Aug 5, 2013

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s double Olympic champion won the inaugural edition of the Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix on The Mall, in front of Buckingham Palace, after a perfect lead out from fellow Olympic champion Dani King.  Local rider Trott crossed the line more than a wheel’s width clear of national criterium champion Hannah Barnes (MG-Maxifuel), with...

Jul 29, 2013

A late crash in the Sparkassen Giro, in Bochum, Germany, denied Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling a probably podium finish as Charlotte Becker came down on the final corner of the 76.2km race. The former German champion led the peloton around the bend, as she was leading out New Zealander Emily Collins for the final sprint but, as she slid out, it prevented the black...

Jul 22, 2013

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Linda Villumsen finished the Thüringen-Rundfahrt in fifth place overall after finishing seventh in the seventh and final stage, in Zeulenroda-Triebes. Despite trying to escape the peloton on several occasions, the New Zealander was just unable to take back the few seconds she needed to make the final podium, and finished just one...

Jul 21, 2013

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Emily Collins took fifth place in the sixth stage of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, in Schmölln, as the peloton sprinted to the line behind breakaway winner Valentina Scandolara (MCipollini-Giordana). Linda Villumsen also finished in eighth place, just behind Collins, meaning that both of Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s New Zealanders made the...

Jul 20, 2013

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Linda Villumsen is just one place off the overall race podium of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt after taking sixth place in the fifth stage, in Altenberg, Germany.  The New Zealander was part of a 17-rider breakaway that escaped the peloton at the end of the first of the stage’s four 25km circuits, and opened up a lead of several minutes....

Jul 19, 2013

Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Linda Villumsen moved up to fifth overall after her sixth place in the stage four time trial of the Thüringen-Rundfahrt, in Gera, eastern Germany. The New Zealand time trial champion completed the windswept 21km course in a time of 29 minutes, 59 seconds, to finish just one minute and seven seconds behind stage winner Shara Gillow...