Tag: Women’s World Tour
OVO Energy Women’s Tour Stage 4 Preview
Over halfway through the race, and the cumulative kilometres will have a lot of the riders in trouble … and it only gets harder in the final two stages. Stage 4 this year covers 130 kilometres f... Read More
OVO Energy Women’s Tour – Stage 2 Preview
After Jolien D’Hoore’s sensational return from broken collarbone to the winner’s podium in stage 1, the riders face a route more akin to a European Classic on day 2 of the OVO Energy Women’s T... Read More
OVO Energy Women’s Tour 2018 Preview
One of the biggest, best and richest women’s races on the calendar kicks off again tomorrow – the fifth edition of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour. It’s a race that attracts a stellar cast and hug... Read More
Understaffed, under-resourced, not over there
Anna van der Breggen will not, after all, defend the Amgen Tour of California empowered by SRAM title she won in controversial circumstances last year. Not only that, her Boels-Dolmans team will not e... Read More
Tour of Flanders 2018 Preview
Is this the most beautiful race of the year? Probably … a brutal course, iconic climbs, cobbles. Spring is just beginning to win the battle for the freshly-ploughed Belgian soil, while the trees... Read More
Van Dijk Singing In Vlaanderen’s Rain
The only surprise about Ellen Van Dijk powering to a solo victory in a Classic or a semi-Classic like Dwars Door Vlaanderen is that the tactic works so often. The Dutch TT specialist virtually posts a... Read More
Dwars Door Vlaanderen Preview
Dwars Door Vlaanderen isn’t a World Tour event, but it is a critical form-tuner for the Tour of Flanders at the weekend. The 118-km course tries to marry the climbs, cobbles and brutality of Flander... Read More
Gent-Wevelgem Preview
OK, so the fifth round of the 2018 Women’s World Tour does actually finish in Wevelgem, even if the start is nowhere near Gent. For the women this year, the event rolls out of Ieper. It’s a qu... Read More