Women's Cycling Weekly issue 42
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Hello! Welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly issue 42 🚴♀️
It’s world champs week! Tomorrow the women’s peloton will have a new world champion (come on, it’s not likely to be Anna vdB again) and a new era will begin. Before that, we had a new ITT world champ crowned in the form of Ellen van Dijk, and a whole furore over the lack of a women’s U23 race (no, an u23 race within the elite race doesn’t count).
We’re nearing the end of the season, but there’s a few big races left to go (Paris Roubaix Femmes, duh). So let’s get into one of the last big weeks.
News 📰
Transfers
Pauliena Rooijakkers: Liv Racing ➡ Canyon//SRAM
Shari Bossuyt: NXTG Racing ➡ Canyon//SRAM
Eefje Brandt: Multum Accountants-LSK Ladies CT ➡ Lotto Soudal Ladies
Kylie Waterreus: Multum Accountants-LSK Ladies CT ➡ Lotto Soudal Ladies
Mieke Docx: Doltcini-Van Eyck-Proximus ➡ Lotto Soudal Ladies
Jesse Vandenbulcke: Lotto Soudal Ladies ➡ Drops-Le Col
Clara Koppenburg: Rally Cycling ➡ Cofidis Féminin
Rachel Neylan: Parkhotel Valkenburg ➡ Cofidis Féminin
Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin: Massi-Tactic ➡ Cofidis Féminin
Valentine Fortin: ➡ Cofidis Féminin
Pernille Mathiesen: Jumbo Visma Women ➡ Cofidis Féminin
Martina Alzini: Valcar Travel & Service ➡ Cofidis Féminin
Sandra Levenez: Arkea Pro Cycling ➡ Cofidis Féminin
Alana Castrique: Lotto Soudal Ladies ➡ Cofidis Féminin
Cédrine Kerbaol: Arkea Pro Cycling ➡ Cofidis Féminin
Olivia Onesti: ➡ Cofidis Féminin
Elinor Barker: ➡ Uno-X
Sarah Roy: BikeExchange ➡ Canyon//SRAM
Elsewhere
Annemiek van Vleuten has confirmed she will start the first-ever Paris-Roubaix Femmes on Saturday, 2 October.
New team Cofidis Féminin have announced their ten-rider roster for 2022.
The organisers of the Tour de Romandie has announced a three-day Women’s WorldTour race for next autumn.
The UCI will introduce a neo-pro status for Women’s WorldTour riders from 2023, and minimum salary regulations for women’s teams have been updated. Read more here.
In the World Championships TT, Asma Jan and Kanza Malik made history as the first Pakistani women to race internationally.
Austrian junior rider Leila Gschwentner was hospitalised after a road accident on a training ride at the World Championships in Flanders.
Set to retire from racing after Paris-Roubaix, Jolien D’hoore will join U23 team NXTG Racing as a sports director in 2022.
British rider Joss Lowden will attempt to officially break the Hour Record next Thursday, 30 September in Switzerland.
Drops-Le Col’s Sara Penton will retire after Paris-Roubaix.
2022 will see the first women’s U23 world champion crowned at Worlds in Wollongong, Australia (but caveat: it will be the best-placed U23 rider in the elite race, not a separate event).
Results 🏆
Road
🌈 UCI Road World Championships, Flanders:
Elite Time Trial:
🌈 Ellen van Dijk 🇳🇱
🥈 Marlen Reusser 🇨🇭
🥉 Annemiek van Vleuten 🇳🇱
Junior Time Trial:
🌈 Alena Ivanchenko 🇷🇺
🥈 Zoe Backstedt 🇬🇧
🥉 Antonia Niedermaier 🇩🇪
Mixed Relay Team Time Trial:
🌈 Germany 🇩🇪 (Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein, Mieke Kröger, Nikias Arndt, Tony Martin, Max Walscheid)
🥈 Netherlands 🇳🇱 (Riejanne Markus, Ellen van Dijk, Annemiek van Vleuten, Koen Bouwman, Bauke Mollema, Jos van Emden)
🥉 Italy 🇮🇹 (Marta Cavalli, Elena Cecchini, Elisa Longo Borghini, Edoardo Affini, Filippo Ganna, Matteo Sobrero)
Grand Prix International d'Isbergues - Pas de Calais Féminin (1.2)
Charlotte Kool (NXG) 2. Elisa Balsamo (VAL) 3. Amber van der Hulst (PHV)
Tour de la Semois (2.2) Kopecky was racing for team Belgium so I’ve put that
Overall: 1. Floortje Mackaij (DSM) 2. Tayler Wiles (TFS) 3. Ella Harris (CSR)
Stage 1: Lotte Kopecky (BEL), Floortje Mackaij (DSM), Anouska Koster (TJV)
Stage 2: Floortje Mackaij (DSM), Tayler Wiles (TFS), Ella Harris (CSR)
MTB
Snowshoe WC: No good highlights available yet
XCC: Evie Richards, Jolanda Neff, Jenny Rissveds, Linda Indergand, Sina Frei
U23 XCO: Mona Mitterwallner, Caroline Bohe, Savilia Blunk, Gwendalyn Gibson, Jacqueline Schneebeli
Elite XCO: Evie Richards, Rebecca McConnell, Anne Tauber, Sina Frei, Anne Terpstra
Final World Cup standings:
Loana Lecomte (U23)
Evie Richards
Jenny Rissveds
Rebecca McConnell
Sina Frei
Upcoming Races 📅
UCI Road World Championships, Flanders 🌈
Saturday 25th September: junior RR (from 08:15 CEST), elite RR (from 12:10 CEST)
28th September - 3rd October: Vuelta a Colombia Femenina
29th September - 3rd October: Tour of the Gila
Read 🗞️
A Worlds preview.
This lovely piece on Anna van der Breggen’s career by Abby Mickey.
Pakistani cyclist Kanza Malik on making history and racing the the World Championships in Flanders.
Lizzie Deignan on *that* opinion from You Know Who.
An interview with Lotte Kopecky ahead of worlds.
Chloe Hosking’s thoughts on worlds.
Women’s ITT debrief.
van Vleuten reckons Vos can win Worlds.
Lauren Stephens on the worlds course.
Listen 🎧
It’s the four of us again on Freewheeling, chatting all things world champs and the usual random asides. Listen wherever you get your pods!
Also, this month’s cycling podcast feminin, also all about worlds!
And, Life in the Peloton with Hannah Barnes.
That’s all 👋
Thanks for reading Women’s Cycling Weekly, I hope you have had a lovely weekend.
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Until next time,
Amy x