'Spoiled children' head to Switzerland 🇨🇭
The WWT racing is back!
Before I go on, I want to express my deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of Gino Mäder. Rest in peace, Gino 🤍
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Well, after I made such a song and dance about the surprise live coverage of the CIC-Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées last week, they only went and spectacularly fumbled the bag on Race Organisation 101.
I almost decided to write about it even though I was meant to be on holiday but then I realised that everyone else had it covered and, truly, what else is there to say except that race organisers have a duty to ensure the safety of riders and having cars driving alongside them doesn’t fly.
What can be worse than endangering the peloton in your race that was already flagged for safety issues the previous year by having inadequate marshals and security? You ask. Well, getting on your soapbox about how these women are ‘spoiled children’ for not wanting to get hit by cars mid race????? How’s this quote from race director Pascal Baudron:
“The girls have requirements that are not in line with their level, they imagine that they are on the Tour de France and that all the roads must be closed,’ and, ‘I tell myself it is not worth organising a race to see all those months of effort ruined for the whims of spoiled children.”
Bro, shut up.
A very bizarre side note is that one of the members of the organisation of this race is part of CPA Women. Will just leave that there. Alongside this statement from TCA.
Anyway, some, hopefully, better racing afoot this weekend with the Tour de Suisse Women, where we will see the return of Vollering vs the World.
On with the newsy.
Amy x
News 📰
If you hadn’t already seen based on the intro: the CIC-Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées was cancelled due to safety concerns. The first stage was riddled with issues like cars driving on the course, and despite reassurances from the organisers, the second stage was much the same, leading riders to stage a protest in which they rode neutral to the bottom of the Hautacam. Following intervention from the UCI and the CPA the final stage of the race was then cancelled.
Read 🗞️
Amity Rockwell’s beautifully-written and honest account of her DNF at Unbound.
Chloe Hosking is out of the WorldTour but far from finished with women’s cycling.
Chloe Dygert could have very easily walked away from cycling during injury lay-off.
High altitude camp to Tour d Suisse: SD Worx prepare for Giro, Tour, and Worlds.
Matilda Raynolds: the travails of an Aussie who went all in for cancelled Lotto Belgium Tour.
Bridging up: giving girls opportunities outside of the off-road.
Watch 📺
Time to get in the TDFF mood.
Listen 🎧
Wheel Talk on the Pyrénées debacle.
Results 🏆
Road
CIC-Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées (2.1)
Stage 2: Marta Cavalli (FDJ)
Stage 3: cancelled 🚫
Elmos Dwars door het Hageland (1.1)
Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx)
Christina Schweinberger (Fenix-Deceuninck)
Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM)
SPAR Flanders Diamond Tour (1.1)
Julie de Wilde (Fenix-Deceuninck)
Kathrin Schweinberger (CERATIZIT-WNT)
Katrijn de Clercq (Lotto Dstny Ladies)
MTB
🇨🇭 UCI MTB World Cup: Lenzerheide, Switzerland DH #1 & XCO+XCC #2
XCO U23: 🥇 Sofie Pedersen 🇩🇰🥈 Ronja Blöckinger 🇨🇭🥉 Sara Cortinovis 🇮🇹
XCO elite: 🥇Loane Lecomte 🇫🇷🥈Anne Terpstra 🇳🇱🥉 Alessandra Keller 🇨🇭
Upcoming races📆
Road
17th - 20th June: Tour de Suisse Women (2.WWT)
How to watch:
Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 18:20 CEST on the 17th and 15:20 CEST thereafter.
Startlist here
Preview here
+ next week there is pretty much every single European nation’s national championships and some others too! Check out GCN+ for any broadcasts.
MTB
🇦🇹 UCI MTB World Cup: Leogang, Austria DH #2 & XCO+XCC #3
Sunday 18th June: XCO U23 and Elite women
How to watch:
U23 race: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 08:25 CEST
Elite race: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 12:30 CEST
Saturdary 17th June: DH
How to watch:
Elite women semi final: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 10:30 CEST
Elite women final: Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 12:45 CEST
Friday fun 🕺
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