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Hello lovely subscribers and welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly: Your weekly round-up of all things news, content, racing, and more from the world of women’s cycling.
It’s the day before Road Worlds! An absolutely brutal course with steep climbs that will wear riders down. Hopefully everyone packed their climbing legs for their trip to Kigali. Who will wear the Rainbow Jersey after tomorrow?
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News 📰
The UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will return to the Colorado city of Durango, commemorating 40 years since the inaugural event was held there in 1990.
Justine Ghekiere has been forced to pull out of participating in the World Championships as she is still recovering from the injuries she sustained from a high-speed crash Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region race. Her withdrawal means that the Belgian women’s team are now down to just four riders after Lotte Kopecky also withdrew.
Read 🗞️
Preview: The Women’s World Championship road race is wide open - Escape Collective
Road World Championships - Riders to watch in the elite women’s road race - Cyclingnews
School exams and family altitude camps deliver Megan Arens to junior time trial world title - Cyclingnews
‘A crazy journey’ - Paula Blasi’s steep trajectory to the medals at Rwanda World Championships - Cyclingnews
Women’s ITT World Champs: Reusser finally gets her rainbow jersey - Escape Collective
‘It’s been a long time coming’: Celia Géry sprints to a French victory after attritional first-ever women’s under-23 road race at the World Championships - Cycling Weekly
Netherlands, France, Italy - Anna van der Breggen says the biggest teams will have the advantage at Rwanda World Championships - Cyclingnews
Watch 📺
Here’s how Vali Höll mastered the mental game to win her 4th World Champs
Listen 🎧
Mille Johnset was on the Downtime Podcast this week discussing the highs and lows of professional downhill racing
The Wheel Talk team are chatting all about time trialling
Results 🏆
Road
🌈 UCI Road World Championships, Rwanda 🇷🇼
Elite ITT:
🌈 Marlen Reusser 🇨🇭
🥈 Anna van der Breggen 🇳🇱
🥉 Demi Vollering 🇳🇱
U23 ITT:
🌈 Zoe Backstedt 🇬🇧
🥈 Viktória Chladonová 🇸🇰
🥉 Federica Venturelli 🇮🇹
Junior ITT:
🌈 Megan Arens 🇳🇱
🥈 Paula Ostiz 🇪🇸
🥉 Oda Aune Gissinger 🇳🇴
Mixed Relay TTT:
🌈 Australia 🇦🇺
🥈 France 🇫🇷
🥉 Switzerland 🇨🇭
U23 RR:
🌈 Célia Gery 🇫🇷
🥈 Viktória Chladonová 🇸🇰
🥉 Paula Blasi 🇪🇸
MTB
🇨🇭 UCI MTB World Cup: Lenzerheide, XCC+XCO #8 & DHI #8
U23 XCO:
Vida Lopez De San Roman (Trinity Racing) 🇺🇸
Valentina Corvi (Canyon Cllctv) 🇮🇹
Sara Cartinovis (Ghost Factory Racing) 🇮🇹
Elite XCO:
Alessandra Keller (Thömus Maxon) 🇨🇭
Jenny Rissveds (Canyon Cllctv) 🇸🇪
Savilia Blunk (Decathlon Ford Racing Team) 🇺🇸
Upcoming Races 📆
Road
🌈 UCI Road World Championships, Rwanda 🇷🇼
Saturday 27th September: Junior and Elite RR
How to watch:
Junior: Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 8:10 CEST
Elite: Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 11:45 CEST
UEC Road European Championships, Drôme-Ardèche 🇫🇷
Wednesday 1st October: Junior, U23 and Elite ITT
How to watch:
Elite: Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 14:10 CEST
Thursday 2nd October: Junior and Elite Mixed Relay TTT
How to watch:
Elite: Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 14:20 CEST
Friday 3rd October: U23 and Junior RR
MTB
🇺🇸 UCI MTB World Cup: Lake Placid, XCC+XCO #9 & DHI #9
Friday 3rd October: XCC
How to watch:
Elite: Live on TNT/Max/Discovery+ from 21:45 CEST
That’s all 👋
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