Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2023 Women’s Race

Excerpt of the map of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2023 Women's race

For the first time, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad is included into the Women’s WorldTour series. The 132,2 km long  race Gent and Ninove starts at 13:30 (CET). Program Startlist Movistar 1 VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek 2 BIANNIC Aude 3 NORSGAARD Emma 4 LIPPERT Liane 5 MACKAIJ Floortje 6 SIERRA Arlenis Fenix-Deceuninck 11 DE BAAT Kim 12 DE … Read more

Female hour record holders in the 19th century

19th century female cyclists hor record holders netween 1893 and 1897

Not only men, but also women liked to compete against the hour since the beginning of the history of cycling.  Here are the women who set records during the last years of the 19th century. Mlle de Saint-Saveur 7 July 1893 Vélodrome Buffalo, Paris, France 26,012 km Renée Debatz 4 August 1893 Vélodrome Buffalo, Paris, … Read more

Cycling Who’s Who: Lisette Marton

Lisette world champion 1896

Lisette Marton, “Mademoiselle Lisette”, or  Amélie le Gall”,  the women’s world champion in 1896 was born in 1869, in Quintin, France. In the early days in cycling history, the bicycle was first of all a new vechicle for the every day life, which had to be intruduced to potential costumers, and there were plety of … Read more

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2021 Elite Women – Results

Anna van der Breggen (Ned) Team SD Worx 3:21:00 2 Emma Cecilie Jørgensen (Den) Movistar Team Women 0:00:23 3 Amy Pieters (Ned) Team SD Worx 4 Lotte Kopecky (Bel) Liv Racing 5 Hannah Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing 6 Marta Bastianelli (Ita) Ale’ BTC Ljubljana 7 Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team 8 Grace Brown … Read more