Cassia Boglio: Gone gravel and loving it 🤎

Perth-based gravel specialist Cassia Boglio talks about her experiences riding the biggest events in the US recently.
Cassia Boglio is back home after spending a good part of our winter competing against the female gravel world’s best in the booming US gravel scene.
 
It was the Liv Cycling Australia rider’s second US trip for the year and she will next head to Europe for another round of gravel events later in the year and another stint in the US after that.
 
She’s been competing in events like the Sea Otter Classic in California (which she won) – and Steamboat Gravel in Colorado where Cassia came in a very respectable 13th against a seriously stacked field.
 
All experiences that have thoroughly examined her gravel game – and elevated it, as she tells us here in this 4-minute interview: https://tinyurl.com/2xymdfwz
 
“It’s very different to here – like most races in Australia there’s a small handful of girls that you’re racing against compared to over there.”
 
“Pretty much all of those races besides one that I’ve done this year, you’re still mixing with the men, which is a huge learning curve because it impacts the race a lot. So just learning where to be and how to play the race so it works in your favour.”
 
“Also nutrition wise, racing for seven hours is completely different to racing for four hours and you can’t afford to not fuel properly. That’s one thing I’ve learnt this year – how much you have to eat!”
 
While back in WA, Cassia will take on Boekeman Machinery | Case IH Bike it to Ballidu Gravel 2024 on 21 September.
 
Pics in this video by Katie Sox, Jacqui Richards, Alex Roszko and Patrick Boere Photography

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Tim Roach

Elected Director | Off Road

Tim has been in senior leadership and strategic development roles for more than twenty years. He is currently Director of Executive Education in the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University and is a past Assistant Commissioner and General Manager in the public service. He is an Accountant (FCPA) and sits on the Divisional Council of CPA Australia.

Tim has been involved in racing mountain bikes, BMX and triathlon for many years, both as a father of two children who race and as a past and current bike racer. Tim is the current over-50 State Champion in downhill mountain biking. He is also a very regular and enthusiastic transport cyclist; frequently seen in a suit and tie riding to meetings in the city on a mountain bike.

Denise Sullivan

Chair | Governance & Risk Committee

Denise Sullivan has a career spanning over twenty years in senior management and executive roles in the state public and not-for-profit health sectors.

In her usual role of Director Chronic Disease Prevention with the Western Australian Department of Health, she leads the development of state chronic disease and injury prevention policy and planning frameworks and contributes to the shaping of the national preventive health policy agenda.

Her professional interests cover many aspects of chronic disease and injury prevention encompassing health communications, health promotion and research, public policy on health and workforce planning and development.

She has a particular interest in furthering collaborations with other sectors with a mutual interest in promoting a more active and healthier WA community, and creating and sustaining environments that support this. Denise is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and the Leadership WA Signature Program, and an Associate Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and the Australian College of Health Service Managers.

Denise is a recreational cyclist and recent convert to mountain biking (although trainer wheels still on!).