Riders, officials gather in Germany to commemorate Amy Gillett

Tuesday will be one year since the tragic accident in Germany that took the life one of Australia's leading cyclists, Amy Gillett, and hospitalized her five Australian Institute of Sport teammates - Alexis Rhodes, Louise Yaxley, Lorian Graham, Katie Brown and Kate Nicholls - with life-threatening injuries.

On July 18, 2005, the team of six riders was hit by an out-of-control car while on a training ride the day before the start of the Thuringen Rhundfhart, Germany's biggest stage race for female cyclists. The tragedy was a huge shock to the global cycling community, and of the five survivors, only Alexis Rhodes and Kate Nichols have returned to competitive cycling.

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