The Simac Ladies Tour, formerly known as the Holland Ladies Tour, is a cornerstone event in the Women’s WorldTour having had that status since 2017. Its history goes back to 1998, before becoming a UCI race in 1999. In 2022, Lorena Wiebes joined the list of winners with her stellar all-round performance.
Liane Lippert has once again become the German road champion, just as she did last year. The Movistar cyclist managed to break away on her own from a small group during the final stage, and she successfully maintained her effort up until the finish line. Kathrin Hammes came second, followed by Romy Kasper in third …
Barbara Guarischi crossed the line first, ahead of Lorena Wiebes in yet another comprehensive victory for the Dutch team. After a 1-2-3 podium lockout yesterday, today was another strong finish from SD Worx. A break from Sandra Alonso and Margot Vanpachtenbeke was caught late on, only a few hundred metres from the line. They still …
The Thüringen Ladies Tour is another race with a long storied history in the women’s peloton but probably without the top-drawer race level that would normally bring. Hosted since 1986, it has never made it to the highest level of the women’s cycling calendar, although moves are being made to change that now. The race can look back on a list of winners that includes greats like Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Mirjam Melchers, Hanka Kupfernagel, Zulfia Zabirova, Judith Arndt, Emma Johansson, and Lisa Brennauer.
The opening stage of the 2023 Bretagne Ladies Tour was marked by plenty of a wind and a large crash that split the bunch up. It was won by Marta Lach, the Pole winning with a late attack in the final km ahead of her break companions. The 124km stage started and finished in Kerlouan, …
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Italian Gaia Masetti took her first pro win at the 2023 La Classique Morbihan, part of a weekend of racing in Morbihan and a week of racing in Brittany. Josie Talbot got the attacking underway at the start, with the Aussie getting a gap for a while. The peloton wasn’t keen to see the former …
It’s a short history for the Paris Roubaix Femmes as the race has only been held since 2021. Originally earmarked for 2020, that edition to be held in the Autumn was postponed as the pandemic took hold again. Eventually moved into 2021, the first year saw a long-range move from Lizzie Deignan who attacked before the cobbles started to ensure a strong lead position on the very muddy cobbled sectors that year.
Le Samyn des Dames is the delayed third race of an elongated opening weekend. Whilst Omloop het Nieuwsblad and Omloop van het Hageland take place on Saturday and Sunday, we only have to wait until Tuesday for another big race. Relatively flat but with a couple of short steep climbs
With only a week to go until the transfer window shuts for Women’s WorldTour teams, it’s safe to say that all but the latest of deals are still to be completed. We’ve seen some monster transfers take place and whilst some teams have had a bunch of riders move on there are a few teams …
The ties between the men’s Soudal Quick-Step team and the women’s AG Insurance-NXTG team have strengthened for the 2023 season with the women’s team now being known as AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step from January 1st 2023. This comes after Quick-Step’s team manager Patrick Lefevere and AG Insurance-NXTG’s team manager Natascha den Ouden announced links in March …
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