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Tour du Languedoc Roussillon Social Start List 2013
Tour of Languedoc Roussillon starts tomorrow (17th May). Despite being so close to the event, information is still very thin on the ground. Here’s the provisional social start list. A number of the…
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Preview: Le Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau 2013
After a solid block of racing in Europe during the Spring, May sees the women’s UCI cycling calendar spread its wings and head further afield. There’s been racing in China and the third…
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Preview: Tour Languedoc Roussillon 2013
After a false start in 2012 Tour of Languedoc-Roussillon is definitely on for 2013. Almost 640 kilometres across six stages through the stunning landscapes of Languedoc-Roussillon. The region has everything you could want…
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Bedford 3 Day – In pictures
It’s not often I post about anything other than UCI women’s races but when there’s a great event like Bedford 3 Day on your doorstep then it’d be rude not to! As the…
Tour du Languedoc Roussillon Social Start List 2013
Tour of Languedoc Roussillon starts tomorrow (17th May). Despite being so close to the event, information is still very thin on the ground. Here’s the provisional social start list. A number of the…
Preview: Knokke-Heist Bredene 2013
4th of May sees racing return to Belgium for Knokke-Heist Bredene. Situated in the coast of West-Flanders it’s the last UCI race in Belgium until the end of May. The race’s exposed coastal…
Preview: Omloop van Borsele 2013
Omloop van Borsele takes place on 20th April in ‘s Heerenhoek, south-west Holland. The race is classic Dutch racing. Flat, windswept, narrow roads with a sprinkling of road furniture to keep riders on…
Preview: La Flèche Wallonne 2013
Women’s elite road cycling descends on Huy, in Belgium on 17th April for the 16th edition of La Flèche Wallonne. The race is one of the most prestigious one day races on the…
Preview: Energiewacht Tour 2013
Energiewacht Tour follows a whole host of European one day classics and marks the start of stage racing in Europe. The race now in its third year the race is based in and…
Preview: Ronde van Vlaanderen 2013
This is it! Tour of Flanders. As great as they are, if I had to choose: You can keep your stunning Dolomite climbs with mountains spiralling into the clouds, your French country roads…
Preview: Trofeo Binda 2013
24th March 2013 – 13:15 (CET) Trofeo Binda is the second race in the UCI Women’s Road World Cup competition but it couldn’t be more different the first World Cup race, Ronde van…
Preview: Novilon Euregio Cup 2013
Novilon Euregio Cup has been a stalwart of the racing calendar since 1998. Running every year with the exception of 2001 where the foot and mouth disease outbreak prevented the race from taking…
Preview: Drentse 8 – 2013
Date:7th March 2013 The Route The Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo marks the return of road racing to the Netherlands and is the first of three races making up an extended weekend of cycling…
Preview: Omloop van Het Hageland 2013
Racing is truly back in Europe! Following hot on the heels of Samyn des Dames, Omloop van Het Hageland has everything you associate with racing in Belgium. Short steep climbs, cobbled sections, narrow…
Preview: Vuelta a El Salvador 2013
The above promotional video is one of the more peculiar you’re likely to see: There aren’t many road race promo videos with dolphins in, but it does illustrate well the terrain that the…
Le Samyn des Dames Preview 2013
Les Samyn des Dames returns in 2013 for a second year on the race calendar on 27th February. Nestled on the Belgian/French border the race starts on the edge of the town of…
Superbike – Omloop het Nieuwsblad Race Preview 2013
The final weekend in February, this for me is when the season truly starts. Many of the rider’s will have spent the last month removing sand from their ears after Tour of Qatar…
Chrono des Nations 2012
Les Herbiers is nestled in the Vendée department of France and for one weekend each October the town is invaded by the World of Cycling as it hosts TTs for elite and junior,…
Preview: Women’s Worlds Time Trial 2012
Starting less than 100 metres from the Belgian border the 24.1km women’s time trial will begin in Eijsden, one of the oldest settlements in the Netherlands. After negotiating a few tight bends to…
Preview: Women’s Worlds Team Time Trial 2012
Trade teams in the World Championships? It might not sit comfortably with traditionalists but it will be trade teams competing for the Team Time Trial in Limburg this September. Starting in Sittard Market…
Preview: Women’s Worlds Road Race 2012
There’s no getting away from it, The Netherlands is very flat. The only exception to this statement being a strip of land sandwiched between Belgium and Germany known as Limburg which will host…
2013 Social Team Rosters
The road season is back already and with it new teams, riders, sponsors and kits. Coverage of women’s cycling in mainstream media is still fairly limited, albeit improving slowly but fortunately many teams…
