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The former world champion Elisa Balsamo has agreed to extend her contract with Trek Segafredo for a further 2 years. That means the Italian is now contracted to her existing team until the end of the 2026 season. Balsamo joined Trek Segafredo from Valcar shortly after winning her world championships in Flanders in 2021. That …
Elisa Balsamo extends for 2 more years at Trek Segafredo Read More »
The last day of the UAE Tour Women saw the final sprint showdown of the race and it was won by Charlotte Kool ahead of Chiara Consonni and Lorena Wiebes. Finishing on the Abu Dhabi Breakwater, Kool negotiated the pack perfectly to hit the front at the right time and power past her former leader …
Setmana Ciclista Valenciana has turned into a proper early-season test for the GC stars of women’s cycling. The race has developed over the years too as more attention has been placed on it. Originally a 2.2 that Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig won in 2017, Hannah Barnes won the 2nd edition in 2018.
New Conti team Cynisca Cycling didn’t have long to wait this season before taking their first win. The American registered team managed to go clear through their Canadian rider Emilie Fortin late on. A tough race into headwinds saw the peloton go much slower than the scheduled time and the racing didn’t really kick off …
Emilie Fortin takes Cynisca Cycling’s first win at the Clasica de Almeria Read More »
Trek Segafredo and Elisa Longo Borghini stamped their authority on the UAE Tour Women with a commanding display on Jebel Hafeet. The rest of the peloton had no answer to the climbing of new signing Gaia Realini nor the experienced pro of Elisa Longo Borghini. The duo rode away from all their rivals and engineered …
It didn’t take long for Lorena Wiebes to taste victory again. After suffering her first bunch sprint loss since De Panne last season, where a broken spoke meant her wheel rubbed on her frame. The stage kicked off almost instantly with crosswinds across the desert leaving riders exposed as Trek Segafredo upped the pace. A …
Action-packed Stage 2 of UAE Tour Women sees Wiebes win the sprint finish Read More »
The 2023 edition of Amstel Gold Race is due to take place on 16th April and is set to be tougher than ever before for the women’s race. Announced by the race organisation today, the women’s course will be 30km longer than previous editions. The race returned to the women’s calendar in 2017 after a …
Women’s Amstel Gold Race lengthened by 30km and made tougher Read More »
The UAE Tour Women kicked off today with a relatively steady flat stage that was always expected to come down to a sprint finish. The early-season nervousness saw a good number of crashes as wind and wide roads combined to create a twitchy peloton. A couple of times echelons were threatening to split up the …
Charlotte Kool sprints past former-leader Wiebes in Stage 1 UAE Tour Women finish Read More »
With the women’s cycling season kicking off in Australia before heading to Spain and the UAE, we’re yet to see Ellen van Dijk. The Trek-Segafredo rider will rectify that by coming back to the peloton at Omloop het Nieuwsblad at the end of February. It will be the first road race of the calendar for …
Ellen van Dijk begins 2023 season at Omloop het Nieuwsblad Read More »
There isn’t much of a history of the Clasica de Almeria, mainly because it hasn’t been held before! There isn’t even a note of a national level race that this year’s event has risen up from. There is a men’s Clasica de Almeria and it’s no doubt come about as a result of the success of that race. Unlike the Vuelta CV Feminas which packed a serious punch