Lauren Kitchen proud to use Tacx products!
Tacx is a company that supports Wiggle Honda as a sponsor of our ergo trainers, rollers and mechanical tools. They are an exciting sponsor to have as it is the leading company in the area of home trainers and ergo equipment. The team relies on the Tacx Booster cycle trainer to warm up for important races and time trials, and the Galaxia rollers to spin the legs out before and after hard sessions and races. The Booster trainers are easy to use and setup and offer varied resistance on a simple to adjust dial, perfect for that intense hurried...
read moreDani King takes stunning solo victory in first ever women’s Milk Race
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s World and Olympic champion Dani King took a stunning victory in the first ever women’s Milk Race, in Nottingham’s historic city centre, as she escaped the peloton after just 20 minutes and soloed to the finish. Having ridden away from the best riders in the British women’s peloton, King powered around the 1.2km city centre circuit, increasing her lead lap on lap, to finish more than a minute ahead of the chasing bunch. “I’m really, really happy to get my first win for the Wiggle Honda team,” King said after the...
read moreFifth place for Lauren Kitchen in the Omloop van Aalburg
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Lauren Kitchen finished a fine fifth place in the Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop van Aalburg in the North Brabant province of the Netherlands. The Australian managed to get into a seven-rider selection of big names that formed in the closing laps of the 121.2km race – which was made up of three 28.5km loops, followed by three 11.5km circuits – and only just missed out on the podium places in the sprint for the line. Kitchen also won the race’s first two intermediate sprints as the peloton crossed the finish...
read moreA good learning experience for Wiggle Honda in the Boels Hills Classic
It was a good learning experience for the riders of Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling in today’s Boels Rentals Hills Classic, one of the toughest races in the Netherlands. Dani King was the black and orange team’s best finisher in 26th place, with teammate Laura Trott just a few places behind in 33rd, as both World and Olympic champions finished comfortably in the second group on the road. “We didn’t really have a designated leader, because they’re all on the same level,” explained Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling directeur sportif Simon Cope. “The plan was...
read moreGiorgia Bronzini wins overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini took her first ever overall stage race victory in the 2013 Tour of Zhoushan Island, in China, as she held on to her overall lead on the hilly final stage. With only second place overall Elisa Longo Borghini (Hitec Products) to worry about in the general classification, the two-time former World champion managed to stay with the Trofeo Binda World Cup race winning climber on the hilly course, and finished one place ahead of her at the finish. The stage was won by Longo Borghini’s teammate Cecilie...
read moreBronzini maintains lead with second place in Zhoushan Island stage two
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini maintained her overall lead in the Tour of Zhoushan Island as she sprinted to second place on the second stage of the race. In a chaotic final few hundred metres the former two-time World champion was just beaten to the line by Norwegian Cecilie Johnsen (Hitec Products) at the end of the flat 89.7km stage. Chinese Taipei rider Huang Ting Ying finished third for the second day in a row. “It was extremely close,” said Bronzini’s Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling teammate and team manager. “There were only...
read moreBronzini wins opening stage of Zhoushan Island Tour in breakaway sprint
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini continued her winning ways as she took victory in the opening stage of the Tour of Zhoushan Island, outsprinting Trofeo Binda World Cup winner Elisa Longo Borghini in a two-up sprint. The two Italians had escaped a breakaway group with 15km of the hilly 81.3km course remaining, with climber Longo Borghini doing all she could to shake off sprinter Bronzini on the way to the finish. Third place was taken by Chinese Taipei rider Huang Ting Ying, at the head of a seven-rider group a minute and 12...
read moreSchnitzmeier can’t resist High5’s caramel sports bar
Whether you’re racing on weekends, or you’re racing Grand Tours, you expend a lot of energy on the bike. To fuel your body, you need to make sure you are providing it with all the essential nutrients – and something that tastes good too. I can confidently tell you that High5 products are exactly what your body is looking for. That feeling you get when you grab your bar out of your pocket, knowing it is fuelling your performance (and it is going to taste amazing) is an absolutely satisfied feeling. Just imagine you’re in a stage race, the...
read moreMayuko Hagiwara takes her first European victory in hilly Dinant race
Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Mayuko Hagiwara took the first European victory of her career at the Championnat de Wallonie Kermesse in Foy Notre Dame, near Dinant in Southern Belgium on Sunday. The eight-time Japanese champion, resplendent in her distinctive “Hinomaru” flag jersey, escaped from a select group of riders on the last of the race’s seven 12.7km laps and soloed to the finish. Behind Hagiwara, Kaat Hannes (Lotto-Belisol) outsprinted CycleLive Plus-Zannata duo Annelies Van Doorslaer and Liz Hatch in the race for second place. “It was...
read moreBronzini comments on her Campagnolo EPS super record components
What comes up in your mind when I ask you about cycling and Italy? For sure one of the first words will be Campagnolo. It’s probably the most famous brand from Italy. I’m proud to ride Campagnolo on my bike this year, even if I’m Italian, I can say – it’s defiantly the best shifter in the world. Having the possibility to change gears as fast as you want, to know its working correct in every race is just giving me a one hundred percent safe feeling on the bike. I’ve already won four races this year on my Colnago with...
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