After the recent announcement of the Pro men's team, Symmetrics Cycling is pleased to announce the 2007 Women's team. After such a strong 2007 season, the team saw no reason to add any new riders to such a talented group.
From March 2007 the riders of Team Flexpoint will ride in a complete new team kit. The new clothing sponsor Nalini have made a very beautiful design together with Jean-Paul van Poppel and Nick Janssen of Flexpoint. The blue-white combinations of the kit are the colors of main sponsor Flexpoint.
Throughout the last few years Specialized has been developing there women’s specific line. For the 2007 season Specialized has taken it to the next level as the title sponsor of the new UCI women’s team “Specialized Designs For Women”. The team is based in central Europe in Zürich, Switzerland. The young women’s team, managed by Roger Rüegg, will focus mainly on the Swiss races while bringing in specific international races to give the young women the support and experience they need.
For Team FBUK, 2006 has been a huge year. The transition from UK club team to
the top level of professional cycle sport has not been easy, but with a lot of hard
work, it has been a very successful one.
For the second year running, Team FBUK took to the start of the Tour of Brittany, a UCI 2.2 ranked 5 day stage race in France. With a strong team, fresh from a training camp in the Alps, Team FBUK knew this race would be a great chance from them to show their faces at the front of the peleton and challenge strongly overall.
A new way to support Team FBUK has been launched that allows individuals,
groups and businesses to help Team FBUK achieve success in 2006. It's
called the £12,800 jersey, and allows people to support the team from as
little as £2!!
This weekend was round 5 of Women's Team Series, held in Limervady, Northern
Ireland. Travelling with a strong squad, Team Fat Birds Uk were confident
they could come back with some success, and they didn't disappoint.
Mirjam Melchers wins "De mooiste" for a second time in a row. She won the sprint from Christiane Soeder. Ina Teutenberg stays in the lead of the World Cup.
Saturday morning was the 8th and penultimate round of the Women's Team
Series held at Darley Moore. Team Fat Birds UK fielded a strong team and
used the race as preparation for the National Criterium Championships taking
place in a couple of weeks.
Ten time German champion, Ina Teutenberg, 31, (T-Mobile) has claimed opening honours for the 2006 UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup Series with a sprint victory on the 119km (eight lap) course in Geelong, Australia.
North America’s Largest Cycling Festival Stimulates Economy; Brings International Media Attention to California and Monterey County as Tourist Destination
The rumor has finally became a verdict. The Primavera Rosa is no World Cup race this year. This as a direct result of the conflict between the three major race organizers and the UCI-Pro Tour.
Riders, they are all the same. Men or Women. For the people who were present at the teams presentation before the start of the Tour de l'Aude, they remember Anita Valen.
Beautiful weather and large crowds were on hand as Teutenberg won the Beaver Medical Group Criterium at the 21st annual Poolgel Redlands Bicycle Classic.
Grandview Heights, formerly known as the Wendy's International Cycling Classic, has now a great new sponsor, Global Living and on June 17, 18 and 19 Grandview will be hosting the Global Living Tour de Grandview for 3 days of GREAT racing & community events.
Viking Tour is a five day amateur stage race through the most spectacular of Norwegian fjordland. First edition august 1st. -5th. 2005. Maximum 200 participants.
ATHENS, 18 August - The Netherlands' Leontien ZIJLAARD-van MOORSEL has successfully defended the Women's Individual Time Trial title she won in Sydney four years ago, finishing a comfortable 24 seconds ahead of her nearest rival.
ATHENS, 18 August - Comments from Leontien ZIJLAARD-van MOORSEL (NED), Deidre DEMET-BARRY (USA) and Karin THUERIG (SUI) at a press conference after the Women's Individual Time Trial.
ATHENS, 15th of August - Sara CARRIGAN (AUS) surprised everybody by winning the gold medal in the women's road race (118,8 km), when she attacked longtime race leader, Judith ARNDT (GER) in a 400m sprint finish to the line.
ATHENS, 14 August - Sixty seven cyclists from 30 countries will do battle in the Olympic Women's Road Race on Sunday, all hoping to take the crown of Sydney 2000 Olympic Games gold medallist Leontien ZIJLAARD-van MOORSEL (NED).
ATHENS, 11 August - Dutch cyclist Leontien ZIJLAARD-van MOORSEL, who won three gold medals at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in the Road Race, Individual Time Trial and the Women's Individual Pursuit, has stated that her priorities are the Time Trial and the track.
ATHENS, 11 August - Having recovered from a serious knee injury, Great Britain's Nicole COOKE is targeting a gold medal at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games to complete her comeback.
ATHENS, 9 August Legendary Dutch rider Leontien ZIJLAARD-van MOORSEL is hoping to sign off from the Olympic Games by doing in Athens what she did on the roads of Sydney four years ago - winning both Road Race and Individual Time Trial gold medals.
REDLANDS, CA. (March 28) Quark Racing's Lyne Bessette outpedaled fellow Canadian rival Genevieve Jeanson to win the women's event for the second time since 1999. Rona's Jeanson, who finished first here in 2001 and 2003, took second overall.
REDLANDS, CA (March 27) Finishing in a large crowd of spectators downtown on Saturday afternoon, Tina Pic came up with high-speed victorie in the fifth stage of the Redlands Bicycle Classic.
REDLANDS, CA. (March 26) Lyne Bessette, the 1999 Redlands Bicycle Classic champion, put herself in position to win again after the 42 1/2-mile Sun Panorama Point Race. To do so, she beat Rona's Genevieve Jeanson by over a minute on Friday.
YUCAIPA, Calif. (March 24) - Quark Racing's Lyne Bessette got back at overall leader, Rona's Genevieve Jeanson, by winning the women's road race to Oak Glen.
It was a fresh new look for the Redlands Bicycle Classic, but a pair of familiar faces took center stage in the first-ever Phelan-to-Crestline Road Race on Wednesday at the Redlands Bicycle Classic. Rona's Genevieve Jeanson became the first female winner in this new stage, which was added to the 20th Redlands Classic as a replacement for the longtime Highland Circuit Race.
Genevieve Jeanson, defending champion at the Redlands Bicycle Classic, surpassed all challengers during the opening day of the 20th Redlands event on Tuesday.
The second year of the American Criterium championship Series (ACCS)has been announced. The seven race series starting April 24th in Athens, GA will once again highlight the top criteriums in the country. The ACCS features both men and women's events at each race location.
First there is Arenda Grimberg. Taking part in the presentational photo shoot of the @Home Cycling team. Yet weeks later announcing she has chosen for the team WSV Emmen.
Four medals each. Four different gold medals. One for Sweden, one for Spain, one for Holland and the first one for Germany. Yet the Netherlands took the most of them with 1 golden and three silver medals equals four.
For the first time in event history, an elite field of international female cyclists will compete on the same course as the men in the T-MOBILE INTERNATIONAL, presented by BMC Software women's pro race. The event will be the finale of the 2003 Pro Cycling Tour (PCT).
Equipe Nürnberger (Arndt, Rossner, Worrack) was going to put everybody on the podium at there sponsors home town. But that was not what former worldchampion Diana Ziliute (LTU) was thinking. She won. Nicole Cooke (GBR) stays in front of the general standings. With one race left she is now certain of taking the world cup to England.
In an earlier message I have mentioned the change of team for Susanne Ljungskog. It was no trick to win the Tour but just like the men an Ullrich affair. With only that difference that she was not feeling well at the beginning of the tour. With a start that was so hard at the ending it was to late. So no second place like last year.
Is going to prepare a second attack on the one hour record. Witch is at the moment 45,094. Held by Jeannie Longo (FRA) since September 2001. Longo did it in Manchester (GBR), Van Moorsel will do it in Mexico around October.
Team Basis racers congregated last week, in Ruidoso, NM, for the 2004 Basis training camp. At 6,900 feet, Ruidoso is a small ski village, located in central New Mexico, next to Wal - Mart.
The Basis foursome of Heather Albert, Kele Hulser, Lauren Gaffney and Nicole Freedman kicked off the 2004 season with a stage victory last week in Phoenix, AZ at the Valley of the Sun Stage Race.
Despite being halfway around the world myself during the 2004 March California Racing Series, (Pomona, Redlands and Sea Otter) , I feel confident that I can adequately capture the experiences, having competed in these events myself a combined 20 times.
Kristin Johnson, Chrissy Ruiter, and Kele Hulser posted countless top 10's last week in Bisbee, AZ at the appropriately named Vuelta de Bisbee. Regular training partners in Durango, Kristin and Chrissy finished the prologue less than one second apart to take 8th and 9th places.
Basis Women's Cycling Team will be giving away one Javelin Brunello bicycle, equipped with Reynolds Cirro-SV race wheels in the basis team 2004 sweepstakes.
Ford Motor Company is pleased to announce its support for Basis Cycling Program. Ford's sponsorship begins immediately, with an eye towards becoming a co-title sponsor in 2005. " We're very happy to have Nicole Freedman and the entire Basis squad join the family of Ford cycling programs.
This timely news/ race report, featuring information dating back almost two months ago, should be helpful to anyone who just emerged from a century long cryogenic freeze.
A combined effort by Nicki Wangsgard, Lauren Gaffney, Kele Hulser and Nicole Freedman landed Nicole 2nd on the podium at Manhattan Beach, where she was able to look up to Genesis Scuba winner, Tina Mayolo, from her vantage point -Tina's knee.
The US 10k went on without a hitch this weekend, despite threats that Hurricane Ivan, which devastated over 95% of the houses on some nearby irrelevant non-US island, would hit the region.
Ford-Basis Women's Cycling Team is officially announcing its roster for the 2006 season today. "I realized how late I was in posting our 2005 Ford-Basis team announcement, so I decided to be the first to post a 2006 announcement," says team director, Nicole Freedman. "This legally binds our sponsors to another season, correct?"
Ford-Basis Women's Cycling Team started the 2005 season on a roll at the Tour of New Zealand, Geelong Tour in Australia and McLane Pacific Classic. The team earned its first international victory with Nicole taking the breakaway sprint to win stage threes Masterton Road Race at the Tour of New Zealand.
While millions of Americans were glued to their couches with the pretense of watching NCAA March Madness, Ford-Basis' cyclists participated in a March Madness of it's own. Racers competed in the McLane Cycling Classic, Central Valley Cycling Classic, San Dimas Classic, Redlands Classic, Sea Otter Classic and the Fresno Institute for the Psychologically "Different" Classic.
The Ford-Basis Women's Cycling Team is proud to announce the addition of 24-year-old Katharine Carroll to it's 2005 roster. Carroll, in her second season of cycling comes to Ford-Basis as a strong all-around rider with an affinity for climbing.
After eleven years trying to post creative race reports, I cannot figure out what to write. Fortunately, high school trained me perfectly to deal with such challenging circumstances: copy, paste and edit exerpts from any previous assignment, as quickly as possible, regardless of relevance of two
assignements.
"If there is anything you need, just let me know," said Gino Tenace a year ago, as he dropped me off at the airport. Gino, his wife Robin, and their two children hosted 6 Ford-Basis riders for a week as the team competed in Minnesota's Nature Valley Grand Prix. This was the family's first introduction to hosting professional cyclists.
While other Teams are already on the winter break, the Univega TT specialists were travelling to France to ride the last major UCI race of the 2006 Road Saison, the Cat.1.1 Crono de Nation TT in Herbiers, France.
Ladies Cycling net and myself like to wish you all the best for 2007. That it brings you good health, prosper and for the riders among you, many victories.
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That was all. Last year we had 2 exciting races. One in America, namely the International Tour de Toona. America's Premier Stage Race. And the upcoming European Tour de l'Aude. Or should we say, the stage race of all stage races. 22 years old, and still going strong. Both races ended last year with a difference of 1 second.
Ladies Cycling net and myself like to wish you all a great day. That it brings you much love and pleasure. And perhaps even a little bit of luck ... and winning a price. (UPDATE 20-02)
The Flèche Wallonne, fourth leg of the women's World Cup, looks wide open with no rider having really dominated the World hierarchy. During the opening race in Geelong, Australia, Germany's Ina Tutenberg (TMP), the current World Cup overall leader was the first to capture victory. The other southern race in New-Zealand saw local rider Sarah Ulmer (NZL) triumph at home. The elite cyclists then headed to Europe to compete on the Tour of Flanders where Netherland's Mirjam Melchers - Van Poppel (BFL), conquered victory after claiming the race in 2005.
ZEULENRODA, 18.07.06 (dpa/th) - Christiane Soeder from Team Univega is the first leader of the 19. Internationalen Thüringen-Rundfahrt der Frauen in Germany.
Swiss Road champion Sereina Trachsel gave today a great comeback after a long time of the bike, do to her examines. She celebrate an impressive victory at today`sRund um die Rigi race in the Centre of Switzerland.
Three stage wins, 2 x 2nd places, one day in the yellow jersey, overall Point jersey win and 4th place GC is an excellent result over ten stages of world class racing in one of the hardest stages races in this years race calendar.
Current World Cup leader Nicole Cooke scored another big win in Spain today winning in terrific style, supported by her strong Univega team. She took to the race the a slender World Cup lead of just 14 points (75 points for the win) but comes away leading by 74 points as her closest rival, Commonwealth Time Trail Champion Oenone Wood (Aus) could only manage 11 points finishing at the head of a group of 14 riders trailing in behind the leading group.
Due to perfect tactics in the race by our team and the 2nd place of Christiane Soeder and the 6th place of Nicole Cooke takes over the World Cup lead from the T-Mobile Team.
The first Co-sponsor is Lifeforce. The company pursues a Immune System Bank to the early diagnosis of illnesses serves. The second Co-sponsor is Spanish company Tot-Net. Market leader in Spain for the professional cleaning in different industrial areas. The team is equipped since the 1st January officially by Skoda vehicles. Two modern Octavia 4 x 4 station-wagons models are in use. The team is dressed by Puma and this motivates the riders especially, as Puma products are well known for stylish details.
I regret to inform you of the death, which has occurred yesterday, at the 60 years age (since Nov.) of Mr. Rémy Pigois, organizer of the Trophée d'Or (FRA) and speaker (talented) of many races.
For 2004, Team S.A.T.S. has acquired several of the top riders in women s cycling, which has given the team a boost to number 1 on the UCI (International Cycling Union) World ranking.
Top Women's road race action comes to Hampshire this Sunday,with the i-Team Trophy event-round 1 of the Reynolds Michelin Ladies (Jo Bruton) series taking place.
In less than 2 weeks, the women's cycling season starts in Geelong, Australia. That also means that the start of the fifth edition of Chicabike is coming closer!
It is the beginning of the new season for the twelve girls of the new Team Dilà Guerciotti Cogeas, the newborn team guided by former professional Stefano Della Santa.
Welsh world number one Nicole Cooke, 23, (Raleigh Lifeforce) leads the Geelong Tour at the end of day one after securing third place in both the opening 8km time trial and the 30 kilometre second stage at Portarlington, on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula.
Germany's Ina-Yoko Teutenberg scored her second straight win when she sprinted home first at the end of today's 114.3km stage three of the Geelong Tour out and back from the Victorian country town of Lara.
Welsh cyclist Nicole Cooke, 23, has claimed the 2007 Geelong Tour crown to confirm her status as the world ranked number one in women's cycling and signal she's in form to perform well in Saturday's opening round of the UCI Women's Road World Cup in Geelong.
World number one Nicole Cooke (Raleigh Lifeforce ) has taken out the opening round of the 2007 UCI Women's Road World Cup in Geelong sprinting home ahead of Australians Oenone Wood (T-Mobile) and Nikki Egyed (Australian National Team) at the end of the 120 kilometre race.
Next weekend the European women’s racing calendar starts with Het Volk classic. Racing over a flat and cobbled 126 km course in West Flanders, Global Racing Team will be joined by one of its new signings, Nikki Harris.
Sara Carrigan breaks the habit by winning the Time Trial. The final stage was won by Ina-Yoko Teutenberg. Judith Arndt won the overall classification, while Sarah Ulmer became the sprint queen.
2006 has been a successful for UK women’s professional team, Team FBUK. In its first year as a professional the team has had great success on and off road and established itself well in the European peleton.
Team FBUK currently have two sets of objects. Firstly, to build a strong team for 2007, and two, to keep the fantastic cyclo-cross season moving forward at full speed. This week, both of these objectives have been fulfilled.
Following on from a great tour in Brittany last week, FBUK– Schwinn travelled to Limoges in France for a 3 day UCI 2.2 tour. Having spent the week at a lovely house in France, team spirits were very high entering the first stage, a 4.6km time trial around a tight and hilly course.
The past 3 weeks has seen Team FBUK – Schwinn travelling Europe to some great events. The team has had riders in races in Holland, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Norway, France and the UK.
The first round of the Women's National Series was won by Team FBUK - Schwinn rider Lorna Webb this weekend. The 80km race was ridden in fine conditions following the morning rain. FBUK had 8 riders in the bunch, 5 of which had returned from Belgium for the event.
In a great week for Team FBUK - ABUS, as riders have hit every step of the
podium. The week began in Corwaren in Belgium. A depleted team of 3 riders
started due to illness of the 3 other riders based in Belgium, however with
a good race plan and great finishing sprint, FBUK rider Lorna Webb got 3rd
in the bunch sprint to take the teams first podium of the season. Line
Ramsrud of Norway gained 11th place on the day, with Emma Silversides taking
21st.
Saturday 11 March saw Team FBUK – Schwinn riders from around Europe descend on the team’s Belgian base for the start of a training and racing week. The week was the first opportunity for the team management and riders to get to know each other in race situations and build on the team spirit carried forward from 2005.
The UK’s first UCI Trade Team for women has today been announced. Team FBUK (www.teamfbuk.com) have gained professional team status and have started the year as they mean to go on.
Our "Rider of the Year" price winners are confirmed. The first price for a member goes out to Mr. Davies from Canada. The second price for a non member goes out to Mrs. de Haas from the Netherlands.
As we are heading towards France for the Tour the l'Aude, let's take a pictures look at one of the two new French Trade Teams we have this year. TEAM PRO FEMININ DU GENEVOIS was presented. Our colleague Christophe Podevin was present at the presentation and took some pictures for all of us.
Professional cyclists are the latest focus in a series of research projects into the levels of water and salt athletes lose when they sweat. The findings have led experts to question the UK government's blanket advice on reducing salt intake.
On March 10th the Presentation for the UCI team SPECIALIZED Designs for Women took place in Zürich-Oerlikon. There the philosophy, history, and future goals of the team were shared with the press, our generous sponsors and our guests then each athlete was formally introduced.
Global Cycling has signed a 2-year sponsorship deal with POWERbreathe the world leaders in Inspiratory Muscle training products. All Global Racing riders will now be able to train with “dumbbells for your diaphragm”.
T-Mobile colored the weekend by winning stage 2 and 3. Ina Yoko Teutenberg wins on Saturday, while Kim Anderson completes the teams weekend by winning the Sunday stage. Amber Neben ones again succeeds in taken the overall victory.
Team Saccarelli-EMU has been one of the womens' UCI pro teams to steadily work it's way up the UCI rankings over the last few seasons to finish 2006 ranked 14th in the world. The team's success has been built around nurturing young home grown Italian riders and bringing in experienced foreign riders to support them.
BRONZINI GIORGIA ( ITA ) wins the sprint of the pack. GILMORE ROCHELLE ( AUS ) is second and former World Champion SCHLEICHER REGINA ( GER ) fills up the podium.
On April 8th, Madeleine Lindberg (SWE) starts her second life after stooping her cycling career. She became the mother of Linus. Ladies Cycling net wishes them all the best and happiness.
Adrie Visser (NED) breaks the Cooke story by winning the Ronde van Drenthe before Elodie Touffet (FRA). World champion Marianne Vos (NED) wins the sprint of the pack.
MONTEREY, Calif. (May 11, 2007) Organizers for the Sea Otter Classic, a Celebration of Sport, announced today the event dates for the 18th annual event would be May 1- 4, 2008. At a recent strategic planning meeting, the event's directors considered several factors in determining the move into early May. Key factors included the probability of better weather conditions and the likely schedules of national and international racing and event calendars for 2008.
Marianne Vos has won her third victory today. After Soeder winning the prologue, it was Vos who won the first stage, T-Mobile the team time trial followed by two time Vos, stage 3 and 4. There is more to come...
Montréal, May 17th- The Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin is arguably the most prestigious women's tour in the world. It is definitely one of the longest and most unpredictable; originally four days long, this year the Tour will run for ten days and will include a team time trial, a double day and six 100km+ days!
The 10th Edition Montreal World Cup race is right around the corner and Team expresscopy.com is approaching it with confidence and enthusiasm. The Press Conference for the race was held yesterday and Anne Samplonius was the sole representative of Team expresscopy.com. She shouldered the responsibility well and featured in a number of TV interviews, rubbed shoulders with Daniel Manibal (President and CEO), and posed for a number of shots with the Argon 18. Cyclist, tv star and model all rolled into one.
Following an impressive start to the season for Global Racing Team, Team Manager Stefan Wyman is proud to announce it has signed a new sponsor, Exustar (www.exustar.com). Exustar are an award-winning innovator in pedal design and will be supplying Global Racing with equipment for 2007.
While Oenone Wood stopped Regina Schleicher after her 2 on 2. It was Marianne Vos, the World Champion who was called the new cannibal of cycling with her 4 wins in the Tour de l'Aude.
Montreal, June 27th- "I'd do it again". Those three words were heard a number of times in our interview with Joëlle Numainville during one of her all-too-rare moments of free time. Her plate has been pretty full since January of this year, as she undertook to combine her life as a student with her life as a pro cyclist with Teamexpresscopy.com. So far the racing season, her second with the pros, has meant many, many miles on the bike, in cars and on planes.
The last week has seen Global Racing Team – Bio-Racer gain 10 championship medals around the world and this is despite the British Road Race Championships being cancelled due to bad weather.
Manager Jean-Paul van Poppel has no nervousness for the Giro Donne, which will start with a prologue on Friday. Buty that's no sign of less sharpness, there is just no pressure because we have already won two beautiful stage races with Susanne Ljungskog, the Emakumeen Bura and the Tour de L'Aude, in comparison with the previous years. Therefore we have no stress. "Nevertheless we still have ambitions. Van Poppel: "I'm satisfied if we can reach the podium spot and can gain a stage. Last year we succeed in that with Susanne Ljungskog. She lost the Giro in the final 500 meter of the race to Edita Pucinskaite."
SONOMA, Calif. (July 7, 2007) - San Rafael native Anna Lang granted her own birthday wish by winning Saturday's National Racing Calendar Road Criterium (NRC) race during the Infineon Cougar Mountain Classic at Infineon Raceway.
SONOMA, Calif. (July 8, 2007) - Palo Alto's Amber Rais worked with her Webcor Builders teammates to grab an exciting victory on Sunday in the women's National Racing Calendar (NRC) Road Circuit race during the Infineon Cougar Mountain Classic at Infineon Raceway.
On sept 02. there will be a race for dames elite in Luxembourg (near the Belgian frontier - 10kms from Arlon) organised by the club "Tooltime Préizerdaul".
As we knew, it was difficult to get a large peloton for a ladies race in Luxembourg. Nevertheless 22 ladies aligned for the 75,5 km of the
GP. Charles von Roesgen. The riders came from Belgium , Holland, Great Britain, Germany and Luxembourg.
There are currently many discussions about this paper. Certainly since the hottest candidate to win the world title with the men refuses to sign. The UCI on the other hand is not happy with this, but can't do anything about it. They certainly can't exclude somebody from a race who didn't sign. It's an illegal document that only has a sentimental value. At least for now.
After Madrid we were thinking that it could not get worse. Yet Stuttgart did everything they could in order to make it the worst championship we have seen in years.
The UCI women’s trade team out of Zürich has undergone several changes for the next season with only six riders receiving a contract renewal and the addition of several new riders to support Emma Pooley at the International level.
Global Racing Team are pleased to announce a major sponsorship partnership with Swift Group which will fund a significant new initiative to find and train top riders from the UK in the build up to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Former public school maths teacher Emma Silversides has become the first British rider to sign for Belgium's top women's pro cycle team Lotto - Belisol.
For many the Elk-Haus team is somewhat unknown. For others it's the premier step up team to the big teams. Remember Claudia Häusler, Andrea Graus and Monica Holler for instance. Even this year the team had a rider in there ranks that was wanted by many other team.
I feel very lucky to be able to train abroad for such an extended period in the winter, and when I say abroad, I don't mean Belgium. We have temporarily left our lovely home in Meensel Kiezegem and are living in an apartment in Benidoleig. Where? Find Valencia and Alicante on the Costa Blanca, on the easterly tip of the coast line is Xabia, or Javea, then about 16k due west is Benidolieg.
Following an excellent to the year, Swift Racing confirms they are looking to recruit a senior rider for its 2008 road squad. Backed by Swift Motorhomes under a long-term contract, the team are building a great young team with huge potential.
Gerard Vroomen, Co-founder of Cervélo and Thomas Campana, Team Manager of Cycling United, are pleased to announce the creation of the Cervélo-Lifeforce women’s pro cycling team.
I write again from my current base in Spain, which I am happy to say, continues to present mild and sunny conditions. It is certainly a huge advantage to be here as I see the forecast for Belgium and England; 'rain and wintery showers'. Indeed my preferred place for training in England, the Cotswolds, seems to be underwater in many places. Some of my favourite picturesque villages and towns such as Tewksbury and Upton upon Severn are regularly featuring in the news. I am not sure how badly Belgium is being hit but however that might be I am convinced that being here is the best for my training.
Well I'm still here in Spain and making the most of our last week here in the milder weather. I have just finished a block of long steady rides of 6-6 1/2 hours in duration each with a day or two of recovery in between depending upon the sensation. These rides have allowed me to explore some new roads and see more of this area. More recently the almond blossom has flourished giving a snow carpet of delicate pinks and white to the valleys, truly beautiful. With such views to admire riding up the long cols is a doddle!
Christiane Soeder (AUT) from the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team won the first race of the season with 36 seconds ahead of her challengers and is also in the lead of the overall ranking of the Australian Geelong Tour with 27 seconds ahead of Ina Teutenberg (GER, High Road Team).
The 33-year-old Christiane Soeder (AUT) from the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team claim victory in the Geelong Tour in Australia with a total race time of 4:41:14 and a margin of 10 seconds ahead Ina Teutenberg (GER, High Road Team), who took the second place in the overall ranking.
Emma Rickards (AUS) from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team took second place in today’s UCI women’s World Cup kick-off in Australia, finishing shortly behind the day winner Katheryn Matthis (USA, Webcor Builders) in a total race time of 3:04:46.
At the today’s start of the „Women’s Tour of New Zealand“ the New Zealander Joanne Kiesanowski from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team took the third place behind the winner Suzanne de Goede (NED, Equipe Nürnberger Versicherungen) and the second Oenone Wood (AUS, Team High Road). The first ten racers finished the competition around the Fraser Park in Lower Hutt over 35 km (1,3 km round) in a total time of 1.12.50.
The European opening of the World Cup stands before us. For that to celebrate we are going to start a new series of articles to introduce you to some of the best teams of the circuit. This is our kick of.
This time we are going to introduce to you the new kids on the block. The UK’s first UCI Trade Team for women. Team Fat Birds UK have gained professional team status and have started the year as they mean to go on.
This time we are going to introduce to you FENIXS - COLNAGO. A Team that is becoming one of the most international Trade Teams as a result of the new sponsorship with Colnago.
After the second stage in the „Women’s Tour of New Zealand“ over a distance of 94 km from Martinborough to Masterton, Kristin Armstrong from the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team is on the third position in the overall ranking only 16 seconds behind the current leader Oenone Wood (Team High Road). Wood claimed victory in today’s race ahead of Lorian Graham and Miho Oki, while Armstrong took the fourth place, finishing at the same time as the first cyclists.
The 34-year-old American Kristin Armstrong from
Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team won the most difficult stage of the „Women’s Tour of New Zealand“ and took over the lead in the overall ranking with 21 seconds ahead of Oenone Wood (AUS, Team High Road). In an exciting and challenging competition over a distance of 125 km, six mountains and a final climb, Armstong showed a strong performance and finished the race on the top of the Admiral Hill 27 seconds ahead of Ruth Corset (AUS, Tabak Team International). Third place took Oenone Wood.
I landed in England last week to be welcomed by glorious sunshine and 2 degrees. It looked great from the window on the National Express coach that I was travelling in but didn't feel so good after 9 weeks of Spanish sun!
The Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team with Kristin Armstong
successfully defended the overall lead in the fourth stage of the „Women’s Tour of New Zealand“. Armstrong is now 11 seconds ahead of Oenone Wood (AUS, Team High Road) in the overall ranking. Wood won the Miramar Circuit over the race distance of 124 km in a sprint ahead of Rochelle Gilmore and Ina Yoko Teutenberg. Together with her team Cervélo-Lifeforce Kristin Armstrong controlled the race and protected with the 12th place the overall lead.
The British rider Leda Cox has signed an initial one year deal with American Elite Women’s team, “America’s Dairyland” and will leave England in Early March to embark on a full season of American racing.
Leda had her first two races in Boulder, Colorado at the weekend having only been in the US 5 days and won her first race and came 4th in the second. Both were Elite Criteriums and attracted good pro/elite fields.
On today’s Easter Monday, the top class women cyclists met each other at the second UCI World Cup race of this season at the Trofeo Alfredo Binda race in Cittiglio in the Province of Varese (ITA). The competition over a distance of 120 km was clearly marked by the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team.
Britain, Emma Pooley, gave Team Specialized a special gift on Easter Monday, winning the first European World Cup of the season. She won the „Trofeo Alfredo Binda“ a race of 121 km in legendary fashion. Pooley broke away from the peloton with 40km to go and never looked back. She finished with an advantage of 1’36“ over the chasing peloton led home by second place, Suzanne De Goede (Ned, Equipe Nürnberger Versicherungen) and third place, Diana Ziliute (Ltu, Safi Pasta Zara) .
Kristin Armstrong (USA), the former World Champion in time trial, from the team Cervélo-Lifeforce claimed victory in a fabulous manner in the GP Costa Etrusca-Giro dei comuni Montescudaio-Riparbella (UCI category 1,2 ). The cycling race, over the distance of 109 km took place in the province of Pisa (ITA) and was held under the sun of the Tuscany.
The day after her victory in the Italian region Tuscany, Kristin Armstrong showed again a strong performance and finished sixth. The 34-year-old American reached the finish line in the GP Costa Etrusca-Giro dei comuni Castellina M. MA- Santa Luce, a race over 108 km on the streets in the provinces Pisa and Livorno, only 8 seconds behind the winner Noemi Cantele.
The first decisive move of the German Cycle Classic, Köln – Schuld – Frechen, was made with 30 km to go in the race when a small break group of seven formed. Three riders from Specialized-were represented in the break: Mirjam Hauser-Senn, local rider Tanja Hennes and Larssyn Rüegg.
Kristin Armstrong (USA) from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team finished second in today’s third Women’s World Cup race of the season – the Tour de Flanders. She was only beating by the German Judith Arndt in the finish sprint. Both racers came together to the last few meters but Armstrong couldn’t match the German. The sprint for third was taken by Kristen Wild (NED) from a group of fourteen riders.
Patricia Schwager from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team won in a time of 1:55.01 the cycling race “Memorial Jean Luisier“ in Fully (SUI). She took the victory in a finish sprint ahead of Sarah Grab and Andrea Thürig (both SUI).
This week Swift Racing can confirm the addition of Danish rider Dorte Lohse Rasmussen to its squad. Having started with the team so well at the weekend finishing 5th in the Omloop door Middag-Humsterland, the team are hoping this will be a sign of good things to come.
Thursday the 12th of June saw British Professional Leda Cox finish 5th overall the 5 day UCI Tour De Pei in Canada. The result comes not long after riding in support of Nicole Cooke in the Great Britain team at the recent Tour De L’Aude and it caps what is without question the Britain’s best season of her 5 year Pro career.
After the races in the USA, the most athletes of the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team are back to Europe and take part at the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, a six-day stages race of the UCI category 2.2 in Belgium, France and Italy. Today, the first of the various competitions started in Gent (BEL) and went over 72,1 km to Wattrelos in North of France.
On the second day of the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, the „Tour de France“ of the women’s cycling sport, Sarah Düster (GER) from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team reached in the first race of the day the fourth place.
Yesterday evening the third stage of the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale finished after 90,2 km in Fourmies (FRA). Four riders of the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cylcing Team reached the finish in the first group. Sarah Düster (GER) took again the fourth place, Christiane Soeder (AUT) finished fifth, Priska Doppmann (SUI) was ninth and Karin Thürig (SUI) followed on eleventh position.
Karin Thürig from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team defended on the second last stage of the Grande Boucle Feminine Internationale with her today’s 6th place the lead in the overall ranking.
The Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team convinced at the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale 2008, the “Tour de France” in Women’s cycling. On the last stage of the 6-days-competition the 33-year-old Christiane Soeder (AUT) claimed stage victory on the 83,9 km race from Guillestre (FRA) to Sestriere (ITA). On second place finished Nicole Cooke (GBR) with a gap of 29 seconds to Soeder. Jolanta Polikeviciute took the third place and Karin Thürig edged out of the podium, both with 34 seconds behind Soeder.
USA Cycling announced this week 21 of its 24 nominees to the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team, among them Kristin Armstrong from the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team. She is qualified in both the women’s road race and time trial. The 2008 Games will be Armstrong’s second Olympic appearance after competing already in the women’s road race in Athens where she took the 8th place.
Priska Doppmann (SUI) from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team won in a solo arrival the second stage (“Rund um Gera”) in the International “Thüringen Rundfahrt”. Doppmann attacked about 18 km ahead of the finish and claimed victory with at the end an advantage of 17 seconds to Angela Hennig. The third place took the Norwegian Anita Valen de Vries.
On the today’s Thursday, the third stage of the International “Thüringen Rundfahrt” with a 104,5 km course around the town Greiz took place. Priska Doppmann started after her yesterday’s success with the yellow leader jersey. The Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team were really active but at the end the Italian rider Noemi Cantele was able to finish solo and claimed victory ahead of Emma Johnsson (SWE) and Kimberly Anderson (USA). Carla Ryan finished together with the first group on position five only 47 seconds behind the winner. Christiane Soeder and Karin Thürig were completing the good result of the team with taking the ninth and the tenth rank. Priska Doppmann finishes with the peloton on position 24th and lost the leader jersey to Noemi Cantele.
In the fourth stage, the longest stage of the this year’s International „Thüringen Rundfahrt“, Karin Thürig from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team finished on the fourth place, 1.40 min. behind the winner Grete Treier (EST). The Estonian was able to claimed victory in the finish sprint against the both Germans Judith Arndt and Trixi Worrack. Priska Doppmann took the sixth place finishing ahead of the peleton. Treier is now also in the overall lead of the competition series
The Swiss Karin Thürig claimed victory in the 18,6 km long time trial of the international „Thüringen Rundfahrt“ 10 seconds ahead of her team mate Christiane Soeder (AUT). The third place took the German Judith Arndt while Priska Doppmann (SUI) was finishing on the fifth position. Thürig had an average speed during the race on the course around of Schmölln of over 42 km per hour.
On the today’s Sunday, the 21st „Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt“ finished with the sixth and last stage over 126,4 km around Zeulenroda. The 36-year-old Karin Thürig took in the today’s stage the fourth place, finishing just 7 seconds behind the winner Trixi Worrack (GER). The podium completed Judith Arndt (GER) and the Canadian Erinne Willrock.
At the UCI women’s World Cup in Vargarda, Sweden, Karin Thürig from the Cervélo-Lifeforce finished fourth. That was her third fourth place within a week. On the 12 x 11 km course, Kori Kelley Seehafer (USA) claimed victory ahead of Kim Anderson in the finish sprint. The third place took Charlotte Becker who came together with Thürig and two other riders 1,10min after the winner to the finish straight.
Yesterday, for the first time the GP Mobilar/GP Aaretal, a national race in Switzerland, took place under sunny weather in Kirchdorf nearby Berne. The competition was carried out as a handicap race, what means that the juniors started with a time advantage to the amateur riders and the amateur started with an advantage to the elite racer.
At the today’s Olympic Road Race in Beijing, three riders from the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team Christiane Soeder (AUT), Priska Doppmann (SUI) and Kristin Armstrong (USA) were for their nation at the start. Over the challenging 126,34 km long course including the final laps next two the famous Chinese wall, 66 athletes from all over the world measured their shape in heavy rain conditions.
At the fourth edition of the GP Oberbaselbiet in Zunzgen (SUI), a race with a handicap modus, Sarah Düster (GER) took the fourth place. The juniors and U23 riders started with a time advantage ahead of the elite group and couldn’t catch up by their chasers. Emilie Aubry (SUI) won the race in the finish sprint ahead of Jessica Schneeberger (SUI) and Eva Haueter (SUI).
At the Olympic time trial in Beijing, the US American Kristin Armstrong from the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team, who turned 35-year-old on Monday, claimed victory in a superior manner on the 23,5 km challenging time trial course. Armstrong finished in at time of 34.51,27 min, with an average speed of 40,4 km/h on the course over the Badaling pass.
With the end of the Olympic Games, the women’s cycling circus continues with the 10th women World Cup race in this season. Today, the GP of Plouay (FRA) over 114,6 km took place in the region Bretagne. While the participants of the 2008 Olympic Games from the Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team take a break, Carla Ryan (AUS), Sarah Düster (GER), Emma Rickards (AUS) and Pascale Schnider (SUI) competed in the second last World
Cup race of the season.
Friday the 22nd saw British Pro Leda Cox take her best ever win in the grand finale of the Coupe De France Des dames in Loudun in the Vienne region of Northern France.
This year, the traditional Betzdorfer Erzquell City Night took place with a women elite race. Yesterday evening were Among the riders in Betzdorf (GER) as well the four Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team riders Sarah Düster (GER), Emma Rickards (AUS), Carla Ryan (AUS) and Patricia
Schwager (SUI).
The Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team is pleased to announce that the both Dutch riders Kirsten Wild and Regina Bruins will join the Team in the upcoming season.
Christiane Soeder (AUT) from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team won today the time trial of the Austrian national championships. The 33-year-old Soeder claimed victory in her general rehearsal for the World Championships on Wednesday in Varese (ITA) with a clear advantage of 3:42 min to Monika Schachl on the 24km course from Stadtschlaining to Bad Tatzmannsdorf. It was her fifth title in a row.
Christiane Soeder (AUT) from Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team won today the silver medal in the individual time trial over 25,15 km at the UCI Road World Championships in Varese (ITA). Soeder were only 7,56 seconds slower than the US-American Amber Neben, who claimed victory. The hot fight for the bronze medal won the German Judith Arndt.
As a test we released our new gallery. SECOND UPDATE : now included World Championship "Opening Ceremony", "Time Trial" and the first stage of the "Giro della Toscana"
At the presentation Vos and Cooke got named as the favorites. Where Germany and Italy had all the reasons in making it a hard race. It's wasn't the course itself that would make it a hard race, but the distance would make a difference in the end.
Under various team names, the Swiss Elite Women’s Team had a very successful program. In different team colors, there were many victories and podium places.
On the eve of the Tour de L’aude, POWERbreathe signed an extended sponsorship agreement with Swift Racing. Not only are POWERbreathe committing to a long term contract, but also increasing their input to the team to include the sponsorship of the team car.
It is with enormous pleasure that we announce today that World and Olympic Champion Nicole Cooke together with Stefan Wyman have created the new team Vision1 Racing.
Das Cervélo-Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team won clearly the UCI Women’s World Cup Team Time Trial in Vargarda (Sweden) and took the first World Cup victory in this season with an advantage of 1.13 min to the Team Columbia. On third rank finished the Team Equipe Nürnberger Versicherungen.
(New York, NY) The strikingly beautiful region of Lombardy in Northern Italy was the center of the cycling world this past fall, with the city of Varese hosting the professional Road Race World Championships in late September and the start of the 102nd Giro di Lombardia three weeks later, the final classic on the professional racing calendar in Europe. Plans are in place for the fall of 2009, as the city will again host the Tour of Lombardy, and the neighboring Swiss Canton of Ticino will host the World Championships in the city of Mendrisio. One professional who makes her home in Lombardy has both events on her calendar, but for different reasons. Bigla Cycling Team’s Veronica Andréasson hopes for a spot on the Swedish National Team for the women’s world championship road race in Mendrisio and, while normally cheering on boyfriend Gustav Larsson during the Tour of Lombardy, for 2009 she will enjoy a different role as the featured guide on Vélo Classic Tours Lake Como and Il Giro di Lombardia tour October 13-19.
Dopo l' australiana Carly Mich Hibberd e la brasiliana Flavia Oliveira... dal Colorado arriva la 28enne Carmen Mc Nellis, una statunitense dalle grandi potenzialità, completa, in grado di poter correre da protagonista su qualsiasi percorso.
Con un biglietto da visita di tutto rispetto... alla Michela Fanini Record Rox è arrivata la prima nuova atleta italiana. Si tratta della 19enne Serena Mensa, ciclista polivalente che alterna la strada alla pista.
Following the signing of young Welsh rider Katie Curtis, Vision 1 Racing are happy to announce the signing of another young British rider, Dani King, to its roster for 2009.
Since 2002, the Men’s Tour of Qatar is successfully established as one of the star
events to kick off the cycling season. A select position already coveted by the brand
new Ladies Tour of Qatar, which will be launched early on in 2009. From the 8th to
the 10th of February, the world’s elite in women’s cycling will be present in Doha,
fighting for victory.
Cervélo TestTeam is pleased to announce the signing of Emilie Aubry, the final rider to be signed for 2009. The nineteen year-old Chevenez native is considered one of the biggest talents in Switzerland. She was third in the 2008 national road championships of Switzerland and also third in the overall young riders ranking for the Grande Boucle 2008.
It is maybe now that the weight of the stakes could start increasing on the shoulders of Marianne Vos. At the moment of taking on the final climb up the Mur de Huy, the Dutch rider will however need to be as light as possible to try and become the first to win three times consecutively the Women’s Fleche Wallonne. Victorious this year of the Italian leg of the World Cup (Trofeo Alfredo Binada), the two-time title holder shows up with serious assets, including her position as the leader of the UCI classification. However the competition promises to be harsh. And in the final explanation, one should expect to see Nicole Cooke, victorious in 2003, 2005 and 2006.
"There's something about getting grimy and sweaty with the gals. You feel like you're breaking the rules. You're not made of sugar and spice and everything nice. You're not someone's girlfriend and you're not someone's mother. For that moment, at least, all you have to be is a cyclist."
Erika Vilunaite
Silvia Parietti
