Samara Sheppard on her Grand Prix debut, Olympic disappointments, and Cape Epic podium

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Payson McElveen

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4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

New Zealand cyclist Samara Sheppard has found success in multiple disciplines, including cross country (she won a U23 World Cup in 2012 and is a multi-time New Zealand and Oceania champion), road (she nearly landed a contract with one of the most prominent WorldTour teams in 2019), and marathon (she’s placed 5th and 6th at the marathon world championships). This year, she’s taking on a new discipline — gravel. As one of the new riders in the Grand Prix, she wasted no time in showing that she ...

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0:00.0	I was the second best rider in New Zealand, and we had one Olympic spot,
0:04.4	and the number one rank got injured and couldn't compete.
0:10.8	And I didn't get selected.
0:15.2	They sent no one.
0:16.0	In the end, they sent a reserve rider to the Olympics for track instead of sending a female to the mountain bike race.
0:24.4	Wow.
0:25.1	Which was really disappointing at the time.
0:27.4	Not only for myself not getting to have the Olympic dream,
0:30.0	but more so for the country not to have a rider represented in that race
0:34.8	when they had a spot to fill.
0:37.7	It's showtime, everybody.
0:39.8	Showtime!
0:42.5	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:46.2	This is the world as it exists today.
0:51.1	Life moves pretty fast.
0:53.4	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:55.8	You could miss it.
0:59.1	Listen, we talk about practice.
1:02.2	Repeat on the dude's room.
1:03.9	Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:06.2	I see.
1:06.7	You think this has nothing to do with you.
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