Women's Cycling

I'm Sarah Connolly, and this is where I collect things I find about women's cycling around the 'net, and things I write about cycling for various sites. You can listen to the women's cycling podcast and read the blog I share with my friend Dan Wright at Prowomenscycling.com. I write for various cycling sites, but I'm also very grateful for the support of my Patreon backers. You can contact me on twitter at @PWCycling or ask me anything!

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Hannah Barnes wins Stage 3, 2017 Giro Rosa - via HANNAH BARNES, FRECCIA INGLESE A SAN VENDEMIANO

1.   Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM, 2:27:49 2.   Lotta Lepistö (Fin) Cervélo-Bigla, s.t. 3.   Kirsten Wild (Ned) Cylance, s.t. 4.   Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope, s.t. 5.   Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels-Dolmans, s.t. 6.   Chloe Hosking (Aus) Alé Cipollini, s.t. 7.   Emilie Moberg (Nor) Hitec Products, s.t. 8.   Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Wiggle High5, s.t. 9.   Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Lensworld-Kuota, s.t. 10. Ilaria Sanguinetti (Ita) BePink Cogeas, s.t.

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Annemiek van Vleuten wins Stage 2 of the 2017 Giro Rosa - via ORICA-Scott’s Giro Rosa facebook album

1. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) ORICA-Scott, 3:11:51 2. Anna van der Breggn (Ned) Boels Dolmans, s.t. 3. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5), s.t. 4. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) WM3 Procycling, + 01:54 5. Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans, s.t. 6. Shara Gillow (Aus) FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope, s.t. 7. Amanda Spratt (Aus) ORICA-Scott, s.t. 8. Yevgeniya Vysotska (Ukr) Conceria Zabri-Fanini-Guerciotti, + 01:59 9. Lucinda Brand (Ned) Sunweb, + 02:37 10. Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana, s.t.

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Sarah! Was La Route de France ever seen as ladies Tour de France? In my opinion, it was, but still there are people claiming it wasn't. What's your professional insider opinion? Big thanks /Katja

In my view, the Route de France was never the women’s TdF.  Yeah, it was over a week, but it was an amateur organisation, and it never got even most of the big names, or all the big teams.

It took place during the time the big name riders were taking their summer break, before the World Cups at the end of August, and the preparations for Worlds, and I’m sorry it went, but it was in no way the equivalent of the TdF.

(We used to have 3 women’s Grand Tour equivalents - the Giro Rosa, which still runs, and the Grand Boucle, which at one point was the women’s Tour de France, though not run by the ASO, and the Tour de l’Aude in the French Pyrennées.  Now it’s just the Giro, sadly)

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Annemiek van Vleuten wins Stage 2 of the 2017 Giro Rosa - via DOPPIO TRIONFO OLANDESE A MONTEREALE VALCELLINA

1. Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) ORICA-Scott, 3:11:51 2. Anna van der Breggn (Ned) Boels Dolmans, s.t. 3. Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Wiggle High5), s.t. 4. Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) WM3 Procycling, + 01:54 5. Megan Guarnier (USA) Boels Dolmans, s.t. 6. Shara Gillow (Aus) FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine-Futuroscope, s.t. 7. Amanda Spratt (Aus) ORICA-Scott, s.t. 8. Yevgeniya Vysotska (Ukr) Conceria Zabri-Fanini-Guerciotti, + 01:59 9. Lucinda Brand (Ned) Sunweb, + 02:37 10. Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana,s.t.

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Giro Rosa 2017 2ª tappa Zoppola - Montereale Valcellina - YouTube

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Women's WorldTour – Giro Rosa – Highlights Stage 1 - YouTube

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Ovo Women's Tour 2017 stage 1 highlights - YouTube

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2017 UCI Women's WorldTour - OVO Energy Women's Tour - Stage 1 HIGHLIGHTS - YouTube)

This was pretty much my ideal stage - I love a plucky escape attempt, and the peloton cocking up the tactics!

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Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik 2017 highlights on Vimeo

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UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup - Maniago 2017 | Time Trial - YouTube

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Race Day 1 Photo Epic: Enduro World Series Round 3, Madeira - Pinkbike

Row 2: Cecile Ravanel & Carolin Gehrig; Row 3: Rae Morrison; Row 4: Isabeau Courdurier & Noga Korem; Bottom: Ravanel again

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Rachel Atherton and Tahnée Seagrave via HSBC UK National Downhill Series Round 2, Fort William - Practice - Pinkbike

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Spy Shots of Tahnée Seagrave's New Transition T11 - Fort William BDS - Pinkbike

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 Matrix Fitness GP Series, Tour Series Rd2 Wrap-up - YouTube

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2017: Zolder, Belgium - RD3 Finals - YouTube

BMX Supercross World Cup

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Enduro World Series Round 3, Madeira – Practice Photo Epic - Pinkbike

Row 2: Isabeau Courdurier & Ines Thoma; Row 3: Courdurier again; Row 4: Anneke Beerten & Katy Winton; Row 5: Cecile Ravanel; Row 6: Anita Gehrig & Miranda Miller; Row 7: Casey Brown

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Rachel Atherton @ BDS Round 2 Fort William - YouTube