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"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

Tags: Ashleigh Moolman Lotto Flèche Wallonne Road World Cup Road World Cup 2013 south africa
April 25, 2013
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Martin Mania | Velocast Productions

I talk Flèche Wallonne, Marianne Vos, life with Hitec Products UCK, all last week’s racing and more, on the latest Velocast podcast (I’m on from 17:52)

Tags: Velocast podcast me Flèche Wallonne Road World Cup 2013 Road World Cup Marianne Vos
April 25, 2013
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It’s been an incredibly busy week of women’s cycling, with huge competitions in both Europe and the USA.

Three races in five days for the European peloton, starting with the mid-point of one of the most important competitions of the year – the Road World Cup. Certainly a busy week for Sarah Connolly, our pro women’s commentator.

"

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Racing round-up: The pros take on road and mountain biking – Total Women’s Cycling | Total Women’s Cycling

Read my racing round-up please!

Tags: Flèche Wallonne Road World cup 2013 Road World Cup Omloop van Borsele Dwars door de Westhoek me things I wrote Marianne Vos Jolien d'Hoore Vera Koedooder sea otter classic Jackie Crowell
April 24, 2013
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"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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Flèche Wallonne post-race podium interviews - Elisa Longo Borghini and Ashleigh Moolman - Podium Cafe

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!

Tags: Ashleigh Moolman Lotto Elisa Longo Borghini Hitec me things I wrote Flèche Wallonne Road World Cup 2013 Road World Cup
April 23, 2013
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Women’s Tour of Flanders 13 (by crazycyclefan)

Kelvin’s fabulous fan video of the Ronde van Vlaanderen!

Tags: Ronde van Vlaanderen Flanders Women's Tour of Flanders Road World Cup Road World Cup 2013 Marianne Vos Ellen Van Dijk Emma Johansson
April 23, 2013
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"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

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April 23, 2013
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"Yesterday I told you about being backstage at the Flèche Wallonne Femmes World Cup with Hitec Products UCK, and what it was like in the lead-up to the race. But that wasn’t all I did - I also got to see the race from in the team car! Let me tell you all about it…."

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Adventures with Hitec at the 2013 Flèche Wallonne - part 2, live from the race car - Podium Cafe

My words and photos!  Please read them!!

Tags: Flèche Wallonne Road World Cup 2013 Road World Cup Hitec me things I wrote
April 23, 2013
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Vos Scores 5th Win at Women’s Flèche Wallonne! - News | Giant Bicycles | United States

Vos Scores 5th Win at Women’s Flèche Wallonne! - News | Giant Bicycles | United States

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April 20, 2013
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Vos Scores 5th Win at Women’s Flèche Wallonne! - News | Giant Bicycles | United States 1.   Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabobank/Liv-Giant, 3:34:322.   Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Hitec Products UCK, s.t.3.   Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Lotto Belisol, s.t.4.   Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Sengers, + 00:065.   Emma Johansson (Swe) ORICA-AIS, s.t.6.   Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized-lululemom, + 00:197.   Alena Amialiusik (Blr) BePink, + 00:258.   Amber Neben (USA) Cogeas-Pasta Zara, + 00:289.   Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) ORICA-AIS, + 00:3310. Jessie Daams (Bel) Boels-Dolmans, s.t. Full results

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.

Full results

Tags: Flèche Wallonne Road World Cup 2013 Marianne Vos Rabobank Elisa Longo Borghini Ashleigh Moolman Road World Cup
April 20, 2013
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"I was lucky enough to get to go to the Flèche Wallonne Femmes World Cup with “the biggest little team in pro cycling”, Hitec Products UCK. I’ll be posting photos, writing and interviews over the next few days - starting with life “backstage” before the race - a gallery of photos and some words!"

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Adventures with Hitec at the 2013 Flèche Wallonne - part 1, before the race - Podium Cafe

Click through for selected photos, and the story of the race preparations - all by me!

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April 19, 2013
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"La Fleche Wallone, the famous Mur de Huy, a climb that you can’t truly appreciate till you have raced up it. The streets of this narrow road are lined with thousands of people screaming “ Venga, Venga”, “Allez, Allez” and then randomly “bidon?” Really? I’m out of the saddle grovelling up the climb and you want my bidon? Ah yes, the crazy Belgium fans really make the atmosphere out there, and honestly encourage you to push that little harder."

— Fleche Wallone Blog by Loren Rowney – Tackling the Mur de Huy | Team Specialized-lululemon | Velocio Sports

Tags: Flèche Wallonne Road World Cup 2013 Road World Cup Loren Rowney Specialized-Lululemon Mur de Huy
April 19, 2013
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"“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

Tags: ORICA-AIS Emma Johansson Road World Cup 2013 Road World Cup Mur de Huy Flèche Wallonne
April 19, 2013
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"“This was not a good race for the team,” said sports manager Cees-Jan van der Zweep. “In races like this we don’t have the ability yet to make the difference, and we lost two riders already in the beginning. With only Amy who finished the race within the time limit, that is just not good enough. We know where we can improve, so we will work on that to do better in the future.”"

— Disappointing Flèche Wallonne for women » Team Argos-Shimano

Tags: Flèche Wallonne Road World Cup 2013 Road World Cup Argos Shimano Amy Pieters
April 19, 2013
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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

Tags: podcast women's cycling podcast Flèche Wallonne Road World Cup Hitec Marianne Vos Elisa Longo Borghini Ashleigh Moolman Omloop van Borsele Dwars door de Westhoek Advice for the lovelorn me Dan
April 19, 2013
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La Flèche Wallonne (Femmes) 2013 (mur de Huy) (by xavtriathlon)

17 mins home-made video from XavTriathlon - thanks so much!

Tags: Flèche Wallonne Road World Cup 2013 Road World Cup Marianne Vos Elisa Longo Borghini Ashleigh Moolman
April 19, 2013
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