Bike New Zealand recently announced Team TIBCO’s Rushlee Buchanan had been named to the New Zealand team for the Melbourne UCI Track World Cup, which took place yesterday in Melbourne, Australia. Buchanan had been selected for the Team Pursuit with fellow New Zealand teammates Penny Day and Lauren Ellis. Rushlee said of the race yesterday, “This was good progression for the team after only being on the track training as a Team Pursuit team for the last two weeks, of which have been in Australia, where training was in between racing.” The team now looks to the upcoming UCI Track World Cup in Beijing, China, site of the Olympic Games earlier this year. Rushlee anticipates continued performance gains for the team in the coming races: “From now it is to a Camp in Invercargill in New Zealand, where we will look to develop a lot more and aim for the next World Cup in Beijing.”