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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Lizzie extends her lead after 4 of the 9 World Cup races.

    Rank Name Nation Team Age* Points
    1 (1) Elizabeth ARMITSTEAD Great Britain DLT 26 420
    2 (2) Emma JOHANSSON Sweden GEW 31 260
    3 (3) Anna VAN DER BREGGEN Netherlands RBW 24 238
    4 (4) Eleonora VAN DIJK Netherlands DLT 27 220
    5 (5) Elisa LONGO BORGHINI Italy HPU 23 215
    6 (9) Pauline FERRAND PREVOT France RBW 22 200
    7 (6) Annemiek VAN VLEUTEN Netherlands RBW 32 120
    8 (20)Evelyn STEVENS United States SLU 31 95
    9 (7) Alena AMIALIUSIK Belarus BPK 25 85
    10 (8)Shelley OLDS United States ALE 34 85
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Award of the Week for Useless and Ignorant Journalism, goes to Sky Sports News for their article on FW, with this opener:

    'World Cup frustration continued for Lizzie Armitstead as she had to settle for second place in La Fleche Wallonne Feminine. The Briton was denied victory by French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, meaning a third successive runner-up placing in the women's classic series'


    :roll: :evil:
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Have you just outed @ukcyclingexpert there? :D
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Wei's photos once again amazing:
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    They will be talking women's cycling on BBC radio 5 Live between 8 and 9 tonight.

    That's a big surprise, ever get the feeling they heard a British girl has been doing rather well lately?
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    UCI have just posted their longer look at the Fleche Wallonne

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nqyhZFdLFo

    and the bikes of the XC girls

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdaMKpSgwmQ
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  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    La Course by Le Tour de France (bit of a mouthful) - unveiled yesteday

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/la-cour ... e-revealed

    http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1s2cy ... 2014_sport


    Same prize money for the winner as a TDF stage winner!* Podium boys! Huzzah!


    *more money than some womens teams will make over an entire season
  • mfin
    mfin Posts: 6,729
    Pross wrote:
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    They will be talking women's cycling on BBC radio 5 Live between 8 and 9 tonight.

    That's a big surprise, ever get the feeling they heard a British girl has been doing rather well lately?

    Was not really a big surprise, they discuss all sorts of sports and in the end 5live is the least high profile of the BBC's national media that cover sport. ...also, there's a lot of British girls doing rather well lately.
  • The_Boy
    The_Boy Posts: 3,099
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Podium boys!

    Jesus wept.

    Great news on the prize money though.
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    davidof wrote:
    UCI have just posted their longer look at the Fleche Wallonne

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nqyhZFdLFo

    and the bikes of the XC girls

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdaMKpSgwmQ
    That XC course looks fun
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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Nice piece on cyclo-cross and especially women's cyclo-cross

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/26754187
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    Marianna Vos has put herself into a good position winning the prologue of the Elsy Jacobs in Luxembourg. The stage race is UCI 2.1 rated. Lizzie Armistead was 4th, 2.99seconds behind Vos.

    1 Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team 0:03:12.91
    2 Eleonora Van Dijk (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team 0:00:01.30
    3 Shelley Olds (USA) Alé Cipollini 0:00:02.59
    4 Elizabeth Armitstead (GBr) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team 0:00:02.99
    5 Anna Van Der Breggen (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team 0:00:03.31
    6 Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team 0:00:03.58
    7 Thalita De Jong (Ned) Rabo Liv Women Cycling Team 0:00:03.63
    8 Melissa Hoskins (Aus) Orica - AIS 0:00:04.66
    9 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 0:00:05.29
    10 Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans Cycling Team 0:00:05.87
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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  • hammerite
    hammerite Posts: 3,408
    Women's Tour of Britain starts on Wednesday, highlights 9pm on ITV4 each evening.

    Unfortunately I can't get out of work to watch the race finish in Bedford. Jnr is going with his school though.
  • Der Kaiser
    Der Kaiser Posts: 172
    Disappointed that there is no live feed but acorns -> trees

    Would be great if this became one of the biggest stage races for women in the calendar.

    Also great to see so many quality British cyclists involved. Sadly no Jo Rowsell :(

    Would be great to see a home win.
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    Der Kaiser wrote:
    Also great to see so many quality British cyclists involved. Sadly no Jo Rowsell :(

    Would be great to see a home win.

    Vos has got to be a favourite although the course should suit Armistead. Too flat for Pooley I think. Maybe Emma Johansson? Bronzini for the points.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Didnt realise Wiggins was basically funding the Wiggle team with his own money.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/others ... ggins.html

    R Gillmore also put in 500k of her own money - sizeable investment and not sure how she got that money given women's cycling doesnt pay?
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  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    Quick mention for the Tour of Chongming Island World Cup race. Not much info coming through, but this round has been won by Kirsten Wild (Giant-Shimano). No placings as yet, in fact the only info available seemed to be coming from Rochelle Gilmore, tweeting from the Wiggle Team car!

    @PelotonWatch: 5 rounds of the Women's World Cup and 5 different winners.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    edited May 2014
    Tour of Chongming provisional:

    1 Kirsten Wild (Giant Shinano)
    2 Elena Cecchini (Estado de México-Faren Kuota)
    3 Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda)

    Just for info, the overall leader Lizzie Armitstead and numbers two and three Emma Johansson and Anna van der Breggen did not travel to China. Despite this, there are no overall changes at the top of the leader board.

    Edit - Updated rankings now available.

    1 (1) Elizabeth ARMITSTEAD Great Britain 420
    2 (2) Emma JOHANSSON Sweden 260
    3 (3) Anna VAN DER BREGGEN Netherlands 238
    4 (4) Eleonora VAN DIJK Netherlands 220
    5 (5) Elisa LONGO BORGHINI Italy 215
    6 (6) Pauline FERRAND PREVOT France 200
    7 (13) Kirsten WILD Netherlands 186
    8 (22) Elena CECCHINI Italy 137
    9 (10) Shelley OLDS United States 135

    Full list is here.
  • RonB
    RonB Posts: 3,984
    2 hours later and the full result for this round (according to Peloton Watch) is out. Here is the top 10. Looks like the flat course meant that the whole peloton came together for a final sprint.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4277Fd6e268

    1 Kirsten WILD NED GIW 3:16:44
    2 Elena CECCHINI ITA EMF +0
    3 Giorgia BRONZINI ITA WHT +0
    4 Emilie MOBERG NOR HPU +0
    5 Melissa HOSKINS AUS AUS +0
    6 Shelley OLDS USA ALE +0
    7 Charlotte BECKER GER WHT +0
    8 Anna TREVISI ITA EMF +0
    9 Annalisa CUCINOTTA ITA SEF +0
    10 Cecilie Gotaas JOHNSEN NOR HPU +0

    Remaining rounds are in August: -
    03.08 Sparkassen Giro (GER)
    22.08 Open de Suède Vargarda TTT (SWE)
    24.08 Open de Suède Vargarda (SWE)
    30.08 GP de Plouay-Bretagne (FRA)
  • Le Commentateur
    Le Commentateur Posts: 4,099
    Cooke book:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Breakaway-N ... cole+cooke

    Out end of July; seems a decent length at 464 pages.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,462
    Le Commentateur wrote:
    Cooke book:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Breakaway-N ... cole+cooke

    Out end of July; seems a decent length at 464 pages.

    That should be an interesting one.
  • yourpaceormine
    yourpaceormine Posts: 1,245
    I'm off to Paris in a few days time, so planning my trip. Got my times for the Tour's arrival. Trying to find some info (namely timings) for La Course. Really struggling. Can't find mention on ASO or leTour sites. In fact apart from "ASO announce a new race..." statements on various bicyclist sites no up to date info. In fact Frenchie's poster on this thread has more detailed info than I have found elsewhere. As my google fu is clearly lacking, any links would be most appreciated.

    All resolved found this:-
    http://www.letour.com/la-course-by-le-t ... /race.html
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    2.1 ranked Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen finished today.

    Lizzie took one stage and 2nd overall. 42 seconds behind Evelyn Stevens.
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  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    Here is an interesting interview with Inga Thompson.

    http://www.theouterline.com/perspective ... hompson-5/

    DD.
  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Dolan Driver wrote:
    Here is an interesting interview with Inga Thompson.

    http://www.theouterline.com/perspective ... hompson-5/

    DD.

    Worth the read, thanks.
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  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    From Inner Ring's preview of S21, this little nugget about La Course.

    TV: note the late finish, expected for 7.20pm Euro time or two hours later than usual. But tune in early for La Course, the women’s race. I was going to do a separate preview but cyclingtips has everything and more. The women race between 12.50pm and 2.45pm, it’ll be on the same channel you’ve been watching the Tour and should feature live footage from on-bike cams too.
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  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    frenchfighter wrote:
    2.1 ranked Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen finished today.

    Lizzie took one stage and 2nd overall. 42 seconds behind Evelyn Stevens.

    And here is Forstermann doing podium duties!
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/quarantipuu/14740660255
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  • Stridor
    Stridor Posts: 48
    I don't know if this has been posted elsewhere but it looks like Specialized and Lululemon Athletica are not renewing their sponsorship from next season. It looks like Velociosports are turning to crowdfunding to find half their budget. See here for further details: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/project-x--13

    I dunno, if one of the biggest women's teams has to resort to what kinda feels more like charity than sponsorship to fund its activities then this can't be good for the sport.

    Perhaps I am a bit of a doom goblin when it comes to women's cycling, but after people have been banging on about how good La Course was for women, I was not expecting to see this…

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