Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[JosefK]

Lotte stomp inevitable.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

KO-pecky
KO for any one else.

 

[Didinho]

Makaaij and Norsgaard working for Sierra. Wiebes will be 2nd normally. Van Rooijen also a chance for podium after her win in Drenthe.

 

[awavey]

Kopecky & Wiebes announced for Ride London, plus Kool & Deignan.

 

[awavey]

SD Worx skipping Brugge-De Panne due to injuries, apparently with Wiebes being one of those injured, from Danilith Nokere Koerse

Aiming to be back full strength for Gent-Wevelgem

 

[Izzyeviel]

so whats the story with AG Soudal?

 

[JR1012]

Result of Volta NTX Classic:

1. Femke Markus
2. Julia Kopecky
3. Niamh Fisher-Black

https://www.voltanxtclassic.nl/images/satrtlijsten-2024/2024_roa_volta_nxt_classic_we_result.pdf

 

[RedheadDane]

Worth bridging to Eenkhoorn because he's getting full moto-paced here, absolutely outrageous.

Not in the women's race.

Just to be clear, the women's race is non-UCI?

 

[jmdirt]

Vos DdV! Sorry, I'm late to the party with that cheer.

 

[RedheadDane]

Big crash at the beginning of Mouscron.
Race was temporality neutralised, but has started again. However, no images.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I wonder what the chocolate prize is this year. I'm not sure or can't remember what Martina Fidanza received last year, but Consonni got a chocolate chicken and De Jong a giant egg.

 

[RedheadDane]

Imagine coming to that roundabout, and suddenly feeling compelled to go in the direction the giant hand indicates.

 

[RedheadDane]

D. Pikulik ahead of Ahtosalo and A. Fidanza.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I've only watched the sprint from Scheldeprijs, so I don't know what happened in the race other than some crashes. Barbieri delivered Kool well once again, but she can't match Wiebes at the moment. Balsamo had nothing left for the sprint this time around.

Micky Drummond missed De Ronde due to sickness, but today she showed good form by winning the Pays de la Loire one-day race, although the field wasn't exactly the strongest.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They're inside the last 21 km of Brabantse Pijl. Bertizzolo and Vigilia bridges across to the breakaway, then ELB and Vollering did so later. Now only Vollering, ELB and Vigilia are left at the penultimate crossing of the finish line.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Vigilia got dropped on Moskesstraat. ELB is now dropping Vollering.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

ELB!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

ELB looks the strongest, but the moto draft has also helped her to bury Vollering for good.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Thanks Samu - I fixed it this way

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Manly gets her first individual podium in Europe since the 2022 Tour of Scandinavia. Not bad at all. Also nice to see Vanpachtenbeke get another good result in this race.

no times given???

The gaps were shown on screen. It was 41 seconds to Vollering and 1:06 to the rest.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

First elite win for Lore De Schepper in Chambéry. Nice to see that the focus on youth development actually seems to be paying off for AGI-S, despite the owners now wanting to go in a different direction than what Den Ouden had envisioned.

 

[Didinho]

First elite win for Lore De Schepper in Chambéry. Nice to see that the focus on youth development actually seems to be paying off for AGI-S, despite the owners now wanting to go in a different direction than what Den Ouden had envisioned.

I’ve past her (opposite direction) a couple times on her training ride. Nice to see her winning.

 

[awavey]

Tour of Britain Women stages announced as countdown to Grand Départ begins

The hosts of the 2024 Tour of Britain Women stages have today been announced, as preparations for the inaugural edition of the race progress ahead of the Grand Départ in Welshpool on Thursday 6 June.

www.britishcycling.org.uk

Tour of Britain Women 2024:
Stage 1 – Thursday 6 June 2024: Welshpool to Llandudno
Stage 2 – Friday 7 June 2024: Wrexham
Stage 3 – Saturday 8 June 2024: Warrington
Stage 4 – Sunday 9 June 2024: Greater Manchester

No actual routes published yet just stage hosts

 

[Izzyeviel]

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I don't know what the Kings medal is equivalent to, but this seems pretty cool. Emma was always one of my favourites, its such a shame she and many others retired right before the sport took off.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Britain's Lizzie Deignan says she has been "told to push through pain" to get mobility back after breaking her arm.

The Lidl-Trek rider crashed heavily during the Women's Tour of Flanders race in March.

"I've been told to push through certain levels of pain, particularly because of the injury I've had," Deignan said.

The 35-year-old returned to cycling last year following a sabbatical in 2022 after the birth of her second child.

She added: "To get full mobility back, I have to push myself to straighten my arm more than I want to. I am struggling to know what is a good level of pain.

"So I'm figuring out my limits in terms of pain of a broken bone. I've not done that before."

"I've never broken a bone in my life before, so I didn't know what to expect. Luckily, my husband [ex-Team Sky rider Philip Deignan] has broken several. So he has been guiding me through it," she added

"The main problem is [now it is] Olympics selection time, I missed a good chunk of races I was peaking for in terms of getting selected - there's actually plenty of time for competing [in Paris].

"But selection is harder than it's ever been. So that's bad timing for me."

Lizzie Deignan: Lidl-Trek rider 'pushing through pain' after injury

Britain's Lizzie Deignan says she has been "told to push through pain" to get mobility back after breaking her arm.

www.bbc.co.uk