Coverphoto: Sportfoto.nl/SF Road 2015 After the Womens’ Worldtour stage race, the Tour of Chongming Island, our team continued with the three-day stage race Tour of Zhoushan Island. Compared to the flat stages in Chongming, tougher stages with more climbing were waiting the girls in Zhoushan. The first stage had several climbs, or rolling terrain, and… Continue reading Tour of Zhoushan Island (UCI 2.2)
Strong weekend for Lauren with two podiums
Photo: Sportfoto.nl/SF Road 2015 Saturday Lauren Kitchen raced the Rabobank 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg (1.2) in the Netherlands with the Australian national team. After 65km a group of six escaped including our Lauren and Marianne Vos (Rabobank Liv). With 10km to go Lauren and Marianne attacked the group and stayed away until the finish. In the
The Tour of Chongming Island (WWT)
Our team has been racing the first stage race of the Women’s WorldTour (WWT) which was held on Chongming Island, China. The race is well known for it’s flat stages and bunch sprints, but also tough, competetive racing. It requires a lot of hard work for the team as there is always a lot of… Continue reading The Tour of Chongming Island (WWT)
Great victory in Yorkshire after a strong team performance
Photo: Getty Images Already early in the race Doris Schweizer (Cylance) got clear from the bunch and in the peloton our team stayed at the front to make sure the gap didn’t grow too big. As the peloton approached the short climb at Conishbrough Castle World Champion Lizzie Armistead (Boels Dolmans) attacked and bridged up… Continue reading Great victory in Yorkshire after a strong team performance
Successful weekend in Norway
While part of the team where competing in the Netherlands and Belgium, Hitec was also represented in national races in Norway with Tone Hatteland Lima, Ingrid Lorvik and Janicke Gunvaldsen. Saturday we lined up for a kermesse race, 25 laps of 3.2km and a total of 1300hm. After working to close all attacks making sure… Continue reading Successful weekend in Norway
Windy weekend in Borsele and Westhoek
Photo: Sportfoto.nl/SF Road 2015 Saturday our girls raced in the Netherlands at the Omloop van the Borsele. Already early in the race the bunch split into several groups in the tough winds and high speed. The bunch regrouped and split several times until close to the final a