After a super strong cyclocross season, it’s almost no surprise to see Shirin van Anrooij begin to dominate on the road as well. The 21-year-old took her first Women’s WorldTour victory in this year’s Trofeo Alfredo Binda, crossing the line solo with plenty of advantage to a chasing pack of favourites. The U23 CX World …
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The Trofeo Alfredo Binda has been around for what feels like forever, it’s one of the crown jewels of the women’s cycling calendar. With all the talk the other week of whether Strade Bianche is a monument (it isn’t), the Trofeo Alfredo Binda is unarguably one in women’s cycling.
2023 sees the 9th edition of the Strade Bianche Women and each year has seen a big name in women’s cycling take the victory. Created in 2015 as a 1.1 race, the opening year was won by the American Megan Guarnier who was at the peak of her powers in 2015-2016. It joined the Women’s WorldTour in 2016
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio led home Amanda Spratt and Annemiek van Vleuten to take another victory over the World Champion after outclimbing her in the Tour de Romandie last season. The trio were able to gain a gap over all of their GC rivals before working together well enough to hold off the chase. Annemiek van Vleuten …
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Setmana Ciclista Valenciana has turned into a proper early-season test for the GC stars of women’s cycling. The race has developed over the years too as more attention has been placed on it. Originally a 2.2 that Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig won in 2017, Hannah Barnes won the 2nd edition in 2018.
2022 Season Summary Trek Segafredo made a statement of intent in 2022 by signing the newly crowned World Champion Elisa Balsamo. The Italian delivered in a big way with 9 wins and being the equal of Elisa Longo Borghini. The pair of Italians scored 15 victories between them and paired up nicely as their goals …
Dutch rider Loes Adegeest took the first WWT win of her career after beating Amanda Spratt in a sprint-a-deux at the end of the 2023 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. A new signing for FDJ-Suez, she took the honours after Grace Brown wasn’t strong on the day and the team pivoted to a very …
The Women’s Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race has been a casualty of the Covid pandemic, similar to the Women’s Tour Down Under. The last edition came at the start of 2020, just as the world was about to lock down. That year, Liane Lippert took the win with a late solo break.
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 yesterday’s Stage 1 sprint didn’t go to plan for Jayco-AlUla, the Australian team managed to secure a victory for Alex Manly in their home race. Most of their lead-out train was used up again early but this time it was for a clearer purpose of reeling in the attack of Amanda Spratt which took …
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