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2020 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
The 23rd running of the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, women's Flèche wallonne was originally planned on 22 April 2020, but was rescheduled to 30 September 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race started and finished in Huy. The route featured seven categorized climbs, including two ascents of the Mur de Huy. The finish line was on the top of the final ascent of the Mur. For the first time in its 23-year history, the women's race was broadcast live. The organisation provided almost an hour of live coverage. The race was won for the sixth consecutive time by Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen. Route The race started and finished in Huy, following a similar route as the 2019 race. The final 32 km loop was covered twice, totalling 124 km. There were 7 categorised climbs: *45 km: Côte de Warre - 2.2 km climb at 4.9% *72.5 km: Côte d'Ereffe - 2.1 km climb at 5% *82 km: Côte de Cherave - 1.3 km climb at 8.1% *92 km: Mur de Huy - 1. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2020 UCI Women's World Tour was a competition that initially included twenty-one road cycling events throughout the 2020 women's cycling season. It was the fifth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016. The competition began with the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Women on 1 February. The schedule was extensively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in two-thirds of the races on the calendar being either postponed or cancelled outright. As a result, the season was extended until 8 November, when the final stage of the Ceratizit Challenge by la Vuelta took place. Great Britain's Lizzie Deignan became the fifth rider in as many years to win the overall classification, amassing a tally of 1622.33 points for . Deignan won consecutive races in August at the GP de Plouay and La Course by Le Tour de France, before adding a season-high third victory at Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Deignan finished 55 points clear of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lizzie Deignan
Elizabeth Mary Deignan (née Armitstead; born 18 December 1988) is an English professional world champion track and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She was the 2015 World road race champion. Deignan is also the 2014 Commonwealth Games road race champion and a twice winner of the season-long UCI Women's Road World Cup, winning the overall competition in 2014 and the final edition in 2015. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Deignan won the silver medal in the road race. She has won the British National Road Race Championships four times, in 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017. In 2021, Deignan won the first ever Paris–Roubaix Femmes to add to victories in the women's versions of Tour of Flanders and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, becoming the first woman to win a 'triple crown' of all women's Monument classics. Twice winner of The Women's Tour, the most important stage race for women in the UK, she has also won Strade Bianche Donne, La Course by Le To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 In Women's Road Cycling
2020 in women's road cycling is about the 2020 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2020 UCI Women's Teams. Olympic Games The 2020 Olympics, set to be held in Tokyo, Japan, were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the road cycling events taking place from 23 July to 8 August 2021. World Championships The World Road Championships were originally set to be held in Aigle and Martigny, Switzerland, from 20 to 27 September 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland the races in Switzerland were cancelled. The UCI are intending to run the World Championships on the original dates at a new to be confirmed locations. The final location of the World Road Championships is Imola in Italy. UCI Women's WorldTour Single day races (1.Pro, 1.1 and 1.2) Stage races (2.Pro, 2.1 and 2.2) Junior races Continental Championships Teams Deaths * April 29 - Eva Mottet Eva or EVA may refer to: * Eva (name), a feminine given name A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Katarzyna "Kasia" Niewiadoma (born 29 September 1994) is a Polish racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Among her wins are the Amstel Gold Race, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda and the stage race The Women's Tour. She is a former national champion in both the road race and time trial events. In July 2022, she was named as one of the pre-race favourites for the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes, and eventually finished third overall. Early years Niewiadoma started racing bikes with local club WLKS Krakus BBC Czaja and soon emerged as one of the most promising women riders in Poland. In 2013, she won two national Under-23 champion titles, finishing 4th in both the elite time-trial and elite road race. She also finished 5th in European Road Championships in the women's Under-23 road race. Following these performances, she received an offer from professional team and became a stagiaire in August 2013. She participated in the Boels Ladies Tour, finishing 10th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marianne Vos
Marianne Vos (; born 13 May 1987) is a Dutch multi-discipline cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . After winning a junior European and World Championship in road racing, she continued her success in senior cycling by becoming World Champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing World Championships when she won the points race in 2008 and the scratch race in 2011. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the points race; at the 2012 Summer Olympics, gold in the women's road race. She is a 3 times World Road Race Champion – in 2006, 2012 and 2013 – and 8 times World Cyclo-cross Champion – in 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2022. She has multiple wins at the Giro Rosa, Holland Ladies Tour, Ladies Tour of Norway, La Flèche Wallonne, Ronde van Drenthe, Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio, Emakumeen Euskal Bira and GP de Plouay – Bretagne; also she ranked first in po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liane Lippert
Liane Lippert (born 13 January 1998) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career Born in Friedrichshafen, Lippert started her career in local club ''RSV Seerose Friedrichshafen'' in 2008. In the following years she won the U15 mountain category at Germany's former greatest mountain time track ''Lightweight Uphill''. Since 2013 Lippert was nominated in the German squad until she got her first professional contract. She won the European junior road championship in 2016. Lippert joined in 2017, and achieved her first victory at UCI Women's World Tour level in the 2020 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Major results ;2016 : 1st Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships : 6th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin ;2017 : 9th Overall Lotto Belgium Tour ;2018 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Overall Lotto Belgium Tour : 4th Overall Tour de Yorkshire : 6th Overall Thüringen Tour ::1st Young rider classification ;2020 : 1st C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikayla Harvey
Mikayla Harvey (born 7 September 1998) is a New Zealand road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Career Harvey joined at the start of the 2019 season. She finished fifth overall and won the white jersey for best young rider at the 2020 Giro Rosa. In December 2020, Harvey signed a two-year contract with , from the 2021 season. Major results ;2015 : 1st Time Trial, National Junior Road Championships ;2016 : Oceania Junior Continental Road Championships ::1st Time Trial ::2nd Road Race ;2017 : 1st Time Trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Time Trial, Oceania Under-23 Continental Road Championships : 9th Road Race, Oceania Continental Road Championships ;2018 : Oceania Under-23 Continental Road Championships ::1st Road Race ::1st Time Trial : 2nd Time Trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2019 : 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Tour de Bretagne Féminin ;2020 : 2nd Time Trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio
Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (née Moolman; born 9 December 1985) is a South African professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race, finishing 16th and in the Women's time trial finishing 24th. On 9 December 2020, she won the first edition of the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships, organised on the online cycling platform Zwift. Career She tried to start a career in triathlon but after discovering her talent in cycling, and a series of injuries, dedicated herself fully to professional road cycling. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, she won the bronze medal in the women's road race and finished 15th in the women's individual time trial. Bigla Pro Cycling Team (2015–2018) After spending one season riding for , in September 2014 it was announced that Moolman had signed an initial two-year deal with the from 2015. In 2018, she finished second overall in the Giro Rosa, and La Flèch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisa Longo Borghini
Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . During her career, Longo Borghini has won two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third-place finishes in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo. She has also won two bronze medals in the equivalent event at the UCI Road World Championships, doing so in 2012 and 2020. Career She won the bronze medal at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in the Women's road race event. On 30 September 2014 it was announced she would ride for in the 2015 season. In August 2018 Longo Borghini confirmed that she would be joining the new for 2019, after the Wiggle team had announced their demise. In July 2021, she competed in the -long women's Olympic road race in Tokyo, and won the bronze medal. She followed an attack by Annemiek van Vleuten with to go, with Van Vleuten securing second place and Longo Borghini securing third place. In July 2022, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Van Der Breggen
Anna van der Breggen (born 18 April 1990) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, , and . She won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile on four occasions. In 2018 and 2020, she won the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships. Considered one of the most versatile riders of her generation, van der Breggen excelled in both the one-day classics and stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain. Apart from the Olympic road race title and three Giro Rosa titles, other notable wins include La Flèche Wallonne on seven consecutive occasions, Liège–Bastogne–Liège two times, the Tour of Flanders, Amstel Gold Race, Strade Bianche, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the European Road Race Championships. In addition, she has won the general classification and numerous stages in smaller stage races. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mur De Huy
The Mur de Huy ( en, Wall of Huy) is a high hill located in Huy, Wallonia, Belgium. It is also known as ''le Chemin des Chapelles'' ( en, The Path of the Chapels) because of the seven chapels along its route. This climb is famous for being part of the route of La Flèche Wallonne professional cycling race. It also served as the finish for the third stage of the 2015 Tour de France. La Flèche Wallonne The Mur de Huy has been the site of the finishing line of the Flèche Wallonne since 1984 and of the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine La Flèche Wallonne Féminine is a professional women's bicycle road race held each year in Wallonia, Belgium, in April. It is part of the UCI Women's World Tour, cycling's season-long competition of top-tier races, in which it is the third-old ... since 1998. It is climbed three times for men's and two times for women's with the finishing line at the top of the last climb up the Mur. The climb has a length of with an average grade of 9.3% and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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