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Dame Sarah Storey, Britain’s greatest ever Paralympian, took time out during a visit to the men’s Tour of Britain with her ŠKODA Academy riders earlier in the month to provide an update on her recovery from serious injury and confirm her goals for the future which includes competing in the able-bodied World Cycling Championships in …
One of the most open secrets of this year’s transfer season was the move of Chiara Consonni to UAE Team ADQ. Just like her former Valcar teammates Eleonara Gasparrini and Silvia Persico, she will help form a nucleus of riders moving across to the Italian WWT team. Consonni has taken 5 victories this year – …
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Dutch rider Nicole Steigenga will be riding for the AG Insurance-NXTG team as they look to qualify for the Women’s WorldTour from 2024. Steigenga has had a career year doing everything but win in 2022. Her attacking style of racing has won her many fans and she hasn’t been far away at all. At Leidal …
After the announcement that Silvia Persico is due to sign for UAE Team ADQ, today we learned that Valcar teammate Eleonora Gasparrini will be joining her as well. Gasparrini is still only 20 years old but has got some strong results this season individually and as part of the lead-out for Chiara Consonni. Joining Valcar …
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The women’s Giro dell’Emilia is starting to get itself a solid list of winners in its relatively short lifetime. In the previous 8 editions, it has been won almost exclusively by the best puncheurs in the women’s peloton. The course is kinda like Fleche Wallonne in that it finishes at the top of a very steep, solid climb. But it also takes place in Italy at the start of the Autumn and has absolutely no proceeding climbs to worry about.
Multum Accountants has announced on Facebook that it will close at the end of the 2022 season. The team originally planned to not renew its UCI Continental team licence and run as a ‘club team’ in 2023. This potentially would have an impact on the races that it could take part in, for instance, it …
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It was known for some time that Silvia Persico was transferring to a Women’s WorldTour team from 2023. After a breakout season that has seen the Italian take 2 World Championship bronzes in cyclocross and road, a maiden UCI win followed by a maiden Women’s WorldTour win. With the upheavals promised at Valcar-Travel & Service …
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Annemiek van Vleuten took her 2nd World Championship road race victory in Wollongong with an impressive last-ditch effort that caught the other riders unaware. Attacking in the final 700 metres with the race heading for a sprint, Van Vleuten wasn’t picked up by the other riders and was able to give everything she had to …
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The new women’s World Champion, Annemiek van Vleuten was on the receiving end of a pair of fines shortly after her win in Wollongong. The Dutch star took the win with an impressive final attack that caught out riders waiting for the ideal time to sprint. With her fractured elbow wrapped up, Van Vleuten managed …
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Zoe Backstedt confirmed her favourite status by winning the Junior road race world title. Already a world champion this week with a huge ride in the individual time trial, Backstedt doubled up with yet another world champion jersey in the road race this morning. It was also another doubling up for Backstedt, with the Brit …
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