The Lesser Known Women's Road Racing Thread 2023

[sir fly]

Maybe they weren't allowed to enter without the kits.
I wouldn't mind... they're likable anyway.

 

[RedheadDane]

Surely it's not the first time a team has entered a race before having their kits.
As in; committed to a race, not actually racing the race. Racing without kits would be… bad...

 

[sir fly]

Bad girls!

 

[RedheadDane]

It's on Eurosport Player!
I'm seriously stoked about this.

 

[RedheadDane]

Update: Bigla are definitely in the race. Wearing kits.

 

[RedheadDane]

Bastianelli wins.

 

[postmanhat]

Cyclocross24 reported after the World Champs that Christoph Roodhoff is forming a road team for this year with Ceylin Alvarado, Ann-Marie Worst and Yara Kastelijn.

Has anybody else heard anything?

 

[RedheadDane]

Van Der Haar wins stage 1 of the Dubai Women's Tour.

 

[andrew_s]

I notice that the Setmana Ciclista Valenciana is being livestreamed on the SportPublic youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6DBX23fpe9BLLhGFTY9sxw

 

[RedheadDane]

Van Vleuten from the front. But others are hot on her heels.

 

[Wvv]

So, Annemiek won.

 

[RedheadDane]

Yep. She Van Vleuted!

Full result.

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad WE 2020 One day race results

Annemiek van Vleuten is the winner of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad WE 2020, before Marta Bastianelli and Floortje Mackaij.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[yaco]

A heavenly performance from AVV - To think she had a mechanical with 60kms to go and then rode solo for around 10km to catch the peleton.

 

[JosephK]

Annemiek applied the Van Vleuten maneuver. Chasers had no chance.

 

[RedheadDane]

Wasn't it Wiebes who was in conflict with her team, but convinced to stay?
She just won Hageland, ahead of Bastianelli and Norsgaard.

 

[jaylew]

Wasn't it Wiebes who was in conflict with her team, but convinced to stay?
She just won Hageland, ahead of Bastianelli and Norsgaard.

Not really convinced, more like forced. It's not a happy situation. They reached an agreement that would keep her there until June.

 

[yaco]

Wiebes gets total support at her current team and a choice of program - Yes, bigger teams are interested but it's likely she can renegotiate her contract terms

 

[Libertine Seguros]

She signed a contract, then she became even more successful and her agent wanted more money so tried to break it.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

...and confirmed as of today, the agent won.

 

[jaylew]

Annemiek picked up where she left off and won Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa today.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Titanium
And
Awesomeness

 

[jaylew]

Titanium
And
Awesomeness

Ok, I admit I don't get your reference. Assuming you're referring to AVV's win, I've come up with 3 options:

That's something she said once
She rides a rebadged ti frame
She has titanium replacing bone somewhere

 

[RedheadDane]

She has titanium replacing bone somewhere

That... could actually be it! Given her crash at Rio Olympics.

 

[yaco]

Liked how AVV stated she wasn't the leader for race - She stays in form and she will be the leader for every race.

 

[jaylew]

Good news. Jumbo-Visma adding a top tier women's team for 2021. They've already reached out to Vos and AVV as potential leaders. I would imagine they won't have trouble putting together a solid team with the depth of women's talent in the Netherlands.