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…
Lizzie Deignan wins OVO Energy Women’s Tour Great Britain’s Lizzie Deignan became the first rider to win two OVO Energy Women’s Tour titles as she sealed the 2019 crown at Pembrey Country Park, Carmarthenshire, on Saturday. The Trek Segafredo rider, who only returned to racing in late April following maternity leave, finished eighth in a…
Kasia Niewiadoma wins first-ever OVO Energy Women’s Tour hill-top finish Canyon//SRAM Racing’s Kasia Niewiadoma made light of inclement conditions to win the OVO Energy Women’s Tour’s first hill-top finish at Burton Dassett Country Park, Warwickshire, on Wednesday. The Polish rider, who won the 2017 race, outsprinted Team Sunweb’s Liane Lippert after the duo had broken…
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…
Wright On-Time As Torelli Triumphs At The Tour Of The Reservoir Sophie Wright – Torelli-Brother-Assure Team timed her attack to perfection to win the second stage of a gruelling hot Northumbrian Water Alexandra Tour of the Reservoir, her first ever Elite National Road win, a clear 10s ahead over last year’s overall winner Mel Lowther…
Words & Images by Chris Maher Massey wins the final HSBC-UK National Women’s Road Series event, the Ryedale Grand Prix. Laura Massey, Drops Pro Cycling powered up-to the finish line in the grounds of Ampleforth Abbey and College just ahead of Alice Sharpe, NCC Group-Kuota-Torelli and the overall Series Winner Lizzy Banks, Storey Racing in…