AIS WOMEN'S ROAD CYCLING TEAM 

The team is made up of six girls, all of whom have achieved very highly in Road Cycling individually and with the team. SCODY is very proud to sponsor this elite team as these girls are some of the best road cyclists in Australia and throughout the world. Each girl has a list of achievements and future ambitions.

Tiffany Cromwell

Best Results:
1st Grand Rechain U19 road race - 2006 Belgium
1st SA U19 and Open Criterium Championships - 2006
2nd U23 Australian Open Road Race Championships, Ballarat (2008)

Cycling Ambitions:
Be part of the national program and move onto a pro team
Represent Australia in World Championships, Commonwealth games and the Olympics

Personal Role Models:
Shaquille O’Neil
Stuart O’Grady

Bridie O’Donnell

Best Results:
National Time Trial Champion – 2008
Oceania Time Trial Champion – 2008
Victorian Road Champion – 2007

Cycling Ambitions:
World Championship gold medalist in ITT in 2010
Represent Australia in World Championships, Commonwealth and Olympic Games.

Personal Mantra:
Be brave and mighty forces will come to your aid

Josie Loane

Best Results:
1st PEI Stage 4 – 2007
5th Hollands Hills Race – 2006

Cycling Ambitions:
Would love to win a World title
Improve my time trials

Personal Ambition:
To be and content doing something I love.

First experience on a bike:
Riding down a hill in the street we lived on and not knowing that some bikes have two brakes. I ended up doing a somersault straight over the handle bars.

Peta Mullens

Best Results:
4th Geelong Women’s Tour, Stage 3 – 2008
3rd Oceania Road Race Championships – 2007
1st Australian Track Championships – U19W Individual Pursuit – 2006

Career Ambitions:
Fulfill my potential as a cyclist
Continue to be involved in sport through event management and personal training

Who would you most like to ride with?
Paul Crake, he encouraged me to give up running and pursue cycling

Carla Ryan

Best Results:
1st Australian National Time Trial Championship – 2007
2nd Oceania Road Championship – 2007
1st Overall Canberra Kowalski Tour – 2006

Awards:
QAS Talent Search scholarship – 2005
Amy Gillet Scholarship – 2007

What motivates you?
The desire to be the best I can be
Fear of failure

Amanda Spratt

Best Results:
1st Australian U23 Road Time Trial Championships – 2008
4th U23 Australian Road Race – 2008

Awards:
2005 Blue Mountains Sports Person of the Year
2004 and 2005 Australian Junior Female Road Cyclist of the year
What motivates you?
Tough courses, music and beating the odds

Personal Mantra
You’re on the road to success when you realise that failure is only a detour