Women's Cycling Weekly issue 62
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Hello! Welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly issue 62 🚴♀️
I’m at Paris Roubaix! Well, more specifically I’m in the lobby of an Ibis hotel in the Belgian town of Kortrijk, around an hour from Denain, where the race starts, and 26km from Roubaix. The thing with covering races on the ground (which I forgot — because it’s been ages) is that you actually don’t really see a lot of what’s happening. What you do get, though, are loads of vibes™ so I’ll be soaking those up tomorrow whilst attempting to also do my job. Wish me luck and enjoy that extra bit of live coverage!
Amy x
News 📰
Trek-Segafredo’s Ellen van Dijk announced she will be attempting the Hour Record in May. She’ll be up against Joss Lowden’s record of 48.405km set last September.
Jumbo Visma revealed a new jersey that they will wear at the Tour de France Femmes this summer.
The organisers of the Women’s Tour are still searching for a title sponsor, which would help fund live coverage of the race in June, as is required for a WorldTour race.
Formerly a coach at British Cycling and Cycling Ireland, Paul Manning has been named as the new women’s track endurance coach for Cycling New Zealand.
Results 🏆
Road
Amstel Gold Race
Marta Cavalli (FDJ)
Demi Vollering (SDW)
Liane Lippert (DSM)
De Brabantse Pijl
Demi Vollering (SDW)
Kasia Niewiadoma (CSR)
Liane Lippert (DSM)
MTB
UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Petrópolis 🇧🇷
Short track: 1. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 🇫🇷 2. Laura Stigger 🇦🇹 3. Evie Richards 🇬🇧
U23: 1. Line Burquier 🇫🇷 2. Sara Cortinovis 🇮🇹 3. Giada Specia 🇮🇹
Elite: 1. Rebecca McConnell 🇦🇺 2. Anne Terpstra 🇳🇱 3. Loana Lecomte 🇫🇷
Upcoming Races 📆
Road
16th April: Paris Roubaix (1.WWT)
20th April: La Flèche Wallonne (1.WWT)
Starts 8.45 CET, finish ~12.20 CET
Watch on Eurosport/GCN from 11.10 CET
Startlist here
Read 🗞️
“Cannondale’s diversity and inclusion panel: ‘Be aware of the people you aren’t seeing’”
A blog from Elisa Balsamo
Ellen van Dijk is a favourite for Roubaix on paper, but maybe not so much in practice.
and one from Rach McBride on how competing in a non-binary category a 'profound experience'
Lucinda Brand says she is “not a nice person in the bunch.”
Following heart surgery, Evy Kuijpers is eager for Paris-Roubaix Femmes
Watch 📺
So much to watch this week and that’s before the 3h of coverage!
This made me (and Tilda, and Loren, and Abby) cry:
Listen 🎧
Fans of ‘Debbie’ will enjoy this.
VoxWomen podcast with Niamh Fisher-Black.
That’s all 👋
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Until next time!