Highlights of Tour de Flandres & Fleche Wallonne - Rounds 3 & 4 of 2013 Women’s World Cup (by ucichannel)
"I’d call the course moderately technical, but with the rain we had this evening, the course was made to be super technical. Everyone raced in the rain, but it was coming down really heavy for the last 15 or so riders. Emma [Johansson] caught the full brunt of that. I don’t suppose it made much of a difference because everyone rode in terrible conditions."
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"Bags are packed and I’m ready to go… Who said anything about travelling light?! twitter.com/emmaprocyclist…
— Emma Johansson(@emmaprocyclist)
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Good luck in Luxembourg, Emma!
Women’s Tour of Flanders 13 (by crazycyclefan)
Kelvin’s fabulous fan video of the Ronde van Vlaanderen!
"“The lead in to the Mur de Huy was perfect with Shara, Spratty and Tiff on the front,” said Johansson. “I was feeling confident because I could start the climb at my pace and dictate how fast we’d go. At 150 metres to go I could feel riders behind me breathing down my neck. I knew I couldn’t wait any longer and tried to go faster. Vos kicked off the sprint and I tried to stand up to go with her and the others, but I was parked. Today there were four others who were better than me.”"
— ORICA GreenEDGE Cycling Australia : News : ORICA-AIS Put Two in La Flèche Wallonne World Cup Top Ten
"“As always we have a very strong team at the start and together we can make the race hard for the rest,” proclaimed Johansson. “Me, Tiff [Tiffany Cromwell] and Shara [Gillow] are the stronger climbers and the other three have other strengths…Say no more, the rest you will have to see on TV or out on the road.”"
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ORICA GreenEDGE Cycling Australia : News : ORICA-AIS Prepares for La Flèche Wallonne Féminine WC
Typically fun race preview, from ORICA
Highlights of Womens World Cup 1st 2 rounds (by ucichannel)
26 minutes, of the Ronde van Drenthe and Trofeo Alfredo Binda World Cups
Marianne Vos wins Women’s Tour of Flanders (by ucichannel)
3.5 minutes, in English
1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabobank-Liv/Giant, 3:33:21
2. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized-lululemon, s.t.
3. Emma Johnsson (Swe) ORICA-AIS, s.t.
7.5 minutes highlights of the women’s RvV, on Sporza - click through and show them we love seeing women’s cycling!
Vos wint Ronde van Vlaanderen bij de vrouwen - Sporza
Marianne Vos won the Ronde van Vlaanderen for her first time, in a super-exciting finale
1. Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabobank-Liv/Giant, 3:33:21
2. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized-lululemon, s.t.
3. Emma Johnsson (Swe) ORICA-AIS, s.t.
4. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec Products UCK, s.t.
5. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Rabobank-Liv/Giant, + 02:37
6. Adrie Visser (Ned) Boels-Dolamns, s.t.
7. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Sengers, s.t.
8. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) ORICA-AIS, s.t.
9. Lizzie Armitstead (GBr) Boels-Dolmans, + 02:39
10. Kirsten Wild (Ned) Argos Shimano, + 04:33
Top 5 tips for looking good (by ORICA GreenEDGE)
Made me laugh
"We’re still struggling to shake off winter in Europe, but the peloton battled through the cold and rain, with two major races this weekend, despite the awful weather. Sarah Connolly reports."
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Racing round-up: a weekend of treacherous conditions – Total Women’s Cycling
My race report on the Trofeo Alfredo Binda World Cup and the women’s Gent-Wevelgem. I get very excited about it all - please click through and read it!
2013 UCI Womens World Cup Round 2 (by ucichannel)
In English, commentated by the fantastic Ben Atkins, who writes about women’s cycling on Velonation.
1. Elisa Longo Borghini (Hitec), 2. Emma Johansson (ORICA-AIS), 3. Ellen van Dijk (Specialized-lululemon)
UCI Women World Cup Trofeo Alfredo Binda - Comune di Cittiglio 2013 - Highlights (by CyclingFlash13)
An hour of video! This race was in crazy conditions, but was a lot of fun - I don’t blame the cameras at all for sticking with local girl, Elisa Longo Borghini (although I would love to have seen how the chase played out!)
Elisa Longo Borghini vince a Cittiglio il Trofeo Binda 2a prova CdM Donne (by bicibg)
Some home-made finish-line video
