Three years of WCW 🎈
➕ goodbye, GCN+ 💔
Hello lovely subscribers and welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly! 🚴♀️
As I wrote in yesterday’s paid newsletter:
It would be remiss to start off this issue without mentioning the closure of GCN+ which was announced yesterday. It’s never nice to see cycling-specific outlets run by people for whom the sport is their heart and soul are swallowed up by big corporations. It’s very sad to see it go and I hope it doesn’t spell disaster for the way we watch cycling. Most of all, though, my heart goes out to those who have found themselves without a job or who are now on uncertain ground.
Women’s Cycling Weekly is THREE years old guys! (TBT to the first ever issue.)
Three years of bringing you a weekly round up of what’s happening in the world of women’s cycling. Women’s racing has come SO far since then (a Tour de France!!) and so has this newsletter (a paid subscriber tier, a podcast!!)
I just want to thank everyone who subscribes to this lil project of mine for supporting! Here’s to three more years 🫶
Enjoy this week’s issue!
Amy x
News 📰
Matilda Raynolds and Sarah Gigant make it onto the long distance podium at The Dirty Warrny, with Grace Brown taking the 140 win.
Things we love to see: 1000 out of 1200 kids in Oulu, Finland arrive at school by bike.
GCN+ and the GCN app are shutting down in December, the website and the YouTube channel will continue to operate.
US Junior Champion Samantha Scott joins the pro peloton with move to Lotto-Dstny.
Grace Brown and Amanda Spratt are the first riders confirmed for the Tour Down Under.
Read 🗞️
‘I feel like a junior again. I just love it’ - Lizzie Deignan’s newfound motivation on home roads - Rouleur
From the Ground Up: Esra Tromp on Building an EF Education-Cannondale Team That Wants to Disrupt - Velo
Alice Towers: Flying sky high but still staying grounded - Cyclingnews
'I thought I'd never be pain-free again – but now I'm cherishing every ride': The comeback from a devastating hit-and-run crash - Cycling Weekly
Q&A: Ruby Roseman-Gannon on her growth as a rider, and what might be next - Escape Collective
Watch 📺
Pinkbike Racing season 2 is finally here and the first episode focuses on Aimi Kenyon’s struggles with post-concussion symptoms in the off-season.
Listen 🎧
I sat down to chat with Brodie Chapman in another IRL interview for the WCW pod. Brodie talked about what has been a difficult season for her, how she's spent her off season, what she's looking forward to next year and learning from her Lidl Trek teammates. Brodie is always full of interesting thoughts and opinions on how to improve the sport and we talked about the ways in which women's racing is changing, and how organisers need not be afraid of challenging the peloton! Also sorry for background noise as we recorded in a cafe and also yes I do interview non-Aussie/Kiwi riders too.
Abby Mickey’s on the other side of the podcast, appearing on Girls Gone Gravel as this week's guest.
Results 🏆
🇬🇧 Track Champions League Round 5: London
Elimination Race: 🥇 Lara Gillespie 🇮🇪 🥈 Anita Yvonne Stenberg 🇳🇴 🥉 Katie Archibald 🇬🇧
Keirin: 🥇 Ellesse Andrews 🇳🇿 🥈 Martha Bayona Pineda 🇨🇴 🥉 Emma Finucane 🇬🇧
Scratch: 🥇 Neah Evans 🇬🇧 🥈 Lara Gillespie 🇮🇪 🥉 Olivija Baleišytė 🇱🇹
Sprint: 🥇 Ellesse Andrews 🇳🇿 🥈 Martha Bayona Pineda 🇨🇴 🥉 Alessa-Catriona Pröpster 🇩🇪
Track Champions League Overall
Sprint: 🥇 Ellesse Andrews 🇳🇿 🥈 Alessa-Catriona Pröpster 🇩🇪 🥉 Martha Bayona Pineda 🇨🇴
Endurance: 🥇 Katie Archibald 🇬🇧 🥈 Anita Yvonne Stenberg 🇳🇴 🥉 Lily Williams 🇺🇸
CX
Superprestige #3: Niel - Jaarmarktcross
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado 🇳🇱
Aniek van Alphen 🇳🇱
Annemarie Worst 🇳🇱
🇧🇪 UCI Cyclocross World Cup #3: Dendermonde, Belgium
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado 🇳🇱
Lucinda Brand 🇳🇱
Zoe Backstedt 🇬🇧
Upcoming races 📆
CX
Saturday 18th November: Superprestige #4: Merksplas - Aardbeiencross
How to watch:
Live on Eurosport/GCN+ from 13:30 CET.
Startlist here.
Sunday 19th November: 🇫🇷 UCI Cyclocross World Cup #4: Troyes, France
How to watch:
Live you Eurosport/GCN+ from 13:30 CET.
Elite startlist here and junior startlist here.
Friday fun 🕺
Santa Cruz does bike racing a little different 🤼♀️
That’s all 👋
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