“I want to ride the Tour de France Femmes,” each rider wrote in her application to join our 2026 squad. This universal, aspirational goal is something to celebrate. It’s a lofty target, but one that wasn’t realistically imaginable five or six years ago. As women’s professional sport continues to grow and attract commercial support, the…
It is now eight weeks since the last race for Meridian Blue at the Tour of Thailand. In that time the team has spread around the globe – each rider following their path to personal improvement. Alyssa – has travelled to live in Girona, race in Belgium and Japan and work towards some bigger goals…
In June 2024 we set out to create a new Elite Women’s Cycling team to context the 2025 ProVelo Super League and evolve from our U19 Academy. Now it is April 2025 and we have contested two National Championships, with five medals, six rounds of ProVelo Super League, four representations at World Tour level in…
Meridian Blue rider Alyssa Polites made a huge impression in her first ride for the National Team at Tour Down Under in Adelaide last week. The first World Tour of the year saw Polites on a solo attack in stage one where she took QOM and sprint points slowing her to finish stage 1 in four…
The first round of the ProVelo Super League kicked off in Adelaide and was the launch of our Elite Women’s Team. Seven riders rolled into our Pasadena accomodation prior to Saturday’s stage 1 of SA Kick It, a three stage “tour” that kicks off the 2025 ProVelo Super League. Director of Sports Taryn Heather assembled…
