It's our 100th edition!
➕ we interviewed Puck Pieterse
Hello! Welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly! 🚴♀️
Remember when we used to number each issue? Well this one would have been #100 (give or take a few extra ones or weeks off!) We made a big song and dance about the two-year anniversary last November and had lots of thematic and fancy issues around Christmas so we’re not going the whole hog with a special issue today BUT we do have a lil competition for you guys if you fancy!
Elsewhere, there’s been very little news to come out of this week but LOTS of racing to come this weekend and plenty to read. I’m off to UAE Tour next week and I’ll be bringing some content for this very newsletter from the race so if you have any requests or suggestions do let us know in the comments or reply to this email!
PLUS if you’re a cyclocross fan — or even if you’re not! — don’t miss this week’s podcast where we interviewed the super-talented and super lovely Puck Pieterse!
Enjoy!
Amy x
News 📰
Olympic champion Anna Kiesenhofer will join Israel Premier Tech-Roland for the 2023 season.
Lizzie Deignan has outlined her plans to return to racing at the Vuelta Femenina in May and her plans to peak for the Glasgow world championships in August. “I figured, why not jump back in at the deep end?” she told CyclingNews.
Read 🗞️
Women’s WorldTour calendar 'a mess' and 'a nonsense' says Movistar boss.
This Acupuncturist and Bike Fitter Started a Women’s Bicycling Collective.
Anna van der Breggen: Lorena Wiebes can be more than just a sprinter. (and I am once again asking why we can't let women just be pure sprinters 🫠)
Watch 📺
The latest instalment of Canyon’s ‘This Rider’ series follows Ceylin del Carmen Alvardo.
Listen 🎧
Our interview with Puck Pieterse!
Results 🏆
Road
Pro Costa de Almeria (1.1)
Arianna Fidanza (WNT)
Emma Norsgaard (MOV)
Audrey Cordon-Ragot (ZAF)
CX
X2O Trofee Hamme - Flandriencross
Fem van Empel 🇳🇱
Shirin van Anrooij 🇳🇱
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado 🇳🇱
UCI Cyclocross World Cup Besançon
Junior:
Ava Holmgren 🇨🇦
Xaydee Van Sinaey 🇧🇪
Isabella Holmgren 🇨🇦
Elite:
Puck Pieterse 🇳🇱
Annemarie Worst 🇳🇱
Inge van der Heijden 🇳🇱
🌈 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, Hoogerheide 🇳🇱
Team relay:
Netherlands 🇳🇱 (Lauren Molengraaf, Fem van Empel, Leonie Bentveld, Guus van den Eijnden, Tibor del Grosso)
Great Britain 🇬🇧 (Zoe Backstedt, Cat Ferguson, Anna Kay, Joseph Blackmore, Alfie Amey, Thomas Mein)
Belgium 🇧🇪 (Julie Brouwers, Marion Norbert Riberolle, Xaydee Van Sinaey, Laurens Sweeck, Antoine Jamin, Joran Wyseure)
Upcoming races 📆
Road
5th February: Vuelta CV Feminas (1.1)
Starts 9am CET
Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 10.45am CET
Startlist here
9th-12th February: UAE Tour (WWT)
Startlist here
Live on Eurosport/GCN+
CX
3rd-5th February: 🌈 UCI Cyclocross World Championships, Hoogerheide 🇳🇱
Saturday 11am CET: Juniors | startlist
Saturday 3pm CET: Elites | startlist
Sunday 1pm: U23 | startlist
Preview here
Friday fun🕺
That’s all 👋
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