Giorgia Bronzini outsprints Vos to win Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini won the Prudential RideLondon Grand Prix in front of Buckingham Palace, on London’s prestigious tree-lined Mall. The former two-time road World champion managed to outsprint current rainbow jersey Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) with a late surge for the line as the two rivals went head to head once again. Behind the two big sprinters Lizzie Armitstead beat British criterium champion Eileen Roe (Starley Primal) in the battle for third. Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s British Road Race Champion Laura Trott, the...
read moreGiorgia Bronzini sprints to second place in Sparkassen Giro World Cup
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini sprinted to second place in today’s Sparkassen Giro, in Bochum, Germany, as the Women’s World Cup returned to the country for the first time in five years. The former two-time road World Champion – celebrating her 31st birthday during the race – was beaten to the line by current rainbow jersey Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) as the mostly flat race finished in the expected bunch sprint. The peloton was reduced to just 25 riders by the time the sprinters fought out the result, however, with...
read moreLinda Villumsen wins Commonwealth Games Individual Time Trial Gold
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Linda Villumsen won the Commonwealth Games Individual Time Trial Gold Medal at Glasgow 2014, to go one better than her Silver Medal in Delhi four years ago. Setting off last in the all-black colours of New Zealand, and despite worsening rain, the five-time World Championship Medallist, completed the 29.6km course in a time of 42 minutes, 25.46 seconds, to beat British champion Emma Pooley of England by 6.03 seconds. Katrin Garfoot of Australia finished in the Bronze Medal position 48.45 seconds back. “I’m so...
read moreBecker and Schnitzmeier excited for World Cup’s return to Germany in Bochum
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s two German riders, Charlotte Becker and Anna-Bianca Schnitzmeier, are excited for the return of the UCI Women’s World Cup to their nation, with the Sparkassen Giro, in Bochum, on Sunday. This will be the first race in the series to take place in Germany since the 2009 edition of the Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt, as German cycle sport continues its revival. The black and orange team will be built around former two-time road World Champion Giorgia Bronzini, but both German riders expect to get their chance in front...
read moreTrott and Barker take Gold and Silver in Commonwealth Games Points Race
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Laura Trott and Elinor Barker took the Gold and Silver Medals in the Commonwealth Games Points Race, on the boards of Glasgow’s Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, in the tightest possible finish to the 25km race. Both riders – riding for England and Wales respectively – finished tied on 37 points but, as Trott finished higher than Barker in the final sprint, the English rider was awarded the victory. “I can’t believe it,” she told BBC Radio 5 live. “I felt so bad at times in that race....
read moreElinor Barker wins Bronze Medal in Commonwealth Games Scratch Race
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Elinor Barker took the Bronze Medal in the Commonwealth Games Scratch Race on the boards of Glasgow’s Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. The 19-year-old, riding in the red, white and green colours of Wales, won a close sprint for third place behind Australian pair Nettie Edmondson and Amy Cure, just beating English Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling teammate Dani King to the line. “I think my positioning wasn’t perfect,” Barker told BBC Sport. “I got properly boxed in by [English Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling teammate Laura Trott] and I...
read moreGiorgia Bronzini to lead Wiggle Honda in La Course by Le Tour de France
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling will start Sunday’s La Course by Le Tour de France with six riders aiming for victory in the prestigious event. The 89km race will consist of 13 laps of the iconic 7.5km Paris circuit, traditionally ridden by the men’s peloton on the final day of the Tour, and will finish on the French capital’s beautiful Avenue des Champs-Élysées. With the race likely to finish in a sprint – just as the men’s race almost always does – the black and orange team will be led by former two-time road World Champion Giorgia...
read moreBronzini sprints to another second place in Giro Rosa stage seven
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini sprinted to her third podium finish of the 2014 Giro d’Italia Femminile with second place in the seventh stage, between Aprica and Chiavenna. The former two-time road World Champion, who won stage two of the ten-day race, was beaten to the line on the sharply rising finishing straight by current rainbow jersey and race leader Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) but managed to hold off Swedish champion Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS). “I’m pretty happy with that because I wasn’t sure if I would be there at the...
read moreBronzini and Roberts take second places in Giro Rosa and GB Criterium Championships
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini and Amy Roberts both scored second places today, in the fifth stage of the Giro Rosa and the Great Britain National Criterium Championships. Former two-time road World Champion Bronzini beat Shelley Olds (Alé-Cipollini) in the race for second place behind current rainbow jersey and Giro leader Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv). Roberts, as the only representative of the black and orange team in Hull, East Yorkshire, managed to escape the bunch on the final lap in pursuit of lone leader Eileen Roe (Starley...
read moreHagiwara takes a first ever Japanese podium spot in Giro Rosa stage three
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Mayuko Hagiwara took the first ever podium spot for a Japanese rider in the Giro d’Italia Femminile as she took third place in the third stage, between Caserta and the uphill finish at San Donato Val di Comino. Clad in her white and red national champion’s colours, Hagiwara managed to bridge across to the stage’s breakaway group just before the final climb to the finish and – despite that considerable effort – was able to take third place just 16 seconds behind the stage winner. Annemiek van Vleuten...
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