Emma Johansson an attacking third in Dwars door de Westhoek
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Swedish Champion Emma Johansson finished third in an attacking third in the Dwars door de Westhoek in Boezinge, West Flanders, in a finish that saw multiple World Champion Marianne Vos (Rabo-Liv) crash spectacularly into the roadside barriers. The race was won by Luxembourg Champion Christine Majerus (Boels-Dolmans), ahead of Italian Champion Elena Cecchini (Canyon-SRAM), with Johansson completing the all-national-champion podium. “I was pretty on the limit for the sprint, but I thought I needed to be up there and...
read moreJohansson and Wiggle High5 at World Number One Spot ahead of Flèche Wallonne
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Emma Johansson has joined the black and orange team at the number one spot in the UCI Rankings after some spectacular results this spring. The Swedish Champion dominated last week’s Emakumeen Bira, winning two stages and the overall, despite suffering from stomach cramps before the race’s prologue. Her victories in Spain came after several notable podium places, particularly the Tour of Flanders and Strade Bianche, and just before Wednesday’s next event in the Women’s World Tour, La Flèche Wallonne. “I’ve just...
read moreEmma Johansson completes overall Emakumeen Bira victory in tough final stage
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Swedish Champion Emma Johansson has won the 2016 Emakumeen Bira stage race, despite coming under pressure form her general classification rivals in the fourth and final stage, in Portugalete, in Spain’s Basque region. The rain-soaked stage was won by US Champion Megan Guarnier (Boels-Dolmans), ahead of Anna Solovey (Parkhotel Valkenburg) and Ashleigh Moolman (Cervélo-Bigla). Johansson crossed the line in fifth place, tucked onto the wheel of black and orange teammate Elisa Longo Borghini and, although Guarnier...
read moreGiorgia Bronzini wins Bira Stage 3 after a day of incredible teamwork
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini crowned an incredible day of teamwork from the black and orange team as she won the third stage of the Emakumeen Bira, in Berriatua, in a reduced-bunch sprint. The former two-time road World Champion was led into the final corner by race leader, Swedish Champion Emma Johansson – who herself had won the previous two stages – and the Italian was able to beat American Carmen Small (Cervélo-Bigla) to the line. Bronzini’s compatriot Rossella Ratto (Cylance) won the battle for third place at...
read moreSecond victory in two days gives Emma Johansson the Emakumeem Bira lead!
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Emma Johansson has taken a second victory in as many days in the Emakumeen Bira stage race, between Etxarri Aranaz and the hilltop Santuario Urkiola. The Swedish Champion outclimbed the rest of the field at the end of the 109km stage, with US Champion Megan Guarnier (Boels-Dolmans) taking second place, one second back. For the second time in two days, Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling riders occupied steps one and three of the podium, as Elisa Longo Borghini took third place, five seconds behind Johansson. With overnight...
read moreEmma Johansson wins Emakumeen Bira stage one in breakaway sprint
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Emma Johansson has taken her first victory of 2016 with a stunning breakaway win in the first stage of the Emakumeen Bira stage race, in Eskoriatza, in Spain’s Basque Country. The Swedish Champion broke away late in the 76km stage with Carmen Small (Cervélo-Bigla) and was easily able to outsprint the American at the finish. To crown a fantastic day for the black and orange team, Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s two-time former road World Champion Giorgia Bronzini won the sprint for third place, 14 seconds behind her...
read moreLongo Borghini and Johansson second and third in attritional Durango-Durango race
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini and Emma Johansson took second and third places in the Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria, in Durango, in Spain’s north western Basque region. Longo Borghini broke away with eventual winner Megan Guarnier, and Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling teammate Audrey Cordon-Ragot, after the first of two ascents of the steep Alto de Goiuria climb. By the time they approached the finish, Longo Borghini and Guarnier were 55 seconds clear of the remaining peloton, but the American proved fastest in the sprint for the...
read moreGiorgia Bronzini wins the GP Dottignies for the third time
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Giorgia Bronzini has taken her first win of 2016 with an emphatic sprint victory in the GP Dottignies, just inside the French-speaking Walloon region of Belgium. The former two-time road World Champion crossed the line well clear of her nearest rival, fellow Italian former World Champion Marta Bastianelli (Alé-Cipollini), after having been expertly led out by teammate Chloe Hosking, while last year’s winner Roxane Fournier (Poitou-Charentes.Futuroscope) was some distance back in third. “The team did an amazing job...
read moreEmma Johansson half a wheel away from Ronde van Vlaanderen victory
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Emma Johansson came within half a wheel of taking an incredible victory in the Ronde van Vlaanderen – the Tour of Flanders – today. The Swedish champion was just pipped to the line by World Champion Lizzie Armitstead after the two of them had escaped a very select front group in the final cobbled climbs of the 141km Classic. Last year’s winner, Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini, took an excellent fifth place as Armitstead’s teammate Chantal Blaak won the sprint for third place, just two...
read moreLongo Borghini: “I know how hard it is to do the double” in the Ronde van Vlaanderen
Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling’s Elisa Longo Borghini will start Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen – the Tour of Flanders – with number one on her back as the winner of last year’s edition, but the 24-year-old Italian knows that it will be anything but easy to repeat her stunning victory of twelve months ago. The 2015 race saw Longo Borghini escape the rest of the race favourites with more than 30km to go, and ride alone over the final climbs to finish 43 seconds ahead of the sprint for second. That sprint was won by teammate, Belgian...
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