Longo Borghini and Johansson take Italian and Swedish Time Trial Championships
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini and Emma Johansson have both taken their National Individual Time Trial Championships in Italy and Sweden respectively. Longo Borghini regained the title that she won in 2014, but missed the defence of last year through illness, while Johansson’s was her fifth consecutive title, and eighth in all. “I finally have it back! I’m really happy,” said Longo Borghini, who competed in the colours of the Fiamme Oro, the sports organisation of the Italian Police. “It’s been hard to take it, to be honest,...
read moreElisa Longo Borghini third overall in Women’s Tour as breakaway takes final stage
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini secured third place overall in the final General Classification of the 2016 Aviva Women’s Tour as the final stage, between Northampton and Kettering, was taken by a seven-rider breakaway. The Yellow Jersey was taken by World Champion Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans), just 11 seconds ahead of South African Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Cervélo-Bigla), with Longo Borghini just two seconds further back. Thanks to consistently strong riding over the entire week, with a different rider on the podium in...
read moreAviva Women’s Tour: Johansson third on Stage Four; Longo Borghini holds third overall
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Emma Johansson finished in third place at the end of the fourth stage of the 2016 Aviva Women’s Tour, between the cities of Nottingham and Stoke-on-Trent, despite having been part of a four-rider break that almost made it to the finish. The Swedish Champion was beaten by multiple World Champion Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) and Canadian Leah Kirchmann (Liv-Plantur), who had been part of the much-reduced peloton that had chased her down. Johansson had gone clear with Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling teammate Elisa Longo Borghini,...
read moreElisa Longo Borghini third on Aviva Women’s Tour Queen Stage
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini continued the black and orange team’s record of putting a rider on the podium of each stage of the 2016 Aviva Women’s Tour with an excellent third place in the third stage between Ashbourne and Chesterfield. The Italian climber and Classics specialist was part of a highly select break, on what was to be the Queen Stage of the race; finishing just behind World Champion Lizzie Armitstead (Boels-Dolmans) and Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Cervélo-Bigla) in a four-rider sprint. “It was a really good race,”...
read moreAmy Pieters wins Aviva Women’s Tour Stage two in rainy Stratford-upon-Avon
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Amy Pieters took a sensational victory in the second stage of the Aviva Women’s Tour as heavy rain fell on the finish in historic Stratford-upon-Avon. The Dutch all-rounder was the strongest of a 27-rider lead group on the gently rising finishing straight in the birthplace of William Shakespeare, beating 2015 race winner Lisa Brennauer (Canyon-SRAM) by half a wheel, with multiple World Champion Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) just behind them in third. “At first I was a bit – not really shocked – but surprised,”...
read moreGiorgia Bronzini third in Aviva Women’s Tour Opening Stage Sprint
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini finished third in the opening stage of the Aviva Women’s Tour, as the peloton fractured around the circuitous final kilometre in the centre of the Norfolk capital, Norwich. The former two-time road World Champion crossed the line just behind the very physical battle for victory, between Christine Majerus (Boels-Dolmans) and Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv), with the Luxembourg Champion coming out on top against the Olympic Champion. “It was a very fast race today,” Bronzini said afterwards. “It was long, but...
read moreWiggle High5 introduce new Sport Director, Australian Donna Rae Szalinski
Wiggle High5 is delighted to welcome Donna Rae Szalinski to the British-registered squad to work with sport director Nico Claessens and team owner Rochelle Gilmore. Rae Szalinski will play a crucial role in supporting and mentoring the team’s 15 athletes to achieve their personal best and win more races. “It’s with extreme pleasure and confidence that we introduce Donna Rae Szalinski to one of the top teams in the world,” said Gilmore. Rae Szalinski will replace Egon van Kessel as one of Wiggle High5’s sport directors effective...
read moreEmma Johansson: “I’m always excited about the Aviva Women’s Tour!”
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling will start the third edition of the Aviva Women’s Tour on Wednesday with the riders that finished second overall in the first two editions. Swedish Champion Emma Johansson and Belgian Champion Jolien D’hoore also won a stage each, in 2014 and 2015 respectively and, Johansson especially, will be among the hot favourites for victory this time. “I’m always excited about the Aviva Women’s Tour!” Johansson said. “I loved it from the first moment and the crowds just makes it that little extra!” With the five-day race’s...
read moreJolien D’hoore wins third straight Flanders Diamond Tour
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Jolien D’hoore proved once again that she is the Belgian rider to beat on the road, despite spending most of the season so far training on the track, with a third successive victory in the Flanders Diamond Tour in the centre of the city of Antwerp. The Belgian National Champion outsprinted the pack at the end of a flat, but attacking race around the Antwerp region, after a near-perfect lead out from black and orange teammates Amy Pieters and Chloe Hosking. “It was a really fast race,” D’hoore said afterwards. “We...
read moreFractured ribs force Lucy Garner out of Aviva Women’s Tour
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Lucy Garner has regretfully been forced to withdraw from the black and orange team’s roster for the Aviva Women’s Tour due to injuries sustained in a crash last weekend. The two-time junior World Champion was brought down in a crash in the early kilometres of the Keukens van Lommel Ladies Classic, in Herselt, Belgium, and sustained fractures to two ribs. While the 21-year-old Briton is able to ride her bike, any sustained effort causes severe pain and she has taken the decision to withdraw. “It’s just one of those...
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