Oenone Wood
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Oenone Wood, born on the September 24, 1980 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, is a professional cyclist, who commenced her cycling career in 2001 at the age of 21.
She is a member of Professional cycling Team, T-Mobile Professional Womens Cycling Team (GER), and also of the Canberra Cycling Club. She lives in Aranda, a suburb of Canberra.
Her greatest success as a road cyclist has been in Australian tours, including the Australian Criterium, Bay Series Criterium and the Geelong Tour, with some success overseas, particularly winning Stages of the Giro d'Italia Femminile (ITA) and the Points Classification for the Giro d'Italia Femminile in 2004 and 2005. In the 2004 Summer Olympics Women's Road race she was in the leading group with fellow Australian Sara Carrigan, and when Carrigan and Judith Arndt broke away in the final lap to win the gold and silver medals, Wood had to sprint for the bronze medal with Olga Slyusareva of Russia and Nicole Cooke of Great Britain, coming 4th overall in the race.
Oenone is also the official ambassador for the Australian Leukodystrophy Support Group (ALDS - http://www.alds.org.au).
[edit] Career highlights
- 2005
1st place UCI Points list; 1st Stages 1, 3a and 6, 1st points classification Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin FRA; 1st Australian Open Road Time Trial Titles SA; 1st Australian Criterium Title VIC; 1st Round 2 Bay Series Criterium VIC; 1st Round 3 Bay Series Criterium VIC; 1st Bay Series Criteriums VIC; 1st Stage 2 Geelong Tour AUS; 1st Stage 4 Geelong Tour AUS; 1st Overall Geelong Tour AUS; 1st Sprint Classification Geelong Tour AUS;
- 2004
3rd place UCI Points list; 1st 2004 Road World Cup Rankings; 1st Criterium Series Tour Down Under AUS; 1st Australian Open Road Race Titles VIC; 1st Australian Open Road Time Trial Titles VIC; 1st Road World Cup Geelong AUS; 1st Stage 1 Giro d'Italia Femminile ITA; 1st Points Classification Giro d'Italia Femminile ITA; 1st Overall Geelong Tour AUS; 1st Stage 2 Geelong Tour AUS; 1st Giro Frazioni ITA; 1st Trofeo Citta di Rosignano ITA; 1st Trofeo Museo Alfredo Binda ITA; 1st Souvenir Magali Pache SUI;
- 2003
UCI Points list - 18th place; Giro della Toscana (cat. 1) - 4th place GC; Trophee d'Or (cat. 2) - 3rd place GC, stage victory; Fleche Wallonne (Bel) World Cup - 3rd place; Castilla y Leon Tour (cat. 1) - 7th place GC; Primavera Rosa (Ita) World Cup - 6th place; Grand Prix Cavrie (Ita) - 1st place;
| Preceded by Nicole Cooke |
World Cup Overall Points Champion 2004, 2005 |
Succeeded by Nicole Cooke |
