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The Tour of Flanders, also known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen, is one of the most prestigious one-day professional cycling races in the world. The men’s race has been held annually since 1913, while the women’s race was first introduced in 2004. The course of the Tour of Flanders is renowned for its challenging terrain, …
The most important climbs of the Women’s Tour of Flanders Read More »
The leading British women’s race, the Women’s Tour, will take a one-year hiatus for 2023. The race was struggling to achieve the required sponsorship and began a crowdfunding process to cover the shortfall. A lack of title sponsors and stage sponsors meant that up to £500k of sponsorship value was still up for grab just …
Today the teams for the 2023 RideLondon Classique have been confirmed with 10 of the 15 Women’s WorldTour teams attending. Last year’s GC winning team, Team DSM will return, albeit without last year’s winner Lorena Wiebes who has moved to SD Worx. 2015 winner Barbara Guarischi is also now part of SD Worx. The Dutch …
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Dutch rider Amber van der Hulst has announced that she will require a second surgery on her femoral artery. It’s the same issue that saw Van der Hulst struggle in 2022, when she hoped that surgery would fix the issues. This second surgery is scheduled for 6 weeks time and will help fix a pinch …
Setback for Amber van der Hulst, Dutch rider requires more surgery Read More »
The 2023 edition of Dwars Door Vlaanderen saw an exciting, attacking race that ultimately got decided on the berg in Nokere that isn’t the Nokereberg! Demi Vollering launched a fierce attack that Marianne Vos but was unable to quite hang onto and the Dutch rider was able to ride away for a solo victory in …
Attacking race sees Vollering take a solo win in Dwars Door Vlaanderen Read More »
A Women’s Tour of Flanders goes back to 2004, where the race immediately joined the top-level Road World Cup. From there, it’s pretty much been a who’s who of women’s cycling on the winner’s list. World champions, grand tour winners and more, every name is heavily linked to women’s cycling with no surprises like say Jacky Durand on the men’s list.
SD Worx’s Marlen Reusser took her first major classics victory at this year’s Gent Wevelgem Women in storming fashion. Attacking at the summit of the Baneberg, Reusser simply wasn’t seen again as she pulled out a gap and the chasing bunch never sorted out a coherent chase. The Swiss rider took advantage with 40km to …
Marlen Reusser’s 40km solo break sees her win 2023 Gent Wevelgem Read More »
The Belgian rider for Fenix-Deceuninck Julie de Wilde has confirmed via social media that she will miss the rest of the 2023 spring classics period. She had already scored top-10 finishes at this year’s Omloop van het Hageland and Nokere Koerse (7th at both) and was just outside of the top-10 at Ronde van Drenthe …
Julie de Wilde to miss the rest of the 2023 Spring Classics Read More »
A women’s Dwars Door Vlaanderen has been going for a solid decade at this point. First run back in 2012 at national level, it took 5 editions before it joined the UCI ranks. That didn’t stop it from having big names race it in that period though. The early winners board is dominated by Amy Pieters with her 3 wins in a row from 2014-2016.
After a turbulent 2022 race that almost saw the RideLondon Classique removed from the Women’s WorldTour for not showing 3 days of live coverage, the race is back in 2023. Once again it promises to be 3 stages long and those TV issues are sorted. Focused on Essex for the opening pair of stages, the …