Ellen van Dijk today announced that she is expecting her first child in September 2023. The current World Time Trial champion will therefore miss the 2023 season and focus on a return in 2024 ahead of the Olympics. “Benjamin and I are super excited to share the news that we are expecting our first child …
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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
With the women’s cycling season kicking off in Australia before heading to Spain and the UAE, we’re yet to see Ellen van Dijk. The Trek-Segafredo rider will rectify that by coming back to the peloton at Omloop het Nieuwsblad at the end of February. It will be the first road race of the calendar for …
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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 …
The Baloise Ladies Tour race organisation has announced its race schedule and start/finish host towns for the 2023 race. It’s due to take place between July 12-16th 2023, with 5 stages and a prologue taking place over 5 days. The race will cover the Zeeland, and both East and West Flanders. The race returns to …
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Ellen van Dijk has got off the mark with her first win in her latest set of rainbow stripes. She won the 2022 Chrono des Nations today, racing in the retained rainbow jersey that she won in Wollongong last month. With Marlen Reusser not racing and not much of the top-10 from the World Championships, …
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The Chrono des Nations is an end of season one-off time trial that holds a decent place on the calendar. After the World Championships, this is one of the few races where time trial specialists can all face off directly against each other without any other stages to have to worry about.
Annemiek van Vleuten is back on the bike immediately after her crash at the mixed relay time trial, testing out the stable fracture in her elbow. Van Vleuten rode more than 60km the day after the crash and has been out again today to test her condition. Riding with teammates Ellen van Dijk and Riejanne …
Ellen van Dijk took her 3rd world championship in the time trial this morning. The Dutch rider was the quickest on the circuit in Wollongong, the host city in Australia of the 2022 Cycling World Championships. For Van Dijk, it’s a 2nd win in 2 years, after also winning last year’s edition in Flanders. Her …
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The Women’s World Championships Time Trial has gone back and forth in recent years, with only Annemiek van Vleuten able to do consecutive victories in the last 10 years. Ellen van Dijk is the only other multiple winner in that time, winning in 2013 and last year’s 2022 edition.