA JOHANSSON 23/9/83 (SWE)
•The Saturday Road Race is the focus of Emma’s UCI World campaign, she leads Sweden’s four-strong team
•Like Longo-Ciprelli, Johansson’s career began with skiing
•At 19 she nannied in Netherlands to be near big races & get her start in pro-cycling
•Emma’s studied Spanish
•She became fluent riding for Spain as her first pro-team at 21
•Emma is a strong technical rider who favors an intensive course and loves the Geelong track’s hills
•Emma had her 27th birthday in Point Lonsdale upon arriving in Australia for UCI world
•Her coach cooked her gnocchi and she had cake with her fiancé Martin
•She drove on the left side of the road for the first time on her birthday
•Emma was 11th in Women’s TimeTrials on Wednesday
•UCI 2009 Women’s World Cup 2rd place
•Silver medal, Beijing Olympics 2008
•Boyfriend Martin Vestby is a coach in the Swedish crew, they will marry in January.
•Emma adores dancing, fast like she rides, rock n’roll, contemporary.
•Loves dance movies, Dirty Dancing is her favorite
•Swedes are going for gold and promised Toblerone cake if they win
•Cinnamon bun and coffee are Emma’s thing
•Coach Madeleine Lindberg says Emma is one of the best riders on course today
