The Giro Rosa started on Friday with a team time trial (16.8 kilometres) in Grosseto. CCC-Liv did not get any further than seventh place (20.47.00). The six riders gave in more than 40 seconds to the winning squad, Trek-Segafredo. “Considering the flat course, a few sharp bends and roundabouts, the team time trial was not …
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The third stage (142.2 kilometres) in the Giro Rosa was mostly relatively quiet. But the vicious final climb in Assisi offered more than enough spectacle. CCC-Liv cleverly piloted Marianne Vos to the foot of the 900-meter-long climb. She finished it off strongly. Vos also gets to wear the mountain jersey. CCC-Liv stays in the lead of …
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CCC-Liv is left with mixed feelings following the seventh stage of the Giro Rosa. The orange squad was once more dominant in the final phase and prepared the sprint for Marianne Vos again to perfection. Our three-time stage winner in this race, however, fell in the last 1.5 kilometre. The seventh stage to Maddaloni was …
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Pauliena Rooijakkers can look back at a successful eighth stage (91.5 kilometres) in the Giro Rosa. She was on the attack for a long time and eventually finished in seventh place. Sofia Bertizzolo finished tenth, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio twelfth. With one day to go, CCC-Liv leads the team classification and Marianne Vos has the points jersey …
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CCC-Liv has decided not to start in the Strade Bianche on Saturday in light of the circulating corona virus. Team manager Eric van den Boom: “We have been monitoring the situation in recent days. In addition, we have always been in contact with our medical staff. We had taken preventive measures and established protocols on …
Marianne Vos starts her cyclo-cross season next Saturday (7 December) in the Brico Cross in Essen (Belgium). She will focus more on cyclo-cross after CCC-Liv’s training camp (9-19 December). Marianne: “I chose to take a break after the end of the road season and to take the time to work towards cyclo-cross, resulting in a …
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio has recaptured her South African time trial title on Thursday. She clocked off at 28 minutes and 24 seconds on the 20-kilometer course in Swadini Forever Resort, nearly a minute faster than the number two, Carla Oberholzer. Moolman-Pasio: “The plan was to have a quick start, because the road went slightly uphill there. …
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CCC-Liv had to settle for a fourteenth place with Jeanne Korevaar in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday. She raced attentively at the front all day, but came slightly too short when the pace on the Muur van Geraardsbergen increased. Annemiek van Vleuten won the traditional opener of the Flemish cycling season. Sports director Jeroen …
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio has provided another success to CCC-Liv. After winning the South African time trial championship, she also won the national road title on Saturday. “I am really happy with this victory. It is great that, when the season starts, I will be able to show the South African colours both in the time trial …
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CCC-Liv opens its road season next Saturday in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The Italian riders Sofia Bertizzolo and Soraya Paladin make their first appearance for CCC-Liv in competition. In addition to them, sports director Jeroen Blijlevens chooses Jeanne Korevaar, Riejanne Markus, Evy Kuijpers and Valerie Demey. “Everyone is excited to be finally back on the …