Giorgia Bronzini wins Giro Rosa Stage Two
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini won today’s second stage of the Giro d’Italia Femminile in Frattamaggiore, in the province of Naples, in a technical bunch sprint. The former two-tome road World Champion managed to outpace current rainbow jersey and race leader Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) at the end of the 120km stage, with Shelley Olds (Alé-Cipollini) third. “With a few kilometres to go the girls were all around me, and I asked them to put me on Vos’ wheel, because that’s where I wanted to be,” Bronzini explained. “The finish was...
read moreWiggle Honda Pro Cycling hunting for success in the 25th Giro Rosa
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling heads into the 25th edition of the Giro d’Italia Femminile – the Giro Rosa – with the aim of at least matching last year’s stage victory from former two-time World Champion Giorgia Bronzini. The race gets underway with a 2.05km prologue time trial on the cobbled streets of Caserta, near Naples, this evening, and will finish on the iconic Madonna del Ghisallo on Sunday, the 13th of July, after nine stages. “The Giro is an important race for Wiggle Honda due to having many loyal and dedicated Italian...
read moreKathryn Bertine to ride La Course by Le Tour de France for Wiggle Honda
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling is delighted to announce that Kathryn Bertine, the co-founder of Le Tour Entier – which was instrumental in persuading race organiser ASO to host the women’s La Course by Le Tour de France – will ride the prestigious event in the team’s black and orange jersey on the 27th of July. La Course will take place on the streets of Paris, and finish on the grand Avenue des Champs-Élysées, in the afternoon before the arrival of the Tour’s final stage. Bertine founded Le Tour Entier along with World Champion...
read moreTrott and Hagiwara claim British and Japanese Road Race Titles
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Laura Trott and Mayuko Hagiwara took victory in the Great Britain and Japanese Road Race Championships in Abergavenny, Wales, and Hachimantai, northern Japan, respectively. This was a first Elite road title for reigning under-23 champion Trott, while it was a fourth for Hagiwara, to add to her six Time Trial titles, and is now current Japanese Champion in both disciplines. Trott finished at the head of a Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling one-two in the Great Britain Championships, as she and Dani King outsprinted Lizzie...
read moreHagiwara reclaims Japanese TT title; Becker takes bronze in Germany
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Mayuko Hagiwara retook her title in the Japanese National Time Trial Championships, in Hachimantai, in the northeast of Honshu Island, to claim an incredible sixth victory in the race against the clock. The 27-year-old completed the 26.8km course in a time of 39 minutes and four seconds, to beat 2013 champion Eri Yonamine (Saxo Bank FX securities) by 51 seconds. Minami Uwano (Kanoya Sporting) finished another two minutes and two seconds back to take the bronze medal. “I am very happy to win the national time trial,”...
read moreElinor Barker Just Seconds From Great Britain National Time Trial Podium
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Elinor Barker finished just seconds off the podium in the Great Britain National Time Trial Championships, at Celtic Manor, Newport, South Wales, with a time of 31 minutes and 22 seconds for the hilly, 20.4km (12.2 mile) course. The 19-year-old from nearby Cardiff was just one minute and four seconds slower than former World Champion Emma Pooley (Lotto-Belisol), and just an agonising 13 seconds behind Dame Sarah Storey (Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International) in the bronze medal position. The silver medal was taken...
read moreBronzini takes second place in the Giro del Trentino
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini won the sprint for second place at the end of the 21st Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol, as part of a five rider group behind race winner Valentina Scandolara (Orica-AIS). The former two-time road World Champion was able to outpace Rossella Ratto (Estado de Mexico-Faren) at the end of the 108km race, which has been cut to one day after having been a stage race in previous years. As expected, the largely flat race was decided on the main climb of the Maso San Valentino, which came in the final...
read moreEight Wiggle Honda riders selected for the Commonwealth Games
Eight Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling athletes have been selected to represent their respective countries at this year’s Commonwealth Games, which take place in Glasgow, Scotland, in July. Olympic champions Dani King, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott will ride both Track and Road events for England, while their fellow Team Pursuit World champion will ride both disciplines for Wales, alongside former European champion Amy Roberts. “I am really looking forward to the Commonwealth Games,” said Rowsell. “It will be my first one as I didn’t compete...
read moreTrott dominates Surf ’n’ Turf Two-Day; Bartelloni takes Diamond Tour podium
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling tasted success on both sides of the English Channel this weekend, as Laura Trott dominated the Surf ’n’ Turf Two-Day, in Preston, Lancashire, while Beatrice Bartelloni finished second in the Flanders Diamond Tour, just outside Antwerp, Belgium. Trott, supported by teammates Dani King and Elinor Barker, won both the 1.6km prologue, and the bunch sprint to take the 45 minute circuit race on Saturday. The double Olympic champion then took a breakaway victory in Sunday’s 81km road race. Trott took the prologue by a...
read moreAmy Roberts wins a wet Redditch round of the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Amy Roberts avoided a final corner crash to take victory in the Redditch Grand Prix, the fourth round of the Matrix Fitness Tour Series, around the centre of the Worcestershire town yesterday evening. The Welsh rider, the only member of the black and orange squad to take part in the race, crossed the line well clear of Lydia Boylan (Velosport-Pasta Montegrappa) and Dame Sarah Storey (Pearl Izumi-Sports Tours International) after Storey’s teammate Charline Joiner, and British cyclocross champion Helen Wyman...
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