Following our General Assembly in November, new organizers join us :
🇨🇭 Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau 👉🏼 09/06/2023
🇮🇷 Tour of Iran (Azarbaijan) 👉🏼 10-14/06/2023
🇸🇮 Tour of Slovenia 👉🏼 14-18/06/2023
🇮🇹 Giro della Toscana – Memorial Alfredo Martini 👉🏼 13/09/2023
🇮🇹 Gran Premio città di Peccioli – Coppa Sabatini 👉🏼 14/09/2023
🇩🇪 Sparkassen Münsterland Giro 👉🏼 03/10/2023
Last General Assembly in 2021
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24th of November 2022 : General Assembly in Compiègne (France).
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Chrono des nations: Küng and van Dijk fulfill expectations
Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) got his revenge. Beaten by Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma) at the world time trial championships on September 18th in Australia, the rider from the Groupama-FDJ team beat the Norwegian on Sunday at Les Herbiers, winning the Chrono des Nations for the second year in a row. The 28-year-old Swiss won by two seconds at the end of an intense 45.4 kilometer course: “It’s nice to win and finish on a good note, in a great event with a very high level this year. I’ve taken a little revenge on the world championships. It’s the conclusion of a very good year for me, where I’ve been very consistent overall,” commented Stefan Küng, already focused on the 2022/2023 season.
Among women, no surprise with the success of the Dutchwoman Ellen van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo), triple world champion in time trials (2013, 2021, 2022). She ended her season with a ninth victory: “I’m really happy to have been able to end my season this way. What else could you wish for? I feel very happy and lucky. It was a very good season. I’ve always dreamed of breaking the hour record, my biggest dream has come true. Then winning the world championships again is something I never thought I could do. It took me eight years to start over after my first victory. For me, it’s crazy how good the last two years have been. Everything fell into place, I’m grateful for that and I’m looking forward to next season,” she concluded.
The results:
Men: 1. Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ), 2. Tobias Foss (Jumbo-Visma), 3. Matteo Sobrero (Team BikeExchange-Jayco)…
Women: 1. Ellen Van Dijk (Trek-Segafredo), 2. Valeriya Kononenko (Ukraine), 3. Amber Neben (United States)…
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Il Lombardia : Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) insatiable
He was the big favorite to win two years in a row. And he did not disappoint his supporters. As in 2021, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar won the Giro di Lombardia on Saturday, the last Monument of the season. He escaped in the final with Enric Mas (Movistar Team), who had beaten him the previous weekend at the Tour of Emilia, and Mikel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious), before making the expected difference in the final thanks to his talent and his burst of speed. “It’s really amazing to come back and repeat the success. The teamwork was extraordinary. The race went very well for us: I tried to attack on the Civiglio, but Mas was clearly on the same level as me on the climb, so we tried to cooperate until the end and that went perfectly for me, ”commented the 24-year-old rider, double winner of the Tour de France (2020 and 2021). “I would say that my season was almost perfect”. With 16 wins this season, it’s hard not to agree with his assessment.
The results: 1. Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), 2. Enric Mas (Movistar Team), 3. Mickel Landa (Bahrain-Victorious)…
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Coppa Bernocchi-GP BPM: Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team rewarded by Ballerini
Davide Ballerini (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) won the 103rd edition of the Coppa Bernocchi – GP BPM in Legnano on Monday. Very active throughout the 190 kilometers of the race, the Quick Step Alpha Vinyl team was rewarded for taking the initiative with the final victory being taken by the Italian Davide Ballerini who outsprinted Corbin Strong (Israel Premier Tech) and Stefano Oldani (Alpecin -Deceuninck).
The results: 1. Davide Ballerini (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), 2. Corbin Strong (Israël-Premier Tech), 3. Stefano Oldani (Alpecin-Deceuninck)…
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Tre Valli Varesine: That makes it fifteen for Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)!
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) won the 101st edition of the Tre Valli Varesine on Tuesday. The double winner of the Tour de France in 2020 and 2021 sprinted ahead of Colombian Sergio Higuita (BORA-hansgrohe) at the end of a 193-kilometer race between Busto Arsizio and Varrese. The former 2018 world champion, Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), 42, completes the podium. With this new success, the 24-year-old Slovenian posted his fifteenth victory of the season.
The results: 1. Tajed Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), 2. Sergio Higuita (BORA-Hansgrohe), 3. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team)…
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Gran Piemonte: Garcia Cortina (Movistar Team) returns to winning ways
Fifth in the Coppa Bernocchi three days earlier, Ivan Garcia Cortina (Movistar Team) confirmed his current good form by winning the 106th edition of the Gran Piemonte on Thursday. The 26-year-old Spanish rider sprinted ahead of Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious) and Alexis Vuillermoz (Team TotalEnergies): “I was a bit far back in the last corner, but the group was not that big. It hasn’t always been a good time for me. But I’ve kept fighting and now I am rewarded. It’s always nice to win,” explained the winner who posted his third professional victory in Piemonte.
The results: 1. Ivan Garcia Cortina (Movistar Team), 2. Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious), 3. Alexis Vuillermoz (TotalEnergies)…
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Paris-Bourges : Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) at the height of his powers
By winning Thursday in the 71st edition of Paris-Bourges, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) posted his ninth victory of the season. The 24-year-old Belgian rider, the winner on the Champs-Elyseés during the Tour de France 2022, beat Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), and thus confirmed that he was indeed one of the very best sprinters in the world: “We mainly came here with strong riders but not real lanceurs, my teammates used their strength in the final to put me in a good position on Arnaud Démare’s wheel, who had a full train at his disposal. It was ideal. I took full advantage of it in the last hundred meters to clinch the victory.”
The results: 1. Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), 2. Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), 3. Brian Coquard (Cofidis)…
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Paris-Tours Elite: Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) repeats
Already the winner in 2021, Arnaud Démare did it again on Sunday by winning the 116th edition of Paris-Tours. He won after 213 kilometers of a particularly lively race. The Groupama-FDJ rider sprinted ahead of Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo) and Sam Bennett (BORA-hansgrohe). Out-sprinted by Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) on Thursday during Paris-Bourges, Démare managed to cross the line in the lead this time and ensured a satisfactory end to the season.
The results: 1. Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), 2. Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo), 3. Sam Bennett (BORA-hansgrohe)…
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Tour de Romandie féminin: Ashleigh Moolman (Team SD Worx) on top
At 36, South African Ashleigh Moolman (Team SD Worx) won the women’s Tour de Romandie on Sunday. At the end of the third and last stage, the finish of which was in Geneva, she stood first in the general classification ahead of Annemiek Van Vleuten (Movistar Team), quadruple world champion, and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), winner of Paris-Roubaix. 2022.
The four-time South African champion won the second stage, taking the leader’s jersey of the event in the process. On Sunday, she was content to finish in 24th place, in a peloton from which the Polish Marta Lach (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling) sprinted for the win.
The results: 1. Ashleigh Moolman (Team SD Worx), 2. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Movistar Team), 3. Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo)…
Stages won by: Arlenis Sierra (Movistar Team), Ashleigh Moolman (Team SD Worx), Marta Lach (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling).
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Races to come:
Chrono des nations 16/10 www.chronodesnations.com/
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Cro Race: Mohoric overhauls Vingegaard
We thought that by winning the queen stage of the Cro Race the day before, the Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) had done the hardest part. But that was without counting on the part bonus seconds could still place, which at the end of the last stage on Sunday, secured the final victory for Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious). The Slovenian won the overall with a one-second lead in the general classification over the winner of the most recent Tour de France. His second place on the stage behind Viviani (Ineos-Grenadiers) assured him victory by the narrowest of time gaps. Winner of Milan-San Remo this year, Mohoric had chosen to skip the Worlds to refine his form and make a success of his end of the season: “At the start, I was eight seconds behind, on paper it seemed almost impossible to win. But we tried, we gave everything for the first intermediate sprint and I had to be second in the stage. The team did all the work, I just stayed on the wheels, stayed with Jonathan Milan in the final, and then I just had to follow Elia Viviani. I managed to finish second, even though I’m not a sprinter. I am very proud of this victory.”
Results: 1. Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious), 2. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), 3. Oscar Onley (Team DSM)…
Stages won by: Jonathan Milan (Bahrain-Victorious), Jonathan Milan (Bahrain-Victorious), Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Axel Laurance (B&B Hotels-KTM), Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Elia Viviani (Ineos-Grenadiers).
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Giro dell’Emilia: A good move by Mas
Enric Mas (Movistar Team) won on Saturday at the top of San Luca and won the Giro dell’Emilia. Second in the last two editions of the Vuelta a España, the 27-year-old Spaniard made a decisive attack from the foot of the last climb to win easily alone ahead of Tajed Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), second at 11 seconds: “The whole world knows who is Tadej Pogacar, so for me it is a great satisfaction to be able to win from an attack in which he was also present. It was a complicated year, because at the start of the season I had a lot of crashes and I lost confidence little by little.”
On the women’s side, Italian Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), 30, won the event for the third time in her career after her successes in 2015 and 2016.
Results:
Men: 1. Enric Mas (Movistar Team), 2. Tajed Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), 3. Domenico Pozzovivo (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux)…
Women: 1. Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), Veronica Ewers (EF Education-Tribco-Svb), 3. Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ)…
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Tour de Vendée: Coquard’s punch (Cofidis)
Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) returned to victory on Sunday at the Tour de Vendée, to take the last round of the Coupe de France. The 30-year-old native of Saint-Nazaire was the strongest against Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ) and Luca Mozzato (B&B Hotels-KTM), respectively second and third: “I am really super happy! My teammates did a great job and in the end, I knew I had to be on the wheel of Arnaud (Démare) in order to have the best possible chance of winning. I saw that he was reluctant to launch with 250 meters and I told myself that I had to go. I wanted to show that the legs were good and the head too.”
Results: 1. Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), 2. Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), 3. Luca Mozzato (B&B Hotels-KTM)…
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Races to come:
Coppa Bernocchi-GP BPM 3/10 www.uslegnanese.it/
Tre Valli Varesine 4/10 www.trevallivaresine.it/fr/home-2/
Gran Piemonte 6/10 www.ilgranpiemonte.it/
Paris-Bourges 6/10 www.parisbourges.fr/
Tour de Romandie féminin 7-9/10
Il Lombardia 8/10 www.ilombardia.it/
Paris-Tour Elite 9/10 www.letour.fr/fr/
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Skoda-Tour de Luxembourg: Skjelmose Jensen (Trek-Segafredo) well prepared
The Skoda-Tour of Luxembourg ended on Saturday as it had started: with a victory for Valentin Madouas (Groupama FDJ). But it was Mattias Skjelmose Jensen who won the race thanks to his success in the previous day’s time trial and a perfect management of his three-second lead in the general classification over Kevin Vauquelin (Team Arkéa-Samsic). Third in the PostNord Danmark Rundt last month, the Dane could be satisfied: “When the last climb is so steep, everything revolves around the legs, and luckily mine were good,” said Mattias Skjelmose Jensen, who will turn 22 on September 26. “I don’t think you can have better preparation for the world championships than this, so yeah, I’m super happy.”
The results: 1. Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (Trek-Segafredo), 2. Kévin Vauquelin (Team Arkéa Samsic), 3. Valentin Madouas (Groupama FDJ)…
Stages won by: Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ), Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates), Aaron Gate (Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling), Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (Trek-Segafredo), Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ).
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Tour cycliste féminin international de l’Ardèche: Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon/SRAM Generation) able to conquer
Winner of the 4th and 5th stages, the German Antonia Niedermaier won the Tour cycliste féminin international de l’Ardèche on Monday. Fifth in the last stage to Privas, which was won by Frenchwoman Coralie Demay, the 19-year-old Canyon / SRAM Generation rider perfectly managed her lead over Adegeest (IBCT) and Patino (Movistar Team), second and third, respectively, in the general classification.
The results: 1. Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon/SRAM Generation), 2. Loes Adegeest (IBCT), 3. Paula Andrea Patino (Movistar Team)…
Stages won by: Sheyla Gutierrez (Movistar Team), Sheyla Gutierrez (Movistar Team), Loes Adegeest (IBCT), Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon/SRAM Generation), Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon/SRAM Generation), Silvia Zanardi (Bepink), Coralie Demay (Saint-Michel-Auber93 WE).
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Grand Prix de Wallonie: Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), a timely victory
Mathieu Van der Poel won the 62nd edition of the Grand Prix de Wallonie on Wednesday. The double champion of the Netherlands 2018 and 2020 had not won since last May, at the Giro (1st stage). During the final sprint, he beat Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) and Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar Team): “I love these finishes. The team worked hard, so I’m happy to take the win. It was really a tough race,” commented the 27-year-old rider. “At the end, after a climb like this, the strongest in the race really wins, and I’m glad it’s me.” This success comes at the right time a few days before the world championships in Wollongong on September 25th.
The results: 1. Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), 2. Biniam Girmay (Intermarché- Wanty-Gobert Matériaux), 3. Gonzalo Serrano (Movistar Team)
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Grand Prix d’Isbergues-Pas de Calais: Démare (Groupama-FDJ) gets the hat-trick
After his victories in 2013 and 2014, Arnaud Démare won the Grand Prix d’Isbergues-Pas de Calais on Sunday for the third time in his career. For this 76th edition of the northern event, the rider from the Groupama-FDJ team sprinted ahead of Marc Sarreau (AG2R Citroën Team) and Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo). The native of Beauvais (31) finished second the day before the Primus Classic in Belgium behind Jordi Meeus (Bora-hansgrohe).
Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), who was one of the serious contenders for victory, withdrew before the start due to illness.
The results
Men: 1. Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ), 2. Marc Sarreau (AG2R Citroën Team), 3. Edward Theuns (Trek-Segafredo)…
Women: 1. Chiara Consonni (Valcar-Travel&Service), 2. Clara Copponi (FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope), 3. Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ceratizit-WNT-Pro Cycling)…
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Races to come:
Cro Race 27/09-2/10 www.crorace.com/
Giro dell’Emilia 1/10 www.gsemilia.it/
Tour de Vendée 2/10 https://www.tourdevendee.fr