Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

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It seemed like Ally Wollaston was doing way too much work to keep it together for a sprint, but in the end she broke the FdJ duo of Brown and Guazzini in GP de Plumelec-Morbihan.

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She held on for the win, ahead of Moolman and Fisher-Black.

Also... why is the entire BEX team DNS?
Somehow the producers missed CUL and Ewers crossing the finish line before the sd worx riders. Not sure how that is possible.. if correct, solid return to racing post covid by CUL.
 
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Somehow the producers missed CUL and Ewers crossing the finish line before the sd worx riders. Not sure how that is possible.. if correct, solid return to racing post covid by CUL.

How...?
Where do you see the bit about Ewers? Nevermind, on the result sheets now.
 
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Not sure, haha! Also, fdj messed up as well, CUL was 3rd, Ewers 2nd, resp. 15 and 20 seconds behind.
 
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Just in time for a triumphant return to Complejo Kárstico de Ojo Guareña, a scene of great glory!

Stoked for Pauliena, though, she's earned this.

Vollering crashing out of the race suddenly makes the Prediction Game more complicated.
 
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I sadly didn't have time to watch it live, but a tgreat eprformance by Van Dijk. I expected her to beat Lowden's record but 800m is a big margin. Now the question is who'll become the first woman to reach 50.
 
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The Thüringen Ladies Tour begins tomorrow, though most of the first stage takes place in Bayern. Last year they had an alright highlights show, but I'm glad I (hopefully) won't have to rely on Twitter to get the results in real time this year.

Should be an interesting race with no clear favourite. BEX is the only WWT team taking part, but their are other WWT riders on the Dutch, Belgian and German national teams in the race. Thalia de Jong has been strong in her previous races and has solid support in CX star Fem van Empel, Maud Oudeman, Loes Adegeest and Daniek Hengeveld.

If Brennauer isn't at her best, Confalonieri could very well add some more top 10s or podiums to her palmares, and Ricarda Bauernfeind returns to Germany with Antonia Niedermaier, who'll be making her debut for the Canyon Generation squad.
 
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The Thüringen Ladies Tour begins tomorrow, though most of the first stage takes place in Bayern. Last year they had an alright highlights show, but I'm glad I (hopefully) won't have to rely on Twitter to get the results in real time this year.
That used to be every race, and Thüringen having their own Twitter that gave out results was better than a lot of races had! A lot of progress has been made.

The Schleizer Dreieck stage looks pretty good this year.
 
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This is the chance for BEX to obtain their first win for the year - They've already gained more UCI points than in 2021.
 
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Heartbreak for Bredewold who looked to have the victory secured, but just as they cut to the camera at the finish line Alex Manly came through to take the first BEX win of the season.
 
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Shocking camerawork for the last km, which also happened in Norway - It makes it hard to get a good appreciation of the finish - Anyway it was an excellent sprint by Manly and a well-deserved victory for BEX - They can win another stage or two or even the GC - Jose Been does not understand the fastest finisher in the BEX Squad - Manly and Baker are faster than Roseman Gannon.
 
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Shocking camerawork for the last km, which also happened in Norway - It makes it hard to get a good appreciation of the finish - Anyway it was an excellent sprint by Manly and a well-deserved victory for BEX - They can win another stage or two or even the GC - Jose Been does not understand the fastest finisher in the BEX Squad - Manly and Baker are faster than Roseman Gannon.

I think it also sometimes depends on their legs on the day cause none of them are slow, but Roseman-Gannon is obviously the least experienced of the three. We didn't really get to see her lead out today, but I guess she must have been vital in closing down the gap to Bredewold.

But Been also claimed on the first stage in Burgos that Muzic was a favourite in the sprint, so I agree that her calls aren't always perfect.

BEX lost Jess Allen in a crash so that might make it harder for them to keep race under control.

Niedermaier didn't start the race for some reason, but she was present at the team presentation yesterday.