Bridget's background

Bridget’s enjoyment of cycling started at an early age, as an 8 year old with the local kids of the area where BMX riding and race days were fun, even with future sprint king Robbie McEwan part of the action!

This love of sport may also be in the genes with Bridget’s mother being a successful national 400m hurdler.

The early adventures of cycling and travel took Bridget to the BMX World Championships in 1985 to Whistler, Canada. Little did she know that this early exposure to sport and travel would be a major factor 20 years later in the formation of practicebicycle.com!

Bridget’s school years followed the traditional sports of athletics and swimming, before running injuries steered her back to her first love, the bicycle.

Working at a sports centre gave her the flexibilty to pursue her cycling as a career, and so began the 5 year apprenticeship to become a "racing cyclist".  The stories and tribulations of this pursuit would fill a book and make very interesting reading, many friends and colleagues over the years have asked her why she does not write this story.  Bridget's answer "nobody would buy the book, because nobody would believe it!"

The following 10+ years of competition took Bridget to many countries and great events, including the women's edition's of the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Tour de Suisse, Tour of Gila, Primavera Rosa and many other great events, where she met many wonderful people who are still good friends today. If you ask Bridget about these years occasionally the memories will be of a good performance or result, but more than likely she will tell you about the enjoyment of meeting and riding with these people.

Bridget's first "cycling in the french alps" experience came in 1998, with a 6 week training/racing trip, unfortunately sleeping at altitude on the top of the Col de Croix Fry at 1467m was a shock to her system! Especially when this required a 20km descent each day riding down into Annecy and a 20km climb back up at the end of every ride!

I'm sure you can understand how she quickly developed a fondness for Annecy as her european cycling base and it wasn't long before she discovered how idyllic the surrounding roads were for various types of cycling. Over the following years riding on these superb roads heightened the desire to share this with other like minded cyclists and so practicebicycle.com was formed!

Results (Palmares) 1997 - 2009

2009 Season

2nd GP Lyon Montplaisir, France

3rd Championship Haute Savoie, France

3rd LE GRAND-BORNARD Cyclo-Sportive, France.

2008 Season

PLACINGS

3rd LE GRAND-BORNARD Cyclo-Sportive, France.

6th Noosa Criterium, Australia.

6th Southbank Criterium, Australia.

2007 Season 

PLACINGS
2nd Surfers Paradise Criterium, Australia.
3rd Tour down Under Crit#2, Australia.
5th Tour down Under Crit#3, Australia.
5th Australian Criterium Championship, Brisbane.
10th Tour down Under Crit#1, Australia.

2006 Season

VICTORIES                                                                    Shultz Toomey O'Brien Criterium, Australia.              

PLACINGS                                                                     5th Australian Road Championship, Adelaide.
3rd Tour down Under Crit Overall, Australia.
3rd Tour down Under Crit#1, Australia.
6th Tour down Under Crit#2, Australia.
6th Tour down Under Crit#3, Australia.

2005 Season

VICTORIES
Gold Coast New Years Crit, Australia.
Gold Coast Road Championship, Australia.
Gold Coast Crit Championship, Australia.

PLACINGS
3rd Australian Road Championship, Adelaide.
8th stage 3 Geelong Women’s Tour, Australia.
5th stage 2 Jayco Bay Crit Series, Australia.
6th Tour down Under Crit#2, Australia.
8th stage 1 Jayco Bay Crit Series, Australia.
8th stage 5 Jayco Bay Crit Series, Australia.
9th stage 4 Jayco Bay Crit Series, Australia.

2004 Season

VICTORIES
Prix d’Evires, France.
Stadtkriterium Thun, Swiss.
GP Cham-Hagendorn, Swiss.
Surfers Paradise Criterium, Australia.

PLACINGS
25th Australian Road Championship.
7th stage 3 Geelong Women’s Tour, Australia.
11th stage 2 Geelong Women’s Tour, Australia.
16th stage 4 Geelong Women’s Tour, Australia.
46th Geelong Women’s Tour GC, Australia.
10th stage 4 Redlands Classic, USA.
11th stage 5 Redlands Classic, USA.
28th Redlands Classic GC, USA.
30th World Cup Geelong, Australia.
2nd Radsporttag Oberriet, Swiss.
3rd Radsportagg Rothenburg, Swiss.
3rd Sierre-Loye, Swiss.
3rd Auffahrtskriterium Diessenhofen, Swiss.
3rd Southbank Criterium, Australia.
4th McLane Pacific Criterium, USA.
4th Copporopolis Road Race, USA.
5th Radsporttag Bern-West, Swiss.
5th Stadtlirennen Diessenhofen, Swiss.
5th Gold Coast New Years Crit, Australia.
6th stage 1 Pomona Valley Stage Race, USA.
7th Radsportfest 2004, Swiss.
10th Tour down Under Crit#3, Australia.
11th stage 1 Canberra Tour, Australia.
12th stage 4 Pomona Valley Stage Race, USA.

2003 Season

PLACINGS
12th Australian Road Championship.
3rd GP Mittelland, Swiss.
4th GP Cham-Hagendorn, Swiss.
4th Gold Coast New Years Crit, Australia.
5th Auffahrtskriterium Diessenhofen, Swiss.
8th Stadt Kriterium Wetzikon, Swiss.
8th Wartenseerundfahrt Thal, Swiss.
13th Raiffeisen GP Oberwangen, Swiss.

2002 Season

VICTORIES
GP Allinge, France.
GP Sembadel, France.
GP Schaffhausen, Swiss.
Schellenberg Rundfahrt, Swiss.
GP Claix, France.
GP Sorbier, France.
GP Vienne, France.
GP Lyon Vaise, France.

PLACINGS
12th Australian Road Championship.
8th stage 4 Tour de Snowy, Australia.
10th stage 1 Tour de Snowy, Australia.
11th stage 2 Tour de Snowy, Australia.
16th stage 5 Tour de Snowy, Australia.
24th stage 3 Tour de Snowy, Australia.
16th Tour de Snowy GC, Australia.
20th Trophee Mediterraneen, France.
23rd World Cup New Zealand
31st World Cup “Primavera Rosa”, Italy.
44th World Cup Australia.
50th World Cup Suisse, Swiss.
2nd Niederbipp Mountain Race, Swiss.
2nd Bergrennen Chur-Arosa, Swiss.
2nd Radsporttag Bern-West, Swiss.
2nd Stage 4 Tour de la Haute-Vienne, France.
2nd Strassenrennen Steinmaur, Swiss.
2nd GP Mazza Geneve, Swiss.
2nd Radsporttag Oberriet, Swiss.
3rd Horgner Kriterium, Swiss.
3rd GP Kanton Luzern, Swiss.
5th GP Velesmes-Essarts, France.
7th Rundstreckenrennen Bowil, Swiss.
8th GP La Liberte’, Swiss.
10th Bergrennen Bowil, Swiss.
13th GP Cham-Hagendorn, Swiss.
16th GP Winterthur, Swiss.

 
2001 Season

VICTORIES
Gold Coast New Years Crit, Australia.
Stage 2 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
Championship Haute Savoie, France.
GP Reyrieux, France.
GP Jassans, France.
GP Allinges, France.
GP Bletterans, France.

PLACINGS
2nd Australian Criterium Championship.
10th Australian Road Championship.
7th World Cup Canberra, Australia.
5th stage 8 Tour de Snowy, Australia.
6th stage 7 Tour de Snowy, Australia.
7th stage 1 Tour de Snowy, Australia.
8th stage 2 Tour de Snowy, Australia.
8th stage 3 Tour de Snowy, Australia.
28th Tour de Snowy GC, Australia.
8th Trophee Mediterraneen, France.
10th stage 1 Trophee D’Or, France.
28th Trophee D’Or GC, France.
27th stage 2 Tour de Suisse, Swiss.
33rd Tour de Suisse GC, Swiss.
23rd stage 5 Giro d’Italia donne, Italy.
2nd GP du Mas Rillier, France.
2nd GP Sembedel, France.
3rd Rundstreckenrennen Bowil, Swiss.
3rd stage 1 Canberra-Cooma, Australia.
3rd Skilled Bay Series Overall, Australia.
3rd stage 1 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
4th stage 3 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
5th stage 4 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
4th Bergrennen Bowil, Swiss.
5th stage 1 Tour Haute Vienne/ Limousin, France.
5th stage 4 Tour Haute Vienne/ Limousin, France.
7th Strassenrennen Schleitheim, Swiss.

2000 Season

VICTORIES
Super Week, Green Bay, USA.

PLACINGS
7th World Cup Canberra, Australia.
15th Australian Road Championship.
69th Tour de Snowy GC, Australia.
3rd stage 2 Super Week, USA.
3rd stage 3 Super Week, USA.
3rd stage 4 Super Week, USA.
5th stage 5 Super Week, USA.
2nd stage 5 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
6th stage 1 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
8th stage 2 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
8th stage 3 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
8th stage 4 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
4th Niwot Criterium, USA.
4th Seacoast Criterium, USA.
4th stage 4 Bermuda GP.
7th stage 2 Bermuda GP.
5th stage 2 Wendy’s Classic, USA.
5th stage 6 Wendy’s Classic, USA.
9th stage 3 Wendy’s Classic, USA.
9th stage 5 Wendy’s Classic, USA.
6th Lafayette Criterium, USA.
7th Stage 2 Tour d’Toona, USA.
9th Chris Thater Memorial, USA.
9th NYC Women’s Challenge, USA.
10th BMC Arlington, USA.

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1999 Season

VICTORIES
Boulder Stazio #1Criterium, USA.
Weld County Road Race, USA.
Lobo Classic Criterium, USA.
Fort Collins Criterium, USA.
Look Out Mt Hill Climb, USA.

PLACINGS
4th Australian Criterium Championship.
7th Australian Road Championship.
5th stage 10 Hewlett Packard Tour, USA.
9th stage 12 Hewlett Packard Tour, USA.
20th stage 13 Hewlett Packard Tour, USA.
43rd Hewlett Packard Tour GC, USA.
4th Giro d’Italia donna Sprint Classification.
10th stage 8 Giro d’Italia donna, Italy.
60th Giro d’Italia donne GC, Italy.
6th Grand Boucle Femmine Sprint Comp.
17th stage 3 Grand Boucle Femmine, France.
24th stage 1 Grand Boucle Femmine, France.
81st Grand Boucle Femmine GC, France.
2nd Lobo Classic, USA.
2nd Mike Horgan Hill Climb, USA.
2nd Golden Criterium, USA.
3rd Boulder Stazio #2 Criterium, USA.
5th stage 4 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
6th stage 5 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
7th stage 3 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
8th stage 1 Skilled Bay Series, Australia.
5th stage 3 Tour of Gila, USA.
17th Tour of Gila Overall Classification.
8th Boulder-Roubaix, USA.

1998 Season

VICTORIES
GP Villersure, France.
Crestmead Criterium.
Kunda Park Criterium.
Trek 7 Race Series Overall Classification.
Berri International Criterium.

PLACINGS
2nd Robina New Years Criterium.
3rd stage 5 Skilled Bay Crit Series.
7th stage 4 Skilled Bay Crit Series.
7th stage 3 Skilled Bay Crit Series.
7th stage 3 Mt Buller Stage Race.
7th stage 4 Mt Buller Stage Race.
7th stage 5 Mt Buller Stage Race.

 1997 Season

VICTORIES
Brisbane Metropolitan Road Championship.
Gold Coast Road Championship.
Gold Coast Criterium Championship.
Ffast Dutton Park Criterium.
Crestmead Criterium.

PLACINGS
3rd Australian Road Championship.
6th Australian Criterium Championship.
2nd Queensland Road Championship.
2nd Cunningham Classic.