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Visma–Lease A Bike (women's Team)
Visma–Lease a Bike is a women's professional road bicycle racing team based in the Netherlands. As with the Visma–Lease a Bike men's team, the team is sponsored by Norwegian software and IT company Visma and German company Lease a Bike. History In October 2020, announced the launch of a Women's team, aimed at "completing" the team and developing women's cycling within and outside the Netherlands using the team's pre-existing experience and facilities. The team's goal is to build the best women's team in the world. In 2023, Marianne Vos announced that she had extended her deal with the team until the end of 2025, having joined the team at its inception in 2021. In 2024, French mountain bike world champion Pauline Ferrand-Prévot announced that she would return to road cycling, signing a three year deal with the team. Major victories for the team have included Vos winning the Amstel Gold Race in 2021 and 2024, and Ferrand-Prévot winning the 2025 Paris–Roubaix Femmes. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 Paris–Roubaix Femmes
The 2025 Paris–Roubaix Femmes (officially Paris–Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift) was a France, French Road bicycle racing, road cycling one-day race that took place on 12 April. It was the 5th edition of Paris–Roubaix Femmes and the 11th event of the 2025 UCI Women's World Tour. The race was won by French rider Pauline Ferrand-Prévot of , in her first win on the road since 2015, and the first French win at Paris–Roubaix since 1997. Route The race used an identical route to the 2024 edition of the race – starting in Denain and finishing on the velodrome in Roubaix after covering , with of cobblestones (or pavé), spread out over 17 sectors – including the famed Carrefour de l'Arbre and the Mons-en-Pévèle – both ranked at "five stars" in difficulty. The women covered the same final 17 sectors as the 2025 Paris–Roubaix, men's race. Organisers maintained that they consider it "too dangerous" to include the five-star cobbled sector Trouée d'Arenberg due to its pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
