Can Kopecky do the double?
+ the story behind that bicep celebration and history is made in Brazil
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News 📰
Elisa Longo Borghini suffered a concussion following her crash at the Tour of Flanders. The Italian National Champion has since been released from hospital but will be ‘closely monitored’ by doctors.
Sammie Maxwell of the Decthlon Ford team made history to become the first woman from New Zealand to win an elite mountain bike World Cup last weekend. And if you haven’t seen her post-race interview then I urge you to watch.
Read 🗞️
Preview: Who's going to stop Kopecky doing the Flanders-Roubaix double? - Escape Collective
'People were not riding' – Movistar emerge as top aggressors in Tour of Flanders, rewarded with Lippert podium - Cycling News
‘We need to make her suffer more’ - How do you beat Lotte Kopecky? - Rouleur
'We pushed hard on the cobblestones' - Lotte Kopecky full-gas on Paris-Roubaix recon in hunt for Flanders-Roubaix double - Cycling News
‘We can do it’: How a €4 gift made Lotte Kopecky the Queen of Flanders again - Rouleur
'It feels like a completely different sport' - Cat Ferguson gears up for Paris-Roubaix after whirlwind 12 months - Cycling News
Kasia Niewiadoma rues lack of options in finale after fourth place in Tour of Flanders Women - Cycling News
From learning to fly planes to mastering two sports - Annabel Fisher takes 'complex journey' to Life Time Grand Prix - Cycling News
'A tough pill to swallow’ – Injured Rebecca Henderson misses first ever Mountain Bike World Series opener but sets sights on Nové Město - Cycling News
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Results 🏆
Road
Tour of Flanders (1.WWT)
Lootte Kopecky (SDW)
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (TVL)
Liane Lippert (MOV)
Volta NXT Classic (1.2)
Femke Gerritse (SDW)
Meike Uiterwijk Winkel (BPK)
Lonneke Uneken (VWT)
Scheldeprijs (1.1)
Elisa Balsamo (LTK)
Charlotte Kool (TPP)
Chiara Consonni (CSR)
Région Pays de la Loire Tour - Féminin (1.2)
Anneke Dijkstra (VWT)
Anne Knijnenburg (VWT)
Karolina Perekitko (WOS)
MTB
🇧🇷 UCI MTB World Cup: Araxá, Brazil XCC+XCO #1
XCC U23
Isabella Holmgren (Trek) 🇨🇦
Katharina Sadnik (KTM) 🇦🇹
Ella Maclean-Howell (Cube) 🇬🇧
XCC Elite
Evie Richards (Trek) 🇬🇧
Samara Maxwell (Decathlon Ford) 🇳🇿
Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon) 🇨🇭
XCO U23
Isabella Holmgren (Trek) 🇨🇦
Ella Macphee (Wilier - Vittoria) 🇨🇦
Valentina Corvi (Canyon Cllctv) 🇮🇹
Ella Maclean-Howell (Cube) 🇬🇧
Olivia Onesti (BH Coloma) 🇫🇷
XCO Elite
Samara Maxwell (Decathlon Ford) 🇳🇿
Nicole Koller (Ghost) 🇨🇭
Savilia Blunk (Decathlon Ford) 🇺🇸
Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon) 🇨🇭
Candice Lill 🇿🇦
🇧🇷 UCI MTB World Cup: Araxá, Brazil XCC+XCO #2
XCC U23
Isabella Holmgren (Trek) 🇨🇦
Valentina Corvi (Canyon Cllctv) 🇮🇹
Katharina Sadnik (KTM) 🇦🇹
XCC Elite
Evie Richards (Trek) 🇬🇧
Nicole Koller (Ghost) 🇨🇭
Kenny Rissveds (Canyon Cllctv) 🇸🇪
Upcoming races 📆
Road
Saturday 12th April - Paris Roubaix Femmes (1.WWT)
How to watch:
Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 16:30 CEST
Startlist here
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Friday 18th April - De Brabantse Pijl - La Flèche Brabançonne (1.Pro)
How to watch:
Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 12:30 CEST
Starlist here
MTB
🇧🇷 UCI MTB World Cup: Araxá, Brazil XCC+XCO #2
Saturday 12th April: Cross-Country Olympic U23 (XCO)
How to watch:
Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 13:55 CEST.
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🇧🇷 UCI MTB World Cup: Araxá, Brazil XCC+XCO #2
Saturday 12th April: Cross-Country Olympic Elite (XCO)
How to watch:
Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 17:30 CEST.
Friday Fun 🕺
A classy gesture from Kopecky
Emma Norsgaard has some choice words about Paris Roubaix
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