VN news ticker: Wrong wheel swap delays Remco Evenepoel at Benelux Tour, Deceuninck-Quick-Step signs Jason Osborne as stagiaire
Here's the news making the headlines on Monday, August 30.
Chantal Blaak
As the Anna van der Breggen era nears its end, SD Worx lays foundations of future domination
With Lotte Kopecky set to join rising star Demi Vollering in 2022, the Dutch team shores up its future and should continue to dominate for years to come.
Why Dutch riders are dominating the women’s peloton
Strong institutional support and highly competitive national team help fuel Dutch dominance.
Here’s why Strade Bianche had big winners but no clear losers
Mathieu van der Poel and SD Worx were dominant at Strade Bianche, but they won't always have it their way.
Gallery: A tactical masterclass at the women’s Strade Bianche
Great photos from Rhode van Elsen and Ashley and Jered Gruber.
Women’s Strade Bianche crowdfunding campaign raises €25,578 for women’s winners
The fundraising brings the women's total prize purse to €31,876, exceeding that of the men's.
Strade Bianche: Chantal van den Broek-Blaak delivers victory for SD Worx
SD Worx dominates the final phase of racing and takes a one-three on the podium with van der Breggen.
Team SD Worx convenes at Costa Blanca camp to ready for 2021 season
Double world champion Anna van der Breggen sights are set on Olympic defense which starts at Spanish training camp.
Inside Anna van der Breggen’s strategy at the Tour of Flanders
Anna van der Breggen bridged to Annemiek van Vleuten, setting up a dramatic showdown at the Tour of Flanders. Instead, van der Breggen chose a different strategy that was ultimately successful.
Annemiek van Vleuten tops at the 2020 European road championships
In an uphill sprint to the line, the reigning world champion from the Netherlands put her wheel across the line ahead of Italian Elisa Longo Borghini.
Van der Breggen, Blaak to become future sport directors for Team SD Worx
Van der Breggen and van den Broek-Blaak to take director roles with rebranded Boels-Dolmans team in 2022.
Van der Breggen will hang up the wheels in 2021, Blaak in 2022
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Annemiek van Vleuten scores solo win at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Annemiek van Vleuten attacked on the Muur van Geraardsbergen and then held of a chase group to score her first victory of the season.
Philippe Gilbert, Anna van der Breggen begin classics calendar at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Classics stars like Zdenek Stybar, Chantal Blaak, and Mads Petersen will be in Gent this coming weekend for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.
Gallery: 2019 VeloNews Photos of the year
As it does every year, pro cycling produced an amazing array of photography in 2019. Our editorial team sifted through hundreds of images from various cycling photographers to come up with our favorite photos from the 2019 season for our annual VeloNews Awards Issue. Here are our selections from the year in racing:
Deeper women’s peloton breaks Boels-Dolmans dominance
Despite a WorldTour win drought, Boels-Dolmans riders confident in team strength and happy to see the peloton grow deeper and more competitive.
Blaak attack earns Boels first 2019 victory at Het Nieuwsblad
Chantal Blaak attacked over the Muur de Geraardsbergen to win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Photo Gallery: Ardennes week on the Women’s WorldTour
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Amstel highlights: Blaak’s first WorldTour win in rainbow jersey
Video highlights from women's Amstel Gold Race, which world champion Chantal Blaak won from a small breakaway.
Chantal Blaak wins Women’s Amstel Gold
Chantal Blaak emerged victorious at the 2018 Women's Amstel Gold Race.
Photo gallery: Solo victory for Niewiadoma in rain-soaked Italy
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20 questions with women’s world champion Chantal Blaak
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A generation of dominance: how the Dutch women got to be so strong
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Photo gallery: The women’s rainbow battle in Bergen
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Dutch deliver as Chantal Blaak wins World Championships road race
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Nats Week: these are your 2017 women’s national champions
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Blaak gunning for Flanders despite Boels’s sluggish spring
Chantal Blaak is prepared to ride as the Boels-Dolmans leader in Tour of Flanders, hoping to get the team back to its winning ways.
Lucinda Brand tops Dutch podium at European season’s opener
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Cobbles, wind and rain: the women’s European season is here!
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Did the inaugural Women’s WorldTour live up to expectations?
Check out Anne-Marije Rook & Jeanine Laudy's author page.
Preview: Vos, Van der Breggen, Johansson and other top Europeans to compete at first-ever elite European Championships
Check out Anne-Marije Rook's author page.
The inaugural Women’s WorldTour recap in numbers, videos and photos
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Emilia Fahlin gets her first Women’s WorldTour victory in front of a home crowd in Sweden
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Gallery: How Ellen van Dijk won the Energiewacht Tour
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Boels-Dolmans’ recipe for success
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Photo gallery: Lizzie Armitstead takes the win in ‘dream race’ Flanders
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Lizzie Armitstead wins Flanders by a bike throw
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Seven things to know about Women’s WorldTour leader Chantal Blaak
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Photo gallery: with yet another win in Gent-Wevelgem, Boels-Dolmans continues winning streak
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Cycling therapy in Gent-Wevelgem, where Chantal Blaak claims her second Women’s WorldTour win
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Blaak takes women’s Gent-Wevelgem title
Chantal Blaak delivers yet another WorldTour win for Boels – Dolmans
Ella Picks: How to win the Spring Classics; a bike justice vigilante; Women’s WorldTour and more
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On the scene in Drenthe: Boels-Dolmans takes another Women’s WorldTour win
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Blaak triumphs at Ronde van Drenthe
Boels – Dolmans racks up another Women's WorldTour victory as Chantal Blaak wins Saturday's Ronde van Drenthe
Boels-Dolmans continues early season success at Le Samyn des Dames
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Blaak is back: Dutchwoman repeats at Le Samyn
Last year's winner, Chantal Blaak of Boels – Dolmans, wins again in Belgium at Le Samyn, a midweek semi-classic.
Cobbles transform Le Samyn into midweek thriller
Le Samyn used to be a simple race for sprinters, but with a few cobblestone sectors, it's transformed into something way better.
Photo gallery and rider comments: Lizzie Armitstead’s impressive solo win in Omloop het Nieuwsblad
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No rainbow curse here: world champion Armitstead wins season opener with impressive solo
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Boels-Dolmans: What I know now that I wish I knew then
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My first bike race with Boels-Dolmans
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Roundtable with Boels-Dolmans: First bike races and top tips
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Boels-Dolmans emerges as the team to beat
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Chantal Blaak wins women’s Le Samyn
Boels-Dolmans' Blaak claims her first win of 2015 at the Belgian midweek race
Tibco steps ups with Hausler, Olds, Blaak signings
Tibco-To the Top turns to the European experience of Hausler, Blaak and Olds to bolster its ranks for the 2013 season