Philly Classic: Longo Borghini second; Abbott Queen of Mountains and Sprints
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini finished in second place for the second straight year in the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic, as the race once again came down to the final sprint up the fearsome Manayunk Wall. The Italian was able to outsprint Belarusian Champion Alena Amialiusik (Canyon-SRAM) as the two of them raced for the line behind the winner, US Champion Megan Guarnier (Boels-Dolmans). Having expertly shepherded her team leader into the early metres of the final climb, Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Olympic...
read moreTour of California: Johansson third on Stage Three; Abbott climbs into QOM jersey
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Emma Johansson took her second podium of the 2016 Amgen Tour of California, with third place on stage three in the centre of Santa Rosa. The Swedish Champion was just unable to match the sprint of former World Champion Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) and Coryn Rivera (UnitedHealthcare) at the finish, after a stage that saw both Johansson and teammate Mara Abbott on the attack. The girls did well covering everything into the long hill and then Mara went from the bottom,” Johansson explained. “First it was Mara, Evie, Megan...
read moreEmma Johansson second in uphill finish to Tour of California Stage One
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Emma Johansson finished second in the opening stage of the Amgen Tour of California on the uphill finish at the Heavenly Mountain Resort, in South Lake Tahoe. The Swedish Champion finished just four seconds behind stage winner, US Champion Megan Guarnier (Boels-Dolmans), but six seconds clear of the sprint for third, which was won by Kristin Armstrong (Twenty16-ShoAir) ahead of Guarnier’s teammate Evie Stevens and Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv). Having worked hard for their teammate, Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Mara...
read moreAbbott and Johansson spearhead Wiggle High5 WorldTour Challenge in California
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Mara Abbott and Emma Johansson will spearhead the black and orange team’s challenge at the Tour of California, the next round of the Women’s WorldTour, which starts in South Lake Tahoe on Thursday. The former US Champion and reigning Swedish Champion have both experienced excellent form in recent weeks, with Abbott winning her sixth edition of the Tour of the Gila, and Johansson climbing to the top of the UCI Ranking. “I’m really excited to get to have my entire team here racing in the US!” Abbott...
read moreChloe Hosking secures WorldTour stage race victory in the Tour of Chongming Island
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Chloe Hosking secured the final overall victory of the Tour of Chongming Island, the first stage race of the 2016 Women’s WorldTour, on the final circuit race stage. Having taken vital bonus seconds at the stage’s intermediate sprint, the Australian needed only to watch her main general classification rival Leah Kirchmann (Liv-Plantur) at the finish to secure the win. The chaotic finish was won by Ting Ying Huang (Chinese Taipei), who had won the opening stage in similar conditions, ahead of Roxane Fournier...
read moreChloe Hosking sprints into the lead on Chongming Island Stage Two
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Chloe Hosking won the second stage of the Tour of Chongming Island, on Chongming’s more technical western side, and catapulted herself into the overall race lead. The Australian opened her sprint early, but was able to kick again to hold off the challenge from Canadian Leah Kirchmann (Liv-Plantur) by half a length at the finish line. Jip van den Bos (Parkhotel Valkenburg) finished third at the end of a complicated stage that saw the peloton split several times. “Today was a very different day from yesterday,”...
read moreChloe Hosking third in chaotic Chongming Island stage one sprint
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Chloe Hosking added another to her impressive list of podium places in the Tour of Chongming Island, with third place in the chaotic sprint of stage one in Chongming. The Australian was beaten to the line by fast-finishing Ting Ying Huang (Chinese Tapei), with Leah Kirchmann (Liv-Plantur) in second place, as the wide boulevard finish had its usual disruptive effect on the organised teams in the peloton. “I wasn’t really sure where my legs were at today,” Hosking said afterards. “I’ve been struggling in...
read moreChloe Hosking: “I think we have quite a strong sprint squad” for Chongming Island
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling return to UCI Women’s WorldTour action this weekend, in the only Asian event of the series, the Tour of Chongming Island, in China. The team will be led by experienced Australian Chloe Hosking, who has excelled on the island races just across the water from Shanghai ever since her debut in 2009. That first year Hosking won two of the race’s four stages and took the overall title, and has taken several stages and podiums in the years since. Last year saw the Canberran part of the team that led former two-time road...
read moreLucy Garner takes second in Women’s Tour de Yorkshire bunch sprint
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Lucy Garner finished a close second place in the bunch sprint at the end of the Women’s Tour de Yorkshire, in the centre of Doncaster, at the end of a tough 136km race. The 21-year-old former two time junior World Champion was beaten by less than a length by Dutch powerhouse Kirsten Wild (Hitec Products) after the peloton caught what looked like a race-winning breakaway in the closing kilometres. Floortje Mackaij (Liv-Plantur) finished third. “It’s a lot better than I expected actually,” said Garner afterwards,...
read moreWiggle High5’s British riders look ahead to the Tour de Yorkshire
All four of Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s British riders will line up for the start of this Saturday’s Tour de Yorkshire race, between Otley and Doncaster, keen to experience the first elite race of the year on British roads. Olympic Champion Dani King will lead Welsh rider Amy Roberts, Manxwoman Anna Christian and former double junior World Champion Lucy Garner as the compatriots race together for the first ever time. Having committed to her first full season on the road, King has excelled in some of the toughest races in Europe so far this...
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