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Contents Issue 3

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Self portrait with the assistance of Darren Lapthor ne, September 2012

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profile - page 20 ricoh - page 28

our sustainability journey page 32

charity rides

nick holdsworth

profile - page 36

profile - page 44 page 54

matt jones

chris daley

drapac professional cycling profile - page 64

interview - page 72

karen McDonald

kate bates & Henk vogels

gallery - page 82

conrad bates TDF ‘13

gallery - page 88 gallery / profile - page 94

peter exner tdf ‘13

nicola rutzou tdf ‘12

interview - page 100

darren lapthorne

gallery - page 110

bwtb Balmoral

gallery - page 122

gtd guillaume

Issue 3.

I was asked at the recent Grand Tour Dinner at Guillaume how I managed to photograph members away from ACE events?

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introduction

Not easy was my response.

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If I’m shooting and in riding gear, I’ll likely to be in the older white FDJ kit, or the new ACE kit (Ryan, I’ll send you my size). If out of lycra, I’ll be the TALLEST photographer. Come and introduce yourself. If I don’t know you, it will make it hard to follow you in a bunch....

In this issue we learn about Drapac Professional Cycling and their plans for 2014 and beyond and former Australian Champion Darren Lapthorne answers a few questions. Kate Bates and Henk Vogels (the third) chat at the Grand Tour Dinner - part one see page 72.

Enjoy the read.

Simon bigguy@sweatandgears.com

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August 2013, 8.30am | Foreshore Drive

The European summer means an Australia

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an cycling migration....

Executive Cyclist Magazine supporting

Australian Cycling Executives

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Introduction to ACE Welcome to Issue 3 of ECM. I hope that

Perhaps even more surprising has been

you are enjoying the engaging content and

the interest that this model has received

amazing images as much as we are at ACE.

across the world. With World Tour Teams, International Corporates and Private Investors

When I made the decision to start the ACE

all keen to understand how they can work

community 3 years ago it was supposed to be

with us to replicate the ACE model, I recently

a simple way of ensuring that I could spend

spent 6 weeks in Europe and Asia.

time and connect with great people that I was

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doing business with. Little did I understand

Whilst on paper, this might seem a very

the possibilities and opportunities that would

easy process, there has been considerable

arise from, supporting senior leaders to

time investigating the cycling infrastructure,

create healthy and sustainable connections

culture and existing network models to

through a shared passion.

ensure a suitable fit.

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With this exercise now close to completion,

Therefore, even though ECM is focussed on

and soon to be launched models in London

one small part of the cycling market, enjoy

and Singapore, I’m very pleased to report

knowing that you are indeed at the forefront

that, without exception, Australia is clearly

of global cycling initiatives.

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leading the way in cycling adoption and integration!

Whether in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore or London, I look forward to riding with you and

Although Australia is one of the most recent

sharing more about our great ACE and ACP

countries to embrace cycling, it boasts more

communities soon.

cycling initiatives and cultural programs than anywhere else on the globe!

Ryan O’Neill ACE Founder

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Introduction

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and demanding phase for ACE.

launch party at Cruise Bar

Ryan, our small but growing

in Circular Quay, setting the

team and myself are proud

IS to challenge BMW as the

to have delivered more ACE

‘ultimate driving machine’...

exclusives, welcomed two new

and the ACE Facebook

Advisory Board members, Janet

Page was launched.

Torney and Grant Harrod, and met wonderful ACE members and guests at our first two Grand Tour Dinners for 2013.

Three-month highlights, as excerpted from member e-news, ACE Advantage #2: • June signalled a rest for the ACE crew from the ConExSus Event’s Program, to design the Tour de France Grand Tour Dinner, whilst the ACE Global Research Team (read:

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the Sydney City Lexus IS

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June to August was an exciting

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Highlights

Ryan on holiday) developed the foundations for ACE style communities in London and Singapore, together with identifying potential Melbourne partners.

• July fuelled the Sydney North vs East cycling debate, with a north shore Balmoral BWTB. Select ACE members enjoyed

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Introduction

• August celebrated sunflowers, and

• BWTB July 26 saw our first north-side

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exclusive footage and photos, courtesy

ride and breakfast at the stunning Bathers

of Mark Gunter Photography, of the 2013

Pavilion. 60 members conquered the hills

Tour de France at our behind the scenes

and enjoyed learning about Ricoh’s Carbon

Grand Tour Dinner at Bennelong, Sydney

Zero initiative.

Opera House...and...our long-awaited stylish ACE Cycling Kit was launched,

• GTD #2 August 01 celebrated iconic racing.

only to be spotted in London soon after,

The Sydney Opera House’s Bennelong

thanks to member Chris Cowley of Coffey

was home to our dinner and exhibition of

International.

Mark Gunter’s first to view TdF footage and imagery. Hosted by ACE MC Kate Bates,

Purchase ACE kit: www.champ-sys.com.au/

the night showcased Chef Guillaume’s

hidden/ace

culinary TdF journey, Brad McGee’s race

Mark Gunter Photography – TdF 2013:

insights and impromptu Q&As with Henk

markgunter.photomerchant.net/galleries/100th-

Vogels and Mike Tomalaris. Enormous

tour-de-france/ui/189005294951c819d40db0e

thanks to ACE supporters: Manna from Heaven, BikeBug, Trek, Nespresso,

• ACE Exclusives - Sydney BWTB July 26

Eurosport, Mark Gunter Photography,

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and Grand Tour Dinner #2 (GTD #2): TdF

and Ride Media, for the fabulous prizes

on August 01 - showcased yet again

awarded to the lucky winning guests on the

stunning locations, iconic venues and

night.

gorgeous photography.

As always, we thank you: our members, corporate and cycling services partners and advisory board, for supporting and shaping ACE’s purpose: to foster healthy and sustainable business connections via a shared passion. Until we see you at the next ConExSus event, safe cycling.

Carol Walker, Ryan O’Neill, and the ACE Team.

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PS: Sneak peek‌get ready for Sydney

LINKS:

ACE Grand Tour Dinner #3, The Vuelta,

ACE Facebook Page: www.facebook.

currently under design in an uber location

com/pages/Australian-Cycling-

with slick chefs crafting a culinary experience

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to lust after. To register your interest in securing tables or tickets, email: events@

Purchase ACE kit: www.champ-sys.com.au/

australiancyclingexecutives.com

hidden/ace

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No need to explain were this is.

Image courtesy Mark Gunter

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Matt Jones Ricoh Australia Executive Profile

Matt Jones

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I set up my first company in ‘94

Distribution business focusing

straight out of University and

on Thin Client technology in the

teamed up with a guy whose

mid 90’s, it makes me smile to

only previous claim to fame was

see essentially the same concept

as a Storm Trooper in the original

now called “The Cloud” and

Star Wars movie. Together we

talked about as the latest trend.

developed one of the world’s first

Following the sale of my second

online gaming sites.

business I took a couple years away from work to explore this

I was living in Derby, in England

wonderful world which gave me

and on the same business

a great perspective on life.

park was a company that had recently invented the computer

Upon my return to the UK I joined

game called Tomb Raider. They

Canon where I developed their

were having problems getting

Managed Services business.

people interested in a follow up

This proved hugely successful

game they had developed. This

mainly because with the onset of

was mainly because the cost to

the GFC every major Corporate

market was huge in those days,

business was looking to cut their

involving burning games to CD,

OPEX which just happened to

creating packaging, setting up

be the key benefit of a proper

distribution deals and networks.

Managed Print Service. It

So when I showed them they

also offered my wife and I the

could upload their games straight

opportunity to live and work in

to my server and people would

Sydney where I’ve been based

simply download them off the

since 2009.

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I then went on to set up an IT

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National Sales Manager Ricoh Australia

(Describe your career) Varied!

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site they gave me a whole bunch of games they’d previously been

I quickly spotted an opportunity

unable to release. Admittedly,

to set up a niche consulting

downloading games at that time

business, MPS101, which

meant a best download speed of

focused on helping companies

56k, so we were a bit limited on

implement a Managed Services

the quality of games.

strategy into their own business

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Ricoh Australia

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Ricoh Australia is a market leader in print,

savings alone can be huge and the other

document and business information

benefits around improved efficiency, better

management. Our focus is on managing

security and environmental sustainability can

information in all its forms as it flows around

be equally significant.

an organisation. However, our world is evolving rapidly and so is Ricoh.

Our involvement with ACE was both a strategic move and recognition that I’m

An example of this can be seen in the stated

absolutely useless at Golf. I was looking for

goal of one of our largest clients, which is to

a way to get our message out there in a way

become ‘paperless’. Our role has evolved

that offered us the opportunity to build real

into one where not only do we manage their

relationships first rather than as a means of

printing infrastructure but we proactively look

selling something. I want people to understand

for ways to improve the handling of information

that Ricoh is much more than a manufacturer

around the business which ultimately means

of printers and photocopiers but I also want

they only print by absolute exception.

people to trust us to the point they would hand over the management of a major infrastructure

Additionally, Ricoh has successfully

part of their business to us.

transitioned into a provider of IT Services through the acquisition and integration of

I also wanted to have fun whilst doing it so,

IMC, and we are becoming more involved in

what better way to develop relationships than

the business processes and workflows of our

over a shared passion like cycling?

clients as they seek to improve the efficiency

Mind you, the sight of over fifty grown men (we

of their businesses. People often don’t fully

need more women members) dressed from

appreciate the costs associated with a poorly

head to toe in lycra at 6am can be a pretty

managed print or IT infrastructure. The cost

arresting sight!

and was a key speaker at the

crossed paths with the team at

Branches operations which are

inaugural AsiaPac Managed

Ricoh and after working together

spread across all seven states.

Print Services conference being

for 12 months I was offered the

It’s a wonderfully varied role as

held in Sydney. At this point I

opportunity to manage their

I get the opportunity to travel a

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lot, meet existing and potential

we are dealing with right now.

What sports have you been

customers and discover the

We have a huge amount of

involved with?

challenges they are facing. This

internal focus happening on

in turn drives the services that we

improving our own business

You name it, I’ve played it but

build and ultimately take to the

efficiencies so we can remain a

the only sports I had any real

market.

profitable company and ahead of

success at were soccer, rugby

the competition in terms of the

and boxing where I got to

What business challenges do

value and breadth of service we

represent my country as a kid.

you face in 2013?

offer our clients. A clever bloke

Obviously the current economic

once said, “in the midst of crisis

state, strength of the AUS$ and

lies opportunity” and although it’s

the upcoming federal elections

easy to see the crisis, the trick is

are the main business challenges

to recognise the opportunity.

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fishing trip one evening I cycled

Not really, I love the ride through

When and why did you get into

into the back of an abandoned

the Royal National Park and

cycling?

car down a country lane and

the view from Stanwell Tops is

When I was fifteen I decided

ended up in hospital. The bike

always breathtaking but I also

that for some reason it would

faired much worse than me but

love the trek out to West Head

be a good idea to cycle from

I had well and truly caught the

and Akuna Bay. Any ride that

my parents’ house to my

cycling bug.

gets me out of the city with my

grandparents’ house which

mates is a good ride.

happened to be about 300k

Describe a good week on the

away. So I saved up my pocket

bike?

What is a cycling ambition?

money and bought my first

A good week for me is a couple

To still be doing it at 80.

bike, a shiny new Peugeot

of midweek laps of Centennial

P10L Premiere and trained my

Park, a ride with my mates on

What bike/s do you ride?

backside off. I finished the ride in

Saturday and maybe a morning

You simply can never have

18 hours with all my fishing gear

Mountain Biking on Sunday. Good

enough bikes. I’m constantly on

tied to the various home-made

weeks don’t happen very often!

the lookout for my next favourite

paniers. Coming back from a

Do you have a favourite ride/s?

bike. Right now my road bike’s

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Advanced SL frame but has any

a week in the lead up to the start

I don’t try and cram sessions

number of different components,

of a season in November.

back in if I’ve missed any as that

usually dependent on whatever

usually leads to getting injured.

Wiggle discount is going around.

This year I’ve been reading up

I’ve also learnt over the years that

I’m addicted to buying bike gear

on periodization of training which

my body prefers the old saying of

online.

has been fascinating and I’m just

quality over quantity so I tend to

coming to the end of a specific

do less and shorter sessions but

How do you balance your

strength building phase. The bad

try to keep the quality higher.

personal, professional and

news is that endurance is the

Having said all that, my wife

riding lives?

next phase! However, I’ve had to

has recently announced she’s

The key to balance for me is

learn to be prepared to change

expecting our first child so I can

routine. Being a keen age group

and adapt things depending on

probably kiss goodbye to any

triathlete, cycling is just a part of

the specific demands of both

routine for the foreseeable future!

my training, albeit the best part.

work and personal life and to go

I plan my training schedule with

with the flow a bit more than I

Something to share with the

military precision and try to fit in 3

used to.

group….

I thought I’d share with you a comment in a newspaper recently in relation to the Lance Armstrong affair.

“Dear Sir, I think it’s just terrible and disgusting how everyone has treated Lance Armstrong,

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especially after what he achieved winning seven Tour de France titles while competing on drugs.

When I was on drugs, I couldn’t even find my bike.”

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Ricoh Australia

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Share our sustainabil It was just over a year ago

customers sustainable printing.

of ‘CarboNZero’ is now

when Ricoh Australia decided

That’s why customers who

recognised in over 50 countries.

to take the bold move to

engage with Ricoh Australia on

become a certified carbon

a rental or finance basis are able

Achieving certification required

neutral organisation. Bold

to print and copy totally carbon

the independent auditing

because Ricoh is most-

neutral.

of Ricoh Australia’s existing

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printers, but timely because

Ricoh Australia is part of the

emissions reduction activities.

the company is in a middle

Ricoh Group, a global technology

Some reductions were

of a metamorphosis with the

company specialising in

accomplished easily, such as the

goal of helping customers

imaging equipment, production

conversion of company vehicles

transform the way they work.

print solutions, document

to diesel, exchanging the lighting

management systems and IT

in their Frenchs Forest head

This April Ricoh Australia

services with presence in over

office to energy-efficient light

announced they were a

200 countries and regions. They

sources, as well installing video

carboNZero

partnered with CarboNZero for

conferencing in branch offices to

organisation, the first imaging

their carbon neutral certification

reduce interstate travel.

technology services based

- the New Zealand-based

organisation in Australia to

organisation offers the world’s

Other plans are more ambitious.

achieve this status. However, this

first internationally accredited

Ricoh is in the midst of moving

wasn’t where Ricoh stopped;

GHG certification programme

their distribution centre to a new

they also wanted to offer their

under ISO 14065. Accreditation

5 Star Green Energy building with

CertTM

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greenhouse gas footprint and

certified

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further plans for their head office

their changing needs, Ricoh is

boasts world-class teachers

to do the same. What emissions

committed to a sustainable future

and facilities for over 21,000

couldn’t be eliminated have been

for business and society and

students. After an in-depth

offset through the purchase of

is a well-established leader in

discovery process, Ricoh

quality accredited carbon credits.

sustainable innovation.

proposed an integrated solution with the objective of saving

Although not required to

Through their industry-leading

the Institute time, money and

embark on carbon offsetting,

Managed Document Services,

complexity while also improving

sustainability is a core value for

they have already delivered

environmental performance.

the Ricoh Group. As a global

ambitious savings to a number of

company focused on providing

major customers. One example

The results speak for themselves.

customers the technology,

is the Brisbane-based Southbank

The solution has eliminated

services and support to meet

Institute of Technology which

250,000 printed pages a month,

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The solution has eliminated 250,000 printed pages a month, as well as delivering savings of $3 million over five years to the Institute.

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as well as delivering savings of

• $3 million savings over 5 years

Ricoh has a long history in

$3 million over five years to the

• Eliminated 250,000 pages of

recognising the importance of

Institute.

printing per month • Every print job is now tracked

sustainability. Likewise, they have harnessed their own innovation

The Ricoh Managed Document

and allocated to an individual

to help businesses adopt

Services (MDS) solution

user level across the Institute

changing workflows resulting

comprised a fleet of Ricoh

• 3.2 million sheets of paper

from technology’s impact on

multifunction devices with

saved in one year equates to

workflows and staff. To them,

reduced environmental impact,

387 trees and over 28 tonnes

sustainability is much more

the introduction of a Green Print

of carbon emissions.

than a reduced environmental

Centre (resourced by Ricoh

impact: it’s about reducing the

personnel to reduce turnaround

How does a company whose

times on large print jobs), as

traditional bread-and-butter

cost, complexity and CO2 on a

well as a print auditing and

business is printing provide

monitoring solution to provide

such strong environmental

The introduction of their carbon

cost allocation.

savings to their customers?

neutral printing service is

business.

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Ricoh’s Consumable Recycling

adaptive, responsive and flexible

history. It not only extends their

Program. Ricoh is partnering

method of managing the content

existing accomplishments but

with RMIT to help them achieve

handled by a business. This can

affords companies a means

their greenhouse gas emission

be delivered by replacing and

of achieving real savings in

reduction target of 25 per cent

rationalising a company’s print

greenhouse gas emissions.

by 2020.

fleet with energy-efficient devices,

to help participating customers

And helping customers

strategies and embedding print

feel less guilty about printing;

achieve a sustainable outcome

policy enforcement – all backed

customers first need to embark

can be done simply. It’s not

by a strong core of integrated

on simple reduction methods

about eliminating printing, but

software that helps automate

to take part in the programme,

replacing the printed pages

workflows and eliminate waste.

for example participating in

(where appropriate) with a more

ricoh.com.au/carbonneutral

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Charity Ride Support

As a high profile cycling community, containing influential

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business leaders, we are consistently approached by great charities and charity cycling events.

We all know the great efforts required to train for and complete some of these fantastic events, and its hard to think of a better way to represent and share some of the discomfort and suffering that the ultimate beneficiaries go through on a daily basis.

We therefore have debated long and hard to take a position this subject, before identifying an approach that benefits as many members, events and charities as possible.

Understanding that each of us has a cause that we are close to, we are now enabling a member/s to share their story, reasons and charity with the group at our Breakfast with the

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Having recently used this model to profile the great event and work that Tour de Cure do each year, together with the unique approach the Ride of the Lions took around combining sports fans for a cause, the feedback and interest from those attending is hugely positive.

If you are an ACE member and would like to share your own personal experience with one of the great many causes using cycling to engage support, please contact us at info@ australiancyclingexecutives.com Keep the rubber side down, Ryan

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Magazine Support If you are an ACE or ACP member and are participating in a charity ride, we will help you to promote the event.

Email to bigguy@ sweatandgears.com the following: a. Name of the charity ride b. One image - photo or logo c. 30-40 words about the event d. Website link e. The names of any other members participating in the ride.

Note: Magazine support is for direct participation in charity rides only, not other fundraising activities.

The Rules: 1. If you are a member of Australian Cycling Executives (ACE) or Australian Cycling Professionals (ACP) and you are participating in a charity ride send in the details.

2. If you are a charity ride looking for coverage, please see point 1.

3. If you a member fundrasising for any charity - ie: auctioning off cycling related items or making a donation and want coverage, please refer to point 1.

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Example listing

PACELINE

To raise awareness of cardiac arrhythmias (irregular heartbeats) - a leading cause of stroke.

1 in 4 Australians suffer from a cardiac arrhythmia and with this number constantly growing, it is essential that every effort is made to promote understanding and develop treatments. www.paceline.com.au

ACP Member: Steve Quinn

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Nick Holdsworth ACE Advisory Board Executive Profile

Nick Holdsworth ACE Advisory Board

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Executive Director Delivery & Service Operations Network & Application Services, Telstra

A bit like The Tour – many

always memorable.

ACE Advisory Board Member

stages, some big hills, plenty of crosswinds and the odd yellow

What is a cycling ambition:

jersey.

To keep riding until I drop!

What challenges does your

What bike/s do you ride:

business face in 2013:

Cervelo Soloist road bike, Argon

Continuing to improve customer

E112 TT Bike, Specialised

focus and advocacy and

mountain bike.

accessing the right skills and capabilities as we continue to

Since joining the ACE Advisory

grow our business.

Board, has cycling become a bigger part of your personal and

What sports have you been

professional life:

involved in:

It has certainly connected

Skiing, Triathlon (Ironman),

me with other like minded

Multisport, anything that’s

professional people who love

endurance based and involves

what cycling adds to their

running, biking swimming and/or

lives, so yes it has added a

paddling.

“professional” dimension.

When did you start cycling:

How do you balance your

About 30 years ago – scary!

personal, professional and

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Describe your career:

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riding lives: Describe a good week on the

I think it’s about flexibility, fitting

bike:

in the things you would like to do

Getting a chance to ride every

with the things that you need to

day with some mates.

do, but making sure you don’t let any one of them get away on you

Do you have a favourite ride:

for too long.

Not really (there are so many good ones) but Adelaide Hills

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Links to past issues

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World Champion Kate Bates discusses success and winning

ACE 2012 in Review

issue 1 | april 2013

Issue 1 prepared in support of:

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August 2013, 9.40am | Martin Place

Chris Daley Commonwealth Bank Executive Profile

Chris Daley Commonwealth Bank

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career at 20 working for the

dealing sweeping the Northern

Japanese Bank, Toyo Trust

Hemisphere. Today with the help

Australia. This is where I picked

of a fantastic team, I manage

up my multi asset product

the electronic delivery of our

knowledge and being in a small

wholesale Markets products to

dealing room, managed to deal

clients.

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and price many products. I also managed to pick up some

This is a particularly exciting

conversational Japanese along

time of my career as I’m driving

the way extending past “Moshi

innovation stemming from great

Moshi” and “Ohayo Gozaimasu”.

ideas during a progressive technology era. I believe nothing

At 25 I moved to the

will ever beat in-person face-to-

Commonwealth Bank to

face relationships and technology

trade Asian Currencies and

is an enabler to build stronger

experienced what it was like to

relationships. Combining people

go through major market turmoil

with technology is powerful, it

such as the Asian Crisis of 1997.

solves gaps for our wholesale

This gave me great perspective

clients and propels them towards

when I went through the GFC

their business objectives.

(Global Financial Crisis of 2008)

Career advice I offer my team

but this time in a Sales position.

and people I mentor is: “Be Courageous, Be Extraordinary!”.

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Global Head of Markets eCommerce Commonwealth Bank

I began my Financial Markets

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Before the GFC I was fortunate enough to spend a few years

What business challenges do

in London dealing with a broad

you face in 2013?

range of clients. This was an

One of our major challenges

invaluable fantastic experience

in 2013 is to ensure that we

that I will never forget. On my

stay at the top of the Market by

return from one of the busiest

ensuring we continue to enhance

financial hubs in the world, I

the value and productivity of

directed my energies on ensuring

our clients through our Markets

that CBA focused on the ever

Digital Channels.

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Commonwealth Bank

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The Commonwealth Bank is Australia’s largest bank and was founded in 1911.

The group currently employs over 45,000 people to excel at securing and enhancing the financial wellbeing of people, businesses and communities.

What sports have you been involved with?

I lead the Global Markets eCommerce

I’ve always enjoyed playing sport all year round.

team which is within the division of

During Autumn and Winter it was Rugby Union,

Institutional Banking & Markets. We work

Summer it was Basketball, Spring I excelled in track

with institutional and corporate clients

running over 400m, 800m and 1500 meters. Though

to deliver solutions for their complex

I enjoyed team sports with the camaraderie, nothing

finance and risk management needs. We

beats the euphoric feeling of being the first to cross

deliver across the various digital channels

the line on the running track.

(desktop, tablets and smartphones) to our

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After I left school, I wanted to play Rugby Union competitively and was considered a light weight at

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It is a tremendous experience to be

75kg and was told to bulk up by 25kgs to 100kgs.

working for the Group during this

This wasn’t a problem at the time however when I

innovative era that will continually

stopped playing and did a stint in London for 3 years

enhance our client’s competitive edge

where I was the perfect weight at 110kg. Except the

in an ever changing market. The group

extra kgs was not muscle and was made up almost

works hard to attract, develop and retain

entirely of beer cells. Something had to be done.

the best people by providing a vibrant and

That is when I rediscovered Cycling. As a kid I loved

inclusive workplace. We believe that a

to ride with friends on my single speed mountain bike

diverse, engaged and talented workforce

and later on a hand me down Malvern Star racing

is the best way to boost productivity

bike but never as a serious sport. I looked at cycling

and innovation, manage risk, increase

more as a means of providing me mobility. Cycling is

collaboration and problem solving, and

a win-win for me. I get the camaraderie, the euphoric

better service our diverse customer base.

feeling of racing in a criterium, meeting new people and keeping fit at the same time.

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A funny thing happened the other day at a school

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When and why did you get into cycling?

Do tricycles count? Then 3 years old, no brakes and a steep driveway, “Life was Limitless”.

Returning from London was when I got serious but I’ve always have had some kind of bicycle. I became inspired to buy a serious bike in 1997 when Jan Ulrich won the Tour De France – Big man pushing big gears.

These days I enjoy watching Fabian Cancellara for the very same reasons. I recently met Bradley McGee at the ACE Dinner which was an honour Friday (Once a month) – 50km

Unfortunately though due to time

ride with ACE (Always look

constraints this does not always

Describe a good week on the

forward to this). Coffee.

happen!

bike?

Saturday – 120km 4 gorges

Tuesday – 50km at Homebush

(Sydney) with friends. Double

Do you have a favourite ride/s?

with LACC. Coffee.

Expresso.

In Sydney, I like the ride through

Wednesday – 50Km at

Sunday – 80km Coluzzi Ride.

Akuna Bay out to West Head –

Parramatta with HHGG. Coffee.

Coffee.

the view looking out over West

and inspiration.

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Head to Palm Beach has to be

What bike/s do you ride?

one of the best in the world.

Three years ago I went on a

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crusade to find the Holy Grail In Adelaide I love the ride up Old

of Bikes. Does it exist? I think

Willunga Hill and then out to Port

I’ve come pretty close with

Willunga to finish up at McLaren

my custom creation (yet to be

Vale for a lazy lunch and with a

named)- a hand made timeless

glass of red wine in hand.

Titanium frame from Moots.

It was made in a little place

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In France two years ago, I

called Steamboat Springs,

enjoyed riding up the Col du Petit

Colorado, the Moots Vamoots

Saint Bernard – tapping out a

RSL at 7.2kgs with DA7900,

tempo to the sound of cow bells

silver Nokon cabling and Mavic

was purely hypnotic! A must

Cosmic Carbone Ultimate,

try for anyone. This September

Tubular wheels. To this day it

I will attempt the famous Alpe

is still the best ride I have ever

d’Huez with friends from work.

experienced. Titanium exhibits

I have told my friends that the

the best aspects of steel as it

best incentive for me to climb

insulates you from the road. It

is the enjoyment I get out of

lets you know exactly what is

descending.

happening under your wheels but without the pitfalls of low stiffness

What is a cycling ambition?

and high weight. Gearing is my

I would love nothing more than

favourite combination of 54:38

to spend 6 months riding in

front and 11:28 at the rear.

Australia and the other 6 months of the year riding in the South of

My everyday bike (after I broke

France, following the summer

my beautiful Canyon through a

and enjoying great food and

rookie error) is the Colnago C59

wine. Bon Appetit!

in Team Europe Car colours, with Di2 7970 and Mavic Cosmic Carbone SLR’s. This bike is solid and handles with enormous certainty and is responsive when

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you jump out of the saddle for a

juggle, but I find a few things

learned about who I am, what

sprint. I have gone silly with this

work for me.

I believe in, and just how far I

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can push myself. This helps me

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bar ends, crank bolts, skewers

• I always ride with other people

and even the air caps green to

as this provides me with the

to perform in my fast paced

match the paint job. It has been

best motivation to ride harder

business.

dubbed “The Green Machine”.

and at the same time I get

I also have a Cannondale

to catch up with friends –

A healthy body equals a healthy

Headshock Hardtail, these days

productivity at its best!

mind.

clad with slicks so that I can ride

• I start early at 5.00am and then

around the streets with my son

have the rest of the day for

Chris on riding with Coluzzi

Oliver. I’m certain he will be a

work or on weekends to go to

Riding Coluzzi on a Saturday is

future member of ACE.

other engagements.

a notably different beast to ride

• Cycling gets me away from

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to find the clarity that I require

compared to Sunday. Saturday

How do you balance your

“reality” and lets me lose

is not for the faint hearted as

personal, professional and

myself and empty my mind for

a massive pack jostles for a

riding lives?

a little part of the day. But it’s

position on the road; we move

This is always a hard one to

also been the place where I’ve

in steamtrain like fashion from

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Darlinghurst to Waterfall in the south and back again. I prefer to

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experience the amazing views in the Royal National Park via Audley Village before returning back from Waterfall to home.

Sunday is a more civilised affair

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where there is a better chance chat to the person next to you.

This ride is like a cross between the two ACE (Australian Cycling Executives) Smooth & Stylish and Serious & Speedy rides.

Something to share with the group….

As a child I have fond memories of visiting my Dutch Grandfather, Opa, who was an excellent carpenter and a fine man.

I would love to visit his shed out the back that contained many woodworking tools. The floor could be found covered with ringlets of wood much the same as hair curls left over from

The brief to self was to build a

Track Frame with 3T Scatto

metal, aesthetically pleasing and

handlebars, Enve Fork, Fast

functional track bike. The hunt for

Forward F6R Carbon tubular

the right pieces to fit the puzzle

wheels and a Red Chris King

is part of the fun as you see

headset.

turning wood on the lathe.

the bike take form, an analogy for how I enjoy building new

Job done. On budget, on spec,

Now that I have a shed, I always

businesses from scratch within

on time and most importantly – a

large organisations.

very happy client!

like to have a project to work on. The latest one was the completion of “Project Track Bike”.

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to enjoy the scenery and have a

The result was a Titanium (of course) Van Nicholas Chinook

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Drapac Professional Cycling

Drapac Professional Cycling

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Drapac to Return to UCI Professional Continental Registration in 2014 As you will be aware, ACE has a close association with Drapac Professional Cycling (DPC), with team riders attending many of the ride events in both Sydney and Melbourne. In short, holding a Professional Conteniental License means the team could be invited to Pro-Tour events - such as the Tour de France. Following is the initial press realease making this announcement.

MEDIA RELEASE - 5 May

void which will help lift the

blueprint for the coming years to

2013

profile of Australian cycling

make sure we are fully prepared

and its athletes in the global

for the upcoming challenge.”

Drapac Professional Cycling

community. Furthermore the

(DPC) is excited to announce

approval of this license will

This development is the first

they will apply to the UCI for a

give the opportunity to see two

step in a planned sustainable

Professional Continental License

Australian teams in any event on

growth over the coming

in 2014.

the world calendar.

seasons for DPC. The team will also reshape its unique

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‘’The team has been working

“We have conducted extensive

philosophy from “Champion

for 18 months on returning

investigations into the

Athletes to Champion People”

the team to a Professional

requirements of this application

to “Redefining Success”. This

Continental License. It’s just

and having previously held

is not only more fitting with

been a matter of picking the

the license in 2007 are

the Drapac Group but realistic

right time and that is now, ‘’

confident that with the financial

with what is possible in a

says Michael Drapac, Team

underwriting of the Drapac

Professional Continental outfit.

Principal.

Group our application will be

With Australia and its riders

successful” say Jonathan

The teams racing program will

Breekveldt, Team Manager.

be extended to the America Tour with a large focus being

becoming a dominant force

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in world cycling the time is

“In the coming months we will

placed on attracting invitations

right for a second professional

be talking to and inviting both

to both the Tour of California

team. DPC believes there is

current and new partners to join

(USA) and the Tour Down Under

no better time to take this step

us on our new journey. We will

(Australia) whilst still continuing

forward and fill an obvious

also further outline the sportive

to feature prominently in Asia.

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Click the image to view video.

Le Tour Prologue Team owner Michael Drapac

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appears on ‘Le Tour Prologue’ during July 2013.

“And so we have riders (such as Mitch Docker) whose parents wanted him to develop as a bike rider but also wanted him to persue his studies”.

A Day in the High Country Here the team trains on the foothills of the Australian Alps and during their camp in late

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and preparation for the 2013 Australian National Road Championships.

This is a 2011 clip of Adam Semple coming back to the team car during a one day race to collect bottles for the entire team. He collects 8 bottles in 50 seconds at a speed of approximately 40kmh before returning to the field to distribute

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Drapac Professional Cycling Drapac Professional Cycling is revolutionary. The first of its

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kind in Australasia. The currently privately funded enterprise uses cycling as the medium to redefine the way not only athletes, but also how our society, measures success.

Developed in 2004, the program aims to counteract the mono dimensional culture that defines Australian sport,

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a culture where athletes have a sole focus on medals or

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results. We instead look to create multi dimensional people, not just athletes, by placing equal emphasis on athletic, career, personal and social development.

Michael Drapac Michael Drapac has been involved in cycling and supporting athletes since the late 90’s. He did not agree with the typical “institute mode” and therefore established his own team in 2004 which set out to not only be a successful racing team but also a socially responsible sporting organisation. The team for many years has been a passion but as the Drapac Groups primary place of business we will see the team used more frequently and comprehensively to activate the partnership and help grow the Drapac brand.

Team Ethics The ‘ethics’ of the team and development of the riders At Drapac Professional Cycling, we believe that our

For more information, contact:

enlightened, multifaceted approach to athlete development creates socially conscious and responsible people, capable of making a winning contribution to both the sport of

Jonathan Breekveldt Team Manager

cycling and the greater community, both during and after

Drapac Professional Cycling

their active cycling career. With commitment, innovation

jbreekveldt@drapac.com.au

and a determination to do things differently – we are quite simply, Redefining Success.

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Team Manager, Jonathon Breekveldt

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Karen McDonald

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30 years in various individual

involved with?

contributor and leadership sales

Growing up in Washington State

roles. Currently I lead the Credit

snow skiing and sea kayaking

Services Sales Organization here

are compulsory sports. I really

in Australia. My last position in

enjoyed competing in triathlons

the US was Senior Vice President

for many years until my career

of Strategic Sales, I had a sales

“got in the way”. Now I focus on

team of 30 individuals and we

cycling and an occasional half

focused our efforts on the largest

marathon.

nine financial institutions in the US.

When and why did you get into cycling?

I had several “favourite” roles with

I’ve always enjoyed cycling.

Experian back in the US. In one

Initially it was somewhat of a

of my early sales management

necessity, I used to commute

positions I looked after the sales

to school by bike while in

teams and clients in Seattle,

College. Later as I fell I love

Portland, San Francisco,

with Triathlons, I found I didn’t

Honolulu and Las Vegas – really

have time to train for the three

tough duty! In another part of

separate sports so I focused

my career I helped build the

on the one sport I really loved –

consumer credit database in the

cycling. Long, multi day rides are

Pacific Northwest (Washington,

some of my favourites but I have

Oregon, Idaho and Alaska), that

a particular fondness for climbing

background has been particularly

things – like mountains. It’s a very

useful for my role here in AU.

solitary activity and you can’t

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Head of Sales Experian Credit Services

I’ve worked for Experian for over

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beat the scenery!

Both my husband Dave and I are University of Washington Alums.

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Experian is the leading global information services

In Asia Pacific, Experian supports many clients

company, providing data and analytical tools

across a range of vertical markets, including

to clients around the world. Experian enables

Financial services, Telecommunications, Retail,

businesses to make and execute informed

Insurance, Automotive, Education, Government,

decisions at every stage of the customer lifecycle to

Leisure, Media, Property, Technology, Direct

target profitable customer segments, manage credit

marketing; and Utilities. We provide a range of

risk, prevent fraud and automate decision making.

products and services covering areas such as credit

Combining our comprehensive information tools

risk and fraud management and decision analytics,

and deep understanding of individuals, markets and

data quality expertise in consumer and business

economies, we are dedicated to providing insight

information and customer-centric marketing.

for our clients to help them acquire customers profitably and maximise the value of their existing

This year we are proud and excited to join ACE as

ones.

a Gold Partner. The combination of the Experian cultural pillars of Connect – Protect – Create

Experian traces its origins to the UK, but today has

with ACE’s own purpose & promise, Connect –

a significant global span and has been operating in

Exchange – Sustain, has already proven to be a

Australia for over 15 years.

really strong bond and natural fit, all underpinned by a common passion – cycling.

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Describe a good week on the

I just go home, get on the bike

opportunity and all the valuable

bike?

and do some hill repeats – my

experiences I would have in

If I can spend time both Saturday

own kind of therapy!

helping with a start up. Our

and Sunday on a bike – I’m pretty much set for the week,

I came to Australia to help with

weekends make it all worth it.

adding in a mid week ride –

Experian’s start up here because

Living in Australia has been a

maybe some hill climb repeats

I was excited about a new career

dream come true so even though

would make it perfect.

Do you have a favourite ride/s?

Several friends and I ride from Seattle to Vancouver B.C. each summer – we take two days and enjoy the scenery. My favourite climb is Haleakala on Maui.

What is a cycling ambition?

I usually target specific rides and

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What bike/s do you ride?

I have an Orbea Orca in the US and here I’m riding an S-Works Roubaix.

How do you balance your personal, professional and riding lives?

Most of the time I don’t think I do balance very well. I can certainly tell (and so can my sales team!) when I haven’t been riding enough, there are nights when

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work weeks are long but the

EXECUTIVE I might be working a bit on the

girl friends I ride with. We do

so when I decided to move to

weekend my goal is always to

many multi day rides and often

Australia I bought them all a class

see a new piece of the country

find ourselves in the middle of

on how to change a flat tire – I

each weekend – often by bike!

nowhere with a flat tire.

don’t think they’ve attended. I’ll find out soon enough, we ride

I’m the only one in the group

from Seattle to Vancouver on

Back home I have a group of

that knows how to change a flat

August 17th and 18th.

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cycling related story...

Something to share with the group: I believe giving back to the community should be a part of any professional’s remit so I’ve been very involved with the Rotary Club back in my hometown of Woodinville, WA. I had the opportunity to chair two great projects: Operation Warm, where the Rotary Club purchased and distributed winter coats for 700 children in need in our local school district. The other is the administration of a scholarship

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foundation for College bound High School graduates in the local community. I’ve also served as the Chairman of the Board of the Seattle Consumer Credit Counselling Service.

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Henk Vogels ACE Ambassador Inter view with Kate Bates

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Henk Vogels Grand Tour Dinner interview with Kate Bates

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between Kate and Henk took

Jnr?

for Australian cyclists.

Dinner at Guillaume, Sydney

H. I’m Henk the third actually!

There were five of us there –

Opera House.

I unfortunately got Hendricus so

Patrick Jonker, Neil Stephens,

you can imagine at Trinity College

myself, Robbie McEwan and

Kate Bates. Well for those

back in Western Australia when

Stuart O’Grady. There was about

of you who don’t know Henk

they did the roll call, they were

seven of us in Europe, so go

Vogels, he’s one of the faces

like “Hendricus Vogels” and I had

figure now – we have a Pro-Tour

of SBS, but he’s always been

to....

team which is 30 cyclists in the

place during the Grand Tour

known as one of the hard men of Australian cycling. Classics,

big one (team) and you could K. The third?

Tour de France – you kind of did

probably field another one. So back in 1997 there were a couple

H. ...yes and I had to put the

of fellas trying to crack in, that

hand up and the old piss-take.

was us and we had a good time.

Henk Vogels. Well yes, but I

But I’ve got 4 kids and I certainly

Certainly hard days but I wouldn’t

certainly didn’t do as much as

didn’t pass the name on. They all

take anything back. They were

the legend of Brad McGee (sitting

got abbreviated names with four

awesome.

nearby), Stuart O’Grady or the

letters.

everything.

other pioneers. But I was there

K. Now you weren’t exactly a

and certainly went through the

K. Well there must be

apprenticeship of the hard school

something with the thirds, in

them and I wouldn’t perhaps

of cycling.

1997 when the Tour visited the

call you a thoroughbred.

Champs Elysees for Stage 21

At this years Tour de France we

you were third.

saw... (crowd laughing loudly).

My father was a 64 Olympian

sprinter but you mixed it up with

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That’s terribly offensive, I’m

for Australia, but he was born in Holland and was certainly a

H. I was and for people that

Dutchman at heart. I was talking

don’t know it, there was a

earlier with an ACE member and

streaker who actually ran right

H. That’s OK, I’m so on the

his father came out to Australia

down the Champs Elysees. A bit

way…..have a look at me, come

in 1951 pretty much on the same

of trivia for you. Nicola Minali was

on! I’ve gone out to pasture, I

boat. Henk Vogels is certainly not

first and Erik Zabel was second.

understand. OK, I’ve been in a

an Australian name.

Good times and certainly the

good paddock. That’s OK, I was

Tour de France back in those

lean once (grumbles).

sorry Henk.

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Member Q&A with Henk Vogels Stage 13 of the TDF, teams attacked.

Then attacked again. How good was that to watch? Do you think modern

K. You’ve made me blush.

racing is lacking in bold, attacking moves like the ‘good old days’? Why?

H. As only I could (cracking up laughing).

This year’s tour was certainly one not to be missed. The attacking in my

K. (Giggling) So moving right along…..

belief was due to a lack of control

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from the yellow jerseys team. The

This year’s Tour was animated by a new generation of sprinters.

Sky team of 2013 certainly wasn’t

Marcel Kittel was the first to wear the yellow jersey, perhaps in

as strong as the Sky team of 2012

a sprint that initially we thought was lucky. Drama with the bus,

and certainly not as strong as the

a few crashes, everybody thought communication wise Kittel

US Postal era. This lead to some real

got most lucky on the day. But as the Tour progressed, we saw

human performances which brings

a new heavyweight in sprinting. What I really noticed is the

me back the tours in 80s. (The SBS rest

personality difference between him and Mark Cavendish. It’s

day programme where stage 13 was

like a world away. We used to say to be a sprinter you needed

discussed – Henk was pretty excited

that attitude. Maybe that’s how we excused Cavendish all the

about the crosswinds, splits in the

time. But Andre Greipel and Marcel Kittel, they’re different guys.

peloton and the attacking by SAXO-

What kind of mentality do you need to be a sprinter? You were

Tinkoff.)

there.

How many days does it take to wash

H. Well I was always the one letting them go with 250 to go. I

the grit completely out of everything

actually backed Cav for the Champs. Yeah he’s the Cav...

and what is a bad Paris-Roubaix?

I did 5-6 Roubaixs with one being

K. Well he’s won it 5 years in a row.

really wet in 1998. It’s dangerous

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riding over wet slippery rocks, more

H. ...and that’s right, he’s won 25 stages of the Tour de France

crashes and certainly a lot harder

but you have to have that absolute dog in you. Like McEwan, he

race. You lose momentum, mud is

just couldn’t give a rats arse. He would ride through a brick wall

being flicked in your face and it’s

in a sprint. If there was no hole there he’d go through it to make

hard to see, so it’s an absolute shit

it happen. Greipel is the same, Cavendish is the same as we saw

fight to be in the front for a sector.

with Tom Veelers, because literally he went through him. And you

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No sprinter will win unless they

McEwan, there was a couple of

are an absolute a-hole. To tell

people who took the piss and

you the truth they need to bump

K. I didn’t have heels on, it’s

literally took the piss the next

guys, they need to get rid of

hard to tell.

day, no pun intended. Which is

them, use their domestiques,

disgraceful.

thank you Robbie and they are

H. What did you think of Marcel

selfless. But when we talk about

Kate? Are you blushing again?

him he’s not the conventional H. I trying to keep it clean….yet

sprinter. He’s tall, he’s got the

funny……

German haircut.

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But Cav would go through a

K. He’s certainly a big unit, I

long levers as far as quads and

brick wall, Greipel, Magilla Gorilla

think he’s bigger than you.

calves are concerned and he has

I like to call him would go through a brick wall, he’s rock solid.

a fantastic team and they only H. He is a big unit. Is he really

went there for him. There was

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All the teams have luxury busses

allow me to do a great deal of

the TV today all started racing as

to shower in, but for this race

riding. I generally try my hardest

a juvenile or junior on the track

most of the riders prefer to go

to get out for a minimum of three

at some level - McEwen, McGee,

with tradition and use the old

rides a week just to try and keep

Lancaster, Vogels, Cooke, Wilson,

Roubaix showers. Journalists and

on a reasonable shape. I have six

Goss and Gerrans. The great thing

photographers are allowed in and

9cm screws in my left ankle from a

about the track is that it teaches

take great shots. I have even seen

high-speed crash in the US In 2003.

sublime bike handling skills and in

female reporters get in for a sneak

I can’t run or play team sports,

a very short time, young boys and

peak.

so I have to ride to keep my ever

girls being like sponges, they pick

expanding backside in check.

it up quick.

cyclists who after ‘pushing

My opinion is that in Australia we

Training Camps. You are now

themselves’, parade around at

generally don’t live in cities with

hosting your own. Can you share

cafes, before telling each other

large open areas for our kids to

any stories about training camps

how GREAT the coffee is (or isn’t).

cycle in (and at 3.8km Centennial

that you have attended over the

The coffee culture in cycling has

Park is not a big open area). My

years?

been around a lot longer than I

children are starting to get keen

Yes Jo (Joanne Palazzetti of Turbo

have been on this earth, cycling

about racing and I feel that track

Studio) and I have recently started

only really caught on in the mid

racing might be a good place to

up our own training camps and

nineties in Australia. Cycling is a

start and learn some great race

cycling tours - vogelsts.com.

very social sport where you can

skills.

au and we’re mega pumped

converse while exercising, so it

A great way for every young

about it. My experience with

makes sense that it’s a friendly

cyclist to start riding once the

training camps has been pretty

sport and lots of mates get together

training wheels are off and the

performance orientated. But I

to brag about how strong they rode

young rider is suitably confident

attended them will all my best

that day or how big their calves are

with some solid riding skills, is to

mates, so there are lots of stories

or how much their bike is worth.

take them down to the local track,

to tell over a couple of reds. But

Obviously I don’t ever do that.

indoor and outdoor and have a

I have done over 12 high altitude

chat with the local cycling club.

training camps leading up to

Your job was to ride a bike. Now

They will have someone to teach

the Commonwealth Games and

that you are retired, what riding

them the basics for track riding

Olympic Games. I also lived in

do you do?

and generally most tracks will

Boulder Colorado at 1540 metres

I retired in 2008 after a 14 year

have hire bikes so they can get

altitude for 8 years. We’re actually

career and I’m working a couple

a feel for it. Actually most of all

going to run one there next year in

of different roles which doesn’t

Australia’s pro riders we see on

the high mountains.

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this year, the culture, it’s almost

as they make it out to be or is it just a strategic play by the sprinters to remain on the top of the tree?

H. no climber, they have a fantastic

someone that will rock up and

lead-out up and coming team.

shock a few. And that is what is

Marcel when you look at the guy,

fantastic about the sport we all

he’s certainly tall, strong and has

love.

won before. But when he came to the Tour last year he was sick

K. Mark Cavendish is not really

and got injured and people are

known to be really humble,

like “oh softy”.

but he’s said to us a few times that Kittel is just phenomenal,

He turns up this year, had to

he’s better. To get Cav to say

deal with the impressive line-up

those words is incredible. One

of Cav, with absolutely a $10-

thing they all did, Cavendish

15 million dollar budget, there’s

included, is thank their teams

no expense spared. Kittel rocks

endlessly. When they won a

in and he and whips arse. It’s

stage, when they lost a stage,

fantastic. And that’s cycling and

it didn’t matter. All they said is

everytime you talk about the

without our incredible teams

Tour de France, whether it’s a

and lead out, we couldn’t have

climber or sprinter, there’s always

done this today. They’re not

It’s a good question Kate and it’s kind of funny that people think of Omega Pharma Quickstep as Cav and one or two others...

K. Tony Martin…

H. ...you know what, he might have averaged 55km/h which is

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that the team is as important

generally a car engine. As far as the everyday workings of a team goes, for a sprinter, the first hour 60kh/h – bang bang bang bang pick a winner. There is 150 guys that want to get in the break.

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and twice as good! Last year the destination was the Pyrenees; this year, the iconic climbs in the Alps.

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almost 15 kms (that’s past the stratosphere if you’re interested) and then the final day under the Paris lights hosted by OricaGreenEdge (many thanks to Gerry Ryan) with grandstand tickets on the finish line.

The highlight was climbing Alp d’Huez on race day through the crowds with entry to the media compound thanks to Mike Tomalaris and our friends at SBS. Who would have thought that the skills developed riding in traffic on Beach Road, Melbourne, would assist with climbing skills? Imagine Martin Place or Bourke St Mall at lunch time; but with cyclists everywhere. The ability to track stand during the climb was invaluable while navigating the carnage. And, there are simply no words to describe the Dutch corner phenomenon!

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and then onto the northern Alps riding 675 kms, climbing

Unfortunately, this year my trip was a sad one with the loss of my mum to Cancer before heading off.

This, however, spurred me onto a secondary, but very important, objective. My aim was to secure a 100 year edition Tour Maillot Jaune (yellow jersey) signed by the six Australians to wear it and to then auction this off for charity. Thanks to Shayne Bannan, the objective was broadly achieved, and Brad and Phil kindly finished it off upon our return. Keep an eye out for the auction…

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We climbed some major cols today with Col du Glandon and Col du Madelaine, so in all around 4000m vertical metres. The scenery is spectacular, if only that while climbing you only focus on the road ahead. But we did stop for some ‘photographic moments’, but really to catch the breath.

After climbing Glandon we wondered if we could then backup to climb the Madelaine, so we approached it to climb up 5km and see how we were going. That was OK but the 10% sections were starting to wear. Then the next 5km had 9% grades, so bit better, but the flat sections then meant that there were some bits at over 10% and they hurt. The day was starting to get hot, and the next 10-15 km section was getting to the

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But with the ski village at 15km came the tree line and no shade. More water, coke and gels we started the last 5km and that was proving to be a test to the legs, with again a generally 9% grade. But at 1km to go, I jumped out of the small gear to then “light it up”, so from 10km/hr to 12, then 12.5...we were sprinting and then at 13.1km/hr we crested....it was an attack that resembled Cadel....but that was it.

Then the decent, and 19km of down, was great, then tiring on the hands, and then some caught some car traffic...they cant pass us, and we could not sneak past them. Then back to La Chambre and ice cream.

HUGE and on strava, was epic at 317 suffering score.

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Part of the change for me occurred two years ago when I started a cycling blog called Women Who Cycle. I started

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to get back. The descents are

kept it going on a weekly basis

coordinated lycra. I found this

awesome.

ever since. My overall aim as a

fabulous social riding group

blogger is to encourage more

called BayBUG (Canada Bay

How do you balance your

women to ride bikes, and my

Bicycle User Group) that rides

personal, professional and

current job also marries nicely

on Saturday mornings around

riding lives?

with that aim.

the local area and was hooked

I actually feel like they’ve

as soon as we met.

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involved with?

As a result of joining this group

road cycling so it’s something we

I’m a non-sporting type of person

(which is no longer officially

can do together. We don’t always

(that was until I found cycling)

BayBUG) I’ve gained heaps of

ride together but we usually leave

so the only sport I’ve ever really

new friends most of who live in

home at the same time and meet

been involved in is cycling. My

the local area. Sometime later

at the café afterwards. So we

partner has done lots of different

I joined the local club LACC

never feel like we’re neglecting

sports over the years so I’ve been

(Lidcombe Auburn Cycle Club)

our relationship.

an observer but not a participant.

and I’ve even tried racing.

Extraordinary for a woman who

I’ve also had to learn to get up

When and why did you get into

thought she was ‘hopeless’ at

earlier so that I can ride before

cycling?

sport.

work and that’s in both my PR

It all started when my partner

and bike shop job. You just have

Phillip suggested I participate in

Do you have a favourite ride/s?

to be very organised and get

the Juvenile Diabetes Research

A group of us do a ride called

your gear ready the night before.

Foundation (JDRF) 80 km Ride

‘Hills and Dales’ which starts

Plus, I have to get to bed earlier.

for a Cure in January 2009 in the

in Concord and heads north

Barossa Valley. To me it sounded

across the Ryde Bridge, through

I guess anybody reading this has

like the most extraordinary thing I

Meadowbank, Eastwood,

worked out that I’m really, really

could contemplate but somehow

Carlingford, North Rocks,

passionate about cycling. I’m also

he persuaded me and we

Telopea, Rydalmere and back

a keen hobby photographer and

headed for the bike shop where

to Olympic Park. The first half is

have been able to combine my

I bought my first road bike – a

generally uphill and the second

two passions of riding and taking

Jamis with an alloy frame and

is downhill so it takes about

photographs. I’m pretty proud of

105 gearing. I soon hit the road

45 minutes to get to North

some of the shots I’ve taken at

complete with clip-in shoes

Rocks and about 20 minutes

major events like Le Tour.

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Cycling Club at the age of 18.

belong to and do you ride with

Initially cycling was just a way of

them often?

staying fit, healthy and having

I now belong to the Bendigo

some fun racing against mates.

Cycling club. The cycling culture

I found that after winning some

is very strong in Bendigo and

club races I wanted more of a

there is always someone to train

challenge and started to enter

with. I race the club events as

NRS races where I won my first

often as I can. I like to support

ever stage at the Tour of Murray

the club and often the club races

which was a memorable moment

fit in well around my training.

being my first ever win.

What’s a big week on the bike?

From there I found opportunities

I try to ride everyday. Depending

to race for teams in the Herald

on the time of the season a

Sun Tour where I raced with

training week can reach up to

Stuart Shaw, and Robert

1000k’s usually with the long

McLachlan on MG/Bigpond. I

days being 200k. Leading up to

then went on to Drapac Porsche

races the quantity drops and a

where I won the 2007 national

lot more intensity based training.

road champs followed by German team Sparkasse then 2 years at British team Rapha/

How good is winning?

condor/Sharp. For the last 2

It’s a magic feeling.

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years I have returned to Drapac professional cycling back in

Most of my wins have been

Australia.

from breakaways or going solo in the final stages of a race.

It’s amazing how the pain just disappears the moment when crossing the line.

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Your biggest / favourite ever win

When training / racing isn’t

losing might be more related to

and what happened?

going exactly to plan, how

tactics rather than fitness.

Winning the Nationals was the

to you stay positive and

biggest and will always be my

motivated?

A couple of years in England

favourite. I managed to get away

It’s so difficult. That’s when

and Europe. Tell us about that

from the bunch solo in the last

having a motivational coach

experience.

20k of the race. Sharing the

(Stuart Morgan) and creating

I think every young Aussie cyclist

podium with team mate and

new goals/objectives becomes

has dreams of racing in Europe

great friend Robert McLachlan

important to maintain motivation

and as soon as I had a taste of

was also memorable.

to train hard.

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Does having a young family

And the opposite – you’re

Europe my base and race week

influence your training?

winning. Is it easy to relax and

in and out in that environment.

It does but my wife, Jessica

loose focus?

comes from a cycling

Winning is addictive, and when

There is no doubt that it’s a tough

background so without her

I know I have good form I’m

life to just live out of a suitcase

knowledge of the sport, help and

probably more tense and nervous

but I enjoyed (almost)every

understanding I couldn’t do it.

in races as I know the chances of

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Wish I could! Don’t mind a

Great when there’s only a few k’s

small bunch sprint but I quite

to go. Not so great when there

have enough top end speed or

is still 40k to go and riding into a

fearlessness in me.

head wind as I found out last year in tour of Gippsland.

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Love climbing when I’m fit. Also

Time Trialing

training in the mountains at a

The best opportunity to gain a

place like Bright in the Alpine

few seconds in a tour. Wish there

district is special.

were more of them in National

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Darren on......

Climbing

road series.

Head winds Good behind a motorbike

Sleeping After having a baby 4 months

Domestique duties

ago, priceless!

Part of being in a team and when a team mate wins it can be as

Eating after a big ride

good as a personal victory.

Open the fridge/pantry still kitted up and go for it.

Breakaways Most of the time in trying to get

Indulgences

in them and great when the time

A good red wine out at dinner.

gaps continue to increase!

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In an interview with Cycling Tips (published 11.2010) you said about “Well I think in general, the UK is a new avenue for bike riders to go through.

Traditionally a lot of Australians will go into Belgium or France and I think now with the UK, the strength of the teams that are coming out with Sky, the general interest is there. I think its really becoming a positive place for Australian bike riders to go to”

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at the time and I think from the element of risk involved. I had previously signed with other teams in Europe that also either fell through or were dissolved due to the unstable environment of cycling at the time so really it wasn’t the most shocking news, just the timing of the

When the team made the

And finally, what plans do you

announcement to the riders

announcement of its plans to

have after you retire?

couldn’t have been worse as the

apply for pro continental licence

My preference would be to stay

season had basically just started.

for next year, it just felt right. It’s

involved with the sport if the right

the right time, the team is in the

opportunity came up. I think

After the Pegasus project fell

right place and it’s an exciting for

cycling is in a good place now

through I had had enough and

Australian cycling with potentially

and to see so much young talent

decided to move away from

another team racing the Tour de

and level of Australian cycling

cycling but after 6 months I was

France in the future.

improving so rapidly, it’s a great

lucky enough to be offered the

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moment I signed I knew the

sport to be a part of.

opportunity to return to racing

You are now one of the senior

with Drapac.

members of the team. How do you feel about getting up and

And now you’re in a well

public speaking?

established team, who have

I don’t mind it at all and it helps

indicated they will apply for Pro-

when talking about something

Tour status. How do you feel

I believe in and am passionate

about all that?

about.

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