A Canberra based business

located in the Belconnen region servicing cyclists of the ACT and surrounding areas

Owned by Vicki Whitelaw
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Vicki Whitelaw has over 20 years’ experience as an Exercise Physiologist, Soft Tissue Therapist and Pilates instructor. She has worked with elite sportspeople including the Australian rowing, swimming and basketball teams and provided soft tissue services to the Australian Rowing team at the 2004 Athens Games.

Vicki holds a Level 2 cycle coaching qualification and spent time as an Associate Cycling Coach with the ACT Academy of Sport, particularly focused on talent identification.

Rounding out her experience, Vicki has also been an elite athlete, holding an AIS cycling scholarship in 2008 and then riding as a professional cyclist for the Vision 1 and Lotto Belisol teams in 2009-2011.  Her strengths lie in time trialling and spring classic style racing.  She represented Australia at four consecutive UCI Road World Championships in both the Road Race and Time Trial disciplines as well as the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.

Vicki’s interest in bike fitting was first sparked by the bike fits and aerodynamic wind tunnel testing that she experienced as a professional athlete and her first hand experience of how important a good fit is to achieving performance and comfort on the bike.  Her qualifications and experience in Exercise Physiology and cycle coaching provide Vicki with an insight into the science of bike fitting just as her qualifications and experience in Soft Tissue Therapy means Vicki can assess and address injuries caused by a poor bicycle fit.

Vicki also has qualifications specific to bike fitting, holding a bike fitting certification from F.I.S.T, the Fit Institute, SlowTwitch, which is run by Dan Empfield, the Publisher of Slowtwitch.com.

At Winning Position, Vicki aims to prescribe comfortable, injury free cycling positions that maximise performance. It is a process that involves addressing an individual’s biomechanics, the bike and the interaction between the two. For further details about what a Winning Position fit involves see here.

  • Vicki WhitelawBachelor of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Sydney
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Soft Tissue Therapy, Australian Institute of Sport
  • Diploma of Remedial Massage
  • Fit Institute Slow Twitch (F.I.S.T) Certification
  • Level 2 Cycling Coach, Cycling Australia
  • Polestar Pilates Instructor Qualification
  • Vicki stretchingSoft Tissue Therapist for the Australian Olympic Rowing Team, Athens 2004
  • AIS Post Graduate Scholar in Soft Tissue Therapy, 2002
  • AIS Cycling Scholarship holder, 2008
  • Professional cyclist, Vision 1 2009
  • Professional cyclist, Lotto Belisol 2010-2011
  • ACT Academy of Sport (ACTAS) Network Cycling Coach 2015-2017
  • Soft Tissue Therapist/Exercise Physiologist, Clinic 88 2004 – 2019
  • Soft Tissue Therapist/Exercise Physiologist, Myogen 2019 – 2021
  • Soft Tissue Therapist/Exercise Physiologist, Back in Balance 2022 – Present
  • Owner, Winning Position 2018 – Present

2010
1st: Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l’Ardèche (UCI 2.2)
1st: Stage 3 ITT, Trophée d’Or Féminin (UCI 2.2)
Vicki in Lotto kit2nd: Memorial Davide Fardelli ITT (UCI 1.2)
2nd: Stage 1, Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l’Ardèche (UCI 2.2)

2009
1st: Sprint Classification, Tour de l’Aude Cycliste Feminin (UCI 2.1)
1st: Zottegem-Erwetegem (Provinciaal Kampioenschap Oost-Vlaanderen)
2nd: Bochum Criterium
3rd: Oceania Time Trial Championships (UCI CC)
3rd: Memorial Davide Fardelli (UCI 1.2)

2008
1st: Stage 5, Giro d’Italia Femminile (UCI 2.1)
1st: Stage 6, Tour de l’Aude (UCI 2.2)
2nd: Memorial Davide Fardelli (UCI 1.2)
3rd: Australian Track Championships – 3000m Individual Pursuit (UCI CN)
3rd: GP Rund um Visp
Cycling Australia Elite Female Road Cyclist of the Year

With a mission

to provide a comprehensive bike fitting and injury management service to all cyclists, whether they are looking to beat the world, ride around the block in comfort or anything in between.