Wiggle Honda just seconds from World Championship Team Trial Podium
The Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling team of Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Jolien D’hoore, Annette Edmondson, Emilia Fahlin, Dani King and Elisa Longo Borghini finished just 14 seconds away from the podium of the World Championship Team Time Trial, in Richmond, Virginia, USA. The black and orange riders completed the 38.6km course in a time of 48 minutes, 45.87 seconds, at an average speed of 47.494kph, which was just one minute and ten seconds slower than eventual winner Velocio-SRAM. More significantly, however, the time was just 14 seconds slower than...
read moreLucy Garner Joins Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling For Two Years
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling is pleased and excited to announce that Lucy Garner will be joining the team in 2016 on a two-year contract. The young British rider from Leicester, who will celebrate her 21st birthday on the 20th of September, has spent her entire professional career to date with the Liv-Plantur team, but looks forward to the opportunities that riding with Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling will bring. “It’s obviously a huge team, a really professional team, and they’ve had a lot of success,” Garner said. “For me, I just need the next step, a...
read moreGiorgia Bronzini second in La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta bunch sprint
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini took second place in the first ever edition of La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta, as the race in the centre of the Spanish capital finished in a bunch sprint. The former two-time Road World Champion was just unable to catch race winner Shelley Olds (Alé-Cipollini) as she crossed the line, but was well clear of Kirsten Wild (Hitec Products) in third place. “I didn’t want to take a lot of risks in the sprint,” Bronzini explained. “So I was really behind when I started my sprint, so it was not enough...
read moreAnna Sanchis: “It’s special for me to show this jersey” in La Madrid Challenge
Spanish Champion Anna Sanchis will be proud to line up on the start line of Sunday’s first ever Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta at the head of the Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling team. The 27-year-old from Valencia will be resplendent in her red and yellow “Rojigualda” jersey in the 85.5km race around the historic centre of the Spanish capital. Similar to La Course by Le Tour de France did in July, the Madrid Challenge will be made up of 15 laps of the 5.8km circuit, which will be used by the men’s peloton in the final stage of the Vuelta a España...
read moreAggressive Longo Borghini takes second in final Boels Rentals Ladies Tour stage
An aggressive performance from Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini saw her take second place in the final, and toughest, stage of the Boels Rentals Ladies Tour, at the top of the Cauberg climb in Valkenburg in the south of the Netherlands. The Italian Tour of Flanders winner was constantly on the attack in the closing kilometres of the 118km stage, but was just unable to respond to the late charge from Thalita de Jong (Rabo-Liv). Longo Borghini crossed the line just one second behind the Dutch rider, and managed to hold off the...
read moreSecond Stage Victory in a row for D’hoore in Boels Rentals Ladies Tour
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Jolien D’hoore took her second straight victory of the 2015 Boels Rentals Ladies Tour, as she won stage two, in Tiel, in another bunch sprint. The Belgian Champion came around Netherlands Champion Lucinda Brand (Rabo-Liv) as the line approached, with Luxembourg Champion Christine Majerus (Boels-Dolmans) in third place. A ten-second time bonus on the line – as well as two seconds taken at the second intermediate sprint of the day – means that D’hoore maintains her lead in the General Classification....
read moreJolien D’hoore sprints to win the opening stage of the Boels Rentals Ladies Tour
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Jolien D’hoore won her second race in nine days as she eased ahead of the rest of the peloton at the end of the opening stage of the Boels Rentals Ladies Tour, between Zeddam and ’s-Heerenberg. The Belgian Champion crossed the line more than a length clear of young British sprinter Lucy Garner (Liv-Plantur) at the end of the uphill finishing straight, with Netherlands Champion Lucinda Brand just behind in third. A ten-second time bonus on the line saw D’hoore takes the first Race Leader’s orange Jersey of the race....
read moreAmy Pieters to join Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling in 2016
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling is delighted to announce that Amy Pieters will be joining the black and orange team in 2016. The 24-year-old from Haarlem, in North Holland is one of the most exciting young riders from the strong women’s cycling nation of the Netherlands. She has ridden all of her professional career to date with Liv-Plantur, but is looking forward to the new challenge offered by Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling. “I chose Wiggle Honda because I’m in my fifth year with my current team, and I’m looking for a new challenge, and a new...
read moreD’hoore and Bronzini take an Incredible One-Two in Vårgårda World Cup Road Race
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Jolien D’hoore and Giorgia Bronzini finished an incredible first and second in the Crescent World Cup Vårgårda Road Race, in Vårgårda, Sweden, in a sprint at the head of a much-reduced peloton. World Time Trial Champion Lisa Brennauer (Velocio-SRAM) was third. The victory was D’hoore’s second in the 2015 World Cup series, after the Ronde van Drenthe in March, giving the Belgian Champion the overall lead in the season-long competition. “It’s amazing. I really didn’t expect to win,” D’hoore said afterwards. “I didn’t...
read moreWiggle Honda fifth in Vårgårda World Cup Team Time Trial
The Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling team of Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Jolien D’hoore, Nettie Edmondson, Dani King, Elisa Longo Borghini and Amy Roberts finished in fifth place in today’s World Cup Team Time Trial, in Vårgårda, Sweden. The six black and orange riders completed the 43km course in a time of 54 minutes, 22 seconds, just a minute and 31 seconds slower than winners Rabo-Liv. Defending champions Velocio-SRAM finished in second place, with Boels-Dolmans third. “I’m not happy with the result, but I’m happy with the time gap,” Wiggle Honda Pro...
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