Lesser Known Road Racing for Women Thread

[awavey]

Pure sprinters' races have a habit of dying (or being very obscure), though...

Helps to have variety in winners to make it worth watching...sigh

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It sounds like Wiebes was quite pleased not to ride in London this year...

 

[JR1012]

Post race interview, Wiebes criticizes UCI regarding riders safety. 👍

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yes, I'm sure what will really set the calendar over the top is a S**********s clone.

Lorena Wiebes being the one to call out the UCI on rider safety is kinda comical given her propensity for riding like a bull in a china shop. I mean, she isn't wrong, she just isn't exactly standing clear of the glass house while throwing those stones.

 

[E_F_]

Yes, I'm sure what will really set the calendar over the top is a S**********s clone.

Lorena Wiebes being the one to call out the UCI on rider safety is kinda comical given her propensity for riding like a bull in a china shop. I mean, she isn't wrong, she just isn't exactly standing clear of the glass house while throwing those stones.

I think she might have been a bit out of order in suggesting that the race wasn't organized well enough. The handle bars on the other hand... That's just incredibly awful of the UCI... Beyond words honestly.

 

[yaco]

Its a sketchy circuit and could cause trouble in the men's race. There is also a chance that if you ride the circuit hard you could split the peleton.

 

[el_angliru]

I took few photos in Copenhagen:

 

[awavey]

It sounds like Wiebes was quite pleased not to ride in London this year...

Many of us are pleased not to have visit London this year...

 

[Skalman]

It sounds like Wiebes was quite pleased not to ride in London this year...

And London is quite pleased to not have her there, so it kinda goes both ways, but everybody is happy.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Many of us are pleased not to have visit London this year...

But those who like writing angry letters to the local papers in Essex about road closures have been thwarted. Spare a thought for them.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So we have the first edition of the Giro dell’Appenino Donne today, which will finish within the next 40 minutes or so. The route is pretty much the worst possible rework of the men's course. Emilia Donne has been rightly criticised, but at least they didn't place the finish just before San Luca.

The field is not exactly great either with no WWT teams taking part (the UAE Devo team is not even riding, but Tata Martins is there as a WWT representative), but that also means there isn't one major favourite.

Start list: https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=24913&y=2025&k=8

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So Irene Cagnazzo and Gaia Segato from BePink and former breakaway queen Matilde Vitillo of Jayco are in front with under 15 km left.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And Vitillo ended up winning the sprint quite comfortably against her former team to take her first UCI victory since that Burgos stage 3 years ago.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1937467056707846568

View: https://x.com/ACCPI1946/status/1937467056707846568

 

[Unterlenkerfahrend]

Maybe the wrong thread for this but I don't understand why in the world the UCI WWT has not scheduled the Giro d'Italia Women in this 2 week timeframe between Men's TdS and TdF.
Like there is nothing happening for two weeks in the world of cycling and then a GT is scheduled to start at the same time as the TdF when barely anyone will watch because the literally biggest cycling race in the world is on. Such a waste of potential.

 

[yaco]

Maybe the wrong thread for this but I don't understand why in the world the UCI WWT has not scheduled the Giro d'Italia Women in this 2 week timeframe between Men's TdS and TdF.
Like there is nothing happening for two weeks in the world of cycling and then a GT is scheduled to start at the same time as the TdF when barely anyone will watch because the literally biggest cycling race in the world is on. Such a waste of potential.

Never going to happen with national championships this weekend. Anyway the 2026 edition will be directly after the men's giro.

 

[yaco]

Its a weak edition of this new race when Vitillo is winning. Now if the senior Liv Alula team would only place their riders in more suitable races.

 

[Mina.S]

Its a weak edition of this new race when Vitillo is winning. Now if the senior Liv Alula team would only place their riders in more suitable races.

I fear this is impossible for them.