The Trek-Segafredo women’s team claimed the opening team time trial at the 31st Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile, informally known as the Giro Rosa, and laid claim to the first leader’s jersey of the nine-day race. Italian Elisa Longo Borghini was the first of the team across the finish line and […]
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Team Sunweb : Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile
SEP 11 – 19 Albert Timmer – Team Sunweb coach“We go to the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile with a strong team, aiming to show ourselves at the front of the race and continue our good season so far. The battle for the GC will already be intense on stage two […]
Mitchelton-SCOTT to Giro Rosa
Two-time defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten and Australian champion Amanda Spratt return to the Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile looking to make it a hat-trick of wins for Mitchelton-SCOTT in the only Grand Tour on the women’s calendar. World and European champion Van Vleuten will be looking to continue her stunning […]
Womens’ Tour de France in the Works
Le Tour De France Equal Opportunity for Women- UCI President David Lappartient says a professional women’s Le Tour De France stage race is in the works for 2022. According to the report, the race would last eight days and start immediately after the Tour de France’s final stage in Paris. […]
Annemiek van Vleuten joins the Movistar Team as Blues enter a whole new dimension
August 31st, 2020 World’s best rider for the last three seasons signs two-year deal (2021-22) with Telefónica-backed squad; Dutchwoman adds her polyvalent, unbeatable talent to the organisation managed by Eusebio UnzuéThe Movistar Team is extremely proud to announce Monday that Annemiek van Vleuten (Wageningen, NED; 1982), the reigning World Road […]
DEIGNAN DENIES VOS AND VAN VLEUTEN
Nice, Saturday, August 29th, 2020 – Britain’s Lizzie Deignan (Trek Segafredo) made the best of her current form and perfect teamwork to outwit title-holder Marianne Vos and world champion Annemiek van Vleuten and win La Course by Le Tour de France with FDJ on Saturday. The 2015 world champion, supported […]
2020 LA COURSE BY LE TOUR DE FRANCE with FDJ: LATEST NEWS WITH ONE DAY TO GO
Key points: – The 7th edition of La Course by Le Tour de France avec FDJ looks more unpredictable than ever on a course around Nice especially designed to favour tactics over sheer strength. Title holder Marianne Vos and in-form Lizzie Deignan, who races at home, are excited about the […]
Van Vleuten claims European title with victory in Plouay
World champion Annemiek van Vleuten has added a European title to her growing trophy cabinet with a stunning victory in the European Road Race Championships in Plouay. The 37-year-old claimed her sixth victory of the season by holding off Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy) in a duel for the gold medal. […]
Lizzie Deignan wins Grand Prix Plouay
A combination of a rolling course, constant drizzle and a fast pace created a high rate of attrition in this year’s Grand Prix Plouay, as many riders fell out of contention throughout the 101-kilometer race. Many teams were keen to make the race hard, including Trek-Segafredo. Trixi Worrack, Ruth Winder […]
Sheyla Gutiérrez boosts Blues’ morale with La Périgord win
August 15th, 2020 Smart, strong performance by Spaniard from Movistar Team in Périgueux rewards Telefónica-backed squad’s magnificent teamwork in southwestern FranceThree weeks after their first post-lockdown victory with Katrine Aalerud at the Norwegian time trial Championships, the women’s Movistar Team scored another success at La Périgord (UCI 1.2; Cornille – […]