No Scandi cool for me 🧊
➕ MTB world cup racing is back and Tour l'Avenir is about to start
Hello lovely subscribers and welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly! 🚴♀️
I already moaned about this in the subscriber-only newsletter but it is 🔥hot🔥 in Girona atm so I’ve been good for just about nothing meaning it’s a good job that WWT racing is back on TV so I can lie on the sofa and watch while trying to survive the heatwave.
It’s been a great race so far, with Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig delivering a win on stage two and Lorena Wiebes doing Lorena Wiebes things otherwise. As is often the case with this race there have also been some breakout rides from the likes of Kim Cadzow and the ever-aggressive Fenix Deceuninck have been doing their thing again which I’m all about.
I’m also super excited for the Tour l’Avenir Femmes to start next week, especially after the start list was revealed today. There’s a LOT of recognisable names there, which maybe defeats the point of having the race in the first place (2/2 TDFF white jersey winners present) but it’s a great step forward for development in women’s racing.
I’ll be back for paid subscribers with a post-Scandinavia wrap up some time in the middle of next week and in the usual Friday slot for everyone else. For now, I’m off to sit next to the aircon unit and count down to the end of this heatwave.
Enjoy,
Amy x
News 📰
EF Education-TIBCO-SVB is set to fold at the end of the season as they have been unable to secure sponsorship for 2024.
Lidl-Trek seem committed to fitting a development structure into their WorldTour programme after signing Ava and Isabella Holmgren, along with Izzy Sharp.
Read 🗞️
Alison Jackson on how winning Paris-Roubaix changed her life: 'It's been absolutely wild'
Lorena Wiebes starts build toward European title defence at Tour of Scandinavia
A family affair: Linda Jacobsson on tackling some of cycling's toughest climbs with her baby in tow
The mental tightrope: As women's cycling grows, riders seek balance for their mental health
Van Vleuten 'on my limit' in last summit finish of her career at Tour of Scandinavia
How EF Education-TIBCO-SVB demise impacts Women's WorldTour promotion-relegation fight
Watch 📺
Listen 🎧
As always, go listen to the Wheel Talk Podcast where they’ve been discussing transfers, relegation and women’s football.
Just Ride caught up with Harriet Burbidge-Smith and Robin Goomes, two of the best freeriders out there.
The Rouleur Podcast talks to Dominique Powers about life as a cycling photographer.
Results 🏆
Road
GP Oetingen (1.1)
Simone Boilard (AUB)
Evy Kuijpers (FED)
Maaike Boogaard (AGS)
Tour of Scandinavia (2.WWT)
Stage 1: Lorena Wiebes (SDW)
Stage 2: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FST)
Stage 3: Lorena Wiebes (SDW)
MTB
DH European Championships
Junior: 🥇 Lais Bonnaure 🇫🇷 🥈 Emy Grandouiller 🇫🇷 🥉 Sofia Priori Viale 🇮🇹
Elite: 🥇 Eleonora Farina 🇮🇹 🥈 Monika Hrastnik 🇸🇮 🥉 Lisa Baumann 🇨🇭
🇦🇩 UCI MTB World Cup: Vallnord, Andorra DH #4 & XCO+XCC #5
XCC U23: 🥇 Ronja Blöchlinger 🇨🇭 🥈 Samara Maxwell 🇳🇿 🥉 Noëlle Buri 🇨🇭
XCC Elite: 🥇Alessandra Keller 🇨🇭🥈Evie Richards 🇬🇧 🥉 Puck Pieterse 🇳🇱
DH Junior: 🥇 Erice van Leuven 🇳🇿 🥈 Valentina Roa Sanchez 🇨🇴 🥉 Lisa Bouladou 🇫🇷
Upcoming races 📆
Road
23rd - 27th August: Tour of Scandinavia (2.WWT)
How to watch:
Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 16:00 CEST on Saturday, and 12:30 CEST on Sunday.
MTB
🇦🇩 UCI MTB World Cup: Vallnord, Andorra DH #4 & XCO+XCC #5
Saturday 26th August: DH Elite Semi Finals and Finals
How to watch:
Elite Semi Final: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 10:30 CEST.
Elite Finals: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 12:45 CEST.
Sunday 27th August: XCO U23 and Elite
How to watch:
U23 race: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ and YouTube from 8:55 CEST.
Elite race: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 12:30 CEST.
Friday fun 🕺
Annemiek van Vleuten fangirling over Puck Pieterse and Fem van Empel (she's just like us)
That’s all 👋
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