After losing the Paris Roubaix, SD Worx team will want some payback. But now they also have Vollering to deal with, and Longho Borghini is back from injury in Flanders as well. Lots of climbing so it should favor the climbers. Winner of PR, Pauline, is sitting this one out.
Notable riders...
Unlike other races, this race is one day before the men's event, so we get to enjoy two days of PR action! Kopecky is back to defends her title, and with a win in Flanders she is the number one favorite. Unfortunately Longho Borghini is not racing because of the crash she had in Flanders. Can...
Women's Valenciana race. Demi vollering in her new FDJ colors, Reusser in her new Movistar colors, and the return of Anna Van Der Breggen, after being retired for 3 years.
Notable mentions: Anna van der Breggen, Vollering, Marlen Reusser, Balsamo, Lippert...
Fourth edition of this women's Parix-Roubaix. SD Worx don't have it all their way this year, will we have an actual race on out hands?
Last year it was an unexpected win by the Canadian Alison Jackson, who was part of a winning breakaway.
Notable riders: Vos, Kopecky, Wiebes, Consonni, Balsamo...
Most of the women favorites are back racing the Amstel Gold. Can Cavalli repeat her last year's feat and win it? Can Vos repeat her 2021 victory? I'm sure SD Works will not want that to happen.
Notable rider: Cavalli, Vos, Van Anrooij, Van Vleuten, Vollering, Longo Borghini, Persico, Kopecky...
Will SD Worx dominate again? Vollering just won Dwars and the defending champion is Kopecky.
Notable riders: Van Vleuten, Wiebes, Longo Borghini, Vollering, Kopecky. Lippert, Persico, Ludwig, Balsamo, Niewiadoma
https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/ronde-van-vlaanderen-we/2023/result/overview...