UCI World Road Race Championships 2019 – Elite Women Dutch rider Annemiek Van Vleuten launched a solo attack with 104km remaining of the 149.4km race, with defending champion, Dutch teammate, Anna van der Breggen claiming the silver medal, whilst Australian Amanda Spratt came in third. Words by Heather Bamforth, Images by Chris Maher The…
SPRINTER SHINES ON STAGE ONE OF THE ASDA WOMEN’S TOUR DE YORKSHIRE, BUT VOS-SING IT! MARIANNE WINS THE OVERALL 2019 ASDA TOUR DE YORKSHIRE WOMEN’S RACE Press Release – Round Up, Images Chris Maher. Barnsley To Bedale It was a stage for the sprinters and, unlike their male counterparts in yesterday’s TDY stage, the peloton…
Words by SweetSpot, Images by Chris Maher Jolien D’hoore sprinted to victory on the streets of London as Katarzyna Niewiadoma held onto the OVO Energy Green Jersey to claim the overall victory in the OVO Energy Women’s Tour as it finished at the heart of the capital. The Polish National Champion won the opening stage…
The 2017 OVO Energy Women’s Tour takes place from Wednesday 7th June to Sunday 11th June over five stages. This is the forth edition of the Women’s Tour and the first title sponsor for OVO Energy launched originally by SweetSpot in 2014. Download the Final #WT2017 Start Sheet here, Ninty-nine riders have signed-on. …
Lizzie Deignan solo’s fifteen kilometres to her first victory in the Asda Women’s Tour De Yorkshire. This third incarnation of the Women’s Tour De Yorkshire beamed live on television attracted eighteen teams including several UCI Women’s World Tour teams to Yorkshire raising the profile pre-Worlds 2019 for the organisers Welcome to Yorkshire. Following the same…