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The RideLondon Classique has confirmed where each of its 3 stages in 2023 will start and finish. The race moved from being a one-day race in central London to a 3-day stage race for the first time last season, the first edition to be hosted since the pandemic. Whilst the racing went smoothly, RideLondon Classique …
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2023 sees the 9th edition of the Strade Bianche Women and each year has seen a big name in women’s cycling take the victory. Created in 2015 as a 1.1 race, the opening year was won by the American Megan Guarnier who was at the peak of her powers in 2015-2016. It joined the Women’s WorldTour in 2016
This year’s Le Samyn des Dames saw an Italian lockout on the podium with Marta Bastianelli taking the victory in a sprint-a-deux with Maria Giulia Confalonieri. Behind the lead pair, Vittoria Guazzini took the final podium spot ahead of Audrey Cordon-Ragot. The decisive move came on the final cobbled section of Belle Vue, with Bastianelli …
Marta Bastianelli wins Le Samyn des Dames ahead of fellow Italian Confalonieri Read More »
Lorena Wiebes gave SD Worx a perfect Opening Weekend with a sprint victory in the Omloop van het Hageland. The women’s peloton doesn’t get a Kuurne Brusselles Kuurne but this race has been on the calendar for many years in its stead. Taking place to the northeast of Brussels, Omloop van het Hageland has a …
Lorena Wiebes takes the win at Omloop van het Hageland Read More »
SD Worx’s Lotte Kopecky took a commanding victory at this year’s Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women, finishing solo like Dylan van Baarle in the men’s Omloop. Surprisingly, Belgium has never had a home winner at Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women, despite being run since 2006. Going clear on the early part of the Muur, Kopecky powered onto …
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Flanders Classics has announced that all of its 2023 races, which include Omloop het Nieuwsblad, Gent Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Scheldeprijs, Brabantse Pijl and the Tour of Flanders. It follows in the course of Nokere Koerse introducing equal prize money for its race last season, as well as Flanders Classics’ own Tour of Flanders. Flanders …
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This year’s Vuelta Femenina, formerly known as the Ceratizit Challenge and Madrid Challenge is having a revamp. Extra stages and a calendar move to May has seen the race potentially start to take on the mantle its men’s namesake commands. Arguably the weakest of the so-called grand tours of the women’s cycling calendar, the race …
Vuelta Femenina to start in Torrevieja, with final queen stage to Lagos de Covadonga Read More »
Le Samyn des Dames is the delayed third race of an elongated opening weekend. Whilst Omloop het Nieuwsblad and Omloop van het Hageland take place on Saturday and Sunday, we only have to wait until Tuesday for another big race. Relatively flat but with a couple of short steep climbs
Omloop van het Hageland is the second part of the Opening Weekend for the women’s peloton. With no Kuurne Brussels Kuurne, the long-running Omloop van het Hageland fills the gap nicely instead. More often than not the race comes down to a sprint, with the parcours just hard enough to drop any unsuspecting rider.
Fem van Empel has had a strong cyclocross season, winning the World Cup, the X2O Badkamers Trophy and the World Championships. Her signing in January for Jumbo-Visma from Pauwels Sauzen-Bingol always contained a chance of an increased road season than previous years. 2022 saw Van Empel contest the Thüringen Ladies Tour where the Dutch rider …
Fem van Empel to begin road season at Volta Limburg Classic Read More »