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According to The Weekend Australian (‘Australian Road Team Likely for Tour de France’, Jan 24 2010), an Australian-based cycling team could be in the 2011 Tour de France. 

A team at the top level is the Holy Grail of Australian cycling, which has enjoyed a stunning boom in popularity and strength over the past three decades. 

Team 2XU/Aussie Crates’ bid reached a key milestone in Adelaide on the weekend when one of its directors, Victor Barichello, met McQuaid. 

“The meeting was to update the UCI on ARC’s progress and to discuss the application process for a ProTour licence,” said Barichello of Team 2XU/Aussie Crates. 

“We’re working through the process of formalising a bid for an Australian ProTour licence. At this stage our intention is to lodge an application by the June deadline in order to secure a ProTour licence for 2011.

“The bid will see an Australian team compete at the highest levels of professional road cycling and has been the focus of ARC for 2 1/2 years.”

Barichello said the meeting went extremely well.

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If you’ve signed up for a summer tri, open water swim or simply love our award winning wetsuits, this FREE 2XU Performance Session is for you!  Come along for a twilight beach tutorial on wetsuit know-how and open water swim technique. With our insider tips, you’ll be sure to get ahead of the pack this summer.

Date:  Wednesday FEB 3, 2010.

Time:  Class from 6pm-7pm, arrive from 5pm for tailored fittings, wetsuit hire and/or purchases. 

Location:  Port Melbourne LSC – 38 Beaconsfield Pde (Melway 2J E8). 

What we’ll cover:

- Putting on suits correctly
- Wadding into the water
- Open water swimming technique
- How to navigate in the open water
- Exiting the water. 

Bring: 

Your own wetsuit (we’ll also have them available for hire), goggles and cash/card if your keen to purchase one of the best tri wetsuits in the world!

Register:  To enews@2xu.com with ‘wettynight’ in the subject line.

Fit2Date Personal Trainers (aka ‘Fitness Flirts’) looked the part dressed head to toe in 2XU apparel for the Perth launch of the successful venture Fit2Date – a four week training program combining fitness with the opportunity to meet single, fit healthy people and perhaps the next Mr or Mrs Right!

So if you are a great catch and still on the market, fit and love exercising make sure you check out the following launch dates for your nearest city!

For more information on how to sign up for the next 4 week training program near you visit www.fit2date.com.au

VIS Ski Cross Young Gun and proud 2XU Ambassador Katya Crema is busy skiing her way through 2010 Winter Olympic Qualifying events around Europe.  With the Winter 2010 team still yet to be announced, athletes are pushing themselves harder than ever.  Here’s Katya’s latest news…

The past week in France has been an absolute nail biter. The past two world cups were the final qualifying races for the Olympic Games.  The first of the two races was held in Les Contamines, France. This is where I competed in my first ever Ski Cross World Cup 2 years ago. It was great to come back and re live some old memories.

Starting with bib number 40, I managed to qualify in 27th spot; my 3rd consecutive finals qualification for the season. The course was lots of fun. Some steep sections with water injected GS turns, and also some big jumps with lots of air time.

On Saturday, the weather came in and finals were cancelled after 2 heats of girls. I was ready to go in the gate, waiting for the familiar “Riders ready, Attention….”. With my heart rate through the roof and adrenaline pumping wildly, they made the call. You could hardly see 20m in front of you. Not ideal weather conditions when you’re launching 20+ metres through the air with 3 other skiers by your side.

So finals were postponed until the next day. The sky cleared and it was a cracker of a day. Once again I had fourth pick (which means no pick) of the gate because of my qualifying time. Coming into the first turn I was pinched out by Emilie of Switzerland. I stuck right on the tails of her skis until she went off a jump unbalanced and crashed into the nets. I managed to swerve and dodge her, and continued on to finish 3rd in my heat. Emilie was taken away in a helicopter and I later found out that she blew her ACL; the same injury I sustained just under 2 years ago…VISIT KATYA’S BLOG FOR MORE

You can also visit www.katyacrema.com

Prominent US marathon running, triathlon and ultra-running website Running-Advice.com has pronounced 2XU Compression Race Socks its 2009 Product of the Year! 

According to esteemed reviewer, Joe English, of Oregon, USA;

Overall I was impressed with the feel of the 2XU Compression Racing Sock and I found that I was less fatigued in the late miles of my marathons. I would also highly recommend the 2XU Compression Recovery Sock or Calf Guard for post-marathon recovery.

English not only praises the numerous benefits of 2XU Compression Race Socks but also notes the significant standout characteristics of 2XU Compression Recovery Socks and Compression Calf Guards. 

We think he does a pretty stirling job of summarising the Compression revolution at large too.

Well done Team 2XU Compression!