All eyes on Europe (and also UAE) 👀
+ it's 'cross worlds weekend!
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After a heap of action Down Under the racing is slowly making it’s way towards Europe (via the UAE). It’s Feb aka the month that the season really starts and thankfully it’s a short month so we don’t have too long to wait! Meanwhile, many of the top riders will be making their season debut (if they didn’t already in Aus) at either UAE Tour or in Valencia in the next few weeks. Until then, there’s the cyclocross world championships this weekend in Tabor which, if Hoogerheide is anything to go by, should be a mega race, even without Blanka Vas 💔.
Things are getting busy busy!
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Amy x
News 📰
After missing a large chunk of the season with a collarbone injury, Blanka Vas has been forced to withdraw from the cyclocross world championships due to illness.
In downhill the schedule at world cups has changed. Semi-finals will now take place on the Saturday, after elite and junior qualifying, and junior finals have been moved back to the Sunday morning before the elite finals.
British Cycling have announced their ambition to run the Tour of Britain Women in 2024 in the calendar spot previously held by the Women's Tour but admits it will be “a race against the clock”.
Read 🗞️
Cyclocross gallery: A thrilling double feature to whet the appetite going into the World Champs - Escape Collective
'We can only make each other stronger,' Puck Pieterse on fierce CX competition and the road ahead - Cyclingnews
19-year-old Rosita Reijnhout takes surprise win at women's Cadel's Race - Escape Collective
It's more than just hair: Why hair is a barrier for Black women in sport - Rouleur
Tiffany Cromwell Q&A: 'Canyon-SRAM has always believed in me. I'm a teammate you can rely on' - Cycling Weekly
Dominika Włodarczyk's journey from a small Polish village to leading the Women's WorldTour - Escape Collective
Watch 📺
Listen 🎧
Lauren De Crescenzo chats to the Girls Gone Gravel pod.
It’s the first Cycling Podcast Fèminin of the season!
Results 🏆
Road
Deakin University Road Race (1.WWT)
Rosita Reijnhout (TVL)
Dominika Włodarczyk (UAD)
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FST)
Women Cycling Pro Costa De Almería (1.1)
Olivia Baril (MOV)
Ane Santesteban (LKF)
Karolina Perekitko (WIN)
CX
X2O Trofee #6: Hamme
Fem van Empel 🇳🇱
Lucinda Brand 🇳🇱
Manon Bakker 🇳🇱
🇳🇱 UCI Cyclocross World Cup #14: Hoogerheide, Netherlands
Junior:
Viktória Chladoňová 🇸🇰
Cat Ferguson 🇬🇧
Puck Langenbarg 🇳🇱
Elite:
Fem van Empel 🇳🇱
Blanka Vas 🇭🇺
Lucinda Brand 🇳🇱
UCI Cyclocross World Cup Overall
Junior:
Célia Gery 🇫🇷
Cat Ferguson 🇬🇧
Viktória Chladoňová 🇸🇰
Elite:
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado 🇳🇱
Puck Pieterse 🇳🇱
Lucinda Brand 🇳🇱
🌈 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, Tabor 🇨🇿
Team Relay
🥇 France
🥈 Great Britain
🥉 Belgium
Upcoming races 📆
Road
Sunday 4th February: Vuelta CV Feminas (1.1)
How to watch:
Live on Eurosport from 11:00 CET.
8th - 11th February: UAE Tour (2.WWT)
How to watch:
Live on Eurosport from 11:30 CET on Thursday and Friday.
Startlist here.
CX
🌈 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, Tabor 🇨🇿
Saturday 3rd February: Junior and Elite
How to watch:
Junior: Live on Eurosport from 11:00 CET.
Elite: Live on Eurosport from 14:20 CET.
Preview here.
Sunday 4th February: U23
How to watch:
Live on Eurosport from 12:30 CET.
Good cause corner 💚
Kate Strong, a three-time world record-breaking cyclist, is due to take on a 160 mile ride on a bike made from bamboo as part of Green Football Weekend, a campaign which encourages fans, clubs and leagues to take action on the climate.
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