The Tour de France Femmes 2023 route has been announced and plenty of riders were invited to the unveiling show in Paris. Many gave their reactions to the route, which seems to be universally popular. The inclusion of a major climb in the Col du Tourmalet and a time trial, which was missing from the …
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The route for the 2023 Tour de France Femmes has been announced, with a very different parcours to the rebooted 2022 version of the race. Starting in the Massif Central in Clermont-Ferrand, the race will loop back to the start after 124km. A late sting in the tail comes at the Cote de Durtol (1.7km …
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The South African Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio won the 2nd stage of the Tour de Romandie in impressive fashion. The SD Worx rider was able to ride away from Annemiek van Vleuten on the long climb to Thyon 2000. As a result, Moolman-Pasio took over the lead in the GC battle. The peloton took on 100.4km which …
Arlenis Sierra took her first Women’s WorldTour victory of the season on day one of the Tour de Romandie. An attacking stage saw Sierra the best sprinter left in the front group and she was able to kick past Liane Lippert and Demi Vollering in the sprint. As a result of her stage win, Sierra …
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This is the first-ever Women’s Tour de Romandie and unlike its compatriot, the Tour de Suisse, it’s not a reborn event after a long gap either. It has done well to enter the Women’s WorldTour in its first edition, normally a race has to earn its spot after at least one race. As an end of season race, it looks quite tasty.
The Women’s World Championships road race had been dominated by Dutch riders in recent years, with 4 in a row between 2017 and 2021. Elisa Balsamo broke that run last year in Flanders by being able to outsprint Marianne Vos to the line. Such is the Dutch dominance in women’s cycling
Aussie Grace Brown won the 3rd stage of the 2022 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta. The FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope rider beat Elise Chabbey in a head-to-head sprint for the finish line. Behind them, Elisa Balsamo was 3rd, leading the peloton home. Annemiek van Vleuten finished safely in the group and is still the leader in the general …
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The general classification was turned on its head on Stage 2 after the opening time trial. Annemiek van Vleuten attacks and went hard. That distanced everyone else in the peloton and she now leads the race by almost 2 minutes. A few riders were able to keep up initially but then as the Dutch star …
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An impressive, yet expected these days, ride from Annemiek van Vleuten saw the Dutch rider take the victory on Stage 2 and the lead in the general classification. She finished over 2 minutes ahead of her rivals after escaping on the penultimate major climb. On the 105.9 kilometres long queen stage of this year’s race, …
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The 2022 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta opened with a team time trial around 19.9 kilometres of Marina de Cudeyo, across the bay from Santander in northern Spain. Trek Segafredo were a pre-stage favourite and duly delivered by setting the quickest time. They were 6 seconds quicker than an impressive Team BikeExchange-Jayco, with FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope 5 …
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