WORDS: REBECCA BLAND IMAGES: ARNE MILL Eight days, 1,029km, and history made in the process. The 2022 Tour de France Femmes finished on stage eight, atop La Super Planche des Belles Filles, completing a challenging but varied parcours throughout the past eight days. The crowds throughout the Tour have been incredible, demonstrating that there is …
Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten won the Tour de France Femmes for the first time, in the first opportunity for her career. She took the final two stages in style, include the final finish on the summit of La Super Planche des Belles Filles. The 39-year-old took the stage by 30 seconds from her Dutch …
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The final stage from Lure to La Super Planche des Belles Filles took the riders over three categorised climbs. Shortly after the top of the first climb, Markus and twelve other riders managed to break away. The group took a two-minute lead, but the group of favourites reeled them in on the Super Planche. Markus …
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The final day of racing at the Tour de France Femmes saw the peloton head to the climbs once more and a summit finish atop La Super Planche des Belles Filles, which would provide a challenging and stern test; and a final GC battle. It was a fast start to the stage with a really …
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Shirin van Anrooij wins Best Young Rider and Elisa Longo Borghini finishes 6th in the overall classification of an historic first edition of Tour de France Femmes The future is now for Shirin van Anrooij. The 20-year-old leader of the UCI Women’s WorldTour youth ranking just clinched the Best Young Rider of the inaugural Tour …
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With finish on La Super Planche des Belles Filles the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes came to an end Sunday afternoon. Liv Racing Xstra looks back with pride and satisfaction. The eight and final stage started with a high tempo. A lot of riders were in trouble, but just before the intermediate …
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The last stage of the Tour consecrates the talent of Silvia Persico, who crosses the finish line of La Super Planche des Belles Filles in third position and climbs to fifth place in the overall. The last stage of the Tour de France Femmes consecrates the talent of Silvia Persico, with the Bergamo-born crossing the …
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Eighth ‘Grande Boucle’ for the ‘blue’ structure The Telefónica squad -17 Grand Tours in stages- became the first organisation to win the six main grand tours in the men’s and women’s categories with the brilliant role of ‘Miek’, who destroyed the race on Saturday with 80 km to go and confirmed this Sunday his final …
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Kasia Niewiadoma secured an impressive third place overall as the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift came to a close today at La Super Planche des Belles Filles. The CANYON//SRAM Racing rider rode into third overall after an exciting second stage and could keep her place on the GC podium after more than a week of racing …
Although the peloton is visible on your TV screens day-in-day-out throughout the summer, there is a whole network of staff at the race and back at HQ who help to keep the wheels turning. Long days and an unpredictable and ever-changing daily office, we wanted to take a deep dive into what exactly someone at …
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