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)
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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
Fleche Wallonne
Already early in the race a breakaway of seven formed including our birthday girl Cecilie. They gained a lead of 3.35min going into the Muur the first time. After 80km Giant-Liv started working to close the gap and was soon joined by RaboLiv. The peloton split in two and the breakaway got reeled in after… Continue reading Fleche Wallonne
Race report from IJsseldelta & Gelderland
Saturday our girls lined up to defend last year’s victory at Omloop van de IJsseldelta. Already early the peloton split up because of the strong winds. Simona was unlucky and got caught in a crash, in the front group we had Lauren and Kirsten. From the front Anna van der