Archiv für den Tag: 24. April 2024

Tour de Romandie – Etappe 1

Château d’Oex – Fribourg – 166 Km

1 GODON Dorian FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 03:49:58
2 VENDRAME Andrea ITA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:00
3 VERMEERSCH Gianni BEL Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
4 MENTEN Milan BEL Lotto Dstny 00:00
5 ASGREEN Kasper DEN Soudal Quick-Step 00:00
6 GOVEKAR Matevz SLO Bahrain Victorious 00:00
7 ARANBURU Alex ESP Movistar Team 00:00
8 VENTURINI Clément FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:00
9 GRUEL Thibaud FRA Groupama-FDJ 00:00
10 GOOSSENS Kobe BEL Intermarché-Wanty 00:00
11 CHRISTEN Fabio SUI Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
12 ZAMBANINI Edoardo ITA Bahrain Victorious 00:00
13 NYS Thibau BEL Lidl-Trek 00:00
14 MÄRKL Niklas GER Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00
15 WIRTGEN Luc LUX Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:00

Gesamt:

1 GODON Dorian FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 03:52:46
2 VERMEERSCH Gianni BEL Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:06
3 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:09
4 VAN DIJKE Tim NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:10
5 ARANBURU Alex ESP Movistar Team 00:11
6 AEBI Antoine SUI Switzerland 00:11
7 CHRISTEN Jan SUI UAE Team Emirates 00:11
8 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:11
9 VENDRAME Andrea ITA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:12
10 GOVEKAR Matevz SLO Bahrain Victorious 00:12
11 SOMMER Jan SUI Switzerland 00:12
12 MAS Enric ESP Movistar Team 00:12
13 NYS Thibau BEL Lidl-Trek 00:12
14 VENTURINI Clément FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:12
15 MENTEN Milan BEL Lotto Dstny 00:13

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Etappe 4

Marmaris – Bodrum – 138Km

1 LUND ANDRESEN Tobias DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 03:29:42
2 VAN POPPEL Danny NED BORA-hansgrohe 00:00
3 UHLIG Henri GER Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
4 NIELSEN Sebastian DEN TdT-Unibet 00:00
5 KOPECKY Matyas CZE Team Novo Nordisk 00:00
6 KANTER Max GER Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
7 JOSEPH Thomas BEL Tarteletto-Isorex 00:00
8 LOOCKX Lander BEL TdT-Unibet 00:00
9 KUDUS Merhawi ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:00
10 TIZZA Marco ITA Bingoal WB 00:00
11 GONZÁLEZ David ESP Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:00
12 CAMPRUBÍ Marcel ESP Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
13 CONTI Valerio ITA Team corratec – Vini Fantini 00:00
14 LANGELLOTTI Victor MON Burgos-BH 00:00
15 FINKST Tilen SLO Adria Mobil 00:00

Gesamt:

1 LUND ANDRESEN Tobias DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 14:33:55
2 LONARDI Giovanni ITA Team Polti Kometa 00:04
3 UHLIG Henri GER Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:04
4 VAN POPPEL Danny NED BORA-hansgrohe 00:08
5 CONCA Filippo ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:11
6 LOZANO David ESP Team Novo Nordisk 00:11
7 BUDZINSKI Tomasz POL Mazowsze Serce Polski 00:12
8 SMIT Willie RSA China Glory-Mentech Conti. CT 00:13
9 TAROZZI Manuele ITA VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè 00:13
10 KUDUS Merhawi ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:14
11 KOPECKY Matyas CZE Team Novo Nordisk 00:14
12 BALLERINI Davide ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:14
13 DONOVAN Mark GBR Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:14
14 DEPE Serdar TUR Spor Toto Cycling Team 00:14
15 LANGELLOTTI Victor MON Burgos-BH 00:14

KASIA NIEWIADOMA: “SWITCHING FROM CLASSICS TO STAGE RACING IS QUITE CHALLENGING”


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• A renowned, versatile cyclist who stood on the podium of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2023, Katarzyna ‘Kasia’ Niewiadoma will be one of the main stars of La Vuelta Femenina 24 by Carrefour.es.
• The Canyon//SRAM rider ended a 5-year spell without victories last Wednesday at La Flèche Wallonne Femmes, where she defeated top riders like Demi Vollering and Elisa Longo Borghini in the final climb to the Mur de Huy.
It might look as if women’s cycling was a Dutch affair, given how the best riders in history do seemingly all hail from the Netherlands. Leontien van Moorsel and her three Olympic golds, Annemiek van Vleuten and her three Grand Tours in one season, Anna van der Breggen and her long domination of the Ardennes classics, Marianne Vos and her evergreen prowess on every terrain – and, in the current days, Demi Vollering and Lorena Wiebes, firmly established as the world’s best riders when it comes to climbing (in the case of the former) and sprinting (for the latter).

Yet look further away in the last 15 years and you will find a number of cyclists who, coming from all over the world, have made a significant impact on defining what women’s cycling is nowadays by playing a role on its evolution with her performances, her example and her words. Veterans like South Africa’s Ashleigh Moolman, Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini, or our protagonist Katarzyna Niewiadoma (1994, Limanowa). As kind off the bike as fierce with a bib pinned on her back, the Polish rider has been present in the vanguard of women’s cycling for a decade, ever since she won the Euskal Emakumeen Bira at age 20. She is a consistent rider, solid in every terrain, able to perform in both Classics and stage races, both on the cobbles and on the hills, both on short, sharp climbs and on long, dragging ones. Her talents go further than road cycling, actually, as she is the current UCI Gravel World Champion.

A sporting and spiritual leader for the Canyon//SRAM team, ‘Kasia’ has had to endure a surprisingly long victory drought. Since the fourth stage of the 2019 The Women’s Tour until the 2024 La Flèche Wallonne Femmes, she spent 1770 days without celebrating an individual win – a poignant stat given that she took no less than 53 top5 placings in the meantime, including 3rd place overall in the 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. No wonder she was so emotional after raising her arms in victory atop the Mur de Huy, defeating Vollering and Longo Borghini. “I really hope that, with this victory, I have inspired a lot of people who are pursuing their dreams,” she asserted. “I’ve failed a lot of times, with many near-misses, and never stopped believing. Reward is always there, waiting for us.” After closing her Classics campaign with a 5th place in Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes, she is off to participate in La Vuelta Femenina 24 by Carrefour.es after finishing 10th on its first edition.

– Why is it important for you to be an inspiration for other people?
Because I get a lot of inspiration from other people myself, in many parts of my life, and I personally feel a huge impact from other people’s words or performances in my life. That’s why I hope to be inspiring for others. It’s much greater to achieve something and then spread joy and happiness than just keeping it for yourself. I like that it works both ways – that I give and receive inspiration. That’s a nice way to live life – just exchange with others, both in the good and in the bad moments of your life.

– If you could pinpoint three figures that have been inspirational for you, who would those be?
It’s difficult to say. So many people deserve to be mentioned… First, my best friend Marianne. Second, Elisa Longo Borghini, who overcame so many obstacles last year and came so strong into this season after having such a bad year on which everything was seemingly going against her. I think it is pretty nice to have a competitor like her. Our riding styles resonate in so many ways. For many years we have been fighting each other in a positive way, being happy for each other after the finish line, and I hope it can continue like this. And, last but not least, every single female on my team, Canyon//SRAM, is a source of inspiration for me.

– In the press conference following La Flèche Wallonne Femmes, you said you “believed in personal development”. At which point did you decide to chase it?
I think personal development usually thrives after rough periods in life, when you realize something has to change. We all go through crises, or down moments. Age also helps – as you mature, you realize what are your priorities and what are the things that you unnecessarily worry about. In my case, Covid made me realize how much I love this sport. It happened around the time of my last victory and, from then on, winning got harder and harder. It built so much hunger in me, and made me think about what I could do to become the best rider in the world, looking for perfection as every person passionate about his or her job would do.

– What is your relationship with Spain like?
I love Spain. I have many good memories related to Spain. When I started to focus on my professional cycling career, I moved to Girona. I first lived with a roommate and then I met my partner, with whom I kept living there on and off. Two years ago, we moved to Andorra because Girona was a bit too packed with cyclists and we felt we needed a bit more space outside the cycling world.

Jai Hindley und Florian Lipowitz verlängern ihre Verträge bei BORA-hansgrohe

Jai Hindley und Florian Lipowitz – zwei Fahrer, die vieles eint, aber doch in unterschiedlichen Phasen ihrer Karriere stehen. Beide sind Rundfahrer, die aktuell für BORA – hansgrohe bei der Tour de Romandie im Einsatz sind. Während der eine schon große Grand Tour-Trophäen daheim hat, steht der andere vor seinem Grand Tour-Debüt.

Gewinn des Giro d’Italia 2022, Etappensieg und Träger des Gelben Trikots bei der Tour de France 2023 – rechtzeitig vor den Grand Tours 2024 hat Jai Hindley seinen Vertrag mit BORA – hansgrohe verlängert. Die frühzeitige Entscheidung des 27-Jährigen ist eine Entscheidung für seine ‚zweite Familie‘.

„Ich bin sehr glücklich, mit BORA – hansgrohe zu verlängern. Ich schätze das Vertrauen und die Möglichkeiten, die mir das Team bisher gegeben hat, und alles, was das Team für mich getan hat, sehr. Sie haben einen großen Anteil an meiner Karriere und Entwicklung. Es ist wirklich wie eine zweite Familie für mich geworden, und ich fühle mich hier zu Hause“, sagt Jai Hindley.
„Ich kann es kaum erwarten, weiter zu wachsen und mich zu entwickeln und große Ziele für die Zukunft anzustreben, was mir schon immer wichtig war. Wir haben die gleiche Vision, und ich bin dankbar für das Vertrauen, das sie in mich setzen, um diese zu erfüllen. Ich kann es kaum erwarten, meine Reise hier fortzusetzen“, so Jai Hindley weiter.

Auch wenn Florian Lipowitz wichtige Karriereschritte im Eiltempo genommen hat, steht seine ‚Reise‘ im Radsport noch am Beginn. Als Quereinsteiger konnte der ehemalige Biathlet gleich im ersten vollen Profi-Jahr bei BORA – hansgrohe überzeugen. Top-Ergebnisse bei kürzeren Rundfahrten, wie der Czech Tour oder Tour of Türkiye, unterstreichen das große Talent. Jetzt folgt der nächste Schritt für der 23-Jährigen – noch vor dem Grand-Tour-Debüt hat er seinen Vertrag frühzeitig verlängert.

Florian Lipowitz: „Ich bin mehr als happy, weiterhin Teil von BORA – hansgrohe zu sein. Letztes Jahr konnte ich schon einen Riesensprung machen. Das hat mir gezeigt, dass es das richtige Team für mich ist. Das Vertrauen, das ich bekomme, motiviert mich umso mehr, weiterhin an mir zu arbeiten.“
„BORA – hansgrohe war fast der erste Kontakt zum Radsport, als ich vom Biathlon gewechselt bin. Seit dem Beginn und jetzt auch weiter diesen Weg gemeinsam zu gehen, fühlt sich einfach gut an. Ich hoffe, dass ich einen großen Teil dazu beitragen kann, dass das Team noch erfolgreicher wird“, so Florian Lipowitz weiter.

Ralph Denk, Team Manager BORA – hansgrohe: „Ich freue mich, dass wir Jai und Florian früh an uns binden konnten. Beide sind große Talente und beide spielen in unsere langfristigen Planungen für die Rundfahrten eine große Rolle. Mit Jai haben wir den größten Grand Tour-Erfolg im Team gefeiert – seine Fähigkeiten liegen auf der Hand. Florian’s Potenzial kennen wir und das wollen wir gemeinsam Schritt für Schritt weiter entwickeln.“

Tour de Romandie – Prolog: Payerne – Payerne – 2,3 Km

1 ZIJLAARD Maikel NED Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:02:55
2 SCOTT Cameron AUS Bahrain Victorious 00:01
3 ALAPHILIPPE Julian FRA Soudal Quick-Step 00:02
4 GODON Dorian FRA Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale 00:03
5 OLIVEIRA Ivo POR UAE Team Emirates 00:03
6 VAN DIJKE Tim NED Team Visma | Lease a Bike 00:03
7 VERMEERSCH Gianni BEL Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:03
8 ARNDT Nikias GER Bahrain Victorious 00:04
9 ARANBURU Alex ESP Movistar Team 00:04
10 AEBI Antoine SUI Switzerland 00:04
11 CHRISTEN Jan SUI UAE Team Emirates 00:04
12 VAN WILDER Ilan BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:04
13 GOVEKAR Matevz SLO Bahrain Victorious 00:05
14 CERNÝ Josef CZE Soudal Quick-Step 00:05
14 LIEPINS Emils LAT Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:05
16 SOMMER Jan SUI Switzerland 00:05
17 MAS Enric ESP Movistar Team 00:05
18 NYS Thibau BEL Lidl-Trek 00:05
19 VENTURINI Clément FRA ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 00:05
20 MENTEN Milan BEL Lotto Dstny 00:06

Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey Etappe 3

Danny van Poppel überquerte die Ziellinie als Erster, wurde aber von der Jury wegen Verlassens der Fahrlinie und Behinderung von Lonardi zurückgesetzt.

Fethiye – Marmaris – 147Km

1 LONARDI Giovanni ITA Team Polti Kometa 03:24:57

2 ZANONCELLO Enrico ITA VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè 00:00
3 KANTER Max GER Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
4 KOPECKY Matyas CZE Team Novo Nordisk 00:00
5 LEITAO Iuri POR Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:00
6 UHLIG Henri GER Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:00
7 MORA Sebastian ESP Burgos-BH 00:00
8 VAN ROOY Kenneth BEL Bingoal WB 00:00
9 KUDUS Merhawi ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:00
10 TOWNSEND Rory IRL Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
11 JAKOBSEN Fabio NED Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:00
12 TIZZA Marco ITA Bingoal WB 00:00
13 YEMANE Dawit ERI BIKE AID 00:00
14 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt RSA China Glory-Mentech Conti. CT 00:00
15 DORN Vinzent GER BIKE AID 00:00

Gesamt:

1 LONARDI Giovanni ITA Team Polti Kometa 11:04:17
2 ZANONCELLO Enrico ITA VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè 00:04
3 UHLIG Henri GER Alpecin-Deceuninck 00:04
4 LUND ANDRESEN Tobias DEN Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 00:06
5 CONCA Filippo ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:07
6 LOZANO David ESP Team Novo Nordisk 00:07
7 BUDZINSKI Tomasz POL Mazowsze Serce Polski 00:08
8 SMIT Willie RSA China Glory-Mentech Conti. CT 00:09
9 TOWNSEND Rory IRL Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:10
10 KUDUS Merhawi ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:10
11 KOPECKY Matyas CZE Team Novo Nordisk 00:10
12 VAN ROOY Kenneth BEL Bingoal WB 00:10
13 BALLERINI Davide ITA Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:10
14 DEPE Serdar TUR Spor Toto Cycling Team 00:10
15 TEUGELS Lennert BEL Bingoal WB 00:10
16 DONOVAN Mark GBR Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:10
17 BERHANE Natnael ERI Beykoz Belediyesi Spor Türkiye 00:10
18 LANGELLOTTI Victor MON Burgos-BH 00:10
19 YEMANE Dawit ERI BIKE AID 00:10
20 LEITAO Iuri POR Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:10