"Double World junior champion Lucy Garner will kick off her professional cycling career at Argos-Shimano, as the Dutch team makes a number of signings for 2013. The British rider, who celebrated her 18th birthday on the day before her second rainbow triumph last month, and is expected to be one of the hottest properties in women’s cycling as she steps up to the elite level."
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Lucy Garner launches pro career at Argos-Shimano in 2013
More women’s cycling transfer news!
Lucy Garner, Kirsten Wild, Charlotte Becker & Marlen Jöhrend all join Argos-Shimano for 2013 - with Amy Pieters, Kelly Markus and Esra Tromp staying on with the team from 2012.
Garner has been SUCH a strong talent in her Junior riding - can’t wait to see what she does when she steps up!
Kirsten Wild wins Stage 3, Brainwash Ladies Tour
(via Kirsten Wild pakt winst in Leerdam | Holland Ladies Tour)
1. Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA Drink-Leontien.nl, 2:49:41
2. Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabobank, s.t.
3. Emma Johansson (Swe) Hitec Products-Mistral Home, s.t.
4. Kelly Druyts (Bel) Belgium, s.t.
5. Nina Kessler (Ned) Dolmans-Boels, s.t.
6. Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Italy, s.t.
7. Kim de Baat (Ned) Specialized-DPD, s.t.
8. Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized-lululemon, s.t.
9. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica-AIS, s.t.
10. Monique van de Ree (Ned) Skil-Argos, s.t.
GC after Stage 3
1. Charlotte Becker, (Ger) Specialized-lululemon, 6:20:03
2. Trixi Worrack (Ger) Specialized-lululemon, + 00:01
3. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized-lululemon, s.t.
1. Judith Arndt, Orica-AIS, 3:09:28
2. Charlotte Becker, Specialized-lululemon, + 00:51
3. Trixi Worrack, Specialized-lululemon, + 12:49
4. Claudia Häusler, Orica-AIS, s.t.
5. Hanka Kupfernagel, RusVelo, + 12:51
6. Lisa Brennauer, Specialized-lululemon, + 13:09
7. Marlen Jöhrend, Abus Nutixxion, s.t.
8. Elke Gebhardt, BePink, + 13:10
9. Romy Kasper, RusVelo, + 13:14
10. Hanna Amend, Stevens-Biehler Rügen, s.t.
Arndt and Becker were a devastating break pairing - gaining over twelve minutes on the chasers!
The breakaway, Giro Trentino Stage 1 - via Prima tappa 19° Giro del Trentino Femminile
There was a lovely break group of Emma Pooley (AA Drink), Linda Villumsen (GreenEdge), Noemi Cantele (Be Pink), Rossella Ratto (Verinlegno-Fabiani), Malgorzata Jasinska (MCipollini), Olga Zabelinskaya (RusVelo), Charlotte Becker (lululemon) & Alexandra Burchenkova (Michela Fanini) - it may have been a less taxing course than the glory days of up & down Alps all day, but the riders made it super-hard!
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The more I think about it, the more I’m glad I’m not an Olympic team selector, because it’s must be a nightmare, balancing different riders’ skills and abilities, taking into account their history, the course, the dynamics, etc etc etc. So it’ll be interesting to see how the Germans play it - especially because the German Cycling Federation have a bit of a history with odd team decisions. From the time they took Sarah Düster to the World Championships in Mendrisio, but didn’t bother to register her, and not telling her, to the decisions over the 2004 Olympic team that resulted in Judith Arndt sending them a very public message, they are one to watch… and it’ll be especially interesting this year, because they have to start as one of the top favourites.
Below the jump, I’ll tell you the three riders I think have to be given a ticket to London, and who I think will be fighting for the fourth spot - and in the comments you can say who YOU’D take! But we’ll start with Ina-Yoko Teutenberg - because if any rider is guaranteed a place on the team, if not on the Olympic podium, it’s Teute…
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Olympic Dreams - who would you pick for the German team? - Podium Cafe
My profiles of the riders I think will be representing the German Olympic team in the road races in London… Go on and read it!
From the Twitter reports, it seems like it was a fairly quiet race for the first loops… and then it hit the mountains, Emma Pooley attacked, and….
1. Emma Pooley (GBr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl, 2:51:35
2. Charlotte Becker (Ger) Specialized-lululemon, + 00:54
3. Judith Arndt (Ger) GreenEdge-AIS, s.t.
4. Lizzie Armitstead (GBr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl, s.t.
5. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned) Rabobank, s.t.
6. Alena Amialiusik (Blr) Be Pink, s.t.
7. Emma Johansson (Swe) Hitec Products-Mistral Home, s.t.
8. Sharon Laws (GBr) AA Drink-Leontien.nl, s.t.
9. Lucinda Brand (Ned) AA Drink-Leontien.nl, s.t.
10. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized-lululemon, s.t.
Specialized-lululemon, before Luxembourg Day 2
(via (4) Luxembourg day 2- random shots)
Emilia Fahlin, Chloe Hosking, Amber Neben & Charlotte Becker)
"Womens’ road: Judith Arndt (GreenEdge), Charlotte Becker (Specialized), Sarah Düster (Rabobank), Claudia Häusler (GreenEdge), Romy Kasper (Rusvelo), Hanka Kupfernagel (Rusvelo), Anna-Bianca Schnitzmeier (Nutrixxion), Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Specialized), Trixi Worrack (Specialized)"
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Germans Release Long Lists For London 2012 Olympic Road Disciplines | Cyclingnews.com
These are the riders they’ll pick their 4 riders for the Olympic road race from
Specialized Lululemon Team Camp (by TheLezyneTube)
I know, this was a while back, but it’s another nice little video - with yoga!
Specialized | lululemon (by lululemon)
Another great video from the Specialized-lululemon team camp, this time focussing on yoga (and the lululemon sponsor!)
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Evelyn Stevens was out training late last summer with her teammate Ally Stacher when her phone rang. It was a journalist calling to ask if she’d heard the news that her HTC-Highroad team couldn’t find a new title sponsor and would have to fold.
She hadn’t. “The team’s folding?” Stevens said, stunned. “I had no idea.” Later the news would be confirmed in an email.
“It was just sad,” said Stevens, who’d worked on Wall Street before turning pro. “It was kind of comparable to Lehman Brothers. When I heard that Lehman Brothers was going bankrupt, I was like ‘No way.’ It’s not even fathomable.”
The end of HTC-Highroad, the top-ranked women’s team, would leave some of the best female riders in the world without a squad for 2012, an Olympic year.
"— Specialized–lululemon Women’s Cycling Team 2012 | Bicycling Magazine
