The Lesser Known Women's Road Racing Thread 2023

[andrew_s]

Great to see Ruth Corset still mixing it up at 44yo. Her daughter is also racing, in what I'm pretty sure is a first

Beryl & Denise Burton used to race, most notably at the 1976 UK nats, when Denise outsprinted her mum, and Beryl sulked.

 

[42x16ss]

But she failed to finish inside the time limit on stage 1.

Yeah, caught up in the stage 1 crash. She's only 17, Corset's 20yo daughter Stephanie was the one who was supposed to be racing.

Corset won the QOM classification though

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Finally a new update, though, as feared, it isn't exactly comforting.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1486708291149316097

View: https://twitter.com/teamsdworx/status/1486708291149316097

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And yet another incident which could have ended way, way worse than it did.

http://instagr.am/p/CZPPxFNs8Dr/ View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZPPxFNs8Dr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

And yet another incident which could have ended way, way worse than it did.

http://instagr.am/p/CZPPxFNs8Dr/ View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CZPPxFNs8Dr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

That’s terrible. Just as she finally got her very hard earned first chance at a proper pro season.

 

[BlueRoads]

Finally a new update, though, as feared, it isn't exactly comforting.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1486708291149316097

View: https://twitter.com/teamsdworx/status/1486708291149316097

All the best to her and her family. It must be very tiresome when people constantly ask how the situation is, but I think it's good they put out this statement.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

That’s terrible. Just as she finally got her very hard earned first chance at a proper pro season.

Yeah, it's a real shame. Hopefully she'll be able to recover quickly. At leats her helmet didn't break as easily as her bike.

All the best to her and her family. It must be very tiresome when people constantly ask how the situation is, but I think it's good they put out this statement.

It must be terrible to be in their shoes right now. Her teammates that witnessed/took part in the accident can't be in a great state either.
In this day and age it's easy to get accustomed to getting updates on a famous person's every move, but in this case we obviously can't demand or expect to be told anything about her condition, and that's the way it should be.

 

[geisterhome]

Finally a new update, though, as feared, it isn't exactly comforting.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1486708291149316097

View: https://twitter.com/teamsdworx/status/1486708291149316097

At this stage a proper recovery seems nearly impossible.

 

[RedheadDane]

At this stage a proper recovery seems nearly impossible.

Then I guess we'll just have to hope she'll recover as well as Stig Broeckx did.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Then I guess we'll just have to home she'll recover as well as Stig Broeckx did.

Yes, though I'm going to hope for it instead.

 

[yaco]

The International Federation's need to invest in development and more development ASAP - It's urgent that we have a bigger pool of upcoming riders filtering through the system who are WT standard because with the growth of women's cycling they'll need rosters of 18 to 20 riders. This is a big chance for the Federation's to invest in talent ID.

 

[RedheadDane]

And we have our first confirmed lineup for the Vuelta CV Feminas, which will be shown line on ES Player/GCN+ on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Van den Broek-Blaak has decided to not retire after all!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1488919569456578564

Well, she will retire, but just not now.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And we have our first confirmed lineup for the Vuelta CV Feminas, which will be shown line on ES Player/GCN+ on Sunday.

I guess you simply do it on purpose now

Vollering has extended with SDW untill 2024 as well, while Moolman-Pasio, for now at least, still wants to retire after the season to focus on her hotel business.

It was also revealed yesterday that there will be a sort of women's version of the E3 on April 30.

 

[RedheadDane]

I guess you simply do it on purpose now

Yes! It'll be shown (on)line on ES Player/GCN+, and it'll also be live.

It was also revealed yesterday that there will be a sort of women's version of the E3 on April 30.

Only sort of?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Only sort of?

Well it's a cooperaration between the E3 and the Leiedal Koerse criterium races, so I'm not sure how much of the route it will have in common with the E3.
According to the LK website the last female winner was Lucinta Brandt, so I don't know why Lucinda Brand was at the presentation yesterday.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

As already mentioned by RhD, the women's season kicks off tomorrow with the fourth edition of the Vuelta CV Feminas. A 92 km race, which will probably be decided in mass sprint once again. It will be live on Eurosport/GCN (with Been and Rowe) from 11 AM in mainland Europe, and with a bit luck we might get to see a full hour of racing.

Defending champion Chiara Consonni faces competition from former winner Martha Bastianelli and two time runner-up Barbara Guarischi among others. Uno-X will start their first ever women's race (Ahtosalo is listed first, but I expect Susanne Andersen to be their protected sprinter), and Eugenia Bujak will be riding in her dreadful UAE/GOBIK champion's kit for the first time.

Startlist: https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=10439&y=2022&k=start#race

 

[RedheadDane]

It's on live, and it seems they've gone fast! Less than 15 Ks to go.

 

[Gwbert]

It's on live, and it seems they've gone fast! Less than 15 Ks to go.

92km is a bit of a joke isn’t it? Especially for an essentially flat sprint stage.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

José Been was a little rusty at the start and confused Chiara Consonni for her brother (But to be fair, Simone is obviously a girl's name )

92km is a bit of a joke isn’t it? Especially for an essentially flat sprint stage.

Well at least it's the same distance as the final stage of the men's Volta a Valenciana.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Nasty crash there. Hopefully it'll be the last today.

Valcar isn't in prime position.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

First win for UAE, who seemed every delighted with that.

Consonni tried to go through a gap between Andersen and Guarischi, but it wasn't big enough in the end. Otherwise she might have won.

 

[RedheadDane]

First win for UAE, who seemed every delighted with that.

They'd have been hard pressed to win earlier.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

They'd have been hard pressed to win earlier.

Well they could have employed an Australian rider, but of course they couldn't have won a pro race earlier.

 

[RedheadDane]

Well they could have employed an Australian rider, but of course they couldn't have won a pro race earlier.

I did mean with their actual roster, not their imaginary roster.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Ok, so they relegated Guarischi for her move to the left.