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Eighteen of the world’s leading teams, including home fan favourites INEOS Grenadiers, will compete in this year’s Tour of Britain. They will be one of five UCI WorldTeams who will take the start in the 18th edition of the UK’s most prestigious race, which begins in Aberdeen on Sunday 4 September and culminates with what promises to be …
There have been quite a few British riders in the Tour de France over the years. The most recent debutantes are Tao Geoghegan Hart, Mark Donovan and Fred Wright. They became the 70th, 71st and 72nd different British riders to start the Tour de France in 2021. The first British riders to take part, were …
Stage 6 of the 2022 Women’s Tour was expected to be a sprint and that’s what we got. Lorena Wiebes took the expected victory but the excitement of the day came from the battle for the general classification. Starting the day on the same time, Grace Brown was ahead of Elisa Longo Borghini on positions …
The summit of Black Mountain saw the finish line of the queen stage of this year’s Women’s Tour. Elisa Longo Borghini won the stage, timing her sprint into the wind perfectly. For the second day in a row, Kasia Niewiadoma was the runner-up and whilst she outsprinted Longo Borghini yesterday in Welshpool, she couldn’t do …
Elisa Longo Borghini wins the Queen Stage of the 2022 Women’s Tour Read More »
After a wet day in wales, FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope’s Grace Brown took the win and the overall race lead in Welshpool. Brown beat Kasia Niewiadoma and Elisa Longo Borghini to claim the stage. She’d initiated the move with the original breakaway beginning to splinter over the climbs late in the stage. 5km from the end …
Stage 4 of the Women’s Tour saw the peloton spend almost the entire day in Wales. Starting in Wrexham, where it was raining, the peloton drifted south to Welshpool, where it was also raining. In the meantime, the peloton had an attacking day with Teuntje Beekhuis kicking things off early doors before it was shut …
Despite the undulating terrain today, Lorena Wiebes was still able to come through and take the win again. The weather packed its own surprise too. After a day of mostly sunshine, a huge rain shower drenched the riders in the last 15km. Rijenna Markus (Team Jumbo – Visma) was the first to attack and her …
Lorena Wiebes takes back to back wins in Gloucester Read More »
A first Gloucestershire stage for the Women’s Tour saw riders leave Tewkesbury and head into the Forest of Dean before returning to the county town of Gloucester. The rolling climbs in the middle of the stage did their job as the riders repeatedly attacked and caused splits. A group of 17 riders went clear but …
After yesterday’s mishap, the pre-stage favourite Lorena Wiebes flew to a sprint victory today in Harlow. Wiebes won back-to-back stages of last year’s race and will have an opportunity to repeat that again tomorrow on Stage 3. Team DSM launched a successful lead-out that gave Wiebes the perfect positioning ahead of all of her rivals. …
Lorena Wiebes sprints to victory in Harlow on Stage Two Read More »
After coming super close in last year’s Women’s Tour Frenchwoman Clara Copponi claimed the first victory of her road racing career. She sprinted to the win on the opening stage of the Women’s Tour in Bury St Edmunds today. The FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope rider pipped Italian duo Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ) and Elena Cecchini …
Clara Copponi wins Women’s Tour opener in Bury St Edmunds Read More »