Annemiek never stops 😮💨
+ 2023 worlds schedule and another new mum in the pelo! 👶
Hello! Welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly 🚴♀️
Annemiek van Vleuten is making me feel bad about myself.
After winning stage two of the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta yesterday, she woke up bright and early this morning to head out for an 8:30am ‘easy’ (a relative term which I imagine does not mean the same thing to AVV and mere mortals) 50km spin ahead of stage three.
In fairness, today’s stage was less than 100km long, and she is training for worlds (something about being on Aus time which my mathematically challenged brain can’t really fathom) plus she’s Annemiek van Vleuten so we can’t expect any less tbh.
And all I did was write this silly little newsletter.
While we haven’t been churning out double days, we have been busy bees at WCW towers this week doing some ✨planning✨ ahead of the off season! Starting with a VERY EXCITING (albeit potentially left field) interview on Monday.
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Enjoy and see (some of) you on Wednesday!
Amy x
News 📰
Marta Cavalli has confirmed she will not be racing the World Championships this year. The Italian is still returning to health and fitness after her crash at the Tour de France Femmes.
Lotta Henttala will return from maternity leave to race with AG Insurance-NXTG next season. The 33-year-old last raced in May 2021, before the birth of her son.
After hosting the first edition of the men’s race last weekend, the organisers of the Maryland Classic have affirmed their plans to add a women’s race for 2023.
The full schedule for the multi-discpline World Championships in Glasgow in 2023 has been confirmed. The headline news is that the women’s race will close out the road events on the last weekend.
Cycling New Zealand will send only four - of their quota of seven - riders to the World Champs after asking riders to pay their own way. Niamh Fisher-Black will lead the team.
Staying in NZ — Kiwi u19 women’s team, Black Magic, (who developed the likes of Niamh Fisher-Black and Mikayla Harvey) are looking for backing to take their riders to Australia and Europe for 2023.
British Cycling have announced Cameron Meyer as the new GB Women’s Podium Endurance coach.
Read 🗞️
Five conclusions from Simac Ladies Tour (which feels like yonks ago now??)
And another part two of an interview: AG Insurance NXTG boss Natascha Knaven-den Ouden on how women’s cycling should develop from the bottom up.
Everything’s knitting together nicely this week! New mum Lotta Henttala is returning to the pro peloton… with AG Insurance NXTG!!
I always love an interview with Sarah Sturm — who has such a fab outlook on life!
Watch 📺
There can never be enough long-form vids on TDFF!!
A fascinating look into the mindset of AVV!
An interview with Kathryn Bertine.
Listen 🎧
Freewheeling, in which poor Abby was left with not only a baby to look after but Tilda and I as well.
Results 🏆
Road
Simac Ladies Tour
Stage 5 (ITT): Audrey Cordon-Ragot (TFS)
Stage 6: Mischa Bredewold (PHV)
Overall:
Lorena Wiebes (DSM)
Audrey Cordon-Ragot (TFS)
Karlijn Swinkels (JVW)
Grote Prijs Beerens: 1. Marjolein van 't Geloof (LEW) 2. Jesse Vandenbulcke (LEW) 3. Marith Vanhove (PHV)
Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta:
Stage 1 (TTT): Trek-Segafredo
Stage 2: Annemiek van Vleuten (MOV)
Stage 3: Grace Brown (FDJ)
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l’Ardèche:
Stage 1: Sheyla Gutiérrez (MOV)
Stage 2: Sheyla Gutiérrez (MOV)
Stage 3: Loes Adegeest (IBC)
Stage 4: Antonia Niedermaier (CSG)
Rás na mBan:
Stage 1: Lara Gillespie (Ireland)
Stage 2: Lieke van Zeelst (Greenmount CA)
MTB
🇮🇹 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Val di Sole - DH #8 & XCO+XCC #9
XCC: 🥇 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 🇫🇷 🥈 Loana Lecomte 🇫🇷 🥉 Alessandra Keller 🇨🇭
Downhill juniors: 🥇 Gracey Hemstreet 🇨🇦 🥈 Izabela Yankova 🇧🇬 🥉 Jenna Hastings 🇳🇿
Downhill elite: 🥇 Myriam Nicole 🇫🇷 🥈 Nina Hoffmann 🇩🇪 🥉 Valentina Höll 🇦🇹
XCO U23: 🥇 Line Burquier 🇫🇷 🥈 Ronja Blöchlinger 🇨🇭 🥉 Noemie Garnier 🇫🇷
XCO elite: 🥇 Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 🇫🇷 🥈 Loana Lecomte 🇫🇷 🥉 Jolanda Neff 🇨🇭
World Cup Overalls:
XCC: 🏆 Alessandra Keller 🇨🇭
XCO U23: 🏆 Line Burquier 🇫🇷
XCO elite: 🏆 Alessandra Keller 🇨🇭
Downhill juniors: 🏆 Gracey Hemstreet 🇨🇦
Downhill elite: 🏆 Camille Balanche 🇨🇭
Upcoming races📆
7th-11th September: Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta (2.WWT)
Live on Eurosport/GCN+
6th-12th September: Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l’Ardèche (2.1)
Highlights for stages 1-5 here
Live stream expected for stage 6-7
10th September: A Travers les Hauts de France (1.2)
11th September: La Choralis Fourmies Féminine (1.2)
14th September: Grand Prix de Wallonie (1.2)
Live in Eurosport/GCN+ from 15.15 CEST
MTB
10th-11th September: RedBull Hardline
Watch on RedBull TV from 14.00 CEST on Sunday
The first woman to ever race the event, Jess Blewitt, will be in action! 🥝
Find out everything you need to know here
Friday fun 🕺
RIP 👑
While neither of us at WCW consider ourselves monarchists we are both British and so it would be remiss not to pay our respects to Queen Liz (with a pic of her on a bike, natch.)
That’s all 👋
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Amy and Tilda x