Guess who is back racing with the team?! After winning the 2019 CANYON//SRAM Zwift Academy, Jess Pratt earned herself a one year contract with our team. Just ten days later Pratt was flying the colours of our Women’s WorldTeam at the Australian national championships, finishing eleventh in the women’s road race. The fast start didn’t …
The sixth edition of Strade Bianche was raced in scorching heat yesterday in Siena, Italy. The race was won by Annemiek van Vleuten (MTS), with Omer Shapira the best placed rider for CANYON//SRAM Racing in nineteenth. Shapira’s teammates Elena Cecchini and Kasia Niewiadoma were forced to abandon the race after suffering in the heat. While the women’s peloton was …
Ella Harris unfortunately won’t start the UCI Women’s WorldTour Strade Bianche race today after she crashed in a training ride yesterday. Ella crashed when the team did a recon of the final 40km of Strade Bianche, suffering a broken femur and was transported to hospital by ambulance. The medical team are assessing her fracture and …
Tanja Erath won the sprint classification today in the one-day race, Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria in Spain. The CANYON//SRAM Racing rider secured the classification after the fourth of five intermediate sprints at the mid-point of the race. “Our team plan was to save our climbers in the fast local laps and position them well going into …
Elena Cecchini was our best-placed rider in today’s Clásica Féminas de Navarra raced in Pamplona, Spain. The constant short steep climbs were raced aggressively, and it was the mid-race attack of Elisa Longo-Borghini (TFS), later followed by Annemiek van Vleuten (MTS) that would create the opportunity for the duo to stay clear and cross …
We had a successful return to racing today when Ella Harris won the under 23 classification at Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa in Lekunberri, Spain. The New Zealander finished seventh on a tough race that marked the team’s return to road racing. The hilly race was won solo by Annemiek van Vleuten (MTS). “It was a straight-forward …
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The third of our three one-day races in Spain this week will be the 113km Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria on Sunday 26 July. Our roster will be Alena Amialiusik, Tanja Erath, Ella Harris, Hannah Ludwig, Lisa Klein and Omer Shapira. Tanja takes confidence from her recent Zwift racing and training achievements into the season restart. “Form …
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On Friday 24 July, we will race the Clásica Féminas de Navarra in Spain. The course is consistently up and down, with more than 1500m elevation gained throughout the 122km that starts and finishes in Pamplona. Hannah Barnes and Elena Cecchini will line up again for us, alongside teammates Tanja Erath, Rotem Gafinovitz, Lisa Klein …
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The road season officially restarts for us this week with three one-day races in Spain. We will have our first road race since March, at the Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa on Thursday 23 July. The team led by Alena Amialiusik, will consist of Hannah Barnes, Elena Cecchini, Ella Harris, Hannah Ludwig and Omer Shapira. “I am …
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We finished the inaugural Virtual Tour de France today by winning the white jersey for the youth classification. Fans were treated to a fast-paced circuit finale for the three-weekend tour, held on a brand new Champs-Élysées course on Zwift. Alice Barnes was our best placed rider in the bunch sprint, placing sixth. “The race went …