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While the team awaits a Scandinavian race programme with first the Tour of Uppsala, then the World Tour team time trial and road in Vargarda end last the Tour of Scandinavia, two riders have a different programme. Jessica Roberts and Josie Nelson will be competing at the Commonwealth Games, which are organised in Birmingham. For …
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Team SD Worx had the stage well under control. Christine Majerus was part of the early breakaway, which was only caught in the local tour. In the peloton the team was well grouped together at the front. But at 22.5 kilometres from the finish the situation suddenly looked bleak when Lotte Kopecky, together with Lorena …
Marie Le Net elected combative of stage 6 of the Tour de France Women with Zwift Between Saint-Dié-des-Vosges and Rosheim, the Tour de France Women peloton travelled 129.2 kilometres punctuated by four identified difficulties. Yet far from her Breton lands, it was Marie Le Net who distinguished herself in the Bas-Rhin for FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroscope, in a …
The team always knew that stage 6 was going to be a day of attacks and relentless pace for setting up GC riders before heading into the mountains tomorrow. After a hugely impressive day on the front for the team yesterday, Franziska Koch got herself into a strong breakaway of fourteen riders that stayed away …
Team DSM overcome a tough 6th stage of Tour de France Femmes Read More »
The team had a goal today… Be part of the break-away group, and so they did. In the early beginning of the stage, Anya did get a chance and made a successful attack. She was joined by three other riders and they worked well to build a lead of more than three and a half minutes. She …
In the sprint that decided the sixth stage, Silvia closes in fifth place, keeping second place in the overall standings. The streak of placings of Valcar – Travel & Service at the Tour de France Femmes continues, with Silvia Persico who finished fifth in the sixth stage with arrival in Rosheim won by the yellow …
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WORDS: REBECCA BLAND IMAGES: ZAC WILLIAMS Stage six represented the likely last chance for breakaway success, or at least, success for those non-mountain goats in the peloton. The riders took in almost 50km less than yesterday, but with far more elevation – including four categorised climbs. An early breakaway did form, with 12 riders making …
On the final day before the real mountains show up Silke Smulders was in a breakaway that animated stage six of the Tour de France Femmes. The youngster of Liv Racing Xstra showed impressive riding in the front. The sixth stage was on paper suitable for the escapees with several hills on its way to …
Anna Henderson and thirteen other riders were part of a large breakaway group. Although the escapees never gained an advantage of more than two minutes, the peloton had to pull out all the stops to catch them. Henderson showed she had good legs and accelerated fifteen kilometres from the finish line. Two riders followed her, …
Vos sprints in yellow jersey to second stage win in Tour de France Femmes Read More »
Team BikeExchange-Jayco is pleased to confirm the contract renewal of Slovenian climber Urška Žigartthrough to 2024, as the 25-year-old commits to two more seasons, after finding her feet quickly, feeling ‘comfortable’ within the Australian squad. Žigart enjoyed her first professional victory with the team in May last year after an exceptional 60km solo breakaway during Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, …
Urška Žigart signs on for two more seasons with Team BikeExchange-Jayco Read More »