Giorgia Bronzini confident after strong but unfortunate Drentse 8 race
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini is optimistic ahead of Saturday’s opening round of the World Cup, the Ronde van Drenthe, despite technical problems denying the two-time road World champion a chance to take a result in today’s Molecaten Drentse 8. The Italian was riding her first European race of the season, having recently returned from the UCI Track World Championships in Cali, Colombia, but was one of the many victims of the notorious Drenthe cobblestones peculiar to the north eastern Netherlands region. Wiggle Honda Pro...
read moreVideo: Ladies Tour of Qatar 2014
The Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling team started their 2014 season at the Ladies Tour of Qatar. It was a strong start to the season with both Bronzini (2nd in stage 4) and Becker (3rd in stage 2) standing on the podium during the tour. Team owner and manager Rochelle Gilmore talks us through the first UCI race of the season.
read morePeta Mullens wins Australian National XCO Elimination Championship
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Peta Mullens won the Australian National Cross Country Elimination (XCE) Championship, in the Gold Rush town of Bright, Victoria as she outsprinted Rowena Fry in the final race. The Gold Medal, and green and gold banded jersey, completed a full set for Mullens, who celebrated her birthday on Saturday, after having taken a Bronze in the Team Relay and Silver in the Cross Country (XCO). “It’s been a whirlwind of a week really,” Mullens said afterwards. “I was happy to be on the podium in the team relay, but...
read moreEmilia Fahlin takes ninth place after strong performance in Le Samyn
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Swedish champion Emilia Fahlin took ninth place in a bunch sprint from a much-reduced peloton at the end of Le Samyn in Dour, southern Belgium. The 111.6km race saw several riders try to break away, but nobody was able to get more than 40 seconds clear before being pulled back again. “Emilia was riding really strongly today,” said Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling directeur sportif Franky Van Haesebroucke. “She was always near the front, along with Charlotte Becker, they were covering all the moves. “We were going to play...
read moreLaura Trott wins Silver Medal in World Track Championship Omnium
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s double Olympic champion Laura Trott Win the Silver Medal in the Omnium at the World Track Championships in Cali, Colombia, as defending champion Sarah Hammer of the United States retained her title. The 21-year-old Great Britain rider finished the six-race event with a total of just 20 points, but was six points behind Hammer, who dominated the two day competition almost from the start. “I am actually happy with how this has turned out,” Trott said afterwards. “I had a few shaky moments in the...
read moreNo luck for Wiggle Honda in a crash-marred Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
A series of badly timed crashes kept the riders of Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling from the results in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the opening race of the European season, as all but one of the orange and black team was brought down at some point during the 126.7km course. With the crashes coming at strategic parts of the race, the team was unable to regain the front of the peloton. “There were a whole lot of crashes early on,” said Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling directeur sportif Franky Van Haesebroucke. “We were thinking ‘that’s good, we have nobody in...
read moreJoanna Rowsell Wins Individual Pursuit World Championship
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Olympic Champion Joanna Rowsell took her second rainbow jersey of the 2014 UCI World Track Championships in Cali, Colombia, as she beat American Sarah Hammer to take the Individual Pursuit crown. The 25-year-old, who had been part of Great Britain’s successful Team Pursuit squad the previous day beat the former five-time champion by more than a second in the three-kilometre event. “This has been a personal goal for me for a while, I just can’t believe I pulled it off!” Rowsell exclaimed afterwards. “I was ill with a...
read moreBarker, Rowsell And Trott Retain GB’s Team Pursuit World Title
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Elinor Barker, Joanna Rowsell and Laura Trott, along with Edinburgh’s Katie Archibald, have successfully retained Great Britain’s Team Pursuit Title at the UCI Track World Championships in Cali, Colombia, in a close Gold Medal race with Canada. Trailing by more than a second at the halfway point, the British quartet managed to pull back the Canadians before the finish, as the unusual conditions in the velodrome made the race difficult for the normally impeccably drilled squad. “It’s a tough track to ride,” Rowsell...
read moreAnna-Bianca Schnitzmeier: “I want to be more consistent”
German Anna-Bianca Schnitzmeier is going into her fifth season as a professional cyclist, and her second year with the British Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling team. The 23 year old from Dortmund chose for a different approach after having a difficult season in 2013 with lots of ups and downs. After coming back from pre-season training in Australia, Anna took some time for herself. Instead of riding in Qatar she decided to change apartment, which she shares with her sister Katha. Now Anna is looking forward to the new season ahead which will start...
read moreWiggle Honda to start European season at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
After some outstanding results in Australia, and a strong showing in Qatar, Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling will line up at its first European road race of 2014 in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday, the 1st of March, as part of the traditional Belgian “Openingsweekend.” With six of the squad’s riders at the Track World Championships in Cali, Colombia, this weekend, however, the orange and black team will start the race with limited expectations. “Charlotte Becker will be the leader of the team as she brings a lot of experience to the team,”...
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