The WWT licences are out
+ the Giro 2024 route was revealed
Hello lovely subscribers and welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly! 🚴♀️
Welcome to the final normal edition of the newsletter for 2023! As a reminder: next week we’ll be bringing you a Christmas-themed edition before taking a break until the new year.
+ stay tuned next week for a festive podcast episode where Tilda and Rachel tested their knowledge of the 2023 season in an end of year quiz…
Enjoy!
Amy x
News 📰
Lotte Kopecky has won Belgian Sportswoman of the Year and is the first cyclist to do so.
The rider list for Red Bull Hardline 2024 has been announced and, with the five regular invitees plus Tasmania wildcards Harriet Burbidge-Smith and Gracey Hemstreet, 7 women will be included.
The route for the Giro d'Italia Women 2024 has been revealed and will include a summit finish on the Blockhaus.
U23 American Road Champ Natalie Quinn has signed for EF Education-Cannondale.
The 2024 team licences have been revealed and AG Insurance-Soudal and Ceratizit-WNT have secured promotion the the Women's WorldTour.
Read 🗞️
Silvia Persico to focus on Giro d’Italia, Olympics over Tour de France Femmes - GCN
'It was the first time I dropped everyone uphill' - Annemiek van Vleuten on the ride that changed her - Cycling Weekly
‘I’ve had a bit of criticism but it felt right’ – Cat Ferguson on joining Movistar at 17 - Cyclingnews
Opinion: At long last the Giro d'Italia Women is in good hands - GCN
EF Education-Cannondale boss Esra Tromp and Her Two Projects: Creating a Team, Becoming a New Mom - Velo
Laura Kenny: ‘I hope people don’t expect me to make it to the Olympics’ - Cycling Weekly
Don’t threaten Fem van Empel with a good time - Escape Collective
‘I didn’t want to fall in my tomb, I had to be strong’: Audrey Cordon-Ragot puts horror year behind her to focus on Olympics - Cycling Weekly
Eight stages, Blockhaus and a broader route - How RCS is stepping up the Giro d'Italia Women - Rouleur
Puck Pieterse aiming for cyclo-cross world title and Strade Bianche ahead of Olympic MTB focus - GCN
Watch 📺
Listen 🎧
On Wheel Talk, Abby Mickey’s chatting to Floortje Mackaij about her move to Movistar.
Vero Sandler was on Downtime last week to talk about life as a freerider and how her childhood has shaped her as a rider.
Results 🏆
CX
🇮🇹 UCI Cyclocross World Cup #7: Val di Sole, Italy
Manon Bakker 🇳🇱
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado 🇳🇱
Puck Pieterse 🇳🇱
Upcoming races 📆
CX
Saturday 16th December: X2O Trofee #3: Herentals
How to watch:
Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 13:45 CET.
Startlist here.
Sunday 17th December: 🇧🇪 UCI Cyclocross World Cup #8: Namur, Belgium
How to watch:
Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 13:30 CET.
Junior startlist here and elite startlist here.
Friday fun 🕺
How does Puck recover after a world cup? Snowboarding of course! 🏂
That’s all 👋
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