Jolien D’hoore takes Bronze Medal in Rio Omnium
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Jolien D’hoore has taken the Bronze Medal in an exciting Track Cycling Omnium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 26-year-old, riding in the pale blue colours of the Belgian National Team, finished the six-race event with a total of 199 points, just 31 behind Gold Medalist – and former Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling rider – Laura Trott of Great Britain. The USA’s Sarah Hammer took the Silver Medal after overtaking D’hoore in the final Points Race. “I went so hard,” D’hoore told Belgian TV channel Sporza. “In...
read moreRoute de France: Chloe Hosking wins stage three; Amy Pieters still leads
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Chloe Hosking has won the third stage of the Route de France Feminine, between St-Sauveur-en-Puisaye and Nevers, as the peloton finished in a bunch sprint. The Australian sprinter, whose last win in France came on the iconic Avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris, comfortably outpaced Elise Delzenne (Lotto-Soudal) on the uphill finishing straight, with Roxane Fournier (Poitou.Charentes-Futuroscope) behind them in third place. Having taken the overall race lead in the opening time trial, Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s...
read moreAmy Pieters holds lead in Route de France after Prologue and Stage One
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Amy Pieters held on to her ten second lead in the Route de France, after finishing third on Stage One, between St Quentin and Pontoise. The Dutch all-rounder took a dominant victory in the race’s 3.2km Prologue yesterday, then finished on the stage one podium in the tough uphill sprint. Pieters completed yesterday’s Prologue in a time of four minutes, 18.48 seconds, with last year’s edition of the Route de France having been won by Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini, the Dutchwoman started as last...
read moreSilver and Bronze for Johansson and Longo Borghini in dramatic race in Rio
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Emma Johansson and Elisa Longo Borghini took the Silver and Bronze Medals in a thrilling Women’s Road Race in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The two teammates, racing for Sweden and Italy respectively sprinted to the line as part of a four-rider group that had escaped over the final climb, and technical descent, of the 141km course, but were just outpaced by Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands. Mara Abbott of the USA, the third Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling athlete in the group, was disappointed to come away without a...
read moreChloe Hosking wins La Course by Le Tour de France
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Chloe Hosking has won La Course by Le Tour de France in a bunch sprint on probably the most prestigious avenue in World Cycling, the Champs-Elysées in Paris. The Australian Sprint blasted past late breakaway rider Ellen van Dijk (Boels-Dolmans) in the final 100 metres of the race, with Finnish Champion Lotta Lepistö (Cervélo-Bigla) and former World Champion Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) trailing across the line metres behind her. “I was like ‘Are they coming? Are they coming?’ And then they didn’t come!” Hosking said...
read moreChloe Hosking: “I’m not the only card to play” in La Course by the Tour de France
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Chloe Hosking will be just one of the black and orange team’s options in Sunday’s La Course by the Tour de France, which will be the next round in the UCI Women’s WorldTour. The 89km event will race 12 times around the famous Paris circuit of just over seven kilometres, which will be raced on by the Tour de France peloton just hours later. Australian Hosking comes into the race as one of the favourites for victory, following her victory in the Tour of Chongming Island in May, and her maiden Giro d’Italia stage win...
read moreJolien D’hoore dominates BeNe Ladies Tour with three stage victories
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Jolien D’hoore dominated the BeNe Ladies Tour for the second year in succession, winning three of the four stages and taking the overall victory once again. The former Belgian Champion took the opening stage, in Philippine, Netherlands, on Friday, the Stage 2b time trial in Sint-Laureins, Belgium, on Saturday, and then the final stage in Zelzate, Belgium, on Sunday. “The first day was pretty good,” D’hoore said of the 103km opening stage. “Me and Chloe [Hosking] were in the first big group and it ended up in a bunch...
read moreEmma Johansson: “For Thüringen I’m always excited.”
Following the successes of last week’s Giro d’Italia Femminile, Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling is heading to the Thüringen Rundfahrt, which starts in eastern Germany on Friday. The five-day race is one of the most prestigious in the women’s calendar, has been won three times by Emma Johansson, and Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Swedish Champion will be leading the black and orange team in this year’s race. “For Thüringen I’m always excited,” Johansson said. “I’m coming out of a big training block and I’m looking forward to get a hard week...
read moreGiorgia Bronzini wins again in Giro Rosa Stage Eight
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini took her second victory of the 2016 Giro d’Italia Femminile, in the eighth stage between Rescaldina and Legnano, as the race finished in a bunch sprint once again. The former two time road Word Champion beat compatriot, and fellow former rainbow jersey, Marta Bastianelli (Alé-Cipollini) in a close sprint for the line, with fellow Italian Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Lensworld-Zannata) taking third place just behind them. “With about 400 or 350 to go Tiff Cromwell [Canyon-SRAM] started her sprint...
read moreElisa Longo Borghini third in Giro Rosa Stage Seven Time Trial
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini came within a few seconds of her first ever Giro d’Italia Femminile stage victory as she took third in the stage seven time trial between Albisola and Varazze. The Italian Time Champion, wearing the green jersey of leader of the Mountains Classification, completed the hilly 21.9km course in a time of 36 minutes, 25.06 seconds, which was less than three and a half seconds slower than stage winner Evelyn Stevens (Boels-Dolmans). “I didn’t expect to go so well today,” Longo Borghini said....
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