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It’s been quite a slow one this week after all the excitement (pls, it wasn’t just me?) of track worlds last week. I’m having a lil bit of a week off so sorry that this intro is extremely short today!
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Amy x
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News 📰
Lots of news from the team formerly known as Roland Cogeas Edelweiss, who announced that their partnership with Israel Premier Tech will become title sponsorship - welcome Israel Premier Tech.
They also announced they will launch a development team, in line with the new UCI structures, which will operate at continental level. No line-up yet, but the team say they’ve signed riders from Afghanistan, Rwanda, Uganda and Ethiopia.
And they finalised their 2023 roster, losing most of their existing riders (including Olga Zabelinskaya and Petra Stiasny) and signing nine new riders.
There are some changes to report at The Cyclists’ Alliance: founding member Gracie Elvin will step down after five years on the Board of Directors, to be replaced by Leah Kirchmann. Ally Wollaston has also been elected as rider council representative, after Marianne Vos’s resignation.
AG Insurance-NXTG have confirmed their U19, U23 and Elite line-ups for 2023, with lots of riders moving up a team and some new faces.
Marianne Vos will debut her cyclo-cross rainbow jersey for the first time at the race in Woerden in the Netherlands on Tuesday, before returning to the World Cup in Maasmechelen next weekend.
A few more transfers to report:
Stars of the Canyon-SRAM Generation team Ricarda Baurnfeind and Antonia Niedermaier are stepping up to the WorldTour team next season.
SD Worx have signed an extra lead-out rider for Lorena Wiebes in the form of Italian veteran Barbara Guarischi.
Veronica Ewers signed a long contract extension with EF Education-TIBCO-SVB - she’ll be with them for the next three seasons at least.
Read 🗞️
“Strong, versatile, independent - Pauline Ferrand-Prévot to skyrocket with Ineos Grenadiers.”
“Women’s teams will struggle to fill race rosters under new rules, teams fear.”
Corey Coogan-Cisek blog for CyclingNews: The pros and cons of racing as an American in Belgium.
Trans rider Austin Killips on making waves in the cyclocross world.
A month after suffering a stroke, Audrey Cordon Ragot says “I have a career to finish.”
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Results 🏆
Road
Chrono des Nations ITT
Ellen van Dijk (TFS)
Valeriya Kononenko (Ukraine)
Amber Neben (USA)
CX
UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Fayetteville 🇺🇸 (R2)
Fem van Empel 🇳🇱
Lucinda Brand 🇳🇱
Annemarie Worst 🇳🇱
Track
🌈 UCI World Championships, Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines 🇫🇷
Individual sprint:
Mathilde Gros 🇫🇷
Lea-Sophie Friedrich 🇩🇪
Emma Hinze 🇩🇪
Omnium:
Jennifer Valente 🇺🇸
Maike van der Duin 🇳🇱
Maria Martins 🇵🇹
Individual pursuit:
Franziska Brauße 🇩🇪
Bryony Botha 🇳🇿
Josie Knight 🇬🇧
500m time trial:
Taky Marie-Divine Kouamé 🇫🇷
Emma Hinze 🇩🇪
Guo Yufang 🇨🇳
Madison:
Belgium (Shari Bossuyt and Lotte Kopecky) 🇧🇪
France (Clara Copponi and Valentine Fortin) 🇫🇷
Denmark (Amalie Dideriksen and Julie Leth) 🇩🇰
Keirin:
Lea-Sophie Friedrich 🇩🇪
Mina Sato 🇯🇵
Steffie van der Peet 🇳🇱
Points race:
Neah Evans 🇬🇧
Julie Leth 🇩🇰
Jennifer Valente 🇺🇸
Upcoming races 📆
CX
23rd October: UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Tábor 🇨🇿 (R3)
Juniors at 10.30 CEST
Elite at 13.40 CEST
Elite race live on Eurosport/GCN
Entry lists here
Friday fun 🕺
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