Annemiek van Vleuten to target Giro d’Italia Donne-Tour de France Femmes double again in 2023
The new world champion plans to go out with a bang as she embarks on the final season of her career.
Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates at UCI WorldTeam level and has achieved thirteen general classification victories in Grand Tours. The title sponsor is the Spanish mobile telephone company Telefónica, with the team riding under the name of the company’s brand Movistar. Wikipedia
Movistar Team is a professional road bicycle racing team which participates at UCI WorldTeam level and has achieved thirteen general classification victories in Grand Tours. The title sponsor is the Spanish mobile telephone company Telefónica, with the team riding under the name of the company’s brand Movistar. Wikipedia
The new world champion plans to go out with a bang as she embarks on the final season of her career.
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Teams like Movistar and Israel Premier Tech are fighting for their WorldTour futures.
Movistar is in the thick of a relegation battle, and Valverde is one of a number of Spanish riders not allowed to travel to Wollongong.
The Movistar captain gains time on direct podium rivals as his confidence grows.
The eight-day race offers up some tough racing across rolling roads.
Retiring star vows to help Enric Mas push for the final podium.
The 24-year-old will aim to provide the team with some continuity when Annemiek van Vleuten retires next season.
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Only four teams among the 22 starters still have all eight original riders remaining in the race.
Movistar's GC leader Enric Mas continues to struggle and drops out of the top-10 with the promise to ride into breakaway.
The Dutch woman is one of the major favorites and has already won the Giro d'Italia Donne this season.
Lennard Kämna (Bora-Hansgrohe) tumbled out of the top-20, and Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) dropped nine spots to 20th.
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Mas avoids most of the landmines in the first week as he relishes the looming Alps.
The 23-year-old American is bumped and bruised after a crash on stage 3 but is good to continue racing.
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Van Vleuten will skip the national championships for the first time in 15 years as she prepares for a big summer.
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Other sprinters struggle to challenge ‘unreal’ Lorena Wiebes.
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