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Hey, guys! Lots of great stuff to read/watch/listen to this week as we all reflect on the Giro and get excited for the Tour so I’ll let you get straight into it. Enjoy!
Lulah x
News 📰
Downhill rider Marine Cabirou has suffered a broken vertebrae after a crash in Andorra.
Read 🗞️
'No way this is happening' – A chat with Sarah Gigante about her amazing Giro - Escape Collective
‘Every kilometre is a statement that women of colour belong in this sport’ - Meet the woman cycling the Tour de France Femmes before the pros - Cycling Weekly
The Giro d'Italia of comebacks - Escape Collective
What does the Giro d'Italia Women tell us about the Tour de France Femmes GC battle? - Rouleur
I just finished my most successful racing season yet — at 8 months pregnant - Cycling Weekly
Six takeaways from the 2025 Giro d'Italia Women - Escape Collective
Watch 📺
Lidl-Trek take us inside their Giro d’Italia Women
Listen 🎧
Remember to check out Wheel Talk’s daily Giro episodes, complete with audio diaries from riders
The WMN Podcast are discussing queer inclusion and representation in sport following Georgie Howe’s article for Escape
Results 🏆
Road
Giro d'Italia Women (2.WWT)
Stage 7:
Sarah Gigante (AGS) 🇦🇺
Elisa Longo Borghini (UAD) 🇮🇹
Isabella Holmgren (LTK) 🇨🇦
Stage 8:
Liane Lippert (MOV) 🇩🇪
Anna van der Breggen (SDW) 🇳🇱
Marlen Reusser (MOV) 🇨🇭
Mountain:
Sarah Gigante (AGS) 🇦🇺
Usoa Ostolaza (LKF) 🇪🇸
Léa Curinier (TFD) 🇫🇷
Points:
Lorena Wiebes (SDW) 🇳🇱
Elisa Longo Borghini (UAD) 🇮🇹
Marlen Reusser (MOV) 🇨🇭
Youth:
Antonia Niedermaier (CSZ) 🇩🇪
Isabella Holmgren (LTK) 🇨🇦
Viktória Chladonová (TVL) 🇸🇰
GC:
Elisa Longo Borghini (UAD) 🇮🇹
Marlen Reusser (MOV) 🇨🇭 (+0:18)
Sarah Gigante (AGS) 🇦🇺 (+1:11)
Baloise Ladies Tour (2.1)
Prologue:
Zoe Backstedt (CSZ) 🇬🇧
Ellen van Dijk (LTK) 🇳🇱
Charlotte Kool (TPP) 🇳🇱
Stage 1:
Charlotte Kool (TPP) 🇳🇱
Chiara Consonni (CSZ) 🇮🇹
Nienke Veenhoven (TVL) 🇳🇱
Stage 2:
Nienke Veenhoven (TVL) 🇳🇱
Barbara Guarischi (SDW) 🇮🇹
Karolina Kumiega (KDM) 🇵🇱
MTB
🇦🇩 UCI MTB World Cup: Pal Arinsal, XCC+XCO #6 & DHI #6
Elite DHI:
Tahnée Seagrave (Orbea / FMD Racing) 🇬🇧
Valentina Höll (YT Mob) 🇦🇹
Mille Johnset (Axess Intense Factory Racing) 🇳🇴
U23 XCO:
Valentina Corvi (Canyon CLLCTV XCO) 🇮🇹
Monique Halter 🇨🇭
Sina Van Thiel (Lexware Mountainbike Team) 🇩🇪
Elite XCO:
Samara Maxwell (Decathlon Ford Racing Team) 🇳🇿
Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon) 🇨🇭
Jenny Rissveds (Canyon CLLCTV XCO) 🇸🇪
Upcoming Races 📆
Road
Wednesday 16th - Sunday 20th July: Baloise Ladies Tour (2.1)
How to watch:
Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 11:45 CEST and 18:50 CEST Saturday and 15:45 CEST Sunday
Saturday 19th July: La Périgord Ladies (1.1)
Sunday 20th July: La Picto-Charentaise (1.1)
Friday Fun 🕺
But first… let me take a selfie🤳
That’s all 👋
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