Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[jmdirt]

Exhaustion plus hindsight=

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnqxuz1obHY

 

[Izzyeviel]

Imogen Cotter has announced her retirement.

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[Libertine Seguros]

Conveniently, just as Cotter retires, Lara Gillespie has been 2nd, 1st, 1st and 2nd across the first four stages of the Giro Mediterraneo Rosa and leads the GC by three and a half minutes coming into the final day. The startlist is heavy on young talents in the Italian scene of which Gillespie at 23 is one of the older ones, but she's had a great week so far.

 

[Izzyeviel]

Wild Cards for Le Tour de France femme avec zwift

EF Cannondale
Arkea B&B Hotels
St Michel Auber 93
Lotto Destiny
Euskadi

Also a reminder that Cofidis & Team Tashkent City have automatic invites & will be there.

 

[RedheadDane]

The Swedish National selection for 'Gracia':

• SÖDERQVIST Karin
• SÖDERSTRÖM Mika
• HAMMARSTRÖM Tilde
• WAHLSTRÖM Ella
• GRANQVIST Ebba
• SODERQVIST Anna

Only riders whose name ends in either 'qvist' or 'ström' need apply.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

After looking at the Gracia Orlová start list, I hope Aniek Mars and Tim Marsman get married one day.

 

[Didinho]

Gran Premio della Liberazione

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Gran Premio della Liberazione

Close finish, but I think I can tell the winner from this angle.

 

[Wyndbrook]

Wild Cards for Le Tour de France femme avec zwift

EF Cannondale
Arkea B&B Hotels
St Michel Auber 93
Lotto Destiny
Euskadi

Also a reminder that Cofidis & Team Tashkent City have automatic invites & will be there.

Hope EF entry is conditional on not wearing those helmets,

 

[Armchair cyclist]

Gran Premio della Liberazione

and they had 4th place as well, albeit a minute behind

 

[awavey]

Saw from the TdFF post Lifeplus Wahoo had not got the wildcard this year, which part of me was disappointed with, but realised they've not made that much impression on races this year

but then checking the rankings Arkea are actually ranked below them currently...but are French of course

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/we-found-out-on-social-media-british-team-lifeplus-wahoo-on-their-tour-de-france-femmes-invite-snub

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Saw from the TdFF post Lifeplus Wahoo had not got the wildcard this year, which part of me was disappointed with, but realised they've not made that much impression on races this year

but then checking the rankings Arkea are actually ranked below them currently...but are French of course

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/we-found-out-on-social-media-british-team-lifeplus-wahoo-on-their-tour-de-france-femmes-invite-snub

Thye might be close in the rankings, but their current riders are not better than Arkéa's. If there's one team that should feel snubbed it's VolkerWessels.

 

[yaco]

Thye might be close in the rankings, but their current riders are not better than Arkéa's. If there's one team that should feel snubbed it's VolkerWessels.

And somehow they missed out in 2023.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And somehow they missed out in 2023.

Yes, and I still don't understand that. With the start being in the Netherlands, I thought they would be invited again, but they've given the spot to Lotto instead.

Right now it doesn't seem likely that Tashkent will be getting automatic WWT invites next year, so that should at least free up a spot for 2025.

 

[awavey]

Thye might be close in the rankings, but their current riders are not better than Arkéa's. If there's one team that should feel snubbed it's VolkerWessels.

Oh yes, and I'm not saying I think Lifeplus should be there, apart from the Tour down under they've largely been anonymous in most wwt races this year, and they're not exactly tearing up the pro conti scene either, just hope it doesn't impact them due to sponsors longterm.

I just looked at it and thought they must have selected on rankings which seems fair enough

But then you look at them and think that doesn't make sense and yeah how do you overlook VolkerWessels, even before yoy consider its a race that starts in the Netherlands.

I know we joke about French race organisers favouring French teams, but that seems more than a bit blatant than normal.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Oh yes, and I'm not saying I think Lifeplus should be there, apart from the Tour down under they've largely been anonymous in most wwt races this year, and they're not exactly tearing up the pro conti scene either, just hope it doesn't impact them due to sponsors longterm.

I just looked at it and thought they must have selected on rankings which seems fair enough

But then you look at them and think that doesn't make sense and yeah how do you overlook VolkerWessels, even before yoy consider its a race that starts in the Netherlands.

I know we joke about French race organisers favouring French teams, but that seems more than a bit blatant than normal.

There's obviously no doubt that it helps being French and having a connection to a men's team probably plays a part, too. VolkerWessels do have the latter now though, but as long as the men's team is only a conti team and there isn't yet a step in-between UCI/Conti level and WWT team, they might not get more credit from the likes of ASO.

 

[awavey]

Hope EF entry is conditional on not wearing those helmets,

cant be worse than Canyon SRAMs TT helmets from Giro

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[Izzyeviel]

#banthissickfilth

 

[JR1012]

CERATIZIT Festival Elsy Jacobs à Garnich results:
1. Marta Lach
2. Christine Majerus
3. Katrine Aalerud

Ceratizit-WNT rider wins Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs à Garnich

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I hope Majerus will win today in Luxembourg.
The race should be live soon, even though it isn't listed on feltet.dk

View: https://vimeo.com/938547212

Déi 16. Editioun vum Festival Elsy Jacobs: Déi 2. Course vu 14.30 Auer u live op RTL.lu

Op RTL.lu, um RTL Play an iwwert d'App kënnt Dir déi zwou Coursse vun der 16. Editioun vum Festival Elsy Jacobs live suivéieren.

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Petra Zsanko won this year's Kirschblütenrennen, and Corinna Lechner defended her lead on the last stage of Gracia Orlová, where Emma Jeffers won her second stage in a row.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Marta wins again. She doesn't Lach sprint power.

 

[JR1012]

I hope Majerus will win today in Luxembourg.
The race should be live soon, even though it isn't listed on feltet.dk

View: https://vimeo.com/938547212

Déi 16. Editioun vum Festival Elsy Jacobs: Déi 2. Course vu 14.30 Auer u live op RTL.lu

Op RTL.lu, um RTL Play an iwwert d'App kënnt Dir déi zwou Coursse vun der 16. Editioun vum Festival Elsy Jacobs live suivéieren.

www.rtl.lu

Petra Zsanko won this year's Kirschblütenrennen, and Corinna Lechner defended her lead on the last stage of Gracia Orlová, where Emma Jeffers won her second stage in a row.

Thank you for the livestream.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Marta wins again. She doesn't Lach sprint power.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I wouldn't take comedy lessons from Zoidberg.

 

[jmdirt]

VOS!