Gent 23/02/2012 Women cycling video : Omloop het Nieuwsblad part 2 : the race (by Andre andcoOne)
1. Tiffany Cromwell (ORICA-AIS), 2. Megan Guarnier (Rabobank-Liv/Giant), 3. Emma Johansson (ORICA-AIS)
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In Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, we endured many cobbled sectors. In Le Samyn, we just have one cobbled climb: the Côte de Montignies sur Roc, which we race up four times in the final circuits. This race has many typical features of Belgium races including the concrete roads, short sharp climbs, technical sections and some cobble. If the wind is strong, weather can also play a factor.
Last year was the first time I raced Le Samyn, and while the race came down to a bunch sprint at the end, this is no normal sprint. The gradual uphill gradient for the last 600 metres means that timing and a well-organised team is critical to success.
"— ORICA GreenEDGE Cycling Australia : News : In Her Own Words: Amanda Spratt Previews Le Samyn
Women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2013 - Highlights (by CyclingFlash13)
Very short video of the highlights - and here’s an even shorter video interview with winner Tiffany Cromwell on Sporza - click through and listen!
1. Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Orica-AIS, 3:34:00
2. Megan Guarnier (USA) Rabobank-Liv/Giant, + 00:03
3. Emma Johansson (Swe) Orica-AIS, + 00:12
4. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Rabobank-Liv/Giant, s.t.
5. Shelley Olds (USA) Tibco-To The Top, s.t.
6. Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Specialized-lululemon, s.t.
7. Chantal Blaak (Ned) Tibco-To The Top, s.t.
8. Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Sengers, s.t.
9. Roxanne Knetemann (Ned) Rabobank-Liv/Giant, s.t.
10. Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Orica-AIS, s.t.
ORICA-AIS Team Launch 2013 (by ORICA GreenEDGE)
SBS Cycling Central | Cycling News and Results | Video Highlights - Bay Crits Stage 3, Williamstown
24 minute video - Melissa Hoskings wins the final stag and the GC!
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Orica-GreenEdge were in fact hamstrung and placed in the awkward situation courtesy of the fact that individual entrants, Cromwell and Gracie Elvin, were unable to wear any other jersey than their trade team kit. McPartland admitted to Cyclingnews that he was not surprised that the suggestions of collusion had therefore occurred but made clear that there was no directive from team management to collude.
“It is a disadvantage for the others, I’m not going to lie about that,” he told Cyclingnews.
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Orica-AIS Warned After Collusion Concerns Emerge From Rivals | Cyclingnews.com
Polemica at the Bay Crits - it’s how we know the season has started!
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Gillow will hope to equal the performance of 1992 Olympic road race champion Kathy Watt, who claimed consecutive time trial national championships between 1992 and 1994.
“I think that it would be really special because Kathy was a great cyclist and that would be a real honour for me,” said Gillow.
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