The Trofeo Alfredo Binda is one of the longest-running women’s pro races, first run in 1974. The winner’s list includes plenty of big names like Fabiana Luperini, Nicole Cooke and Emma Johansson. After all the debate about whether Strade Bianche was a monument, this race would be firmly on the hypothetical list of women’s monuments. …
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Strade Bianche will be the first Women’s WorldTour race of the 2021 season. After 2020’s rescheduled race was held in the scorching heat, this year’s race is a return to normal. The current forecast is for an acceptable 11 degrees but also with some rain and showers about during the race. We’ve had a wet …
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New recruit Mikayla Harvey talked with the team about spending her pre-season in Europe instead of at home in New Zealand, and what building up to the season looks like for her. Read Mikayla’s answers below. When did you have your off season and how long was it? “My off season started in October. I …
We have signed New Zealand young rider Mikayla Harvey in a two-year contract. The winner of the Best Young Rider classification at this year’s Giro Rosa joins the announcement of contract extensions for another four of the team’s riders. Alena Amialiusik, Hannah Barnes, Hannah Ludwig and Omer Shapira will all continue racing with CANYON//SRAM for …
The women’s cycling transfer season is nearly all done and dusted. Almost all of the major teams have confirmed their 2021 rosters and some big names are changing team for 2021. A total of 3 World Champions are swapping jerseys and a solid mix of youthful talent and established stars are on the move too. …
Each year, a new crop of young women riders enter the pro peloton. With no U23 level for women’s cycling, those riders go straight from junior racing into senior racing with a sink or swim moment. Some are never able to progress, the jump being so great that if they don’t achieve great things early …
2020 has been a very peculiar season. The Spring Classics started and then stopped, followed by everything else in our lives. Once the racing resumed it was almost constant, with riders somehow having to keep form over the entire period to rescue something from 2020. For those in a contract season, reduced opportunities meant fewer …
The 2020 Women’s World Championship Road Race takes on in Imola on Saturday 26th September. The course set up for the riders sees them take on 5 laps of a 27.8km circuit. Each lap contains two stiff climbs, the Mazzolano and the Cima Gallisterna. The Mazzolano lasts 2.8km at an average of 5.9% – the …
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What is FTP cycling? FTP is the acronym for Functional Threshold Power. In theory this is the max power that you can sustain for an hour’s riding. Once you know this number, it’s then used to set your training zones and help you gauge your riding efforts. FTP can only be measured using a power …