Grace Brown took an impressive stage victory in a sprint-a-deux with Amanda Spratt to not only take the win on the day but the overall Women’s Tour Down Under GC as well. Spratt had attacked on the Corkscrew climb, as expected, but Grace Brown had enough left in the tank to close down the gap …
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After missing out yesterday, Jayco-AlUla avoided a repeat by getting Alex Manly to the front of the race at today’s finish in Uraidla. Manly rode on the coattails of the EF Education-TIBCO-SVB lead-out before coming through ahead of the final corner with a short, clear run to the finish line. Stage 2 saw no major …
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Human Powered Health’s new signing Daria Pikulik got off to a winning start on Stage 1 of the 2023 Women’s Tour Down Under. The Pole was able to sprint past pre-race favourites Georgia Baker and Clara Copponi in the expected sprint finish to Stage 1. Pikulik, who is also well-known on the track joined from …
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The Mixed Relay Time Trial was expected to be an easy win for the Dutch. The bookies’ favourite and featuring a team with the Time Trial champion Ellen van Dijk, the former Time Trial champion Annemiek van Vleuten and all-round awesome rider Mathieu van der Poel. Behind them, the likes of Italy and Switzerland were …
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This year’s Postnord Vårgårda WestSweden saw a controversial ending. Marianne Vos looked to have won the race, she certainly crossed the line first with her arms in the arm, but 20 minutes later we had a new winner. The Dutch star was confirmed as being disqualified and so Audrey Cordon-Ragot was declared the winner instead. …
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The 2nd edition of the women’s Scheldeprijs saw no surprises as Lorena Wiebes took the win for Team DSM. The parcours looked nailed on for a bunch sprint with only the wind conditions giving a chance for others. The strong wind and exposed flat roads never really materialised, however, with the direction not quite right …
The 2022 Spring Classics season kicked off with Omloop het Nieuwsblad. The men’s race saw the European part of the WorldTour start whereas the women’s race isn’t part of the WorldTour. Despite Flanders Classics applying for Women’s WorldTour status, the UCI declined to add the race in 2022. The Molenberg was the major change to …
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After the tough climbing of Stage 3, today’s stage offered a chance for the sprinters on paper. The presence of the 2nd Category Alto de l’Oronet climb is a good launchpad for anyone wanting to make a break for the stage victory. The 30km between the summit and the finish line would surely be too …
The queen stage of the 2022 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana promised to be tough. With 3 1st Category climbs, it was the hardest stage in the race’s entire history. Going into the race, it looked on paper like the stage that was absolutely going to decide the GC. For riders who have lost time on previous …
The solo break by Krista Doebel-Hickok was brought back and an eventual reduced group sprint decided the winner of Stage 2 yesterday. It was a tight one, in real-time it looked like Movistar’s Sheyla Gutierrez had taken the win after Annemiek van Vleuten led her out. When the photo-finish came out though, it was clear …
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