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Another day, another win for Marianne Vos. The Dutch rider was able to time her finish to perfection on an uphill that had been used in 2021 and 2018. Vos herself won in 2018 so knew the finish well, the peloton had got a sighter of it on previous laps of the finishing circuit. Despite …
The South African rider has postponed her retirement to spend at least one more year in the women’s peloton. Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio has been unveiled by AG-NXTG as joining her new Elite team in 2023. The 36-year-old has signed for a year and will leave the SD Worx team. She originally declared her intention to retire …
Team DSM continue to improve their roster with youth, a signing strategy they’ve pursued in the last few seasons. With Lorena Wiebes leaving the team for SD Worx, Team DSM will have a large role to fill next season. The Dutch outfit announced they have confirmed the signings of Eleonora Ciabocco, Maeve Plouffe and Eglantine …
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Death, taxes and Marianne Vos winning bike races! She took her second win in two days in Scandinavia, and it should have been her second win in Sweden within a week if not for the disqualification at Vårgårda. Another long day saw the riders take on 153km between Orust to Strömstad on the Swedish stage …
Second win in a row for Marianne Vos in Scandinavia Read More »
Marianne Vos has a strong history in the Ladies Tour of Norway, so it’s no surprise to see her be successful in the first stage of the Tour of Scandinavia. The race has grown from being just a Tour of Norway and includes stages in Sweden and the first one of the race in Denmark. …
Marianne Vos wins first stage of the Tour of Scandinavia Read More »
Zoe Bäckstedt has confirmed her signature with EF Education-TIBCO-SVB, confirming her link to the team where she was a stagiaire. The last-year Junior rider is already very well known with junior world titles on the road and cyclocross already on her palmares. The young sister of Trek Segafredo rider Elynor Bäckstedt looks on course for …
Zoe Bäckstedt signs with EF Education-TIBCO-SVB ahead of schedule Read More »
SD Worx has pulled a surprise heading into the Tour of Scandinavia, which starts Tuesday 9th August 2022. Marlen Reusser was originally down as riding for the Dutch team but a late change saw another Swiss rider take her place. Sina Frei, known mainly as a mountain biker will race instead. She has participated in …
MTB rider Sina Frei included in SD Worx selection for Tour of Scandinavia Read More »
This year’s Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden saw a controversial ending. Marianne Vos looked to have won the race, she certainly crossed the line first with her arms in the arm, but 20 minutes later we had a new winner. The Dutch star was confirmed as being disqualified and so Audrey Cordon-Ragot was declared the winner instead. …
Marianne Vos disqualified, Audrey Cordon-Ragot wins Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden Read More »
In a welcome return to the Women’s WorldTour calendar, the Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden TTT is a rare team time trial that’s a stand-alone event. It’s a sort of warm-up for the road race tomorrow and used to be a great practice in the discipline when the team time trial was a trade team event at …
Trek-Segafredo beat SD Worx in Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden TTT Read More »
The Tour of Scandinavia has morphed from the Ladies Tour of Norway for 2022 after a successful run between 2014 and 2021. Originally hoped to incorporate the Vargarda races in Sweden, the organisers there eventually opted to remain separate.