Lorena Wiebes emerged as the winner of the third stage of the Tour de France, outpacing Marianne Vos in a mass sprint. This came after Julie Van de Velde rode solo for over sixty kilometres, only to be caught a hundred metres shy of the finish line. On the third day of the women’s Tour …
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Last year’s rebooted Tour de France Femmes saw 6 British riders take part and in 2023’s edition that number has grown to 10 riders. 4 riders from 2022 are returning, Joss Lowden is away on maternity leave at the moment and her Uno-X teammate Hannah Barnes hasn’t been selected. That gives us 6 new riders …
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Charlotte Kool secured victory once more on the third day of the Baloise Ladies Tour. For this Team dsm-firmenich cyclist, it marks her third win in as many race days after wins yesterday and in the prologue. In the sprint, she outpaced Anna Henderson and Emma Norsgaard, who finished in second and third place, respectively. …
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The opening road stage of the 2023 Baloise Ladies Tour saw a bunch sprint won by Charlotte Kool after crashes broke up the peloton in the last 4km. Most of the stage up until then had been plain sailing. It took a long time for a break to gain time and when it did Aniek …
The 2023 Baloise Ladies Tour sees 6 stages over 5 days as we get a rare split stage. An opening prologue will introduce some time gaps and whilst there are hills on Stage 1 and 2, they shouldn’t be decisive in the overall general classification.
This year’s national championships block got properly underway today, with a whole host of time trials across Europe seeing new champions and old champions retain their titles. Estonia got underway yesterday, seeing AG Insurance-NXTG U23 rider Laura Lizette Sander take her maiden title. Today though, all of Great Britain, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Poland …
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio won the opening stage of the Tour des Pyrénées, outsprinting Anna Henderson and Loes Adegeest at the final in Lourdes. The race got underway with a 129km stage that didn’t feature the major climbing that will come tomorrow but still had enough in there to split up the peloton. There was also neutralisation …
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The CIC-Tour Féminin Pyrénées has a limited history with just the one edition in 2022. Krista Doebel-Hickok was the strongest rider over the 4 stages, taking the GC by 1’07” from Eri Yonamine and Ricarda Bauernfeind back at 1’38” behind the American.
RideLondon Classique History After a tumultuous off-season, RideLondon Classique returns in 2023 still just about as a Women’s WorldTour level race. Last year, only the final day’s stage was given live coverage, a decision that breached the rule about providing a minimum of an hour’s coverage per stage. The race effectively had its WWT status …
Stage 2 of the 2023 Vuelta Femenina saw pre-stage favourite Charlotte Kool take victory over sprint rival Marianne Vos. The pair of favourites were nearly humbugged by a late attack from Chloe Dygert. The American was hoping to win the stage or secure enough bonus seconds to take the leader’s jersey but unfortunately remains 1″ …
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