The Team

The LadiesFirst Racing Elite Team

Elle Anderson

Racing Age: 23

Residence: Lebanon, NH

Profession: Support at Strava. com

Road Category: 3

Mountain Category: 4

Cyclocross Category: 3

Elle grew up in Stowe, VT as a competitive alpine ski racer and transitioned to cycling 3 years ago. A few too many knee injuries in the ski racing  sport made cycling a smart next move. Graduating from Dartmouth College ( June ’11), she has raced the collegiate circuit as well as the summer road season with a bit of ‘cross thrown in. Her favorite races have been some of the tougher, hilly races like the Green Mountain Stage Race and Killington Stage Race. ‘Cross is definitely a favorite, and Elle is exited to make it a focus this season. Elle recently graduated from Dartmouth with a degree in geology and works at a cycling company Strava.com which is an online GPS social training log. Elle is new to the team this year, and very excited to be a part of Ladies First!

Crystal Anthony

Racing Age: 31
Residence: Beverly, MA
Profession: 7th grade Spanish and French teacher
Road Category: 2
Cyclocross Category: 2

Crystal Anthony can be found snowshoe hiking in the Whites, timetrialing in Concord and Hamilton, tackling 4,000 foot climbs (anddescents) in Oregon, or running marathons in Texas. However,despite liking to mix it up, she always smiles at the first cool breezesof fall because it means cyclocross season is starting! Her passionfor the sport is corroborated by the fact that she even races crits androad races on her trusty cross bike. Coming from a background as anelite marathon runner, she made the transition to long course triathlonin 2009 and more recently to road cycling. Some of Crystal’s cyclingaccomplishments include setting a new women’s course record by 5minutes in the Crank the Kanc TT, finished 2nd overall at BenningtonRace Weekend and Tokeneke Road Race, placing 3rd at the Newton’sRevenge Mt. Washington hill climb, holding the 2nd fastest times onthe Charlie Baker and ECV time trials, and surviving both TT Nationalsand the Cascade Cycling Classic. In her debut season as a triathlete,she won the overall amateur title at her first 70.3 race at Lake Stevensin Washington state, won the Pumpkinman Half Ironman Triathlon,and finished 20th overall, including professionals, at the Foster GrantIronman World Championship 70.3. In 2008, she ran a marathonPR of 2:47:16 at the Chevron Houston Marathon. In addition totraining and racing, Crystal maintains a full time job as a 7th gradeSpanish and French teacher. If she blends into a cross race now thatLadiesFirst has supplied her with a kit to replace her old orange jersey,she can be spotted as the one bringing raw “Milky Way” bars, quinoaand chard salad, or some other culinary experiment for brave partiesto try out.

Ann D’Ambruoso

Racing Age: 31

Residence: Waltham, MA

Profession: Biotech Engineer at Metabolix, Inc

Road category: 2

Cyclocross category: 1

Ann is in her 9th year of competitive cycling, after 10 years of racing 800m in track and field.  She started racing collegiate mountain bikes and fell in love with the speed and challenging courses. She explored road and track racing during grad school in Minnesota with the University’s club team. Upon moving to Boston to begin work at Metabolix, she spent two years as a member of Terry Precision Cycling elite women’s team (2007-08). In 2009  she entered the exciting world of cyclocross and finished 18th at Nationals at her debut season. In her with 2010 LadiesFirst Ann had several podium finishes in UCI races and ended the season with 19th place finish at cyclocross Nationals.  Ann is looking forward to challenging the top women in the country  in 2011.

Nancy Labbé-Giguère

Nancy grew up in Quebec enjoying winter activities and dreaming of being a skier. After moving to Boston in 2007, the short winter of the South convinced her to try cycling; and she bought her first real road bike the following summer. With the encouragement of the QuadCycles club members and coworkers, she started racing road and cyclocross in the fall of 2008. In the fall 2010, Nancy had the desire to improve her racing skills and joined the Ladies First development team. The decision was the right one and she had a successful season finishing 2nd overall in the Verge New England cyclocross women’s 3-4 series, with several podium finishes. She has now joined the elite team and is looking forward to racing elite cyclocross and road racing.

Andrea Smith

Racing Age: 33
Residence: Somerville, MA
Profession: Bike Mechanic at Ride.Studio.Cafe
Road Cat: 2
Cross Cat: 1

Andrea J. Smith left the budding metropolis of Colstrip, MT to sew her oats in Boston, MA.  Arriving a year late to miss out on the “title town” festivities, it’s no wonder she still pulls for the Miami Dolphins!?  Much like Dan Marino himself, Andrea is a multi-talented athlete, regularly participating in road, cross, and mountain bike races, Isotoner hasn’t called yet, but surely they’ll be knocking on her door if she continues to excel.  Andrea raced cross country and track at the University of Montana but quickly found a love for mountain biking in the surrounding hills of Missoula.  She dabbled a little in lacrosse and in the women’s boxing scene becoming the two-time Tough Woman of Montana champion.  Andrea joined the Minuteman Road Club in 2008 as a Cat 3/4 and moved up to the Elite ranks in 2009 where she placed 6th at the US Cyclocross Nationals.  She is looking forward to joining her LadiesFirst Racing teammates for the 2010 season.

Christina Tamilio

Racing Age: 29
Residence: Newton, MA
Profession: Physical Therapist at Marathon Physical Therapy
Road Category: 2
Cyclocross Category: 2

Christina started riding in 2004 after being unable to return to racing on the UMass Crew team due to an elbow fracture. In 2007, she returned to racing; on a bike, rather than in a boat. She raced cyclocross during the Fall seasons of 2007-2009 with Landry’s Bicycles and Minuteman Road Club, working her way from a Cat. 4 to a Cat. 2. This is Christina’s third season with the LadiesFirst Elite team.

The LadiesFirst Racing Developmental Team

Devon Fitzgerald

Anna Milton

Millie Milton

Allison Snooks

Rebecca Wolski

Coach / Manager Larry Felton