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Recent silver medallist at the road world championships, Annemiek van Vleuten, will line-up on Sunday as the defending champion at the prestigious one-day classic, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, wearing her European champion’s jersey for the first time for Mitchelton-SCOTT. With a generally high level in the women’s peloton, coming off the back of a busy return to racing …

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Australian duo Lucy Kennedy and Grace Brown made it into the select group of favourites in the finale of Flèche Wallonne as classic racing returned in Belgium. The Mitchelton-SCOTT pair fought hard to be in the mix on the approach to the infamous Mur de Huy finish, but the steep slopes proved to be too much …

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Mitchelton-SCOTT women head to the Ardennes Classics this week, looking for an aggressive race at La Flèche Wallonne Femmes, on a slightly modified course that potentially lends itself to the opportunists. For 2020, La Flèche Wallonne Femmes is untraditionally the first race of Ardennes Classics coming just days after the world road race championships on Wednesday …

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Mitchelton-SCOTT has signed talented Spanish climber Ane Santesteban to support their key ambitions in 2021.  Santesteban joins the Australian squad from Ceratizit-WNT following the team’s commitment to support inaugural team member Amanda Spratt and build a strong and diverse climbing group.  The 29-year-old, who won the Spanish championships in 2013 and finished second in 2020, …

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Mitchelton-SCOTT have wrapped up a Giro Rosa of ups and downs, with the team claiming a stage win and two podium finishes, as well as five days in the maglia rosa. The nine-day stage race began with a strong third place in the team time trial on the opening day, followed by an imperious victory …

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Two-time Herald Sun Tour champion Lucy Kennedy made it into the breakaway for the second day in-a-row as the Giro Rosa concluded in Motta Montecorvino. The Durango-Durgano winner made it into a large breakaway group that were allowed to stay away until the finish, but a crash amongst the attackers on the final descent ended …

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Two-time Herald Sun Tour winner Lucy Kennedy went on the attack and made it into the break of the day on stage eight of the Giro Rosa. The 32-year-old forced a select group to go clear at the midway point of the race after some strong teamwork from her Mitchelton-SCOTT and eventually crossed the line in …

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Race leader Annemiek van Vleuten and Australian champion Amanda Spratt were both caught up in a crash in the finale to stage seven of the Giro Rosa. The pair made it into a select lead group which looked set to contest the finish until the crash saw both riders go down. Both Spratt and Van …

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Race leader Annemiek van Vleuten ticked off another day in the maglia rosa as stage six of the Giro Rosa came down to a sprint finish for the second day in-a-row. The world champion had her Mitchelton-SCOTT teammates for company throughout the day, with the 37-year-old crossing the line safely in the reduced peloton to maintain her lead in the general …

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