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2025 La Flèche Wallonne Femmes
The 2025 La Flèche Wallonne Femmes was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 23 April 2025 from the Belgian city of Huy. It was the 28th edition of La Flèche Wallonne Femmes and the 13th event of the 2025 UCI Women's World Tour. The race was won by Dutch rider Puck Pieterse of for the first time, after attacking on the final climb with 150 metres remaining. Course The course started and finished in Huy, with the finish line on the top of the final ascent of the Mur de Huy. The final half of the course was two laps of a circuit (identical to the men's race), taking the ascents of Ereffe, Cherave and Huy twice. The race featured 7 categorised climbs: * 10 km: Côte de Bohissau * 58 km: Côte de Petite Somme * 85 km: Côte d'Ereffe – 2.1 km climb at 5% * 98 km: Côte de Cherave – 1.3 km climb at 8% * 103 km: Mur de Huy – 1.3 km climb at 9.6% * 122 km: Côte d'Ereffe – 2.1 km climb at 5% * 135 km: C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 UCI Women's World Tour
The 2025 UCI Women's World Tour is a competition with twenty-seven road bicycle racing, road cycling events throughout the 2025 in women's road cycling, 2025 women's cycling season. The competition began with the 2025 Women's Tour Down Under, Women's Tour Down Under from 17 to 19 January, and will finish with the 2025 Tour of Guangxi (women's race), Tour of Guangxi on 19 October. It is the tenth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour – launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2016 – but for the first time is not a ranking competition in its own right, with the rankings having been removed from the UCI's Road Race regulations. Events The initial race calendar for the 2025 season was announced in June 2024, with twenty-nine races initially scheduled. The calendar was similar to 2024, with the scheduled return of the Tour of Scandinavia following a hiatus in 2024 due to a lack of funding. Organisers of the Tour de France Femmes announced that the race would be extend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katarzyna Niewiadoma
Katarzyna "Kasia" Niewiadoma Phinney (; born 29 September 1994) is a Polish bicycle racing, racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's Team, UCI Women's WorldTeam . Among her eighteen professional wins are the Tour de France Femmes in 2024 Tour de France Femmes, 2024, La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, La Flèche Wallonne in 2024 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, 2024, the Amstel Gold Race (women's race), Amstel Gold Race in 2019 Amstel Gold Race (women's race), 2019, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio in 2018, and the Women's Tour in 2017 The Women's Tour, 2017. She twice finished third overall in the Tour de France Femmes, in 2022 and 2023, taking the Queen of the Mountains jersey in 2023. In 2023, she became 2023 UCI Gravel World Championships, UCI Gravel World Champion. Early years Born in Limanowa, Niewiadoma started racing bikes with local club WLKS Krakus BBC Czaja and soon emerged as one of the most promising women riders in Poland with TKK Pacific Toruń. In 2013, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. It is part of the UCI World Tour. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week between the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. At one time, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège were run on successive days as "Le Weekend Ardennais" (both races are organised by Amaury Sport Organisation). Only eight riders have achieved the "Ardennes double" by winning both races in the same year: Alejandro Valverde three times (in 2006, 2015 and 2017), Ferdi Kübler twice (in 1951 and 1952), Stan Ockers (1955), Eddy Merckx (1972), Moreno Argentin (1991), Davide Rebellin (2004), Philippe Gilbert (2011), and Tadej Pogačar (2025). Since 1998, a women's event has been held on the same day, part of the UCI Women's World Tour. History La Flèche Wallonne was created to bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niamh Fisher-Black
Niamh Fisher-Black (born 12 August 2000) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She is the older sister of fellow racing cyclist Finn Fisher-Black, and was educated at Nelson College for Girls. Career 2022 Fisher-Black paid her own way to the 2022 road cycling world championships in Wollongong, Australia as Cycling New Zealand could not afford to meet the costs due to "a lack of government funding and the loss of key sponsors". In the 164 km road race, she was the first placed under-23 rider and 12th overall. She became the first under-23 world women's champion. Fisher-Black said of the win “I wasn't aware straightaway at first when I crossed the line hat I’d won the under-23 race" “The rainbow jersey, very few people have one and it’s the pinnacle of cycling so it’s super special to have...I think I showed I was the strongest under-23 rider on the day and nothing can take away from that.” 2023 In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nienke Vinke
Nienke Vinke (born 22 June 2004) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Major results Road ;2021 : 2nd Road race, National Junior Championships : 5th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie : 6th Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge ;2022 : National Junior Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial : 1st Overall Bizkaikoloreak : UCI World Junior Championships ::3rd Road race ::7th Time trial : 4th Overall Omloop van Borsele : European Junior Championships ::5th Road race ::5th Time trial : 5th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie : 6th Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda ;2023 : 7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir : 9th Tre Valli Varesine ;2024 : 2nd Overall Tour Down Under ::1st Young rider classification Cyclo-cross ;2021–2022 : 3rd UEC European Junior Championships : 3rd Gieten Gieten is a village in the Dutch province of Drenthe. It is a part of the municipality of Aa en Hunze, and lies about 14 km east of Assen. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliette Labous
Juliette Labous (born 4 November 1998) is a French racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She rode in the women's road race event at the 2017 UCI Road World Championships. Major results ;2015 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::5th Road race : 2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda Juniors : UEC European Junior Road Championships ::4th Road race ::5th Time trial : 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Junior Championships ;2016 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Time trial ::1st Road race : 1st Overall Albstadt-Frauen-Etappenrennen ::1st Stage 2b : 3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Junior Championships : 3rd Time trial, UEC European Junior Road Championships ;2017 : 1st Stage 5 Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska : 4th Time trial, National Road Championships : UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ::6th Road race ::10th Time trial : 9th Overall Tour of Norway : 9th La Classique Morbihan ;2018 : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT) Giro Rosa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberley Le Court
Kim Le Court (born 23 March 1996) is a Mauritian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Born to a Mauritian father and a Scottish mother, Le Court represented Mauritius at the 2019 African Games in cycling, winning two medals: gold in the women's cross-country marathon and the bronze in the women's cross-country Olympic event. Le Court has won the Mauritius road race national championships four times in 2016, 2019, 2024 and 2025, and won the time trial national championship twice in 2024 and 2025. In 2024, Le Court signed with , reportedly after contacting every UCI Women's World Tour team asking for an opportunity. Later that year, she won stage 8 at the Giro d'Italia Women, her first stage win at the UCI Women's World Tour. In 2025, Le Court won her first major win at Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, winning in a sprint finish of 4 breakaway riders. Major results ;2015 : African Games ::1st Road race ::8th Time trial ;2016 : 1st Ro ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 La Flèche Wallonne
The 2025 La Flèche Wallonne was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 23 April from the Belgian city of Ciney to the municipality of Huy. It was the 89th edition of La Flèche Wallonne and the 18th event of the 2025 UCI World Tour. The winner was Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar of , who attacked on the final climb of the Mur de Huy and finished 10 seconds ahead of runner-up Kévin Vauquelin. It was the largest winning margin since 2003 and marked Pogačar's second victory at the race. Pre-race favorites La Flèche Wallonne is known for its steep final climb up the Mur de Huy, featuring gradients over 20%, which typically favors puncheurs. In pre-race analysis, Tadej Pogačar was considered the leading favorite, having won the race in 2023 and coming off a strong classics season where he won the Tour of Flanders. Also among the top contenders were Mattias Skjelmose, who defeated Pogačar in a sprint at the Amstel Gold Race days earlier, and Olympic champion Remco Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puck Pieterse
Puck Pieterse (; born 13 May 2002) is a Dutch cyclist specializing in road, cyclo-cross and mountain biking. She currently rides for . In 2024 as under 23 world champion in the road race. Pieterse is known for her ability to bunny hop the plank barriers in cyclo-cross races. Career In March 2020, Pieterse signed with Alpecin–Fenix with the initial focus being on cyclo-cross and mountain biking. She became the U23 European cyclo-cross champion in 2020, and won the Elite Women's National Cyclocross Champion of the Netherlands in 2023 and 2024. In 2024, she won the world mountain bike championship in the Cross-country Olympic category. At the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, Pieterse won stage 4 and took the white jersey of the young rider classification. At the 2024 UCI Road World Championships, she became under 23 world champion after finishing 13th overall. In 2025, Pieterse won her first UCI Women's World Tour event, winning La Flèche Wallonne Femmes. Major results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mur De Huy
The Mur de Huy () is a high hill located in Huy, Wallonia, Belgium. It is also known as ''le Chemin des Chapelles'' () 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 Flèche or Fleche may refer to: *Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire * Flèche (cycling), a team cycling competition *Flèche (fencing) The flèche is an aggressive attacking technique in fencing, used with foil and épée. Backgr ... since 1984 and of the La Flèche Wallonne Féminine since 1998. It is climbed three times for men and two times for women, 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 some sections around 17 % (up to 26 % in one ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
