Women's Cycling Weekly issue 63
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Hello! Welcome to Women’s Cycling Weekly issue 63 🚴♀️
I think I’m still recovering from Paris Roubaix but WHAT a weekend. On which note — do we think having the races on separate days is a good or a bad thing?
You really can’t appreciate how nutty it is that people ride road bikes over those cobbles until you see them first hand — ouch. Although the conditions weren’t as epic as last year it was still an incredible race. Also, I think I’ve still got dust in my lungs.
Anyway, Classics season is about to end which is sad because they are now my new favourite races but I could also quite do with a lie down. Having said that it won’t be long before the 100000 stage races kick off so maybe I won’t do that just yet.
For now, here’s this week’s goings on.
Enjoy!
Amy x
News 📰
It’s a big weekend ahead for Marta Cavalli, who could complete the Ardennes triple with a Liège-Bastogne-Liège victory on Sunday.
The Women’s Tour have announced more stage details for the June race - this time stage 4 from Wrexham to Welshpool.
Arkéa Pro Cycling rider Lucie Jounier is in hospital with a cranial trauma and a fractured hand after being hit by a car in training.
The Classics are almost over (sad) which means stage race season is almost upon us! The Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs kicks off next Friday, then the calendar heads to Spain for a series of stage races and hilly one-day races.
Results 🏆
Paris-Roubaix
Elisa Longo Borghini (TFS)
Lotte Kopecky (SDW)
Lucinda Brand (TFS)
La Fleche Wallonne
Marta Cavalli (FDJ)
Annemiek van Vleuten (MOV)
Demi Vollering (SDW)
GP Féminin de Chambéry
Brodie Chapman (FDJ)
Victorie Guilman (FDJ)
Cristina Tonetti (TOP)
Upcoming Races 📆
24th April: Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1.WWT)
29th April-1st May: Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs (2.Pro)
27th April-1st May: Tour of the Gila (2.2)
Read 🗞️
18-year-old Flora Perkins went and finished Roubaix in the middle of studying for her A-Levels 🤯
Esteemed CyclingTips reporter — and dog-kicker (IYKYK) — Jonny Long, asked the women’s peloton if they prefer having their Roubaix on a separate day to the men or not.
Defence and Redemption: Trek-Segafredo pull off both at Paris Roubaix.
Former pro-turned-DS, Jolien d’Hoore, thinks there should be more Women’s WorldTeams.
Brodie Chapman talk about the team behind Marta Cavalli’s Flèche Wallonne victory.
Watch 📺
Look out for this:
Listen 🎧
Me on Freewheeling:
This week I dragged myself out of bed on the day after Roubaix weekend because I am EXTREMELY DEDICATED to this podcast and the four of us debriefed the race!
Friday fun 🤡
LOVE this post-race interview video bombing from Brodie Chapman
Apparently this issue is sponsored by Brodie Chapman, who also spotted this moment in the peloton at Flèche:
These legends:
That’s all 👋
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