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Hello lovely subscribers and welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly: Your weekly round-up of all things news, content, racing, and more from the world of women’s cycling.
Hey subcribers, hope you’ve all had an excellent week. I’ve just been watching the cross-country short track as I finished up the newsletter and wow. What a race. What a final lap. Puck Pieterse on a mountain bike is always an exciting time and, rather ominously for her road competitors, she said mountain biking is the real work and the road bike is for fun. I, for one, am excited to see what fun Puck has on the road this summer.
Lulah x
News 📰
The UCI have announced changes to the points system that will see the Women’s WorldTour split into five tiers, including what seems to be the designation of monuments and the Tour de France Femmes on it’s own tier. Tilda explained this in much more detail here, along with some updates to safety protocols.
Downhill rider Anna Newkirk has broken her hand in practice at Val di Sole. This is a real shame considering how good her form has been this season, where she hasn’t finished outside the top 5.
Read 🗞️
Six takeaways from the women's Tour de Suisse - Escape Collective
My other life as a graphic designer, by Tiffany Cromwell - Rouleur
Riders say the UCI's new handlebar rule is bad for women's racing - Escape Collective
Is Marlen Reusser now the biggest rival to Demi Vollering at the Tour de France Femmes? - Rouleur
Preview: Women's Copenhagen Sprint - Escape Collective
Watch 📺
See how Gracey Hemstreet won are second world cup in a row
Listen 🎧
Wheel Talk are diving into new rule changes and the Tour de Suisse
Grace Brown was on the [female] athlete project last week to discuss her path to cycling, the Olympics, and her retirement
Results 🏆
Road
Tour de Suisse Women (2.WWT)
Stage 3:
Elisa Balsamo (LTK) 🇮🇹
Mischa Bredewold (SDW) 🇳🇱
Noemi Rüegg (EFO) 🇨🇭
Stage 4:
Marlen Reusser (MOV) 🇨🇭
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (CSZ) 🇵🇱
Demi Vollering (TFS) 🇳🇱
GC:
Marlen Reusser (MOV) 🇨🇭
Demi Vollering (TFS) 🇳🇱 (+0:36)
Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (CSZ) 🇵🇱 (+1:56)
Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées (2.1)
Stage 2:
Usoa Ostolaza (LKF) 🇪🇸
Nadia Gontova (WOS) 🇨🇦
Ségolène Thomas (AUB) 🇫🇷
Stage 3:
Brodie Chapman (UAD) 🇦🇺
Usoa Ostolaza (LKF) 🇪🇸
Dominika Wlodarczyk (UAD) 🇵🇱
GC:
Usoa Ostolaza (LKF) 🇪🇸
Nadia Gontova (WOS) 🇨🇦 (+0:20)
Valentina Cavallar (ARK) 🇦🇹 (+0:39)
Dwars door het Hageland (1.1)
Lorena Wiebes (SDW) 🇳🇱
Fleur Moors (LTK) 🇧🇪
Millie Couzens (FDC) 🇬🇧
MTB
🇮🇹 UCI MTB World Cup: Val di Sole XCC+XCO #5 & DHI #4
U23 XCC:
Nicole Bradbury 🇨🇦
Katharina Sadnik (KTM Factory MTB Team) 🇦🇹
Katrin Embacher (Trek Future Racing) 🇦🇹
Elite XCC:
Puck Pieterse (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 🇳🇱
Jenny Rissveds (Canyon CLLCTV) 🇸🇪
Laura Stigger (Specialized Factory Racing) 🇦🇹
Upcoming races 📆
Road
Saturday 21st June: Copenhagen Sprint (1.WWT)
How to watch:
Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 15:10 CEST
Startlist here
Tuesday 24th June: Giro dell'Appennino Donne Elite (1.2)
MTB
🇮🇹 UCI MTB World Cup: Val di Sole XCC+XCO #5 & DHI #4
Saturday 21st June: DHI
How to watch:
Junior: Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 10:45 CEST
Elite: Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 11:30 CEST
Sunday 22nd June: XCO
Elite: Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 10:30 CEST
Friday Fun 🕺
A moment for the shoes 😍
That’s all 👋
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