Ciarán causing chaos at the cross 🌬️⛈️

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Hello lovely subscribers and welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly! 🚴‍♀️

If you were looking forward to watching the women’s European cyclocross champs tomorrow then you’ll be pretty disappointed thanks to Storm Ciarán, the affects of which have forced organisers to postpone tomorrow’s races until Sunday.

Something that (hopefully, at least) won’t be affected by stormy weather is the Track Champions League, the third round of which takes place tomorrow at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines aka the one riders will race on at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games! I’ve loved watching the racing as always and ICYMI here’s what Katie Archibald had to say about what the league is doing for the popularity of track racing.

Elsewhere, based on this Tweet, I wanted to poll you guys:

Enjoy!

Amy x

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News 📰

• Hess Cycling have been announcing lots of riders this week, both Nicole Frain and Clara Lundmark are joining as well as Marjolein Van’t Geloof Laura Süßemilch, and Imogen Cotter.

• The women’s elite European cyclocross championships, which were due to take place tomorrow, have been postponed to Sunday due to the stormy weather affecting parts of northern Europe including Pontchâteau, France, where the championships are being held.

• The downhill race Red Bull Hardline — which has included women for the past two years — will be adding a second event in Tasmania next year.

• Katia Ragusa, Silvia Zanardi and Linda Zanetti will be riding for Human Powered Health next season.

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Read  🗞️

• Opinion: I’m not fully convinced by the 2024 Tour de France Femmes route - Rouleur

• Katie Archibald: The more weirdos the better - Women’s Cycling Weekly 

• Q&A: Junior world champ Felicity Wilson-Haffenden on joining Lidl-Trek at 18 - Escape Collective

• Pauline Ferrand-Prévot: I would like to do the Tour de France Femmes one year - GCN 

• Will the Olympic Games Shape the 2024 Tour De France Femmes? - Velo 

• A glimpse into the life of Jolien: Between races and pregnancy - AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step 

• 2023 Men's and Women's WorldTour stats, notes and oddball facts - Analysis - Cyclingnews 

• Cyclocross gallery: Mirror images at Maasmechelen - Escape Collective

• Meet the displaced Ukrainian racing against Olympic champions - Cycling Weekly

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Watch 📺

Trek Factory racing recap their 2023 season.

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Listen 🎧

I chatted to young Kiwi rider, Kim Cadzow, for the latest Women’s Cycling Weekly pod!

Emily Chappell tells Rob Warner and Eliot Jackson how she went from a cycle courier to an ultra-endurance cyclist.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot discusses life as a multidisciplinary athlete and being the first woman to join INEOS Grenadiers. 

And it’s awards season over at Wheel Talk.

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Results 🏆

Track

Track Champions League Round 2: Berlin

Keirin: 🥇 Ellesse Andrews 🇳🇿 🥈 Alessa-Catriona Pröpster 🇩🇪  🥉 Lowri Thomas 🇬🇧

Sprint: 🥇  Ellesse Andrews 🇳🇿 🥈 Katy Marchant 🇬🇧 🥉 Emma Finucane 🇬🇧  

Elimination Race: 🥇 Katie Archibald 🇬🇧 🥈 Maggie Coles-Lyster 🇨🇦 🥉 Anita Yvonne Stenburg 🇳🇴

Scratch: 🥇 Lily Williams 🇺🇸 🥈 Sarah Van Dam 🇨🇦 🥉 Anita Yvonne Stenburg 🇳🇴

CX

Superprestige #2: Ruddervoorde

1. Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado 🇳🇱

2. Annemarie Worst 🇳🇱

3. Marion Norbert Riberolle 🇧🇪

🇧🇪 UCI Cyclocross World Cup #2: Maasmechelen, Belgium

1. Fem van Empel 🇳🇱

2. Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado 🇳🇱

3. Aniek van Alphen 🇳🇱

X2O Trofee #1: Oudenaarde - Koppenbergcross

1. Fem van Empel 🇳🇱

2. Denise Betsema 🇳🇱

3. Anna Kay 🇬🇧

UEC European Championships: Pontchâteau 🇫🇷

Team Relay: 🥇 France 🇫🇷 🥈 Great Britain 🇬🇧 🥉 Belgium 🇧🇪

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Upcoming races 📆  

Track

Saturday 4th November: Track Champions League Round 3: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

How to watch:

Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 17:30 CET.

CX

UEC European Championships: Pontchâteau 🇫🇷

Saturday 4th November: Races postponed due to extreme weather, all events will be rescheduled to Sunday 5th.

Sunday 5th November: Junior, U23 and Elite

How to watch:

• Schedule to be announced, U23 and elite races should be shown on Eurosport/GCN+.

Preview here.

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Friday fun 🕺

Dog of the Week! 🏆

laurenmolengraaf

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and Save of the Week 🤯

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