The Lesser Known Women's Road Racing Thread 2023

[RedheadDane]

They're live.
But no sound, and no graphics, and with a camera-moto who decided to go on a little adventure.

 

[RedheadDane]

Don't mind me:

01	Lorena Wiebes		Team DSM	03:12​	25​
02	Leah Kirchmann		Team DSM	+ 03​	20​
03	Karlijn Swinkels		Jumbo-Visma Women Team	+ 03​	15​
04	Thalita De Jong		Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire	+ 05​	12​
05	Lonneke Uneken		Team SD Worx	+ 05​	10​
06	Anouska Koster		Jumbo-Visma Women Team	+ 05​	8​
07	Ruth Winder		Trek-Segafredo	+ 06​	6​
08	Christine Majerus		Team SD Worx	+ 06​	4​
09	Riejanne Markus		Jumbo-Visma Women Team	+ 07​	​
10	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard		Movistar Team Women	+ 07​	​
11	Clara Copponi		FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	+ 08​	​
12	Marie Le Net		FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	+ 08​	​
13	Barbara Guarischi		Movistar Team Women	+ 08​

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Don't mind me:

01	Lorena Wiebes		Team DSM	03:12​	25​
02	Leah Kirchmann		Team DSM	+ 03​	20​
03	Karlijn Swinkels		Jumbo-Visma Women Team	+ 03​	15​
04	Thalita De Jong		Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire	+ 05​	12​
05	Lonneke Uneken		Team SD Worx	+ 05​	10​
06	Anouska Koster		Jumbo-Visma Women Team	+ 05​	8​
07	Ruth Winder		Trek-Segafredo	+ 06​	6​
08	Christine Majerus		Team SD Worx	+ 06​	4​
09	Riejanne Markus		Jumbo-Visma Women Team	+ 07​	​
10	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard		Movistar Team Women	+ 07​	​
11	Clara Copponi		FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	+ 08​	​
12	Marie Le Net		FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	+ 08​	​
13	Barbara Guarischi		Movistar Team Women	+ 08​

Let's hope the coverage is better tomorrow.

Wiebes gets another win and Norsgaard gains her tenth top 10 of the season.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Look out for Swinkels here, but I'm going to bank on Christine for the GC here. She always brings her A-game in this, her home race.

 

[RedheadDane]

77 Ks to go.
Hammes and T. De Jong with around a minute.

 

[RedheadDane]

Wiebes crashed at some point...

 

[Samu Cuenca]

JV doing JV stuff

 

[Samu Cuenca]

YES!!! (written in an unpatriotic manner, of course)

 

[RedheadDane]

Norsgaard takes it!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

She should have ridden all the way to the line though.

 

[Koronin]

Glad she finally got a win.

 

[yaco]

It was a strong finish by Norsgaard - She is an impressive rider.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just over 50 Ks to go. Bredewold has a small advantage, Movistar not letting anyone get away.

 

[RedheadDane]

She was caught. Been a split in the peloton; Norsgaard is ahead, while Kirchmann is caught behind. Swinkels also in the front group.

 

[RedheadDane]

And just as it looked dialed-in for the front group - over 40 seconds with around 12 KM to go - the Kirchmann group made it back. And Markus attacked.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Less than 7 km. to go, and Norsgaard looks to be in prime position.

 

[RedheadDane]

Norsgaard takes it all.

Well... not the QoM.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Norsgaard takes it all.

Well... not the QoM.

You shouldn't be too gready

 

[Samu Cuenca]

JV, Liv, Canyon SRAM and Trek ended up destroying it for each other, cause Movistar didn't have to work too much to close down the many attacks.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Stage 3

01	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard		Movistar Team Women	02:47:55​	​
02	Maria Giulia Confalonieri		Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team	+ 00​	​
03	Sofia Bertizzolo		Liv Racing	+ 00​	15​
04	Silvia Persico		Valcar-Travel & Service	+ 00​	12​
05	Marie Le Net		FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope	+ 00​	10​
06	Thalita De Jong		Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire	+ 00​	8​
07	Leah Kirchmann		Team DSM	+ 00​	6​
08	Juliette Labous		Team DSM	+ 00​	4​
09	Karlijn Swinkels		Jumbo-Visma Women Team	+ 00​	​
10	Valerie Demey		Liv Racing	+ 00​

Final GC

01	-	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard		Movistar Team Women	06:05:00​
02	-	Leah Kirchmann		Team DSM	+ 14​
03	1	Maria Giulia Confalonieri		Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team	+ 14​
04	1	Karlijn Swinkels		Jumbo-Visma Women Team	+ 18​
05	-	Thalita De Jong		Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire	+ 20​
06	1	Anouska Koster		Jumbo-Visma Women Team	+ 20​
07	2	Christine Majerus		Team SD Worx	+ 21​
08	-	Ruth Winder		Trek-Segafredo	+ 21​
09	1	Riejanne Markus		Jumbo-Visma Women Team	+ 22​
10	2	Juliette Labous		Team DSM	+ 23​

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Emma's been waiting for so long this season to get a win, but they're like London buses. Except that since she now takes the GC as well, that makes it 3 wins in 2 days!

I fear this race might need to ramp up the difficulty of the final stage, could have sworn it was harder back four or five years ago but I think it's more just a factor of the way the profiles are drawn because the circuit is more or less the same but a little shorter now, rather than anything else. However, the greater depth of péloton has meant it's gone from being one where puncheuses and climbers are able to win (e.g. Bubnenkova in 2009 and Pooley in 2010) to one where apart from Niewiadoma in 2016 (which was a solo escape when Rabo were super strong and were playing spoiler behind to keep her up front) it's harder to get separation in the Garnich stage. The last stage has consistently been a sprint of around 30-35 riders for the last four editions, and the riders who are winning the stage are getting more tilted in favour of rouleuses and baroudeuses. This is not a bad thing - it shows the increasing professionalism and depth - however it does mean that the race is slightly more divorced, parcours- and field-wise, from its traditional partner races in the Ardennes which it followed logically on from.

 

[RedheadDane]

SURPRISE!

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana - FirstCycling.com

01	Annemiek van Vleuten		Movistar Team Women	​	16​
02	Mavi Garcia		Alé BTC Ljubljana	​	12​

Actually, no it's not.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

SURPRISE!

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana - FirstCycling.com

01	Annemiek van Vleuten		Movistar Team Women	​	16​
02	Mavi Garcia		Alé BTC Ljubljana	​	12​

Actually, no it's not.

Garcia getting second is not a huge surprise, but there were other riders in the running.

 

[RedheadDane]

Garcia getting second is not a huge surprise, but there were other riders in the running.

No... they were riding bikes, no running.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

If there was running, Mavi being 2nd would be even less of a surprise, since she came to cycling from triathlon.