The Lesser Known Women's Road Racing Thread 2023

[yaco]

Think Vos will be the chosen one - AVV just comfortably won her second Spanish race.

 

[Koronin]

Norway held their women's ITT Championship today and Movistar's rider Katrine Aalerud is the new Norwegian ITT Champion. Nice win for her. Hopefully Movistar will give her a nice National Champions kit.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

... you mean her.

But if Movistar mess up a Norwegian champions' jersey then all is lost. I mean, I know Sky performed that white mini-flag abortion on EBH's back in 2012 and was it Dimension Data that did that pathetic attempt at one for him too or were they still MTN at that point? Really though, you shouldn't be able to screw up the Nordic Cross jerseys.

 

[Koronin]

... you mean her.

But if Movistar mess up a Norwegian champions' jersey then all is lost. I mean, I know Sky performed that white mini-flag abortion on EBH's back in 2012 and was it Dimension Data that did that pathetic attempt at one for him too or were they still MTN at that point? Really though, you shouldn't be able to screw up the Nordic Cross jerseys.

Sorry, yes. Edited to fix my mistake.

I really hope they can do a nice one for her. I do not expect a Quickstep type one, as I think that is asking way too much.

 

[RedheadDane]

Aww, come on, Annemiek! You need to let the others have a chance as well.

She just won Durango-Durango, because of course she did! That's 4/4 so far this year...

 

[jaylew]

5 wins in a row including Worlds

 

[gregrowlerson]

Free to air television in Australia showing more women's cycling this season, which is good news.

https://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/article/2020/07/27/how-watch-womens-cycling-sbs?cid=inbody:how-to-watch-cycling-on-sbs

 

[Libertine Seguros]

ASO women's races live?

I know they've apparently committed and retained their WWT status, but I can definitely see some Covid-related excuses being put forth to kick the can down the road. I'll believe it when I see it.

 

[yaco]

For an unknown reason the three Spanish one day races received no coverage - Yet last year they received TV coverage in the middle of a busy calendar.

 

[yaco]

Boels Ladies Tour from 1 to 6 September is cancelled - There is little racing for the women between Strade Bianche and the Giro Rosa.

 

[jaylew]

Think Vos will be the chosen one - AVV just comfortably won her second Spanish race.

According to the homepage, you are right - Vos to Jumbo Visma.

 

[F_Cance]

One should be enough. Really hope that they don't also sign AVV.

 

[yaco]

One should be enough. Really hope that they don't also sign AVV.

They won't have the budget to sign both.

 

[jmdirt]

AVV!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Mavi 0_O

This podium does not look like it makes sense, Strade Bianche doesn't feel right without Emma Johansson Kasia Niewiadoma in either 2nd or 3rd.

 

[yaco]

A legendary ride from AVV - She nearly paid the price for not using her team wisely which has been the case in 2020.

 

[RedheadDane]

So... how do you beat Van Vleuten? Short off (is that even something you can say in English?) stealing her bike? And I'm even sure that would work...

 

[sir fly]

Girls should file a petition to transfer Annemiek into the men's peloton.
She's training with boys anyway.

Such a shame Leah Thomas had problems at that point.
And Garcia looked like she's really struggling all the way through the broadcast, but I guess it's just her style.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Mavi was a triathlete until she was 30 years old, so it's perhaps not a surprise that her style has its shortcomings, seeing as she'll only have been partially training for it until such time as most pros have long since settled into their style.

 

[oldcrank]

Lovely British one-two for Deignan and Banks at the GP de Plouay. Well done Liz and Liz!

 

[Libertine Seguros]

So the Tour de l'Ardêche has some real climbing once more. This looks great.

There's also the usual Mont Lozère stage on Sunday, no Finiels this year.

Interesting names on the startlist: Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Mavi García, Shara Marche-Gillow, Alice Barnes, Tiffany Cromwell, Lauren Stephens, Diana Carolina Peñuela, Eider Merino, Lourdes Oyarbide, Nicole Hänselmann, Chloe Hosking, Sara Poidevin, Anna Kiesenhofer, Kasia Wilkos. There was an interesting Ukrainian team but that has been withdrawn, potentially a Covid-related travel issue? Mavi García won by 5" from a group of 15 in stage 1, tomorrow promises to create big gaps, and I feel fairly confident that the winner will come from one of the Spaniards, thye seem to like this race because these days Spain in women's cycling are a bit like, well, Spain in men's cycling in the 60s and 70s. Aupa Eider!

 

[Sciatic]

So the Tour de l'Ardêche has some real climbing once more. This looks great.

There's also the usual Mont Lozère stage on Sunday, no Finiels this year.

Interesting names on the startlist: Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Mavi García, Shara Marche-Gillow, Alice Barnes, Tiffany Cromwell, Lauren Stephens, Diana Carolina Peñuela, Eider Merino, Lourdes Oyarbide, Nicole Hänselmann, Chloe Hosking, Sara Poidevin, Anna Kiesenhofer, Kasia Wilkos. There was an interesting Ukrainian team but that has been withdrawn, potentially a Covid-related travel issue? Mavi García won by 5" from a group of 15 in stage 1, tomorrow promises to create big gaps, and I feel fairly confident that the winner will come from one of the Spaniards, thye seem to like this race because these days Spain in women's cycling are a bit like, well, Spain in men's cycling in the 60s and 70s. Aupa Eider!

Looks better than all but two of this year’s Tour stages. Will there be coverage?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The best you'll get will be from here.

The coverage has thus far been mostly pre-race discussion, not sure how much filming on the road is being done, obviously it's restricted to youtube/streaming what with how all-pervading the Tour is, which obviously is not competition the Tour de l'Ardêche usually has!

 

[Sciatic]

The best you'll get will be from here.

The coverage has thus far been mostly pre-race discussion, not sure how much filming on the road is being done, obviously it's restricted to youtube/streaming what with how all-pervading the Tour is, which obviously is not competition the Tour de l'Ardêche usually has!

Okay, thanks.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

So in the end one of the main challengers had to climb off halfway through the stage. Piecing together from reports appear to suggest that Eider Merino abandoned from the front group - she crashed heavily yesterday and from the sounds of things may have overstretched herself trying to make the most of today's stage, her injuries worsened and she was forced to abandon. Mavi García took the win in a two up sprint against Anna Kiesenhofer at the summit after the two of them dropped Lauren Stephens on the final climb; the three of them rode away on the Col de la Machine after Merino, who had been a prime animator on the earlier climbs, was forced from the race. It seems the race will be settled between the three, as the next group on the road was over 4 minutes down, but does include a couple of French hopes, 24yo Victorie Guilman for FDJ, and 41-year-old domestic scene veteran Sandra Levenez, alongside Movistar's Colombian prospect Paula Andrea Patiño and ex-Waowdeals/CCC prospect Yara Kastelijn.