Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[Samu Cuenca]

The route for the women's Tour de Suisse has also been revealed, and with a 25 km ITT (the same as in the men's race) it's clear they'd like a certain someone to win. The race now has four stages instead of two, and with a MTF at the Lenzerheide biathlon stadium it's a lot harder than last year.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

They are clearly trying to win my heart with a long ITT and a mountaintop finish at a biathlon stadium. I'm assuming this will be a stage 1a/1b kind of deal seeing as the first stage is so crazy short. And otherwise they'd be spending more time in Liechtenstein than they spend actually in Switzerland which, when you look at the size of Liechtenstein, takes some doing.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They are clearly trying to win my heart with a long ITT and a mountaintop finish at a biathlon stadium. I'm assuming this will be a stage 1a/1b kind of deal seeing as the first stage is so crazy short. And otherwise they'd be spending more time in Liechtenstein than they spend actually in Switzerland which, when you look at the size of Liechtenstein, takes some doing.

The race will take place over four days, so I guess they have a del with Liechtenstein to have both the men and the women race there on the Saturday and Sunday, and since the men will be using the main road on Saturday, the women will have to stay in Vaduz and do a crit race with 10 laps of 4.6 km.

I rode from Bregenz through Switzerland to Liechtenstein a few years ago, which is pretty much the same distance and that route would have been more interesting and probably safer, too.

 

[yaco]

Surely we are past having 46km crits as part of a stage race.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I'm posting here since the men's G-W hasn't finished yet.

Kopecky attacked after being set up by Majerus, and she was joined by Niewiadoma, Henderson and Lippert. Martha Lach and Arzuffi have now bridged to them.
They have a gap of 10 seconds with 54 km left and are close to the first Kemmelberg ascent.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Kopecky, Henderson, Niewiadoma and Lippert are still in front. Cavalli, Labecki and Reusser are in between them and the peloton.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wiebes was involved in a crash again, and Balsamo had a mechanical earlier.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Reusser, Cavalli and Labecki have closed the gap to the front group. Van Dijk is pulling hard in the peloton.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's all back together again with 44 km to go.
Wiebes is still behind though.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

I am regretting going all in for a sprint finish in the prediction game.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Weird crash by Jackson.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Grace Brown gets a small gap on Kemmelberg.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Balsamo

 

[Samu Cuenca]

This is adorable!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510573609651257350

View: https://twitter.com/SadhbhOS/status/1510573609651257350


77 km left of the women's race, and Koppenbergcross winner Clara Honsinger is in front with Olivia Baril of Valcar. They have 2:24 on the peloton.

 

[jmdirt]

LOTTE! Great win!

 

[Dk one]

Both CUL and Chapman out of Amstel due to illness. Vos is also not starting, ELB likewise. Pity that some of the best are missing the big races just like the male peloton.
Eta: CUL has covid as per her insta.

 

[glassmoon]

Any news regarding Amy Pieters' condition? Seems there was no update since more than month ago...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Any news regarding Amy Pieters' condition? Seems there was no update since more than month ago...

The latest I've heard is that the national team coach Fulco van Gulik was directly involved in the crash and has stepped way from his duties temporaraily, but it wasn't clear whether it was because of injuries or distress.

This article about Stig Broeckx implies that she has recently been moved from hospital to a different care unit, but I'm not sure if that is the same move that was reported earlier.

De onverwoestbare veerkracht van Stig Broeckx, voormalig wielrenner en ex-comapatiënt

In 2016 kwam Stig Broeckx zwaar ten val in de Ronde van België. Hij lag vijf maanden in coma toen hij toch bij bewustzijn kwam. Broeckx heeft een boodschap voor de familie van Amy Pieters die sinds december in coma ligt. Geef nooit op.

www.volkskrant.nl

 

[awavey]

Any news regarding Amy Pieters' condition? Seems there was no update since more than month ago...

José Been posted a link to this article published today https://www.ad.nl/wielrennen/sd-wor...ook-bij-de-vrouwen-om-topsport-gaat~a955e37e/

but I dont have access to that site, or can read Dutch for that matter to be able to say more about it than the one translated quote from the article José provided from Danny Stam
“It’s still so uncertain. If she can lead a life worthy of a human being, I hope she wakes up. There is still no clear image what we can expect. The drs say: as long as she doesn’t do things on command, she is not awake and we can’t wake her.”

which is really Id guess where they were to be expected, as there are no updates, because there has been no change, and all Id repeat really is what I said back earlier in the year on that aspect.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The GP Féminin de Chambéry is held today. According to PCS, Team DSM is starting this race, but it turns out it is actually Team Macadam's Cowboys, which I guess must be DSM with additional letters.
FDJ looks like the team to beat.

Startlist: https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=14581&y=2022&k=start#race

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7diGykvVnA

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Helped by a crash Valcar have bossed the Ronde de Mouscron so far. 15 km remains.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Will Consonni get another chocolate chicken or hen?

 

[RedheadDane]

Nice one.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They messed up the leadout, and Thalita de Jong gets the delicious prize!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's not a chicken, but a giant Easter egg instead.