Giorgia Bronzini takes third in Women’s Tour stage three bunch sprint
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini sprinted to third place at the end of the fourth stage of the Women’s Tour, between the port of Felixstowe and the seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, as the peloton covered the 90.5km course in just two hours and eleven minutes. The former two-time road World Champion, who is recovering from a cold that affected her performance in the opening stages, was just beaten to the line by current rainbow jersey Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv) and World number one Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS) on the seafront...
read moreBronzini endures the Women’s Tour rain to take sixth place on Stage Two
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini endured the heavy rain of the second stage of the Women’s Tour, between Hinckley, Leicestershire and Bedford, to take sixth place on the line, despite continuing to suffer from the cold that affected her performance on stage one. The former two-time road World Champion was fourth in the bunch sprint, which finished just six seconds behind breakaway duo Rossella Ratto (Estado de Mexico-Faren) and Susanna Zorzi (Astana-Be Pink), as current rainbow jersey Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv) took third. “I...
read moreBronzini battles through sickness to take fifth place in Women’s Tour opener
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini sprinted to fifth place in the first stage of the inaugural Women’s Tour, in Britain, between Oundle, Northamptonshire, and Northampton, despite suffering from a cold that affected her performance. The former two-time road World champion was just unable to respond to the pace of the others on the uphill finishing straight, as Emma Johansson (Orica-AIS) beat current rainbow jersey Marianne Vos (Rabobank-Liv), with Hannah Barnes (UnitedHealthcare) third. “The sprint started really, really early, into...
read moreWiggle Honda ready to challenge on all fronts in the Women’s Tour
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling is sending its strongest possible team to the long-awaited inaugural Women’s Tour, in Great Britain, which starts in the beautiful town of Oundle, Northamptonshire, on Wednesday. As the top British team in the women’s peloton, the black and orange squad includes some of the biggest names in British cycling, and will be hunting for stage victories as well as the five-day race’s general classification. “It’s finally here!” exclaimed Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling team manager Rochelle Gilmore. “Tomorrow we will all meet...
read moreGiorgia Bronzini takes Third Place in Elsy Jacobs Stage One Sprint
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini sprinted to third place in the GP Elsy Jacobs, the first stage of the Festival Luxembourgeois du Cyclisme Féminin, in Garnich, Luxembourg, as she was narrowly beaten in the race for second place. The former two-time World road champion was just pipped on the line by Shelley Olds (Alé-Cipollini) after Anna van der Breggen (Rabobank-Liv) had escaped for a solo victory. “In the beginning, this morning, I was feeling a little bit sick, because I have a little bit of a cold and a pain in my throat,’...
read moreLinda Villumsen lights up La Flèche Wallonne with late attack
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Linda Villumsen lit up the closing stages of the women’s edition of La Flèche Wallonne with an attack in the last ten kilometres that almost saw her stay away to the line. As most of the race favourites chose to wait for the final climb of the super-steep Mur de Huy, the Danish-born New Zealander – who finished third in the race in 2012 – made her move early and caught the others off guard. “The team raced really well today,” said Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling directeur sportif Franky Van Haesebroucke. “They...
read moreWiggle Honda Pro Cycling on course for Britain after solid Energiewacht Tour
The riders of Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling continued their preparation for the upcoming Women’s Tour in Great Britain with a strong performance in last week’s Energiewacht Tour. While the black and orange team had no specific objectives in the five-day race, which took place in the north-eastern part of the Netherlands, the hard, windy kilometres saw the team further prepared for one of its biggest objectives of the season. “We approached this race as a lead up towards the Tour of Britain,” explained Wiggle Honda directeur sportif Franky Van...
read moreGiorgia Bronzini takes first UCI win of 2014 in GP Dottignies
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini won the 13th edition of the Grand Prix Dottignies, in Dottignies, Belgium, to take her first UCI-ranked victory of the 2014 season. The former two-time World Road Champion was the fastest in the sprint at the end of the 131km race, and comfortably outpaced Shelley Olds (Alé-Cipollini) and Lucy Garner (Giant-Shimano) on the line. “I’m really, really happy,” Bronzini smiled. “Really, really happy. “In the beginning of the race we had a little bit of trouble, because we started at the back, and the...
read moreWiggle Honda well on course after solid Ronde van Vlaanderen performance
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s performance at the Ronde van Vlaanderen – the Tour of Flanders – shows that the team is on track for the big targets approaching, feels team manager Rochelle Gilmore. Black and orange riders Charlotte Becker and Giorgia Bronzini finished the 139km race in 16th and 18th respectively, in a group 1’21” behind race winner Ellen van Dijk (Boels-Dolmans), but were significantly just 20 seconds behind the battle for the podium places. “The girls rode well,” said Gilmore after the race. “We don’t really have a...
read moreVideo: World Cup Trofeo Alfredo Binda
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini sprinted into ninth place at the end of the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, the second race of the 2014 World Cup, in Cittiglio, Italy, today. The race, whose warm, sunny conditions could hardly be more different to last year’s heavy rain, was subject to constant breakaways, the biggest of which featured Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Mayuko Hagiwara. The video of this hard race won by Emma Johansson.
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