Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[Samu Cuenca]

With Dronova unable to hit her 2022 level and Kiesenhofer struggling as well, Steels has been the most important rider for IPT Roland this season. Koppenburg is probably not in her best shape yet, but dropping her on a climb is never an easy thing to do in these sort of races.

 

[Dk one]

Decent showing from 18 year old Dane Solbjork Minke Anderson, finishing in the second group in Elsy in her first pro series race.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Decent showing from 18 year old Dane Solbjork Anderson, finishing in the second group in Elsy in her first pro series race.

Yeah, if that was her, then it's a pretty good performance.

Wollaston messed up the final corner and got boxed in by Bastianelli afterwards, but she seems to be back on good form. UAE has the numbers though, with both Bastianelli and Gasparrini up there now.

Julia Kopecký gave HPH the Stannard treatment and won Leiedal Koerse with an attack in the final. I think it's the first individual senior road win for a rider born in 2004, but I might be wrong.
Edit: I was wrong, cause Tsepiso Lerata is the national champion of Lesotho.

 

[Dk one]

Yeah, if that was her, then it's a pretty good performance.

Wollaston messed up the final corner and got boxed in by Bastianelli afterwards, but she seems to be back on good form. UAE has the numbers though, with both Bastianelli and Gasparrini up there now.

Julia Kopecký gave HPH the Stannard treatment and won Leiedal Koerse with an attack in the final. I think it's the first individual senior road win for a rider born in 2004, but I might be wrong.
Edit: I was wrong, cause Tsepiso Lerata is the national champion of Lesotho.

Pretty sure it was her with the grey helmet, but let us see what firstcycling says Eta. 21st - 36 seconds back.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Pretty sure it was her with the grey helmet, but let us see what firstcycling says Eta. 21st - 36 seconds back.

Your eyes are clearly better than mine!

Malwina Mul makes it an even greater day for the 2004 riders by taking the 4th stage in Czechia. Rissveds is still in the lead.

 

[lemon cheese cake]

I didn't even realise Elsy Jacobs was already this weekend. Is there no tv coverage?

 

[Dk one]

I didn't even realise Elsy Jacobs was already this weekend. Is there no tv coverage?

There is a stream with English commentary: https://www.elsy-jacobs.lu/

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wollaston gave UAE the same kind of beating that she gave FDJ in Plumelec last year and took both the stage and the GC in Luxembourg. I'm sure she'll also get a WWT win this season.

Włodarczyk won her second and ATOM's third stage win Czechia, but she couldn't break Rissveds, who took her first ever GC win.

 

[yaco]

Jayco must be sniffing around, seeing they've missed out on some of the Aussie/NZ talent in recent years.

 

[RedheadDane]

Gaia Masetti has won La Classique Morbihan.
Tomorrow's Grand Prix du Morbihan will be shown live on GCN+ from around 10ish am CET.

 

[postmanhat]

Two day race Occitanie is up next for the juniors, starting tomorrow. As the hills get bigger, can Cat Ferguson continue her run of podiums in her first season? Will face very strong competition from Julie Bego who finished 2nd here last year, and only narrowly lost out to Ferguson at Binda.

For fellow CX fans, Venturelli, Van Sinaey and Fleur Moors are also on the startlist.

 

[RedheadDane]

I'm actually a little confused by that.
Two of the riders of the Danish national team are from Team Rytger. However, it appears Rytger is also sending a team - with the above-mentioned Van Sineay.
Is there a mistake, or is the "can't represent national team if trade/club team is at the race" rule not so strict in the junior ranks?

 

[lemon cheese cake]

I'm actually a little confused by that.
Two of the riders of the Danish national team are from Team Rytger. However, it appears Rytger is also sending a team - with the above-mentioned Van Sineay.
Is there a mistake, or is the "can't represent national team if trade/club team is at the race" rule not so strict in the junior ranks?

I don't think it's enforced. Looking at the uci rule book (section 2.14.050 and 2.12.51) i'd interpret that the organiser has to invite the top 12 national federations first then accept applications from other federations, then allow club teams, regional teams and mixed teams. Therefore I think the national teams have priority over the rest with the federations picking who they want from their country.

It also says you can only have one national team per nation, so that must've changed as I remember previously for the Omloop van Borsele or the Healthy Ageing tour, British Cycling sent 2 teams once and then then next year sent a British team and a Welsh team.

 

[RedheadDane]

40ish Ks to go.
Brown with a small gap.

 

[RedheadDane]

50 seconds with 5 Ks to go.
She basically got this.

 

[Dk one]

A top 14 and uci points for the third race in a row for young Dane Solbjork Minke Anderson. Maybe uno x should lock that down before others do. They could do with more riders who can climb some and is pretty fast as well.

 

[RedheadDane]

BTW, the race is part of the French cup, in France. You know, as opposed to the French cup in Sweden...

 

[postmanhat]

Two day race Occitanie is up next for the juniors, starting tomorrow. As the hills get bigger, can Cat Ferguson continue her run of podiums in her first season? Will face very strong competition from Julie Bego who finished 2nd here last year, and only narrowly lost out to Ferguson at Binda.

For fellow CX fans, Venturelli, Van Sinaey and Fleur Moors are also on the startlist.

Venturelli takes the win on the first day, with Bego 2nd again. The top six at this year's CX Worlds all finished in the top 12 here with Van Sinaey 3rd, the Holmgren twins, Gery and Ferguson, who finished best of the first years in 5th.

 

[RedheadDane]

GP Eco-Struct:

1	DIDERIKSEN Amalie	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	125	75	3:23:45
2	GILLESPIE Lara	UAE Development Team	85	55	,,
3	KNAVEN Mirre	AG Insurance-NXTG U23	70	40	,,
4	MARTINS Maria	Fenix-Deceuninck	60	32	,,
5	GREENWOOD Monica	DAS - Handsling	50	28	,,
6	DE CLERCQ Katrijn	Lotto Dstny Ladies	40	24	,,
7	SCHNEIDER Skylar	United States	35	20	,,
8	BERNARDI Emma	Team Mendelspeck	30	18	,,
9	VAN ZUTHEM Cecilia	Fenix-Deceuninck	25	16	,,
10	LEWIS Sophie	DAS - Handsling	20	14	,,

Seems some handslings were given in the top-10.

 

[Wyndbrook]

BTW, the race is part of the French cup, in France. You know, as opposed to the French cup in Sweden...

I wish we could have French cup races in the UK.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Cat Ferguson won the last stage in Mende, but had to settle for 5th overall, as Venturelli kept the lead.

 

[RedheadDane]

Trofee Marten Wynants:

1	CONSONNI Chiara	UAE Team ADQ	125	75	2:53:34
2	DIDERIKSEN Amalie	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	85	55	,,
3	MARTINS Maria	Fenix-Deceuninck	70	40	,,
4	AHTOSALO Anniina	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	60	32	0:01
5	KNAVEN Mirre	AG Insurance-NXTG U23	50	28	,,
6	VAN ROOIJEN Eline	AG Insurance-NXTG U23	40	24	,,
7	TREVISI Anna	UAE Team ADQ	35	20	,,
8	NORMAN LETH Julie	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	30	18	,,
9	SCHNEIDER Skylar	United States	25	16	,,
10	TOMASI Laura	UAE Team ADQ	20	14	,,

 

[Didinho]

Trofee Marten Wynants:

1	CONSONNI Chiara	UAE Team ADQ	125	75	2:53:34
2	DIDERIKSEN Amalie	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	85	55	,,
3	MARTINS Maria	Fenix-Deceuninck	70	40	,,
4	AHTOSALO Anniina	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	60	32	0:01
5	KNAVEN Mirre	AG Insurance-NXTG U23	50	28	,,
6	VAN ROOIJEN Eline	AG Insurance-NXTG U23	40	24	,,
7	TREVISI Anna	UAE Team ADQ	35	20	,,
8	NORMAN LETH Julie	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	30	18	,,
9	SCHNEIDER Skylar	United States	25	16	,,
10	TOMASI Laura	UAE Team ADQ	20	14	,,

Chiaraaa! Always good in Belgium. Glad for her.

 

[Didinho]

Pieterse and Van Empel racing in the Nations Cup MTB today. Pieterse won last week, now she was a close 2nd behind Tauber. Van Empel 3th.

 

[yaco]

I find it strange that Brown is riding non-descript French one day races, instead of riding the Vuelta