Jodie Batchelor
Jodie is the current Victorian Vets Criterium and Road champion in her age group. She has been racing for several years now and likes any event that involves sprinting and not too many hills. She initially used cycling as an important part of her rehabilitation from a mountaineering accident in New Zealand. She then got into racing as a replacement for martial arts in which she represented Australia and won Gold, Silver & Bronze medals in the Martial Arts World Games in 2000.
Tour de France - Stage 17 (in review)
- By Jodie Batchelor
- Published 24-Jul-08
Interesting stage, I just hope that the time advantage Carlos Sastre now has over Cadel is not enough and Cadel can still win this years tour.
Last year Cadel began the final time trial 1'50" down on Alberto Contador, and put in a brilliant effort but still fell 23 seconds short of taking the overall victory. That same day, Carlos Sastre was 2'33" slower than Evans on a 55.5 kilometre course.
Based of last years time trial Cadel may be ok, this time the TT is over a similar distance (53km). Cadel needs to ensure his team is around him over the next few stages to ensure that he is not in any accidents and reserves all his energy for the TT rather than chasing attacks.
Tonight there are a few climbs - the whole Silence-Lotto team needs to be alert and ride in support of Cadel.
