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Hello guys, we are somehow still in the middle of a world championship. And next weekend we’ll be starting a whole new round of them. It may never end. I don’t care that September is the same every year, it will always take me by surpise. Okay okay but really I am excited. I’ve been sat here trying to come up with an interesting way to talk about how good worlds is, but there’s not really anything new to say, we all know why it’s good - anything can happen. Even if the winner ends up being the most obvious pick, it’s the sheer possibility of something wild happening that makes the whole thing so magic. I suppose this is technically true for all races, anyone could win on any day, but it never feels quite so real to me as when there are rainbow bands on the line.

Lulah x

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News 📰

• Following her third place at the Tour de l'Avenir, Talia Appleton has been selected to compete at the World Championships. Unfortunately, Talia is having to fund this trip herself and has opened up donations to help get her to Kigali. If you would like to donate, you can do so here.

• Alice Towers will move to EF Education-Oatly in 2026.

• The second stage of the Tour Feminin de l'Ardeche was cancelled due to ‘Block Everything’ protests against expected policies from the French government.

• After a crash in stage 3, Lotte Kopecky was forced to abandon the Tour Feminin de l'Ardeche.

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Read 🗞️

• ‘A Dream Season’: Staggering Domination by Lorena Wiebes in Unprecedented Simac Ladies Tour Showing - Velo

• From World Cup domination to GC ambitions – Why this multiple World Champion could be the next mountain biker to make her mark on the Tour de France Femmes - Cyclingnews

• What attracts fans to women's racing? - Escape Collective

• Megan Jastrab 'cheering from afar' as fundraiser surpasses $15,000 to send four US junior women to Road Worlds in Rwanda - Cyclingnews

• 'By a whisker' – Canyon//SRAM's Agnieszka Sójka wins inaugural Maryland - Cycling Classic women’s race in photo finish - Cycling Weekly

• 'I have one shot left, just one' – Arkéa-B&B Hotels hoping last sponsor interest can save the French team as UCI deadlines looms - Cyclingnews

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Watch 📺

Here’s a fun recap of the brutal XC Marathon World Champs

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Listen 🎧

Wheel Talk are chatting about all the latest races

Ruby Roseman-Gannon was on the WMN Podcast ahead of the World Championships

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Results 🏆

Road

Simac Ladies Tour (2.WWT)

Stage 5 (ITT):

1. Zoe Backstedt (CSZ) 🇬🇧

2. Christina Schweinberger (FED) 🇦🇹

3. Ellen van Dijk (LTK) 🇳🇱

Stage 6:

1. Lorena Wiebes (SDW) 🇳🇱

2. Nienke Veenhoven (TVL) 🇳🇱

3. Elisa Balsamo (LTK) 🇮🇹

GC:

1. Lorena Wiebes (SDW) 🇳🇱

2. Elisa Balsamo (LTK) 🇮🇹 (+0:54)

3. Megan Jastrab (TPP) 🇺🇸 (+1:01)

Maryland Cycling Classic Women (1.1)

1. Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (CSZ) 🇵🇱

2. Alison Jackson (EFO) 🇨🇦

3. Emma Langley (Aegis Cycling Foundation) 🇺🇸

Tour Feminin l'Ardeche (2.1)

Stage 1:

1. Lotte Kopecky (SDW) 🇧🇪

2. Eleonora Ciabocco (TPP) 🇮🇹

3. Mischa Bredewold (SDW) 🇳🇱

Stage 2: 🚫CANCELLED🚫

Stage 3:

1. Mischa Bredewold (SDW) 🇳🇱

2. Amber Kraak (TFS) 🇳🇱

3. Marta Lach (SDW) 🇵🇱

Stage 4 (ITT):

1. Mischa Bredewold (SDW) 🇳🇱

2. Maeva Squiban (UAD) 🇫🇷

3. Monica Trinca Colonel (LIV) 🇮🇹

MTB

🌈 UCI MTB World Championships, Valais 🇨🇭

Pump Track:

1. Sabina Košárková 🇨🇿

2. Christa von Niederhäusern 🇨🇭

3. Alina Beck 🇩🇪

Elite XCM:

1. Kate Courtney 🇺🇸

2. Anna Weinbeer 🇨🇭

3. Mona Mitterwallner 🇦🇹

Junior DHI:

1. Rosa Zierl 🇦🇹

2. Eliana Hulsebosch 🇳🇿

3. Aletha Ostgaard 🇺🇸

Elite DHI:

1. Valentina Höll 🇦🇹

2. Myriam Nicole 🇫🇷

3. Marine Cabirou 🇫🇷

U23 XCC:

1. Isabella Holmgren 🇨🇦

2. Carla Hahn 🇩🇪

3. Tyler Jacobs 🇿🇦

Elite XCC:

1. Alessandra Keller 🇨🇭

2. Jenny Rissveds 🇸🇪

3. Jennifer Jackson 🇨🇦

XC Mixed Team Relay:

1. France 🇫🇷

2. Italy 🇮🇹

3. Switzerland 🇨🇭

Junior XCO:

1. Maruša Tereza Šerkezi 🇸🇮

2. Anja Grossmann 🇨🇭

3. Barbora Bukovská 🇨🇿

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Upcoming Races 📆

Road

Tuesday 9th - Sunday 14th September: Tour Feminin l'Ardeche (2.1)

Saturday 13th September: A Travers les Hauts de France (1.1)

Wednesday 17th September: Delirium Grand Prix de Wallonie (1.1)

How to watch:

• Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 14:00 CEST

Friday 19th September: Chrono de Gatineau (1.1)

MTB

🌈 UCI MTB World Championships, Valais 🇨🇭

Saturday 13th September: Elite XCO

How to watch:

• Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 13:50 CEST

Sunday 14th September: U23 XCO

How to watch:

• Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 10:20 CEST

🇨🇭 UCI MTB World Cup: Lenzerheide, XCC+XCO #8 & DHI #8

Friday 19th September: XCC

How to watch:

• Elite: Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 17:00 CEST

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Friday Fun 🕺

Hands up if you cried 🙋

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