January 2013
Samyn des Dames Social Start List

Le Samyn des Dames Social Start List

Following hot on the heels of Omloop het Nieuwsblad. Le Samyn des Dames provides yet more early season cobbled excitement. 28 teams of between 5 and 7 riders each. For the full preview…

Wild wins Stage 2 Tour of Qatar 2013

Wild wins in windy Qatar

Kirsten Wild won a windy Stage 2 of Tour of Qatar in a sprint ahead of breakaway group that included FIVE of the Orica-AIS team. Chloe Hosking finished 4th to retain the Gold…

Hoskings wins stage 1

Hosking takes stage 1 of Tour of Qatar

Chloe Hosking won stage 1 of Ladies Tour of Qatar ahead of recently crowned Australian National Champion Gracie Elvin and Specialized Lululemon’s Lisa Brennauer in second and third, respectively. For the full race…

Le Samyn des Dames

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…

Tour of Qatar Start List  2013

Tour of Qatar 2013 Social Start List

15 teams of six riders racing through pan flat desert landscapes, it can only be the Tour of Qatar. For the full race preview click here. The provisional start list can be found…

Team Age Graph 2013

Where (and when) do riders come from? 2013

Having read Inrng’s piece on the average professional male cyclist I wondered how it differs for women’s cycling. What does the average female cyclist look like? Where are they from? How old are…

2013 Team Rosters Image

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…

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Rabo Liv Giant 2013 Team

Rabo Liv Giant, the team that nearly never was. Following Rabobank’s shock announcement that they were withdrawing sponsorship from cycling the future of the team was in doubt. Whilst Rabobank had agreed to…

BoelsDolmans

Boels Dolmans 2013 Team

Boels Rentals has taken on the lead sponsorship of the team for 2013 and beyond. Securing investment all the way through to the next Olympics which is great news for the team and…

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Lotto Belisol Ladies 2013 Team

Another year for Lotto Belisol Ladies and a theres an even mix of new and existing talent for 2013. New signings for 2013 include Marijn de Vries, Sharon Laws and Steffi Lodewijks. Sadly…

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Sengers Ladies Cycling 2013 Team

Sengers returns for 2013 with another big squad. New signings include Veronika Kormos, Maaike Polspoel, Julia Souk, track starlet Gabriele Jankute and Evlyn Arys returning to the team after spending 2012 at Kleo…

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Faren-Let’s Go Finland 2013 Team

After Honda moving their sponsorship with Rochelle Gilmore to her new team Finnish tourism has stepped up to make the quirkily named Italian team, Faren-Let’s Go Finland. Its not just a name change…

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