Women's Cycling Weekly issue 47
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Hello! Welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly issue 47 🚴♀️
Now that the road season is over and there’s not a whole lot going on, WCW will henceforth be going out every other week. Don’t talk to me about how that makes the name null and void, thanks.
Also, I have something to plug this week for which I hope everyone will forgive me as I don’t usually do this:
I’m in a book. An actual, real life book that you can buy and hold in your hands and turn the pages of and like maybe even smell them (just me?). It’s not just my book, though, so don’t get too put off/excited (delete as appropriate) it’s a collective effort from my pals over at La Course en Tete who are far more established and talented than myself. It’s all about the 2021 season and the 'super teams’ that we’ve seen dominate the racing. As you might expect, my entries are all about women’s racing but there’s lots in there about men’s too if you partake in that sort of thing. Anyway, here it is:
And here’s a link to buy it if you want to. Thanks so much x
News 📰
Transfers
Kristen Faulkner: Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank ➡ Team BikeExchange
Nina Buijsman: Parkhotel Valkenburg ➡ Rally Cycling
Marit Raaijmakers: Parkhotel Valkenburg ➡ Rally Cycling
Lizzie Holden: Bizkaia-Durango ➡ Drops-Le Col
Ruby Roseman-Gannon: ➡ Team BikeExchange
Elsewhere:
Annemiek van Vleuten officially won the Women’s WorldTour after the season wrapped up at Ronde van Drenthe last weekend. Niamh Fisher-Black won the U23 title.
Tiffany Cromwell has postponed her previous retirement plans and has signed a new two-year contract with Canyon//SRAM.
Ellen van Dijk has been named as the new Rider Representation on The Cyclists’ Alliance’s board, and their council for 2022 has been elected.
The routes for the 2022 Commonwealth Games road race and time trial have been announced.
Koppenbergcross is to be renamed the Grand Prix Jolien Verschueren, after the Belgian cyclocross rider who died in July.
Results 🏆
Road
Ronde van Drenthe (WWT): 1. Lorena Wiebes (DSM) 2. Elena Cecchini (SDW 3. Eleonora Gasparrini (VAL)
Track
UCI Track World Championships, Roubaix 🌈
Sprint: 🌈 Emma Hinze (GER) 🥈 Lea Friedrich (GER) 🥉 Kelsey Mitchell (CAN)
500m time trial: 🌈 Lea Friedrich (GER) 🥈Anastasia Voynova (RCF) 🥉 Daria Shmeleva (RCF)
Individual pursuit: 🌈 Lisa Brennauer (GER) 🥈 Franziska Brauße (GER) 🥉 Mieke Kröger (GER)
Keirin: 🌈 Lea Friedrich (GER) 🥈 Mina Sato (JPN) 🥉 Yana Tyschchenko (RCF)
Points race: 🌈 Lotte Kopecky (BEL) 🥈 Katie Archibald (GBR) 🥉 Kirsten Wild (NED)
Madison: 🌈 Amy Pieters and Kirsten Wild (NED) 🥈 Clara Copponi and Marie Le Net (FRA) 🥉 Katie Achibald and Neah Evans (GBR)
Omnium: 🌈 Katie Archibalnd (GBR) 🥈 Lotte Kopecky (BEL) 🥉 Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
CX
Superprestige Ruddervoorde (Rnd 2)
Denise Betsema
Annemarie Worst
Inge van der Heijden
UCI Cyclocross World Cup Zonhoven (Rnd 4)
Denise Betsema
Lucinda Brand
Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado
Upcoming Races 📆
Track
6th October: UCI Track Champions League, Mallorca (Rnd 1)
CX
31st October: UCI Cyclocross World Cup Overijse (Rnd 5)
11th November: Superprestige Niel (Rnd 3)
Read 🗞️
37 years after her Tour de France win Marianne Martin has been inducted into the US Bicycling hall of fame.
Katie Archibald on her career so far and what it’s taken to get here.
Joss Lowden is about to turn full time aged 34.
Watch 📺
A bittersweet moment! The Bunnyhop returns! But it’s the last one of the series! 😢 It’s a goodie, though, with guests Meg Backstedt and Josie Nelson in the studio talking about Roubaix, The Women’s Tour and the TdF Femmes Route as well as segments from Alice Barnes and Elena Cecchini.
Listen 🎧
This week on Freewheeling Abby spoke to double Canadian national champion and TikTok legend, Alison Jackson.
That’s all 👋
Thanks for reading Women’s Cycling Weekly, I hope you have had a lovely weekend.
Anyway, if you liked what you read you can buy WCW a ‘coffee’ on Ko-Fi.
Until next time,
Amy x