Team Jumbo-Visma Women will be racing in Scandinavia this week. The team starts Saturday and Sunday in the Postnord Vårgårda West Sweden and is Tuesday at the start of the Tour of Scandinavia. Anouska Koster has been training in Norway for some time now and will ride both races. “I am very much looking forward …
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The final stage from Lure to La Super Planche des Belles Filles took the riders over three categorised climbs. Shortly after the top of the first climb, Markus and twelve other riders managed to break away. The group took a two-minute lead, but the group of favourites reeled them in on the Super Planche. Markus …
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With three first-category climbs, the Tour’s penultimate stage promised a real battlefield. Vos, who had announced before the stage that it would be challenging to retain the yellow jersey, was dropped from the group of favourites on the first climb. Surrounded by her teammates, Vos crossed the finish line much later than Van Vleuten. “I …
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Anna Henderson and thirteen other riders were part of a large breakaway group. Although the escapees never gained an advantage of more than two minutes, the peloton had to pull out all the stops to catch them. Henderson showed she had good legs and accelerated fifteen kilometres from the finish line. Two riders followed her, …
Vos sprints in yellow jersey to second stage win in Tour de France Femmes Read More »
Because of her third place, Vos defended her yellow leader’s jersey superbly. She even took some bonification seconds at the finish. The sprinters teams and Team Jumbo-Visma, which kept Vos well in front, controlled the longest Tour stage, almost 176 km, for a long time. The peloton never gave the four-rider leading group much space …
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With four gravel sections and six short but challenging climbs, stage four promised to be a battle of endurance. Vos was constantly attentive and rode in the front of the peloton. However, when Reusser broke away twenty kilometres from the finish, the Dutchwoman did not feel the need to close the gap. The Swiss, who …
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The race broke open early in the Champagne region. There was a fierce battle to get into the day’s leading group. Team Jumbo-Visma, among other teams, even attempted to break away. The yellow and black brigade tried to keep Vos at the front of the race on the hilly roads throughout the stage. They kept …
About twenty kilometres from the finish line Vos and five other riders escaped from the peloton. The six worked well together and saw their lead on the peloton increase. In the slightly uphill final kilometre, Vos demonstrated her sprinting skills and beat all her breakaway companions. “This is a beautiful day. I still have to …
Vos wins second stage and takes yellow in Tour de France Femmes Read More »
The first edition of the Tour de France Femmes started under the Eiffel Tower. From there, the riders rode twelve laps through the streets of Paris. During the race, several riders tried to avoid a bunch sprint, but due to Team Jumbo-Visma’s high pace, everything pointed to the expected sprint. Vos, who launched her teammates …
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For years the women’s peloton rode the one-day race La Course in Paris on the Tour de France’s finish day, but this year the riders will start in an official version of the Tour de France. The Femmes edition starts in Paris on July 24 – the peloton cycles twelve laps between the Eiffel Tower …
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