If the form at this weekend’s cross race is anything to go by, I think I have a pretty good chance

at Nationals this weekend 16/17th. I’m just about to head to the airport and Adelaide bound. I’ll

spend a week and a half in Adelaide in total with Nationals and then join the pre- Tour Down Under stage group rides, before heading off to the second Australian National Series Round in Victoria on 23/24th. From there I head back home to Tassie, really looking forward to the laid back Tassie lifestyle. Though I imagine the first week will be a little busy with Wildside on at the end of that week, it’s a 4-day MTB Stage race across the West Coast 30th-2nd Feb. (www.wildsidemtb.com) Hopefully I won’t have the same issues of the previous two editions: keeping both myself and my tires upright. From there I will have a good 3 weeks at home getting ready for the USA season :-)

Sid Taberlay