Women's Cycling 2016

stagehopper

ddraver wrote:

From what ive seen, Vos is slowly making her way back (trying to avoid the issues the kept her out last year)

PFP buggered her knee in January I think and so is taking some time to come back too. I'm not sure if she is planning on road or MTB though (both for Rio I suspect)

PFP made comeback from injury in Strade Binachi and finished 11th. Missed the weekend race through illness:

Rabobank - Liv ‏@RaboLiv Mar 18
Sad news: @FERRANDPREVOT won't start @TrofeoBinda due to illness. @anouskakoster will substitute her. #RaboLiv #TrofeoAlfredoBinda

Richmond Racer 2

dish_dash wrote:

Twin Peaks eh?

Boom tish

Soz Marianne, there's a new reigning queen now :-)

ddraver

Amy Pieters won the DDV yesterday from a bunch sprint. Jolien D'Hoore and Eileen Roe completed the podium

I couldnt watch live as i was in the lab actually working...

ddraver

Marianne wins Pajot Hills Race - entire woman's peloton sighs and prepares for an ass whoopin'

Richmond Racer 2

ddraver wrote:

Marianne wins Pajot Hills Race - entire woman's peloton sighs and prepares for an ass whoopin'

I really really hope not. I trust the likes of Lizzie has enough reason not to fear her any more and to trust on her own awesomeness

blazing_saddles

The ladies Ronde goes live here, in about half an hour:

http://www.proximustv.be/nl/wielrennen/ ... derendames

Turfle

Unfortunately, this stream has not been a success so far.

anothersid

no commentary, stream stops every two minutes or so, very poor.

rick_chasey

Is live on the Sporza feed. At the expense of the men's race too.

davidof

Watching it live on French TV - Armitstead and Johanssen 18 seconds ahead of the PFP group with 4k to go.

davidof

1k to go, a handful of seconds separate the two groups

davidof

Elbow to elbow at the end.

ddraver

I'm very please to say that even though I find PFP all sorts of lovely, in a race situation on the Kwaremont I only have eyes (and a bellow) for LIzzie!

Classy win, even the p1ssed Belgians in our cabbage field were impressed

Pross

Is that an all black Lion of Flanders on Emma's helmet?

ddraver

Sweeds are all for Flemish Nationalism don't you know...

(All the Wiggle team had them, I foresee the launch if wiggle.be sometime in the near future...)

davidof

Snap


where is lizzie's hand?


http://www.kristofvanaccom.be/april-2/kwaremont3















http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/04/ ... ers_400871

rick_chasey

Have to say, I much prefer proper Women's only events than Women's events tagged onto the men's.

Plenty of annoyance on twitter when sporza flipped over to the women's race, and I can kinda see why. If you're settled down to watch the mens and have already been watching it for 90 minutes and you have leave it for an hour it's a bit irritating.

It means you're never really paying attention to either because you have one eye on the other. Seems in the UK there was a lot of annoyance that the coverage split so late, which is equally problematic.

ddraver

I dig your vibe but I think it's a case of every little helps for women's cycling. Think of the dinosaurs in Cake Stop, it's people like those that need to be turned and realise there is a genuinely good race to watch AS WELL AS the mens. CX has shown that if you show it, people will come

I think the "Women's Tour" attitude of trying to start events that will become equal to the TdF or the RVV is ultimatly the right way to really go about it though. But the Ronde is such an Iconic event that any women's race will always be a big deal. See also the Giro Rosa.

blazing_saddles

Rick Chasey wrote:

Have to say, I much prefer proper Women's only events than Women's events tagged onto the men's.

Plenty of annoyance on twitter when sporza flipped over to the women's race, and I can kinda see why. If you're settled down to watch the mens and have already been watching it for 90 minutes and you have leave it for an hour it's a bit irritating.

It means you're never really paying attention to either because you have one eye on the other. Seems in the UK there was a lot of annoyance that the coverage split so late, which is equally problematic.

I was lucky, having backed up my Sporza recording with Eurosport and their 3rd rate commentator.
I would have been well peed otherwise, upon my return. Imagine the average Belgian, stuck in an engagement and Sporza on record for it's only airing.
Almost 90 minutes taken out of the guts of the men's race.
I know it's the complete U turn for them and we have all moaned about the lack of coverage in the past, but that was overkill.
I've now watched the 45kms the aired and have to say it wasn't great. Simply because it's the same elimination process, but without the depth of quality as with the men.

RichN95.

Rick Chasey wrote:

Have to say, I much prefer proper Women's only events than Women's events tagged onto the men's.

Plenty of annoyance on twitter when sporza flipped over to the women's race, and I can kinda see why. If you're settled down to watch the mens and have already been watching it for 90 minutes and you have leave it for an hour it's a bit irritating.

It means you're never really paying attention to either because you have one eye on the other. Seems in the UK there was a lot of annoyance that the coverage split so late, which is equally problematic.

I think the answer is split screens (not 50/50, more 66/33). The Men take precedence but the women's screen becomes bigger when they are at key moments (and for Flanders we generally know where the key moments are). Both races available in full screen via the red button.

I think the women like being tagged on to the big events - they get to race with a big crowd.

Ultimately they just want good races and some coverage.

rick_chasey

Appreciate it wouldn't be possible but if you had it on the Sat and men's on Sun.. Job done.

davidof

Flech Wallonne

https://youtu.be/1Tm36wpfc4s

davidof

And the view from the Wigglies

https://youtu.be/aaFBHTcmuhM

awavey

The Womens Tour starts tomorrow, 5 stages in all concludes on Sunday, highlights everynight on ITV4 9:30, Stage 1 is Southwold to Norwich, fairly flat but the changeable weather may make it more unpredictable, more details at http://www.womenstour.co.uk/

disquieting_museeuws

awavey wrote:

The Womens Tour starts tomorrow, 5 stages in all concludes on Sunday, highlights everynight on ITV4 9:30, Stage 1 is Southwold to Norwich, fairly flat but the changeable weather may make it more unpredictable, more details at <span class="skimlinks-unlinked">http://www.womenstour.co.uk</span>/

Nice to see Jip en Janneke heading up the Parkhotel team!

ozzzyosborn206

who is this women doing the commentary for the womens tour? so bad

andcp

ozzzyosborn206 wrote:

who is this women doing the commentary for the womens tour? so bad

Hugh Porter

dish_dash

Haven't watched but isn't it Sarah Connolly with Hugh Porter on commentary? With Helen Wyman doing the discussions bits with Ned Boulting.

oldbazza

Was at the finish in Norwich yesterday,and like a good fanboy got two copies of ProCycling signed by Lizzie and Marianne :oops: ;can confirm that Lizzie is cooler than a very cool thing and that Marianne looked like she had a monk on(didn't catch it but other half said she got baulked at the last turn in the sprint-didn't catch it as I was trying to take pics).

ddraver

having a monk on is default Marianne I think. I think she is actually really quite shy. (or it could have been me fanboi-ing all over her like a teenager on a One Direction)