The Trofeo Alfredo Binda is one of the longest-running women’s pro races, first run in 1974. The winner’s list includes plenty of big names like Fabiana Luperini, Nicole Cooke and Emma Johansson. After all the debate about whether Strade Bianche was a monument, this race would be firmly on the hypothetical list of women’s monuments. …
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Wow, what a race! Once the TV coverage kicked in, we were treated to seeing the last 3 gravel sectors of Strade Bianche. The spectacle of the final climb and descent into the Piazza del Campo provided its usual excitement as well. A war of attrition left the race with a super-elite group at the …
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Strade Bianche will be the first Women’s WorldTour race of the 2021 season. After 2020’s rescheduled race was held in the scorching heat, this year’s race is a return to normal. The current forecast is for an acceptable 11 degrees but also with some rain and showers about during the race. We’ve had a wet …
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Stage 2 of the 2016 Women’s Tour took place across Warwickshire and therefore on my local home roads. The stage started in Atherstone in the north of the county before winding its way southwards. The route clipped the Oxfordshire hills before heading across to Stratford upon Avon for a slightly uphill sprint finish. The lumpy …
After the 2020 Women’s WorldTour season, 2021 promises to be something more back to normal. It’s likely the Spring races will be affected, although it’s tough to confirm in most cases. The Tour Down Under (not a WWT race but normally a season opener) and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race have already been …
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The 2014 Giro Rosa saw an incredible Rabo-Liv team boss the race. Marianne Vos would take the GC win and 4 stages along the way but Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Anna van der Breggen would also round out the podium. It says something when the likes of Annemiek van Vleuten, Kasia Niewiadoma and Lucinda Brand are …
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The World Championships is the pinnacle one-day race of the cycling calendar. The list of winners contains so many iconic cyclists over the decades.
The women’s cycling transfer season is nearly all done and dusted. Almost all of the major teams have confirmed their 2021 rosters and some big names are changing team for 2021. A total of 3 World Champions are swapping jerseys and a solid mix of youthful talent and established stars are on the move too. …
2020 has been a very peculiar season. The Spring Classics started and then stopped, followed by everything else in our lives. Once the racing resumed it was almost constant, with riders somehow having to keep form over the entire period to rescue something from 2020. For those in a contract season, reduced opportunities meant fewer …
The 2020 Women’s World Championship Road Race takes on in Imola on Saturday 26th September. The course set up for the riders sees them take on 5 laps of a 27.8km circuit. Each lap contains two stiff climbs, the Mazzolano and the Cima Gallisterna. The Mazzolano lasts 2.8km at an average of 5.9% – the …
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