We saw an attack of Mieke Docx in the finale of Classic Brugge-De Panne, the first WorldTour race of the season for the Lotto Soudal Ladies team. The 25-year-old Belgian attacked with just over ten kilometres to go. The break didn’t last, but Mieke then turned to Plan B: sprinting. Unfortunately a crash right in …
Mieke Docx on the attack in the final of Classic Brugge-De Panne Read More »
Anna Plichta (29) has decided to retire from cycling immediately and therefore she won’t be part of the Lotto Soudal Ladies team next season. The Polish rider joined our team this year and had signed a two-year contract, which will now end at the end of the year. Plichta is a two-time Polish time trial …
Both the women’s team and U23 team have been completed for 2022. There will be fourteen Lotto Soudal Ladies and the Lotto Soudal Development Team will consist of seventeen riders. With the women’s team, Lotto Soudal now also wants to focus on the youth. “We want to take another direction with the women’s team and …
Team roster Lotto Soudal Ladies and U23 team for 2022 Read More »
Tomorrow, six Lotto Soudal Ladies are at the start of the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes. Due to Covid, the big wait lasted one year and a half but now the time has finally come. Between the start in Denain and finish on the mythical Roubaix velodrome, the women’s edition will see the riders tackle seventeen cobbled …
Jesse Vandenbulcke excited for inaugural edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes Read More »
Silke Smulders (20) set a solid performance at the Simac Ladies Tour last week and that way, she seems ready for the European Championships in Trento next week. The year began with a setback for the Dutch rider because she needed to undergo knee surgery, but the second part of 2021 is looking much brighter. …
Silke Smulders: “The Giro gave me a confidence boost.” Read More »
One day after the end of the Giro d’Italia Donne we look back on the race with Hanna Nilsson (29) and Silke Smulders (20). Nilsson, who broke her left collarbone at the Lotto Belgium Tour and had to undergo surgery only one week before the start of the Giro, finished 22nd overall. Smulders, 29th on GC, was …
Review Giro Donne with Hanna Nilsson and Silke Smulders Read More »
Today, Friday 2 July, the Giro d’Italia Donne begins, with also Hanna Nilsson in the line-up of the Lotto Soudal Ladies. She broke her left collarbone last week on the second stage of the Lotto Belgium Tour. One day later, on Thursday, she underwent surgery and one week later she is standing at the start …
Hanna Nilsson at the start of the Giro one week after collarbone fracture Read More »
This afternoon Alana Castrique (22) sprinted to the third place at the Belgian National Championships in Waregem. She conquered the national U23 title with this performance! Lotte Kopecky won the elite title. She attacked from the peloton with less than ten kilometres to go and then soloed to her second consecutive national title. Julie Van …
Alana Castrique is the Belgian U23 road champion! Read More »
Today is a day that Anna Plichta (29) has long before marked in her agenda: she can win the Polish national time trial title for the third consecutive time and that could give her a spot in the Polish selection for the Olympics in Tokyo this summer! “I have been working really hard towards this …
Anna Plichta to defend Polish national TT title today Read More »
Hanna Nilsson is on altitude training camp in Livigno, until 10 June. She joined the team over there on 24 May and is now continuing the training individually. For the 29-year-old Swedish rider it’s her first altitude training camp ever. “Luckily, my coach has experience with training on altitude, so I can rely on the …
Hanna Nilsson is preparing for the Giro on altitude training camp in Livigno Read More »