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Emma Norsgaard to miss the rest of the spring classics

Emma Norsgaard to miss the rest of the spring classics

Movistar’s Emma Norsgaard will miss the rest of the 2023 spring classics campaign after breaking her collarbone in yesterday’s Strade Bianche race. The Dane fell in the race and doctors have now confirmed she has suffered the break. Norsgaard will return to Denmark to go under the knife to repair the damage. She’d got the …

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Omloop van het Hageland 2023 Race Preview

Omloop van het Hageland 2023 Race Preview

Omloop van het Hageland is the second part of the Opening Weekend for the women’s peloton. With no Kuurne Brussels Kuurne, the long-running Omloop van het Hageland fills the gap nicely instead. More often than not the race comes down to a sprint, with the parcours just hard enough to drop any unsuspecting rider.

Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women 2023 Race Preview

Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women 2023 Race Preview

Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women will be part of the Women’s WorldTour for the first time in 2022! A long history back to 2006 has seen the race slowly elevate itself through the levels from 1.2 to 1.WWT. The honours board contains some of the very best riders in the women’s peloton

Charlotte Kool is also the fastest in the final stage of the UAE Tour Women, Longo Borghini overall winner

Charlotte Kool is also the fastest in the final stage of the UAE Tour Women, Longo Borghini overall winner

The last day of the UAE Tour Women saw the final sprint showdown of the race and it was won by Charlotte Kool ahead of Chiara Consonni and Lorena Wiebes. Finishing on the Abu Dhabi Breakwater, Kool negotiated the pack perfectly to hit the front at the right time and power past her former leader …

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Action-packed Stage 2 of UAE Tour Women sees Wiebes win the sprint finish

Action-packed Stage 2 of UAE Tour Women sees Wiebes win the sprint finish

It didn’t take long for Lorena Wiebes to taste victory again. After suffering her first bunch sprint loss since De Panne last season, where a broken spoke meant her wheel rubbed on her frame. The stage kicked off almost instantly with crosswinds across the desert leaving riders exposed as Trek Segafredo upped the pace. A …

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UAE Tour Women 2023 Race Preview

UAE Tour Women 2023 Race Preview

2023 sees the first-ever edition of the UAE Tour Women, which jumps straight into Women’s WorldTour level. It’s a bit of an evolution of the Dubai Women’s Tour that was held once, in 2020, before Covid claimed it. Lucy van der Haar won the GC there in her final year as a pro.