Highlights of Tour de Flandres & Fleche Wallonne - Rounds 3 & 4 of 2013 Women’s World Cup (by ucichannel)
Women’s Cycling podcast 2013, episode 11
Here’s Dan’s description of our latest podcast:
This week Sarah and I digress. A lot. It’s like this game I used to play when I was at university and someone would be trying to tell a joke and I would interrupt them to ask really specific and deliberately pointless questions. Like, they’d say “A priest, a rabbi and a cowboy walked into a bar…” and I’d say things like “An orthodox rabbi?” and “What sort of priest? Catholic or Episcopalian?” or “Did the cowboy have pearl-handled pistols?” This week’s episode is exactly like that.
We also talk about a bunch of races including Omloop van Borsele, Dwars door de Westhoek, Sea Otter, Gracia Orlova, Elsy Jacobs and more. There are some excellent blogs from Ashleigh Moolman and Marijn de Vries. But even if none of that stuff grabs your attention, you should at least listen to hear Sarah try to explain what she knows about bikes. It’s fucking hilarious. (1:13:46 MIN / 70.83 MB)
If you want to see the links of everything we talked about this week, click through to our blog
"It was the first time a South African road cyclist has ever finished on the podium at an International Cycling Union (UCI) Elite World Cup road race – male or female. That in itself is an impressive achievement and it elevates Moolman Pasio to another level in the women’s professional peloton, where she has enjoyed a rather rapid rise through the ranks over the past three years."
— Ashleigh Moolman Pasio boosts African cycling’s big push - SuperSport.com Mobi
"Last week I went to the Flèche Wallonne with Hitec Products UCK, and I was lucky enough to be able to interview Hitec’s Elisa Longo Borghini, who came second, and Lotto Belisol’s Ashleigh Moolman who came third, just after the race, when they’d sprinted neck-and-neck behind winner Marianne Vos."
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I can’t tell you how privileged I felt to be just a tiny part of Elisa and Ashleigh’s post-race experience. I’m still smiling! Please read my interviews!
"Three years ago when I hit the Mur de Huy for the final ascent to the finish line, I found myself alone, chasing back after being caught up in a crash 5km from the finish. Last year I made it to the bottom of the climb, out of trouble, in the zone, and I rode my way to a 5th place finish. This year, when I hit the bottom of the Mur for the last time, on the wheels of Marianne Vos, Emma Johansson and Elisa Longo Borghini, reality hit me like a ton of bricks: I wasn’t just riding for the podium, I was racing for the win!"
— Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2013: My First World Cup Podium Ashleigh Moolman Pasio
Vos Scores 5th Win at Women’s Flèche Wallonne! - News | Giant Bicycles | United States
1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabobank/Liv-Giant, 3:34:32
2. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec Products UCK, s.t.
3. Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Lotto Belisol, s.t.
4. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Sengers, + 00:06
5. Emma Johansson (Swe) ORICA-AIS, s.t.
6. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized-lululemom, + 00:19
7. Alena Amialiusik (Blr) BePink, + 00:25
8. Amber Neben (USA) Cogeas-Pasta Zara, + 00:28
9. Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) ORICA-AIS, + 00:33
10. Jessie Daams (Bel) Boels-Dolmans, s.t.
Podcast 2013 Episode 10 – The Coverage We Got Was Worse Than No Coverage At All
It’s the latest women’s cycling podcast from Dan and me. Here’s how Dan describes it:
This week Sarah brags talks about her adventures in the Hitec Products UCK team car. Dan is absolutely not even a little bit jealous at all. You can tell because he’s definitely not a bastard who asks snarky, jealous questions. Also, we talk about Flèche Wallone: the race, the coverage, how hard it is to live tweet a race with no information from race radio and how it’s actually possible to have worse coverage of a race than no coverage (Dan goes on a sweary rant at this point). (1:03:11 MIN / 60.57 MB)
To find the links to everything we talked about, click through to our blog
La Flèche Wallonne (Femmes) 2013 (mur de Huy) (by xavtriathlon)
17 mins home-made video from XavTriathlon - thanks so much!
Flèche Wallonne 2013 (by ORICA GreenEDGE)
With video of the women’s finish - maybe the best video I’ve seen yet?
Historic victory for Vos in the Flèche Wallonne (by ucichannel)
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"Great to see @sharonnlaws out of ICU, in ward and moving around a little bit! Super progress, her road to recovery is in full swing!
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Great news! Heal fast, Sharon!
"“I’m very happy with the time trial title. It’s my first. It wasn’t my best effort but it was good enough to take the win. I prefer shorter, more technical time trials and don’t feel I was adequately prepared for such a long out-and-back course,” said Moolman Pasio.
On Saturday, the 27-year-old Boland region resident wasted no time in the road race, using her superior climbing strength to split the field on the first of two big climbs. Her Lotto Belisol teammate, Sharon Laws, the current British road race champion, was on hand to assist and the pair raced positively throughout, forcing their rivals to adopt a defensive strategy.
“I wanted to defend my road title and with just two of us from our team in the race, I needed to make the first move and use the climb – which came early on – to minimise the number of title challengers,” explained Moolman Pasio."
On Saturday, the 27-year-old Boland region resident wasted no time in the road race, using her superior climbing strength to split the field on the first of two big climbs. Her Lotto Belisol teammate, Sharon Laws, the current British road race champion, was on hand to assist and the pair raced positively throughout, forcing their rivals to adopt a defensive strategy.
“I wanted to defend my road title and with just two of us from our team in the race, I needed to make the first move and use the climb – which came early on – to minimise the number of title challengers,” explained Moolman Pasio."
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Moolman-Pasio grabs double gold at National Cycling Champs
Congratulations Ashleigh Moolman, double South African national champion!
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"Happy to take the SA ITT title today for @momentum_toyota! Will wear stripes with pride in EU for @lb_ladies :-) #ProudlySA
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"Great day for @momentum_toyota#RideForSight. @lynetteburger won and I finished 2nd! Thanks @dischem and @biogensa for superb hospitality!
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Dany Schoonbaert: “All our Belgian riders will attend the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad together with Marijn de Vries and the French champion Marion Rousse. We aim for a place in the top three. In the week after the Omloop we will ride two races of the Lotto Cycling Cup. In 2011 Sofie De Vuyst became second in the overall ranking at the end of the season and in 2012 Kaat Hannes did the same. It’s time we win it (laughs). The races are very diverse and it is a very nice initiative.”
“This year we want to have more than five victories and we want to set good results in the big races, so that some of our ladies can go to the World Championships in Italy. That’s one of the reasons they have to be good in the races of the World Cup. With Jolien D’hoore, Kaat Hannes and Marijn de Vries we should be able to perform well in de Ronde van Vlaanderen. And a place on the podium must be possible for Sharon Laws, Carlee Taylor or Ashleigh Moolman in the Flèche Wallonne. Last year Ashleigh finished on the fifth place. The Giro Donne is also a goal for her. Last year she was tenth in the GC and now she will aim for a higher place
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