Wiggle Honda carrying post-Giro form into La Course on Sunday
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling will be lining up alongside most of the other big names in Women’s Cycling on the Avenue des Champs-Elysées this Sunday, for the second edition of La Course by the Tour de France. The race will be run over 13 laps of the central Paris circuit, which will be covered by the finale of the three-week men’s race later in the day, making it one of the most prestigious in the women’s calendar. With the race expected to finish in a bunch sprint, the black and orange team will be led by Belgian Champion Jolien D’hoore, who...
read moreJolien D’hoore wraps up BeNe Tour overall as Chloe Hosking third on final stage
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Jolien D’hoore wrapped up her overall victory in the 2015 BeNe Ladies Tour, as Chloe Hosking took third place on the final stage, in Zelzate, Belgium. Victory in the first three stages had given the Belgian Champion a commanding lead in the general classification and, with Alison Tetrick (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) taking the third stage in a solo break, D’hoore led out her teammate Hosking for the sprint for second place. The Australian was narrowly beaten to the line by British sprinter Lucy Garner,...
read moreThree victories in one day for Jolien D’hoore and Mayuko Hagiwara!
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s riders scored an incredible three wins in a single day today, as Belgian Champion Jolien D’hoore won both stages 2a and 2b in the BeNe Ladies Tour, while Mayuko Hagiwara took the third stage of the Tour de Bretagne in western France. D’hoore, who won stage one yesterday, now has a perfect record in the three-day race on the Belgian/Netherlands border, and holds a commanding overall lead going into the final day tomorrow. “The time trial was a bit unexpected,” D’hoore smiled. “I didn’t know I could win it, and then...
read moreJolien D’hoore wins BeNe Ladies Tour opening stage in a four-rider breakaway
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Jolien D’hoore won the opening stage of the 2015 BeNe Ladies Tour, in Philippine, Belgium, close to the Netherlands border, after escaping in a group of four with teammate Chloe Hosking. Floortje Mackaij, riding for the De Jonge Renner/Liv-Plantur mixed team, finished second, with Italian Champion Elena Cecchini (Lotto-Soudal) in third. Having worked hard to lead out Belgian Champion D’hoore, Hosking crossed the line in fourth place, eight seconds behind, with Mackaij’s teammate Lucy Garner leading the peloton...
read moreAbbott takes Solo Victory on San Domenico to finish the Giro in Second Place
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Mara Abbott raised herself to a final second place overall in the 2015 Giro Rosa, with a stunning, solo stage victory on the ninth stage, between Verbania and the ski resort of San Domenico di Varzo. The 29-year-old American, who finished second on the corresponding stage last year, escaped Pink Jersey Anna van der Breggen (Rabo-Liv) in the last four kilometres of the long, steep climb, to cross the line 55 seconds ahead of the Dutchwoman. The victory was enough to lift Abbott three places in the General...
read moreMara Abbott up to fifth in Giro Rosa ahead of final Mountain Stage
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Mara Abbott lifted herself up to fifth overall in the General Classification of the 2015 Giro Rosa in today’s Individual Time Trial, between Pisano and Nebbiuno. The former two-time American Champion completed the 21.7km course in a time of 37 minutes, 50.45 seconds, to finish seventh on the stage, just one minute and 45 seconds behind winner Anna van der Breggen (Rabo-Liv). Van der Breggen’s ride put the Dutch Time Trial Champion into the Pink Jersey, while Abbott now sits two minutes, 29 seconds behind with just...
read moreLongo Borghini and Abbott looking ahead to Giro Rosa’s decisive final weekend
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini and Mara Abbott remain close to the top of the General Classification of the 2015 Giro Rosa, as the race heads into its decisive final weekend. The two black and orange riders finished fifth and seventh respectively alongside the other big names of the race at the end of the seventh stage, between Arenzano and Loano, two minutes and 41 seconds behind lone winner Lucinda Brand (Rabo-Liv). Longo Borghini now sits fourth overall, and best Italian rider, just 31 seconds behind race leader Megan...
read moreMayuko Hagiwara makes history with Giro Rosa Stage Six Victory
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Mayuko Hagiwara made history in the sixth stage of the 2015 Giro Rosa, between Tresivio and Morbegno, as she became the first ever Japanese rider to win a stage of Women’s Cycling’s Grand Tour. Having been on the attack for most of the 104km stage, the Japanese Champion escaped the group of overall race favourites at the foot of the final climb, and managed to hold off a fierce chase to the finish. Pink jersey Megan Guarnier (Boels-Dolmans) took the sprint for second place, 24 seconds behind Hagiwara; South African...
read moreLongo Borghini, Abbott and Hagiwara still in contention after Giro Rosa’s first mountain
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini, Mara Abbott and Mayuko Hagiwara remain close to the top of the General Classification of the 2015 Giro Rosa, following the first mountain stage of the race, between Trezzo sull’Adda and Aprica. The final climb to the finish failed to prove difficult enough to split a large group of riders, although World Champion Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Rabo-Liv) was able to escape in the final kilometres to win the stage. Pink jersey Megan Guarnier (Boels-Dolmans) beat Anna van der Breggen to the line in the...
read moreMayuko Hagiwara on the attack in Giro Rosa Stage Three
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Mayuko Hagiwara took her turn to attack in the 2015 Giro Rosa, and finished in fifth place at the end of the third stage, between Curtatone and Mantova, as part of a breakaway group of nine. The Japanese Champion lifted herself up to twelfth place in the general classification, and now sits just 54 seconds behind race leader Megan Guarnier (Boels-Dolmans). The stage was won by Points Classification leader Lucinda Brand (Rabo-Liv), ahead of Valentina Scandolara (Orica-AIS) and Italian Champion Elena Cecchini...
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