A show of strength and determination by the Breton. Second place for Van Anrooij in the Netherlands. Audrey Cordon-Ragot is once again the Champion of France. Two days after her success in the time trial and two years after her first success in the road race, the Breton takes a historic double win by beating …
The Trek-Segafredo riders winning the race against the time On the second day of the National Championships, Trek-Segafredo added two more titles thanks to Audrey Cordon-Ragot and Leah Thomas in the French and USA championships, respectively. The title count thus rises to seven after the five won yesterday by Longo Borghini, Van Dijk, Mollema, Skujins …
A memorable first day of Nationals Championships in Italy, the Netherlands and Latvia The traditional week dedicated to the awarding of National titles (in most countries around the world) started in the best way possible for Trek-Segafredo. Out of six competitions, the Team’s riders won no less than five titles: Elisa Longo Borghini, Ellen Van …
High five! Ellen, Elisa, Bauke, Shirin and Toms are TT champions Read More »
The overall win was within Lucinda Brand’s grasp at the start of the day and she seized the opportunity to race for overall victory with both hands. Lucinda left it all out of the road on stage four in Switzerland. After attacking early, she gave everything she had on the final climb of the day …
Elisa Balsamo claimed Trek-Segafredo’s second victory in Switzerland with a world-class display of strength and skill. It was her throw of the bike that did it for the World Champion on stage three of the Tour de Suisse, claiming victory by the tightest of margins after an uphill sprint to the line in Chur (now …
Trek-Segafredo Chur-ns out Another victory at Tour de Suisse Read More »
The Dutch cyclocross star takes her first road win of the season in Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse kicked off with a short 46-kilometer circuit race that was perfect for cyclocross star Lucinda Brand, with some dirt perhaps the only thing missing. Stage 1 featured 10 laps of a punchy 4.6-kilometer course, so …
Elisa sprints to 3rd in the final stage and wins The Women’s Tour by one second Don’t tell Elisa Longo Borghini she can’t sprint. Mostly because she will actually tell you that herself. But also because she is one of the most gritty riders in the peloton. After ceding three seconds to race leader Grace …
Never say never: Elisa Longo Borghini wins the overall in a thrilling bunch sprint Read More »
The Italian champion powers to victory atop Black Mountain Elisa Longo Borghini made no mistake in the uphill sprint that ended Stage 5, jumping in the last 150 meters and powering over the line for the win. When you know you have good legs, the confidence is also high, and it allowed Longo Borghini to …
Elisa Longo Borghini wins first summit finish of Women’s Tour Read More »
The Italian champion takes 3rd in a challenging Stage 4 ahead of the Queen stage tomorrow Elisa Longo Borghini took a backseat in the first three days of The Women’s Tour, knowing that Stages 4 and 5 would be her show. In the first two days, Elisa played a support role and first tested her …
Elisa Longo Borghini rising as the Women’s Tour heats up Read More »
Elisa Balsamo wasted no time in finding back the podium in her first race since Paris-Roubaix The newly extended RideLondon Classique’s first day ended with a fast uphill dash to the line that saw Lorena Wiebes take the win ahead of Elisa Balsamo. Emma Norsgaard rounded out the podium. It was the first action for …
The World Champ is back to the races – and nabs second! Read More »