Give us the gravel 📺

Why you won't be able to watch Lorena Wiebes, Demi Vollering et. al race for rainbows

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

It’s been a week of wins for non-SD Worx riders 🤯 with victories in Italy and Belgium for some of this season’s biggest protagonists in Liane Lippert, Pfeiffer Georgi and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig. Lippert is well and truly in her leader era already after AVV’s retirement.

Elsewhere, it’s the gravel world championships this weekend and, while I’ve said before that I don’t find watching gravel racing quite as exciting as other disciplines, that doesn’t excuse the discrepancy between coverage of the men’s and women’s races in Italy. With the women racing tomorrow (Saturday) and the men on Sunday you’d think they’d be able to deliver equal coverage no probs (and they should do so anyway). Well, the UCI have out-done themselves with this one because while the men’s race will be broadcast, the women’s will not. A huge L for the UCI and a huge disappointment for those who were looking forward to seeing the stacked field of WorldTour riders race.

Sorry to start the weekend on a bum note, friends! There’s still so much work to be done 😵‍💫.

Enjoy the newsletter,

Amy x

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News 📰

• Annemiek van Vleuten will not be starting the Gravel World Champs due to a foot injury.

• The women’s gravel world championships will not be broadcast live…but the men’s race will 😡

• Marthe Truyen has become the new gravel Belgian champion.

• Pauline Ferrand-Prevot will not be able to defend her gravel world title after testing positive for Covid.

• With one round left to go, Puck Pieterse has secured the XCO World Cup overall, making her the first Dutch woman to do so.

• Marianne Vos confirms she has no plans to compete in cyclo-cross this season.

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Read  🗞️

• Tiffany Cromwell has a new lease of life as she targets UCI Gravel World Championships - GCN 

• 7 Women's WorldTour Rookies to Watch in 2024 - Velo 

• Commentary: Let gravel be gravel - Escape Collective

• Gallery: A pair of first-time winners at the Snowshoe MTB World Cup - Escape Collective 

• Historymaker: the greatest victories of Annemiek van Vleuten - Rouleur

• UCI Gravel World Championships Elite Women's Start List + Riders to Watch - Velo

• Lotte Kopecky names Paris-Roubaix and Olympics as main 2024 targets - Cyclingnews

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Listen 🎧

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Results 🏆

Road

Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne (1.Pro)

1. Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FST)

2. Marta Cavalli (FST)

3. Juliette Labous (DSM)

Binche-Chimay-Binche pour Dames (1.1)

1. Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM)

2. Christina Schweinberger (FED)

3. Anniina Ahtosalo (UXT)

Tre Valli Varesine Women (1.1)

1. Liane Lippert (MOV)

2. Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FST)

3. Elisa Balsamo (LTK)

MTB

🇺🇸 UCI MTB World Cup: Snowshoe, USA DH #7 & XCO+XCC #7

DH Elite: 🥇 Marine Cabirou 🇫🇷 🥈 Nina Hoffmann 🇩🇪 🥉 Vali Höll 🇦🇹

XCO U23: 🥇Samara Maxwell 🇳🇿 🥈 Ronja Blöchlinger 🇨🇭 🥉 Ginia Caluori 🇨🇭 

XCO Elite: 🥇 Laura Stigger 🇦🇹 🥈 Loana Lecomte 🇫🇷 🥉 Martina Berta 🇮🇹

🇨🇦 UCI MTB World Cup: Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada DH #8 & XCO+XCC #8

XCC U23: 🥇Ronja Blöchlinger 🇨🇭🥈Samara Maxwell 🇳🇿 🥉Nöelle Buri 🇨🇭

DH Junior: 🥇Valentina Roa Sanchez 🇨🇴🥈Sacha Earnest 🇳🇿🥉Lisa Bouladou 🇫🇷

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Upcoming races 📆  

🇨🇦 UCI MTB World Cup: Mont-Sainte-Anne, Canada DH #8 & XCO+XCC #8

Saturday 7th October: DH Elite Semi Final and Final 

How to watch:

• Semi Final: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ and YouTube from 16:30 CEST.

• Final: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 18:45 CEST

Sunday 8th October: XCO U23 and Elite

How to watch:

• U23:  Live on Eurosport/GCN+ and YouTube from 16:55 CEST.

Elite: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 18:30 CEST. 

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Friday fun 🕺

Meet the dogs of SD Worx

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No one's doing it like the Belgians

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