A lil schedule update 🗓️
We're slowing down for a bit 🦥
Hello! Welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly! 🚴♀️
Thanks so much to everyone who reached out after our two year anniversary edition last week! Can’t wait to see what year THREE of WCW brings!
This week it’s back to business as usual with the week’s news, results, races, and content coming right up. But first, let me explain the plan for the next few weeks: next week we’ll take a break from the regular newsletter as we’ll be taking that to alternate weeks from now until racing re-starts. Our weekly subscriber-only content will continue to go out as usual so if you can’t bear the thought of us only hitting your inbox every-other-week then
Also, look out for a festive edition hitting your inboxes just before Xmas! 🎄
For now, here’s this week’s goings on!
Amy x
News 📰
Annemiek van Vleuten set up a fundraiser, selling off old kit to raise money for the Amy Pieters Foundation and Bikes4Masai, a Kenya-based charity that helps supply bikes to the Masai population. The total raised was €17,000.
The Tour de France Femmes winner also won the inaugural women’s Velo d’Or award this week.
Chloe Dygert revealed that she recently underwent a procedure to treat heart arrhythmia. She has already returned to training.
SRAM, Cannondale, Specialized, Liv and Trek have partnered with The Cyclists’ Alliance on their rider mentorship programme.
Carrefour has taken over title sponsorship of the rebranded La Vuelta Femenina.
Various riders moving on from Le Col-Wahoo after one of the team’s title sponsors, Le Col pulled out leaving the team with a funding deficit for 2023.
Jumbo-Visma rider Aafke Soet announced her retirement in an Instagram post revealing that she has been struggling with an eating disorder
Marta Cavalli has prolonged her contract at FDJ until 2025.
UK-based cycling organisation, Cycling UK have announced their list of “100 Women in Cycling” for 2022, the list “celebrates inspirational women who are encouraging others to experience the joy of cycling.”
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot has announced her upcoming cyclocross programme:
Read 🗞️
If you read just one thing:
This interview with French track cyclist and 500m TT world champion Marie-Divine Kouamé.
Elsewhere:
Analysis: Kristen Faulkner to lead BikeExchange-Jayco in 2023 as team focuses on GC results
Ro De Jonckere Q&A: A chat with the only female team manager of a men’s pro team.
Lisa Brennauer exit interview part 1: ‘I won everything I ever wished for in cycling.’
Watch 📺
If you are able to access ITV then catch this documentary on Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges on her dreams to one day represent Wales following a ban from the sport.
Listen 🎧
The WCW pod with Gina Ball!
Freewheeling with the always delightful Alison Jackson.
And the Voxwomen pod recaps the Tour de France Femmes while looking forward to the 202 race.
Results 🏆
CX
Superprestige Merksplas (Rnd 3)
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado 🇳🇱
Denise Betsema 🇳🇱
Inge van der Heijden 🇳🇱
UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Overijse (Rnd 6)
Puck Pieterse 🇳🇱
Fem van Empel 🇳🇱
Shirin van Anrooij 🇳🇱
UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Hulst
Puck Pieterse 🇳🇱
Fem van Empel 🇳🇱
Shirin van Anrooij 🇳🇱
Track
UCI Track Champions League, Rnd 2 - Berlin
Sprint: Mathilde Gros 🇫🇷
Keirin: Kelsey Mitchell 🇨🇦
Scratch: Katie Archibald 🇬🇧
Elimination: Katie Archibald 🇬🇧
Sprint overall: Martha Bayona 🇨🇴
Endurance overall: Jennifer Valente 🇺🇸
UCI Track Champions League, Rnd 3 - Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Sprint: Mathilde Gros 🇫🇷
Keirin: Steffie van der Peet 🇳🇱
Scratch: Sophie Lewis 🇬🇧
Elimination: Katie Archibald 🇬🇧
Sprint overall: Mathilde Gros 🇫🇷
Endurance overall: Jennifer Valente 🇺🇸
Upcoming races 📆
CX
Saturday 3rd December: Superprestige Boom
Elite race at 13:40 CET
Watch on Eurosport/GCN+
Start list here
Sunday 4th December: UCI Cyclocross World Cup Antwerpen
Elite race at 12:30 CET
Watch on Eurosport/GCN+
Start list here
Track
Friday 2nd December and Saturday 3rd December - UCI Track Champions League rnd 4 & 5 (grand finale) - London
Starts 19.55 GMT
Watch on Eurosport/GCN+
Event info here
That’s all 👋
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