{"id":9828,"date":"2024-05-26T21:26:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T21:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=9828"},"modified":"2024-06-15T06:26:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T06:26:46","slug":"ridelondon-classique-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/?p=9828","title":{"rendered":"RideLondon Classique 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ford RideLondon Classique 2024<\/p>\n

Press Release Sunday 26th May 2024 | Words by RideLondon, Images by Chris Maher<\/pre>\n
WIEBES SEALS OVERALL FORD RIDELONDON CLASSIQUE TITLE WITH THIRD STAGE WIN<\/h3>\n
Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime) underlined her complete dominance of the UCI Women’s WorldTour 2024 Ford RideLondon Classique by winning the third and final stage of the race in London today to complete a hat-trick of wins at this year’s event, plus the overall General Classification victory.<\/p>\n
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Stage 3 winner Lorena Wiebus (Team SD Worx – Protime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Wiebes sprinted to a famous victory on The Mall, in front of Buckingham Palace, finishing ahead of Charlotte Kool (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) and world champion Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx – Protime). The sprint came at the end of a 91KM final stage which featured eight fast and furious laps of a central London circuit.<\/p>\n
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Three out of Three for Wiebus this time on the MALL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Race start on the Mall with Teniel Campbell (LIV AlUla Jayco)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Brits Lizzie Deignan & Pfeiffer Georgi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Remarkably, the victory continues Wiebes’s streak of never having been beaten at the Ford RideLondon Classique. She won on her first appearance at the race in 2019, when it was a one-day race, then won all three stages the last time she took part in the race in 2022 – a feat she has now matched in 2024.<\/p>\n
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Final Points Sprint on the Mall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Wiebes also won the Sprints Classification, while Danish champion Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility) finished safely in the peloton to confirm her victory in the Queen of the Mountains classification.<\/p>\n
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Elynor Backstedt central with Christine Majerus in her Nation Jersey RHS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Kool, last year’s Ford RideLondon Classique winner, finished second overall in the General Classification 25 seconds back on Wiebes, with Kopecky third overall at 26 seconds.<\/p>\n
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Wiebus tucked in the Peloton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Post Race Reaction from key riders on Stage 3 London<\/p>\n
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Peleton in front of Trafalgar Square<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx-Protime), the 2024 Ford RideLondon Classique champion. Wiebes won the third and final stage of the race in London today to complete a hat-trick of wins at this year’s event, plus the overall General Classification victory.<\/p>\n
“I am happy and also happy that Lotte finished again on the podium and also in the General Classification, so that makes it even better. Always hard to try do the same again, hat-tricks are always hard to do, really happy to be unbeaten in RideLondon and I will enjoy this. Hope team comes back next year, as I love this race. I want to thank my team-mates for all the work they did. I\u2019m really happy with my team-mates.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx-Protime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
On how Stage Three panned out, including the crash and how it affected the team:<\/p>\n
“Only Barbara [Guarischi] was involved in the crash, I was lucky as they touched my back wheel and I was able to stay upright so that didn’t affect us too much because we anyway would save Barbara for the last part of the race and that was much chaos into the last corners. But I found Lotte [Kopecky] at one point and then she went and I went quick afterwards.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Letizia Paternosta (LIV AlUla Jayco)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Lizzie Deignan (Trek \u2013 Lidl) On being overall Best British Rider at this year’s event:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a complete bonus. I aimed to be a great team-mate to Clara, and it\u2019s a by-product of that, nothing else.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m proud. We have a strong collection of British women at the moment so to still be able to pull that off as a bonus is cool.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Lizzie Deignan (Lidl – Trek) reacts to the conclusion of the 2024 Ford RideLondon Classique.<\/p>\n
\u201cReally happy. I mean, you always want more if you don\u2019t win the race, but I think we had a pretty clear winner in this race. Lorena Wiebes is the fastest sprinter in the world, and they [Team SD Worx – Protime] were dominant and deserved to win.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team ADQ) White Jersey flanked by Elynor Backsedt LHS & Letizia Paternoster RHS in Pink Jersey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team ADQ) on defending her Best Young Rider jersey from 2023:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy about this! It is the time I can go for youngest rider. I won this jersey last year, so this race is quite lucky for me!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (ITA, UAE Team ADQ)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
On how Stage Three panned out:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was totally different because it was all flat, so a lot faster and the position in the bunch was really important. We managed quite well, and the final sprint we tried for Chiara [Consonni], so it was a bit different. Personally I prefer the previous Stages!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Peloton on the Mall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
How teamwork played a part:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe positioning was really important. Unfortunately we lost one yesterday in the crash, so we were only four. So we lost an important part for us. I was sorry about that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility) on winning the Queen of the Mountains Competition:<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really happy right now! It was a hectic race today. I hoped to do a bit more, but in the end I\u2019m really happy to come away with this prize.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
On claiming her first international jersey:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really nice. I\u2019m really happy about it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility) On racing for the first time on The Mall:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a nice stage to be racing today, so I am excited! It\u2019s going to be a really good experience\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are going to go for some fast racing and I\u2019m going to be a key lead rider for one of our fast riders.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Former British National Champion Alice Towers (Canyon\/\/SRAM Racing) On her team\u2019s performance at the 2024 Ford RideLondon Classique:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve tried to race really aggressively over the weekend. We certainly didn\u2019t want to leave it to the sprinters every day, we gave it a good go, it hasn\u2019t worked out so far but we\u2019ve picked up some good results along the way and are happy with the way we raced.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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British Champion Pfeiffer Georgi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Press Release; 25 May 2024<\/p>\n
WIEBES WINS AGAIN ON STAGE TWO OF FORD RIDELONDON CLASSIQUE<\/h3>\n
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Lorena Wiebus wins in Maldon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime) has won Stage Two of the UCI Women’s WorldTour Ford RideLondon Classique in Maldon, making it two wins out of two in this year’s race.<\/p>\n
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Zoe Backstedt (Canyon\/ SRAM Racing) leads the rollout through Maldon on stage2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Zoe Backstedt leads the rollout through Maldon on stage2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The 143KM stage, which started and finished in the Essex town of Maldon, came down to a reduced bunch sprint with Wiebes once again proving to be the fastest rider in the race, after also winning yesterday’s first stage in Colchester.<\/p>\n
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There were 2 rides ahead of the peloton here leaving Maldon, one being Zoe Backstedt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Last year’s Ford RideLondon Classique champion Charlotte Kool (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) was second in the sprint with world champion Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx – Protime), who led out her team-mate Wiebes, finishing third.<\/p>\n
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Dutch star Wiebes now has a provisional 20-second lead go into tomorrow’s third and final stage in central London after picking up 10 bonus seconds with the victory and a further six seconds in today’s Queen of the Mountains competition. In a dominant display, Wiebes also leads the Sprints Competition.<\/p>\n
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Kopecky leading Wiebes into the final 4kms.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
With no Queen of the Mountains points on offer tomorrow, Danish champion Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility) all but confirmed victory in this classification on today’s stage. Despite not picking up any points on the stage, the nine points she collected on Stage One will be enough to win the prize, as long as she finishes tomorrow’s stage.<\/p>\n
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Throwing a bidon to a cheering young fan. Lizzie Deignan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Post Race Reaction from key riders on Stage 2 Maldon to Maldon<\/p>\n
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Elinor Barker leading the chase on the final second circuit into Maldon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Stage Two winner and overall race leader Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime)<\/p>\n
“Yeah, it was all good until the crash, when Lotte [Kopecky] and Femke Gerritse were involved and, actually, I was kind of involved, I didn\u2019t crash but we had to chase back; but then I also felt I had good legs and then I went for the other QoM sprints to get some seconds [back] and the plan was to not go for the last one. Then the girls did really good throughout the whole race with controlling and then Lotte did a really good final.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Last 50m sprint for Wiebes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
How much did that crash affect the race for you?<\/p>\n
“It didn\u2019t affect me too much but I was a little worried about Lotte and Femke Gerritse, it took some time before they were back in the peloton, and I came back in… and I was like, ‘Is this the peloton?\u2019 and she was like, \u2018No!\u2019 and then she was chasing me back. It\u2019s never nice to crash.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Stage 2 winner Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Was it the plan to win two of the QoM stages?<\/p>\n
“Yeah that was the plan because the climb was not too hard, and it\u2019s always nice to go into the last stage with more seconds and that you don\u2019t really have to do the intermediate sprints there.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Thoughts On Stage Three in London tomorrow:<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m now 20 seconds in front [provisionally] and I think there\u2019s 16 seconds in total to get tomorrow so I hope I can just focus on the final sprint.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Charlotte Kool (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL), who finished second after a reduced bunch sprint in Maldon, reacts to the Stage Two results and looks ahead to tomorrow.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt really good. The climb was hard but I managed to pace it very well, and in the final the team did a great job putting me in the best possible position.”<\/p>\n
\u201cI got a bit boxed in and that was not ideal, but then I managed to still pass on people and then on the corner getting into it I knew I had to fight until the line.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Leaders Jersey, Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Asked about the Importance of teamwork?<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really important the whole way, it\u2019s not only in the final. They [her team-mates] always put us in a good position.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey save a lot of energy for me and that makes a difference to get over those climbs because it\u2019s not an easy stage at all.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if I\u2019m on a bit of a gap they are always immediately there to close the gap and be around me.”<\/p>\n
\u201cMentally, it helps me if they are always around me, I don\u2019t need to think, I just follow them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On Stage Three:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe found out yesterday I had a puncture in the last 15km so that was no ideal, so I\u2019m glad today I felt really good again and technically tomorrow is the stage that fits me the best so we are really looking forward to that stage.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
British rider Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek) On Stage Two:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was fun! I really enjoyed it. It was aggressive and dynamic racing. We had a good time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On being Best British rider again:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a nice surprise, I never really thought about it. I was just going for the final sprint to try and take some seconds away from anyone competing against Clara [Copponi], really, so it\u2019s a nice by-product!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Looking ahead to Stage Three she said:<\/p>\n
\u201cTomorrow is a real sprint, obviously. It\u2019s a totally different race. It\u2019s a circuit race, we don\u2019t have many of those. It\u2019s going to be a tough, hard day, but Clara is in great shape and we still believe in her for the podium.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility), who all but confirmed victory in the Queen of the Mountains Classification today, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels really good to know that I have the jersey tomorrow, but I\u2019m also looking forward to more than just finishing tomorrow, I want to go out there and make a party.<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s going to be crazy to have a criterium in the middle of London, it is going to be wild. I think it is going to be one of the biggest experiences of my life.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was very worried when Lorena [Wiebes] won the first two QoMs and thought, \u2018OK, this is it\u2019. I was just not strong enough to win points from the bunch and I didn\u2019t know until I crossed the Finish Line that she [Lorena] did not win the last one, so I was very happy and relieved to know I had done it.”<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a team, we tried to get points on the first QoM but I was not strong enough, when they started sprinting I felt the lactic [acid] and had no legs for the sprint, unfortunately, but I was good enough to get enough QoM points yesterday so I am just happy about that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Press Release; 24 May 2024<\/p>\n
WIEBES SPRINTS TO VICTORY IN COLCHESTER<\/h3>\n
Wiebes (SD Worx – Protime) wins Stage One of the Ford RideLondon Classique! The sprint specialist bided her time and produced an explosive finish to claim victory.<\/p>\n
She came out on top ahead of Letizia Paternoster (Liv-Alula-Jayco) and Clara Copponi (Lidl-Trek).<\/p>\n
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Looking after the Pink Points Jersey Letizia Paternoster (Liv-Alula-Jayco)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
The Dutch rider goes into tomorrow’s 143KM stage, which starts and finishes in Maldon, wearing the race leader’s jersey. She also leads the Sprints Classification.<\/p>\n
Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility) will wear the Queen of the Mountains jersey after winning a maximum nine points in the competition during today’s stage after being part of the day’s main breakaway alongside Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ceratizit – WNT Pro Cycling Team).<\/p>\n
Post Race Reaction from key riders on Stage 1 Safron Walden to Colchester<\/p>\n
Stage One winner Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx \u2013 Protime)<\/p>\n
\u201cI am really happy to finish the teamwork off. The girls worked really hard for it today, so we had to finish it off.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe teamwork was really important because Femke Markus and Christine Majerus they controlled the breakaway all day long, it is really important to have them in a race like this and also in a team. Then it was up to us to have a good lead-out and then Barbara Guarischi and Lotte Kopecky took over in the final straight and they delivered perfectly.”<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is really important to time your sprint well on this type of finish and the girls did really well to lift me at the right point so I could open my sprint at a good moment.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On when she sensed victory:<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Barbara took over and started her lead-out I had a feeling this could be good because she timed it really good.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Rebecca Koerner (Uno-X Mobility) will wear the Queen of the Mountains jersey after winning a maximum nine points in the competition during today’s stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would have hoped to have more riders up there, but either way we got into a really good corroboration and we had a nice day out!<\/p>\n
\u201cI managed to get the QoM points so I\u2019m really happy about that.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Going on to say about Stage Two tomorrow:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will have to see who is keen to go for the QoM points tomorrow.”<\/p>\n
\u201cFor someone to get more points than I have they would have to win all of the QoM points tomorrow, so I think my chances are pretty good, but we will to see how it turns out tomorrow!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (UAE Team ADQ) returned to reclaim her Best Young Rider jersey, which she also took home in 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m happy to wear this! It\u2019s the last year for me in the young version, so I\u2019m happy!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Final 4Kms to the finish in Maldon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Results after Stage 3 of the Ford RideLondon Classic 2024<\/p>\n
Overall Classification<\/pre>\n
1. Lorena Wiebes (NED, Team SD Worx-Protime)
\n2. Charlotte Kool (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL)
\n3. Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx – Protime)<\/p>\n
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Sprints Jersey Winner Lorena Wiebes (NED, Team SD Worx-Protime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Sprints Competition:<\/pre>\n
Lorena Wiebes (NED, Team SD Worx-Protime)<\/p>\n
Queen of the Mountains:<\/pre>\n
Rebecca Koerner (DEN, Uno-X Mobility)<\/p>\n
Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini<\/p>\n
Best Young Rider:<\/pre>\n
Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (ITA, UAE Team ADQ)<\/p>\n
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Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (ITA, UAE Team ADQ)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Best British Rider:<\/pre>\n
Lizzie Deignan (GBR, Lidl-Trek)<\/p>\n
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Best Team CERATIZIT WNT Pro Cycling Team (GER)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Best Team:<\/pre>\n
CERATIZIT WNT Pro Cycling Team (GER)<\/p>\n
Stage One (Saffron Walden-Colchester, 159km)<\/pre>\n
1. Lorena Wiebes (NED, Team SD Worx-Protime) 4h06\u201927\u201d
\n2. Letizia Paternoster (ITA, Liv AlUla Jayco) Same time
\n3. Clara Copponi (FRA, Lidl-Trek) Same time<\/p>\n
Stage Two (Maldon-Maldon, 142km)<\/pre>\n
1. Lorena Wiebes (NED, Team SD Worx-Protime) 3h33\u201926\u201d
\n2. Charlotte Kool (NED, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) Same time
\n3. Lotte Kopecky (BEL, Team SD Worx-Protime) Same time<\/p>\n
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Stage 2 Podium in Maldon, Wiebes, Kool, Kopecky.<\/p>\n
Stage Three (Central London, 91km)<\/pre>\n
1. Lorena Wiebes (NED, Team SD Worx-Protime) 2h08\u201947\u201d
\n2. Charlotte Kool (NED, Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) Same time
\n3. Lotte Kopecky (BEL, Team SD Worx-Protime) Same time<\/p>\n
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GC Overall Winner Lorena Wiebes (NED, Team SD Worx-Protime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (ITA, UAE Team ADQ)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Stage 3 Podium in London, Wiebes, Kool, Kopecky.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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World Champion Lotte Kopecky (BEL, Team SD Worx-Protime)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Stage 3 Start on the Mall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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In the mix every day Team COOP – Repsol’s April Tacey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Owen Jones talking to Lotte Kopecky<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
For immediate release: Friday 14 June 2024<\/pre>\n
FORD RIDELONDON TO GO AHEAD WITHOUT CLASSIQUE IN 2025<\/h4>\n
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Image Credit; Chris Maher<\/p>\n
\u2022 UCI moves Classique to a date that is impossible for London to host
\n\u2022 Event Director and London Marathon Events CEO Hugh Brasher calls it a \u201csad day for professional women\u2019s cycling\u201d
\n\u2022 Mayor of London\u2019s festival of cycling will go ahead on Sunday 25 May 2025 with the largest one-day cycling event in the world featuring more than 50,000 people cycling in events in London and Essex<\/p>\n
The Ford RideLondon Classique will not take place in 2025 after the UCI moved its position on the UCI Women\u2019s WorldTour calendar to a date when London cannot host the event.<\/p>\n
Hugh Brasher, Event Director of Ford RideLondon and CEO of organisers London Marathon Events (LME), called it a \u201csad day for professional women\u2019s cycling\u201d, after revealing there was no option but to cancel the professional women\u2019s event that has been described as the \u201cmarquee event\u201d for the world\u2019s top sprinters.<\/p>\n
Brasher said: \u201cWe were extremely surprised to be informed by the UCI on 26 March 2024 that the 2025 Ford RideLondon Classique had been moved on the UCI Women\u2019s WorldTour calendar from the last complete weekend in May [23-25 May] to a new date a week later [30 May-1 June]. There was no consultation or prior warning and the news came despite LME previously being advised by the UCI that there would be no changes to the calendar until 2026.”<\/p>\n
\u201cMajor events in London, one of the world\u2019s biggest capital cities, are planned many years ahead and it is impossible for the Ford RideLondon Classique to take place in central London on the new dates proposed unilaterally by the UCI. Alternative dates at this late stage are impossible.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThe UCI will not reverse this decision or allow two Women\u2019s WorldTour events to take place on the same weekend.”<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore, sadly, it will not be possible to stage the Ford RideLondon Classique in 2025. It is a very sad day for professional women\u2019s cycling.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Classique was one of the higher profile events on the UCI Women\u2019s WorldTour, taking place in one of the world\u2019s most influential\u202fcities with extensive sponsorship support and live coverage on BBC TV and internationally. Many teams and riders cite the event as one of their top races of the year.”<\/p>\n
\u201cRideLondon is the most successful legacy event from the 2012 Olympic Games and we are delighted that none of the other events that make the day the world\u2019s largest one-day cycling event are affected.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The Ford RideLondon Classique is known as the world\u2019s number one stage race for sprinters.<\/p>\n
British star Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek) said after this year\u2019s race which was held between May 24 and May 26: \u201cThe Ford RideLondon Classique has the best riders in the world, the best sprinter in the world (Lorena Wiebes), and it\u2019s attracting the fastest female cyclists in the world.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThere aren\u2019t that many races on the calendar anymore that are completely suited to sprinters, and I think that the Ford RideLondon Classique is a bit of a marquee event in terms that the best sprinters come here wanting to prove they are the best sprinter in the world. It\u2019s a great opportunity for them. It\u2019s a bit like the Champs-Elys\u00e9es [which is the iconic finish on the final stage of the Tour de France in central Paris].”<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s brilliant to race such a well-organised race. It makes a huge difference to the staff, to the riders, we couldn\u2019t have asked for more from that perspective.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ford RideLondon Classique 2024 Press Release Sunday 26th May 2024 | Words by RideLondon, Images by Chris Maher WIEBES SEALS OVERALL FORD RIDELONDON CLASSIQUE TITLE WITH THIRD STAGE WIN Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime) underlined her complete dominance of the UCI Women’s WorldTour 2024 Ford RideLondon Classique by winning the third and final…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9843,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89,948,775],"tags":[1109,1199,1156,1449,1400,782,1325,1450,1446,1457,1045,1456,1256,1444,1455,1183,1451,1108,1448,1447,1454,1445,1452,1453],"class_list":["post-9828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-british-cycling-road","category-uci-womens-world-tour","category-womens-road-race-cycling-events","tag-ridelondonclassique","tag-uciwwt","tag-april-tacey","tag-ceratizit-wnt-pro-cycling-team","tag-charlotte-kool","tag-christine-majerus","tag-clara-copponi","tag-eleonora-camilla-gasparrini","tag-ford-ridelondon","tag-letizia-paternoster","tag-lizzie-deignan","tag-london","tag-lorena-wiebes","tag-lotte-kopecky","tag-maldon","tag-pfeiffer-georgi","tag-rebecca-koerner","tag-ridelondon","tag-team-dsm-firmenich-postnl","tag-team-sd-worx-protime","tag-the-mall","tag-torelli","tag-uae-team-adq","tag-uno-x-mobility"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9828"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9964,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9828\/revisions\/9964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrismaher.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}