GP Dottignies 01/04/2013 Women Elite UCI 1.2 cycling video (by Andre andcoOne)
Women’s Cycling Podcast 2013 Episode 8 – Strange Bicycle Centaur Woman
Dan’s description of this week’s ‘cast:
This week’s episode is a little bit epic, we’d apologise but we’re not really wired that way. First up we recap the excitement of watching a cycling monument unfold live on twitter (Ronde van Vlaanderen!) and we also recap GP de Dottignies and Stage 1 of the Energiewacht Tour. We preview the rest of EWT and along the way we talk science geek hats, polemica (in cocktail and spatial terms). We also solicit your fan art! Please somebody design us a Strange Bicycle Centaur Woman, we promise to be kind to her! Also, if you’re a Dutch speaker and would like to read Marianne Vos’ book to me, let’s talk! There’s loads more so get stuck in and enjoy. (1:23:24 MIN / 80.06 MB)
Click through to our blog for links to everything we talked about in this one
GP Dottignies 02/04/2012 Women Elite UCI 1.2 part2 : the race (by AndreAndCo1)
1. Monia Baccaile (Ita) MCipollini-Giambenini, 3:29:49
2. Emma Johansson (Swe) Hitec Products-Mistral Home, s.t.
3. Alona Andruk (Ukr) Diadora-Pasta Zara, s.t.
4. Christine Majerus (Lux) GSD Gestion, s.t.
5. Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Vaiana-Tepso, s.t.
6. Valentina Scandolara (Ita) Michela Fanini Rox, s.t.
7. Carmen McNellis Small (USA) USA, s.t.
8. Isabelle Söderberg (Swe) AA Drink-Leontien.nl, s.t.
9. Nathalie Lamborelle (Lux) Kleo Ladies Team, s.t.
10. Nicole Cooke (GBr) Faren-Honda, s.t.
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It was then back to Belgium with a few days to rest and turn the legs over before the racing started. Unfortunately during these days training in Belgium I was hit with another harsh dose of allergies. I’ve always suffered in Belgium during April but this was by far the worst reaction yet. It hasn’t rained here for a while and the sun has been shining; I hear the past two days have been record high pollen counts/readings.
Rash! Rash! My symptoms include an ugly rash all over my face and body, tiredness, itchy eyes, nose, ears and throat, elevated heart rate etc…. not to mention the ridiculous lack of power on the bike!!
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Filming advertisements and racing in Europe again!! - RochelleGilmore.com powered by HONDA
Poor Rochelle’s allergies! A round-up of her life back in Europe, riding Flanders and Dottignies
CJ Farquharson’s video of Round 2 of the Lotto Cycling Cup, the GP de Dottignies
1. Emma Johansson (Hitec), 2. Monia Baccaille (Mcipollini-Giambenini), 3. Annemiek van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit)
Lotto Cycling Cup Dottignies 2011.wmv by womenscycling
"200starters small winding belgium roads wind=1aggresive race!suffering frm bombshock!rochelle finished 4th and i managed 26th place."
"GP Dottignies Polar Data; 2pm. Distance 128km, 3hr24. HR Max: 207bpm. HR Ave: 179bpm! Calories: 2913. High HR’s due to allergies. Ouch!"
"GP de Dottignies. At the start we were 199. 128 km later, we ended up w/ 60 in the bunch!!!/V"
"Big thanks to Vicky Whitelaw today- amazing support! Is it the worst moment in Belgium for allergies? Ugly Rash; http://plixi.com/p/89518613"
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Rochelle Gilmore (RochelleGilmore) on Twitter
Poor Rochelle - she had horrible allergies (see the pic!) but still finished 4th at GP de Dottignies!
1. Emma Johansson (Swe) Hitec UCK, 3:24:26
2. Monia Baccaille (Ita) MCipollini-Giambenini, s.t.
3. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Nederland Bloeit, s.t.
4. Rochelle Gilmore (Aus) Lotto Honda, s.t.
5. Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu) Vaiano-Solaristech, s.t.
6. Shelley Olds (USA) Diadora-Pasta Zara, s.t.
7. Julia Martissova (Rus) Gauss, s.t.
8. Belinda Goss (Aus) Australia, s.t.
9. Christine Majerus (Lux) GSD Gestion, s.t.
10. Elodie Hegoburu (Fra) ESGL 93
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GP de Dottignies. Dottignies is right in the heart of historic cycling country, just a few km from Kortrijk, the Vlaamse Ardennen, and Roubaix, so the race includes everything you’d expect, and that means narrow roads/cow tracks, cobbles and bergs. They set off at 14:00 on a long, 74km circuit that heads out into the Ardennes to climb five bergs, the Cote du Haut-Rejet, the Cote du Bois d’Allemant, the Cote de Mourcourt, the Col de la Croix Jubaru and the Cote du Carne, plus a token km or so of cobbles, then do four laps of a smaller 13km circuit for a total distance of 128km.
This tends to go to the sprinters, possibly because anyone who specialises in suicidal breakaways will have done their best to escape yesterday. You want convincing of that? The past four winners are Kirsten Wild, Sarah Duester, Marianne Vos and Giorgia Bronzini.
"— Race Preview: GP de Dottignies – Trophee de l’I.E.G - Podium Cafe
