We jinxed it... 😬
+ PFPs cross debut disaster and Lucinda is left out of Euros
Hello! Welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly! 🚴♀️
So we jinxed it a bit a few weeks ago when we were all like ‘oh wow there’s so much to talk about for the time of year vs last year’ because lo and behold it’s gone super quiet again now. It’s been a wee while since there was any road racing, transfers are drying up, and honestly talking about cross can only take us so far week-in-week-out (although hopefully Europeans is an interesting battle this weekend!)
SO we’re gna play it by ear, but if the situation is the same next week we might take things back down to an every-other-week scenario again for a bit (just until TDU) or if we can stick our heads together and come up with a plan between now and next Friday we might come up with something else.
Ideas?
Either way, there’s still enough going on in this week’s issue and we will ofc carry on with the pod and the subscriber-only content on a weekly basis!
Amy x
News 📰
Pauline Ferrand Prevot took part in her first race for INEOS Grenadiers at Koppenbergcross on Tuesday. Albeit riddled with mechanical issues.
Staying with cross, Lucinda Brand won’t be racing Euros as she continues rehab for the broken hand she sustained during course practise in Tabor.
There is now a women’s category at the Velo d’Or awards with Annemiek van Vleuten, Pauline Ferrand Prevot, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig and Elisa Balsamo amongst the nominees.
The new regulations for Spanish continental teams - which included a stipulated minimum wage and other professionalisation measures - have been postponed and will now be implemented from 2024, not 2023.
Eider Merino move to Laboral Kutxa for 2023 from Le Col Wahoo."This year at Le Col Wahoo I had lost that hunger for competitiveness and right now I need to get back that joy and motivation from when I was younger. Let's see if I can get back to being in the top-10 that I miss so much," she said.
Australian rider Rachel Neylan has signed a one-year extension with her team, Cofidis, for 2023 which the 40-year-old says will be her final season as a pro.
Chloe Dygert is due to return to racing in February after coming back from injury earlier this year only to be sidelined again by Epstein-Barr virus.
Read 🗞️
Evita Muzic goes back to her roots with return to cyclocross
Maghalie Rochette reboots from illness to race Pan-American Cyclocross Championships.
Q&A with Niamh Fisher-Black on forging her own path, sibling rivalry, winning a rainbow jersey.
14 Things With Human Powered Health 2023 General Manager Ro De Jonckere.
This week’s subscriber-only content was all about how far women’s cycling has come since 2012.
Euro Cross Academy: Learning from your mistakes and moving forward.
For the tech heads: “Pro Bike Gallery: Rose Grant’s Juliana Quincy.”
British hill climb champ Illi Gardner smashes Sa Calobra QOM - and she's just getting started.
Watch 📺
Listen 🎧
I can personally vouch for how great of a physio Kat Stene is. And although I have no personal experience of iliac artery endofibrosis I do know a few people who have gone, or are going, through it and it sucks. So if that’s you, or someone you know (or you’re just interested in the topic) then this podcast is a must-listen.
Our interview with the lovely Emilie Moberg about her 12-year career, her concussion, studying nutrition and *that* chicken suit from Tour of Scandinavia.
Cross-country mountain biker Malene Degn on the ‘Short Track Talk’ podcast.
Results 🏆
CX
Superprestige Ruddervoorde 🇧🇪 (R1)
Denise Betsema 🇳🇱
Inge van der Heijden 🇳🇱
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado 🇳🇱
UCI Cyclocross World Cup, Maasmechelen 🇧🇪 (R4)
Juniors:
Lauren Molengraaf 🇳🇱
Fleur Moors 🇩🇪
Ava Holmgren 🇨🇦
Elite:
Fem van Empel 🇳🇱
Puck Pieterse 🇳🇱
Shirin van Anrooij 🇳🇱
Upcoming races 📆
CX
5th-6th November: 🇪🇺 UEC European Cyclocross Championships, Namur 🇧🇪
Saturday: juniors at 11.00 CET, elite at 15.00 CET
Sunday: U23 at 13.15 CET
Elite and U23 live on Eurosport/GCN+
Start lists here
11th November: Superprestige Niel 🇧🇪
Elite race at 13.40 CET
Live on Eurosport/GCN+
Friday fun 🕺
AVV doesn’t even look out of place on this podium tbf.
That’s all 👋
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Amy and Tilda x