Author: Harold Dalton

Report A dream come true thanks to hard work, ambition and confidence in each other across the whole group. The Movistar Team celebrated on Sunday one of the biggest victories in its long history as they conquered the first edition, in its current format, of the Tour de France Femmes with GC honours for Annemiek van Vleuten. The victory was all but sealed with Saturday’s legendary exhibition, attacking with more than 80km from the finish at the first of three big cols on stage seven -the Petit Ballon (Cat-1)- and covering the final sixty kilometers solo in the lead to…

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Report Marianne Vos has won the sixth stage of the Tour de France Femmes. The rider of Team Jumbo-Visma was by far the fastest in the sprint of a reduced peloton and took her second stage win of this Tour. In the general classification, the yellow jersey wearer further extended her lead. Fourteen riders were part of a large breakaway group and although the escapees never gained an advantage of more than two minutes, the peloton had to pull out all the stops to catch them. As the break was being caught, Vos’s teammate Anna Henderson accelerated, bringing two riders…

Report Following their resounding victory on stage one in Paris, Team DSM and Lorena Wiebes have raced to a second stage win at the Tour de France Femmes on stage 5 into Saint-Dié-des-Vosges. The longest stage of the week also presented the final sprint opportunity of the race and it was one that the team were keen to make the most of. After the early break of four riders had established itself, the DSM team set about controlling the stage and keeping their lead in check, while keeping Wiebes out of trouble. Once everything was back together, a hectic finale…

What’s the biggest news in cycling right now? You got it, the launch of a new bidon. We had never heard of Bivo and we’re guessing you haven’t either, so here’s what we learned from our research reading through the email they sent: Bivo launched their signature product, the Bivo One in late 2020, followed by the Duo in 2021. All of Bivo’s products are certified carbon neutral, and 1% of each sale is allocated to the Bivo Fund, where the money is dispersed yearly to non-profit organizations working on cycling, water, and climate change issues. Now, following the success…

Report With an impressive solo of no less than 23 kilometres, Marlen Reusser rounded off a strong performance by Team SD Worx in the gravel stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The team dictated the pace on all the gravel roads and the Swiss team time trial specialist attacked confidently in the finale. After she had built up a gap, the competition did not get any closer. Reusser scored an impressive first stage win for Team SD Worx in the Tour. “The tactical plan worked perfectly. I don’t realise yet that I am a stage winner in…

Report On the third stage of the Tour de France Femmes, linking Reims to Epernay, the peloton prepared itself for a rugged stage of 133 kilometers. The collective work of FDJ-SUEZ-Futuroscope supported Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig’s mission to remain in the peloton during the toughest sections of the race, approaching the foot of the Côte de Mutigny, the greatest difficulty of the day, in strong condition. Delayed by a fall in the same bump, Cecilie was then able to switch alongside the Yellow Jersey, Marianne Vos, and then return, a few kilometers further, to the leading group of five girls. In…

Report Jacyo massively screwed the pooch with their leadout and Jasper Philipsen capitalized to win the final sprint of the Tour by one of the most comfortable margins in recent history. Jonas Vingegaard won the overall and mountains jerseys. Wout van Aert won the green jersey. Tadej Pogacar won the white jersey and finished second overall. Here’s some art we made of the Eiffel Tower: Results Results powered by FirstCycling.com