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TOUR DE FRANCE FEMMES AVEC ZWIFT HOW THE TOUR CHANGED MY LIFE (IV/VI) Liane Lippert

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Liane Lippert: „Everybody will be at the top of their shape“


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25-year-old Liane Lippert is the puncher on everyone’s lips right now. Her second-place finish in the Flèche Wallonne, coming a year after she took the bottom step of the podium in the Amstel Gold Race, painted a bright future for her in the Ardennes Classics. And the Tour? While the German champion describes her participation in the inaugural edition as „a great experience“, she makes no secret of the fact that she failed to achieve the hoped-for results after crashing in the stage she had marked in red. She is heading back to France and dreaming of finally raising her arms in victory, but she now races for a different squad. Last winter, she brought down the curtain on her time at DMS, the team where she had turned pro in 2017 right after her promotion from the Junior ranks. Annemiek Van Vleuten has taken her under her wing in Movistar, where the German hopes to repay the favour by propelling her team leader to the top of the podium in Pau.

Liane Lippert (Movistar Team)
Born in Friedrichshafen (Germany) on 13 January 1998
Teams
Team Sunweb (2017 to 2020), Team DSM (2021 to 2022) and Movistar Team (2023)
Major results
2016: Junior European champion
2018: German champion, stage 3 and the overall of the Lotto Belgium Tour
2020: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, second in the Brabantse Pijl and eighth in the Flèche Wallonne
2021: second in stage 3 of the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta, silver medal in the European Championships
2022: German champion, second in the Tour of Scandinavia, third in the Amstel Gold Race, third in the Brabantse Pijl and fourth in the Worlds
2023: second in the Flèche Wallonne, third in the Brabantse Pijl, seventh in the Itzulia Women and eighth in Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Signature trait: Liane Lippert was raised on the shores of Lake Constance, in Germany, where she still lives: „It’s a beautiful place not far from Austria and Switzerland. It’s perfect for training. I got started when I was eight. My father used to cycle recreationally. I signed up for his club and have never stopped pedalling!“

How would you describe the impact of the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift on your life?
I would say pretty much. In Germany, women’s cycling is not very big, now it’s a bit more. Since the Tour de France, for sure, more and more people know about it. If I say I’m a cyclist, they know there was a Tour de France Femmes. That’s changed a lot, especially because I have the national champion jersey. It was nice to come back home. I won’t say people recognised me on the street, but they recognised me more. It was changing a lot. I get more fans and publicity. I get more interviews, more people from my area give me feedback after races.

And what about your career?
Firstly, I didn’t have the result I wished. I wanted to go for some stages, but I had some bad luck with the crash, and I had to work for Lorena [Wiebes, the winner of stages 1 and 5] in the sprints and for Juliette [Labous] for the GC, so for my results, it has not changed so much. It was just a great experience, I would say.

„I’m working to be able to fight with the climbers“

This sense of frustration must have been strong after the stage to Épernay? You were at the front of the race after the Côte de Mutigny. Then, you crashed on the descent…
Yes, it was, for sure. I had a chance with the team, I was ready for it, it was a good finish for me, and then I crashed and the race was finished. It was disappointing at the moment. It was my goal, and then we had to take the GC and go for sprint stages, there was a lot to do, so I could forget about it because I was busy.

After six years with DSM, you are now in a new team. What motivated you to move from DSM to Movistar?
After 6 years, I wanted to see something else, to find a new team. Movistar had a good plan for me, they really see me as a leader for the future. For me, it was a super opportunity.

Can we say that your move from DSM to Movistar is the sign that you also want to become a GC rider and succeed Van Vleuten at the top of the women’s cycling?
No, we are two completely different riders. I showed this year how strong I can be in the Ardennes classics [second in the Flèche Wallonne and eighth in Liège–Bastogne–Liège]. This is something where I want to focus, and to aim one step higher on the podium. For the GC, I have to see. I’m also working to be able to survive on longer climbs and be able to fight with the climbers. For sure, I want to test my legs this year on one of the Grand Tours. But I don’t want to change the rider I am because I think it’s a bad idea.

Tell us about your relationship with Annemiek and the role she has for you.
Annemiek really likes to share her experience, her knowledge, that’s really useful for the races. She’s one of the best. It was also nice to win the Vuelta together [Van Vleuten claimed the Spanish Grand Tour for the third time in a row last June]. It was a special feeling that I’ve never had before.

„The Tour is the biggest race where you can win“

What is your ambition for the second Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift?
We want to win with the team. Like last year, Annemiek wants to win the Tour. As for me, I’ll focus on stages. The fourth one, with the steep climb at one kilometre to go, suits me best. And I will support Annemiek for GC

Last year, the Tour came to the Vosges with two gruelling mountain stages. This year, it is going even higher in the Pyrenees. Would you say that the Tour brings new challenges to women’s cycling?

Yes, I would say so. But I also think the flat stages last year were hard too, which says a lot about the level of the Tour. Everybody will be at the top of their shape in the Tour. It will be very difficult to win because everyone is at such a high level.

Even if it has only had one edition so far, would you say that it is already the biggest race?
Yes, I would say so. I would love to win one of the Ardennes classics, but a stage in the Tour is the biggest race where you can win. I’ll do the nationals, the Giro and then the Tour. The races are planned to allow me to improve my shape for the Tour.

»In meinem Herzen alles Sieger«* (Covadonga Verlag, März 2023, 208 Seiten)

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Der Giro d’Italia als furioser literarischer Roadtrip

Eines der originellsten Bücher über Sport nun endlich in deutscher Übersetzung:
Fabio Genovesis Giro-Tagebuch erweist sich als lebenskluge, humorvolle und
zeitlos schöne Hommage an Italien, den Radsport und das pralle Leben.

Schon als Kind versprach Fabio Genovesi seinem Onkel: »Eines Tages fahre ich den
Giro d’Italia.« Aus der Karriere als Radprofi wurde nichts, er wurde stattdessen
Bademeister, Kellner, schließlich gefeierter Schriftsteller. Und so wurde der Kindheitstraum
am Ende doch noch wahr, 2013 schickte ihn der Corriere della Sera los,
um die große Radrundfahrt als reisender Reporter zu begleiten. Parallel zu seinen
tagesaktuellen Zeitungsberichten entstand ein Tagebuch mit Abschweifungen und
Begegnungen.
Das Ergebnis ist ein großer literarischer Spaß, der nun endlich auch
in deutscher Übersetzung vorliegt. »In meinem Herzen alles Sieger«* (Covadonga
Verlag, März 2023, 208 Seiten) ist ein furioser Roadtrip durch ein Land, das genauso
ist wie sein Radsport: herrlich absurd und absurd herzlich, nie berechnend und
stets unberechenbar. Fabio Genovesi gelingt eine lebenskluge, humorvolle, zeitlos
schöne Hommage an Italien, den Radsport und das pralle Leben, die auch knapp
zehn Jahre nach Erscheinen der italienischen Originalausgabe nichts von ihrer
Faszination eingebüßt hat.

Über Tausende von Kilometern, mit dem Auto, zu Fuß, mit Fähren, Bussen und Seilbahnen,
versucht jedes Jahr im Mai eine bunte Karawane, mit dem rasanten Tempo der
Radrennfahrer mitzuhalten, die in drei Wochen ganz Italien durchqueren. Mit dabei im Jahr
2013, als die Rundfahrt von der Amalfiküste und den Stränden des Südens bis zu den
Schauplätzen katastrophaler Bergrutsche im Norden, mit Schlenkern nach Slowenien und
Frankreich kreuz und quer durch die Alpen und schließlich nach Brescia führt und
Dauerregen und veritable Schneestürme für eine Extraportion Leiden sorgen: der Schriftsteller
Fabio Genovesi als rasender Reporter mit dem etwas anderen Blick aufs Rennen.

Ein kluger, ökonomisch denkender Autor hätte getreu dem Motto »minimaler Aufwand,
maximales Ergebnis« einfach seine 24 Zeitungsartikel genommen, die seinerzeit während
des Giro d’Italia erschienen sind, und das Vorwort eines befreundeten Schriftstellers
hinzugefügt – fertig wäre das Buch. Doch »als ehrlicher Masochist« (RivistaStudio) hat
Fabio Genovesi seine Erzählung über jene dreiwöchige Rundfahrt anschließend noch mal
von Grund auf neu geschrieben und sie in ein »On the Road«-Epos über die Kunst der
unerwarteten Begegnung und des Sich-Verirrens verwandelt.

Nur das wahre Leben kann es sich erlauben, derart unglaublich zu sein
Voller Enthusiasmus stürzt sich Genovesi in Begleitung seines Fahrers Enzo in das
Abenteuer Giro, bereit, sich von der epischen Strahlkraft des Radsports und seiner
Protagonisten mitreißen zu lassen. Doch schon bald stellt er fest, dass die Leidensfähigkeit
und der Eifer der Rennfahrer nur ein Teil der Geschichte sind. Denn es ist vor allem das,
was rund um das Rennen passiert, was diese Reise zu einem Erlebnis macht. Es sind die
Geschichten der Nebendarsteller und -schauplätze, es ist das, was uns das Fernsehen
nicht zeigt.

»Der Giro war schon immer meine Leidenschaft, seit ich ein Kind war. Und das
barg ein echtes Risiko, von der Realität enttäuscht zu werden – so wie wenn man
jemanden aus der Ferne mag und dann trifft man ihn und er enttäuscht einen. Im Falle des
Giro stellte ich jedoch fest, dass ich mit meinem Wunsch richtig lag: Ich verliebte mich in
die Orte, die Menschen und die Anekdoten«, erzählt Fabio Genovesi.

110. Tour de France Etappe 11 Daten

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2: THERE ARE ONLY TWO!
Jasper Philipsen wins his 6th Tour stage, the 4th in this edition.
He becomes the second active rider with at least 4 wins in a single Tour after Mark Cavendish (record: 6 in 2009, the last time with 4: 2021).

60.1: A FURIOUS RUN-IN TO MOULINS
Jasper Philipsen dominated a particularly fast and furious ending of stage 11, covering the last 20 kilometres with an average speed of 60.1km/h. The Belgian sprinter upped the ante to 65.6km/h in the last kilometre, with a top speed of 71.1km/h according to the records of NTT Data.

4X11: SO MANY, SO EARLY
4 wins in the first 11 stages for Jasper Philipsen: the best value since 2017, when Marcel Kittel posted 5, the second all-time value so early in the Tour behind the 6 of François Faber in 1909.

25: A WAIT OF A QUARTER OF A CENTURY
Jasper Philipsen is the first Belgian with 4 wins in a single Tour since Tom Steels in 1998 (stages 1, 12, 18 and 21). Wout van Aert won 3 stages in 2021 and in 2022 as well.

8: THANKS JASPER!
8th win for the Alpecin Team at the Tour. Without Jasper Philipsen, their total would be 2 and their last win would be the 3rd stage of 2021 (Tim Merlier in Pontivy): all the last 6 stages for them are signed by Philipsen.

4-1: COUNTRIES HEAD-TO-HEAD
Since the start of 2020 (Tadej Pogacar’s debut at the Tour), the two most successful countries at the Tour are Belgium (17 stage wins) and Slovenia (13). This year Belgium leads Slovenia 4-1 for stage wins so far.

52/58: PARIS IS GETTING CLOSER
The riders went past the halfway point of the Tour 2023 yesterday. Now that they’ve completed stage 11: they’ve covered 1973.8 of the 3,405.6 kilometres (58%) from Bilbao to Paris and they’ve also overcome more than half of the total elevation of the Tour: 30,371 metres out of 58,037 (52%).
The hardest part is yet to come. The stage with most elevation so far was on day 6, with 3,916 metres to overcome on stage 6 (Pau > Laruns). Three stages beat that score on the remaining way to Paris:
• 4,246 m on stage 14 (Annemasse > Morzine Les Portes du Soleil)
• 4,394 m on stage 15 (Les Gets Les Portes du Soleil > Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc)
• 5,149 m on stage 17 (Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc > Courchevel)

12: WINNER OR SECOND?
Dylan Groenewegen obtains his 12th podium stage at the Tour: now he has scored equally 5 wins and 5 second places, plus 2 third places.
This is his first top-3 in this Tour and since he was second, again behind Philipsen, last year at the Champs Elysées.

3: GETTING THERE
Third top-3 at this Tour for Phil Bauhaus (3rd) after a 2nd place in Bayonne and a 3rd in Nogaro.

110. Tour de France Etappe 11

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Clermont-Ferrand – Moulins – 180 Km

1 PHILIPSEN Jasper BEL ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 04:01:07
2 GROENEWEGEN Dylan NED TEAM JAYCO ALULA 00:00
3 BAUHAUS Phil GER BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 00:00
4 COQUARD Bryan FRA COFIDIS 00:00
5 PEDERSEN Mads DEN LIDL – TREK 00:00
6 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 00:00
7 MOZZATO Luca ITA TEAM ARKEA – SAMSIC 00:00
8 SAGAN Peter SVK TOTALENERGIES 00:00
9 VAN AERT Wout BEL JUMBO-VISMA 00:00
10 WELSFORD Sam AUS TEAM DSM – FIRMENICH 00:00
11 MEEUS Jordi BEL BORA – HANSGROHE 00:00
12 BOL Cees NED ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 00:00
13 GIRMAY Biniam ERI INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 00:00
14 STRONG Corbin NZL ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH 00:00
15 EWAN Caleb AUS LOTTO DSTNY 00:00

Gesamt:

1 VINGEGAARD Jonas DEN JUMBO-VISMA 46:34:27
2 POGAČAR Tadej SLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 00:17
3 HINDLEY Jai AUS BORA – HANSGROHE 02:40
4 RODRIGUEZ CANO Carlos ESP INEOS GRENADIERS 04:22
5 BILBAO LOPEZ Pello ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 04:34
6 YATES Adam GBR UAE TEAM EMIRATES 04:39
7 YATES Simon GBR TEAM JAYCO ALULA 04:44
8 PIDCOCK Thomas GBR INEOS GRENADIERS 05:26
9 GAUDU David FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 06:01
10 KUSS Sepp USA JUMBO-VISMA 06:45
11 BARDET Romain FRA TEAM DSM – FIRMENICH 06:58
12 MEINTJES Louis RSA INTERMARCHÉ – CIRCUS – WANTY 08:50
13 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BORA – HANSGROHE 09:09
14 LANDA Mikel ESP BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 09:09
15 PINOT Thibaut FRA GROUPAMA – FDJ 09:36

Philipsen holt vierten Etappensieg, während Jordi Meeus gerade noch einen Sturz vermeiden kann im Sprint der 11. Etappe der Tour de France

Die 11. Etappe der Tour de France war eine der letzten Chancen für die Sprinter im Feld. Entsprechend wurde das Rennen auch kontrolliert, als sich ein Trio absetzen konnte. Der letzte der Ausreißer wurde 8 km vor dem Ziel gestellt und alles war für einen Sprint angerichtet. BORA – hansgrohe zeigte sich mit 20 km an der Spitze des Feldes, um Jai Hindley aus Schwierigkeiten zu halten, aber auch, um Jordi Meeus vor dem Finale zu platzieren. Regen erschwerte die letzte Phase des Rennens und am Ende sicherte sich J. Philipsen seinen bereits vierten Tagessieg. Jordi Meeus war an der 500 m Marke in guter Position, wurde dann aber in Richtung Absperrung gestoßen und konnte gerade noch einen Sturz vermeiden, um letztlich Rang 11 zu belegen.

Von der Ziellinie
“Das Finale war heute besonders nervös, weil es am Ende auch noch geregnet hat. Ich war an den letzten Kreisverkehren sehr gut platziert und hatte eigentlich auch das richtige Hinterrad. Dann ging aber das Tempo runter und einige Fahrer kamen von hinten. Ich wurde Richtung Barriere gedrückt und habe einen Zuschauer berührt, ich konnte gerade noch einen Sturz vermeiden. Ich habe noch einmal versucht, in Position zu kommen, aber dann hat sich Pedersen unter meinem Arm verhakt und ich habe wieder die Balance verloren. Da war der Sprint für mich zu Ende. Es ist frustrierend, denn bisher bin ich nie in eine Position gekommen, um einen freien Sprint zu fahren.” – Jordi Meeus

Jasper the master

Jasper Philipsen took place in the modern history of the Tour de France as he became the second active rider with at least four stage wins in a single Tour after Mark Cavendish as he outclassed Dylan Groenewegen and Phil Bauhaus in Moulins where Jonas Vingegaard collected the 17th Maillot Jaune of his career.

AMADOR, LOUVEL AND OSS AT THE FRONT

The start proper of stage 11 was given to 169 riders at 13.26. Andrey Amador (EF Education-EasyPost) was first out of the peloton, although at a slow speed. Two riders joined him: Tony Gallopin (Lidl-Trek) and Matîs Louvel (Arkea-Samsic). Gallopin sat up but Daniel Oss (TotalEnergies) substituted him as he made the jump. This leading trio easily took some advantage to reach a maximum of 3’20’’ at km 25 where Alpecin-Deceuninck decided to take the responsibilities to pace the peloton. The teams of the top sprinters left with no win in the first four bunch gallops, namely Jayco-AlUla, Lotto-Dstny and Soudal-Quick, respectively for Dylan Groenewegen, Caleb Ewan and Fabio Jakobsen.

OSS UNTIL 13.5KM TO GO

The peloton delayed the regrouping as long as possible but crosswinds led GC teams to speed up in their move to position their captains close to the helm. With 54km to go, Louvel sat up, so did Amador 5km further. Oss remained alone. He forged on even when the rain made its first appearance on the roads of the Tour de France this year. The Italian veteran was reeled in 13.5km before the end. Soudal-Quick positioned Fabio Jakobsen at the front with 10km remaining.

IT’S PHILIPSEN AGAIN

Jumbo-Visma took over from the sprinters’ teams, firstly to keep Jonas Vingegaard out of trouble until 3km to go, secondly to pave the way for Wout van Aert. Dylan Groenewegen got the best lead out and launched the sprint but Philipsen was smart to follow his slipstream in the absence of Mathieu van der Poel in the finale this time around. The Belgian passed him to score his fourth stage win this year.