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SD Worx boss banned for dangerous driving, comments during Tour de France Femmes

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Team Car Drama at the Tour de France Femmes

The directeur sportif's of two different teams were expelled form the race today, and their riders also suffered consequences.

After reviewing footage of Stam driving the SD Worx team car ahead of Vollering during Stage 5, race directors determined that the Dutch sports director’s actions were unsafe and have removed him from the Tour.

They also increased his fine—which was initially 100 Swiss Francs or about $115—to 500 CHF or about $577.

It wasn’t just Stam’s reckless actions that led to the suspension and fine, however. According to a statement, the UCI said, “After careful and lengthy review of the available TV footage, which clearly shows the particularly dangerous nature of Mr. Stam’s overtaking of other cars and riders… and in view of the inappropriate comments.”

After the initial penalty was handed down, Stam called it “totally ridiculous.”

Vollering’s teammate Lotte Kopecky went a step further in a post-stage interview.

“Demi getting 20 seconds for this reason is a bit bullshit, I think,” Kopecky, the current yellow jersey , said.

In response to the increased fine and suspension, Stam told Dutch outlet Sporza , “What can I say? It won’t change much. I have to accept it. The UCI always has the last word.”

The incident occurred after Vollering suffered a puncture with about sixty-five kilometers left in yesterday’s Stage 5 . In an effort to get back to the peloton, Vollering tucked in behind the SD Worx team car.

Stam then piloted the car around other support vehicles in the race convoy before the Dutch racer got out of its draft and back on with the group without the aid of Stam’s draft. At one point, a motorcycle-based commissaire warned them to stop the move.

After the stage, Vollering was hit with a twenty-second time penalty , which dropped her from second overall to seventh, and a ten-point dock in the QOM competition.

The team protested afterward, with SD Worx directeur sportif Anna van der Breggen releasing a statement which read, “It is the first time I have experienced such a punishment. The moment the commissaire indicated we should stop, Demi rode from car to car herself back to the tail of the peloton. Therefore, for Demi, this punishment is unjustified.”

This morning, SD Worx released a statement in response which read, in part, “We are surprised that the UCI imposes this penalty but accept this measure. Perhaps in the first moment, we reacted a little too emotionally to Demi Vollering’s time penalty. With Anna van der Breggen as first sport director, we will continue the race and go back to focusing fully on the race itself as soon as possible. Our mission remains the same and that is to win the Tour de France Femmes.”

Though the move is technically illegal by UCI standards, race commissaires will often allow some vehicle drafting within reason, especially if a rider’s gap is caused by reasons outside of their control.

It’s not unlike the “sticky bottle” trick, when a rider holds on to a bottle passed to them by a team car for just a few moments longer than such a transfer would normally take, giving the rider a slight boost back toward the pack.

However, holding on too long may subject riders and teams to discipline, as AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep rider Lotta Henttala was during today’s stage.

Hentalla was spotted hanging onto her team car, driven by its director sportif Servais Knaven, after she fell off the back during the climbs up the Côte de Puycelsi and the Côte du Clos Pourtié.

She, along with Knaven, were suspended from the race almost immediately afterwards and was not allowed to finish today’s stage 6.

Michael Venutolo-Mantovani is a writer and musician based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He loves road and track cycling, likes gravel riding, and can often be found trying to avoid crashing his mountain bike. 

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Tour de France Femmes 2023: riders face individual time trial on final stage – as it happened

Marlen Reusser triumphed in the individual time trial as Vollering secured her yellow jersey by finishing second

• 30 Jul 2023 Top five on the General Classification after stage eight
• 30 Jul 2023 Demi Vollering wins the Tour de France Femmes 2023
• 30 Jul 2023 Marlen Reusser wins stage seven
• 30 Jul 2023 Yara Kastelijn has been awarded the super combativity award
• 30 Jul 2023 Stage eight is go!
• 30 Jul 2023 Who’s wearing what jersey?
• 30 Jul 2023 Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering climbs to stage win and yellow jersey
• 30 Jul 2023 The top five on General Classification
• 30 Jul 2023 Stage eight: Pau to Pau (22.6km ITT)

On the podium:

One last message before we say goodbye to the Tour de France Femmes: Alan has emailed in to say that now the Tour has concluded, he is off for a bike ride. Seems like a good idea. I hope you have better weather than I do here in rainy London (I’m currently sat sheltering inside Herne Hill Velodrome with a bunch of racers).

Alan writes: “I usually ride before catching your live commentary. Sundays are a bit slower, but gotta ride now! Thanks for the great coverage. Good result, although I was hoping Niewiadoma would pull off a faster time, cool though!”

Vollering speaks … “I still cant believe it,” she says. “ Of course I worked hard, but it’s not just working hard… it’s believing in it. It’s so much together, and in the end you have a dream. You work really hard for it but you need to keep yourself a bit calm and find a good balance in your life also. You have to find a relaxed way to do it. This year I feel really comfortable and good in what I’m doing.”

Van Vleuten has spoken also … asked how she feels after today’s time trial, she answers with one word: “disappointment”. She goes on to explain that she already thought she wouldn’t do well in today’s stage as she didn’t feel great last night, but she had hoped for better anyway. “I was not good the last two days,” she says.

Top five on the General Classification after stage eight

1. Demi Vollering (SD Worx) 25hr 17min 35sec 2. Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) +3min 03sec 3. Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon//Sram) +3min 03sec 4. Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) +3min 59sec 5. Juliette Labous (DSM-Firmenich) +4min 48sec

Demi Vollering wins the Tour de France Femmes 2023

Vollering secured her win yesterday really, but this is the official confirmation that she’s held on to the maillot jaune and is crowned Tour de France Femmes 2023 winner. Kopecky has overhauled both Niewiadoma and van Vleuten to finish second. Niewiadoma finishes in third. Unbelievably, she has the same time gap as Kopecky at 3min 03sec, but loses out on tenths or hundredths of seconds on the time trial. Van Vleuten has dropped off the podium and finishes her final Tour in fourth place.

Marlen Reusser wins stage seven

None of the big names that followed could beat the European time trial champion. She’s taken the win on stage seven by setting a time of 29min 15sec over the 22.6km time trial course.

Van Vleuten has finished 12th . She grimaces, gets out of the saddle for one more push but it’s not enough. She’s crossed the line 1min 14sec behind Reusser’s time.

Kopecky is second fastest so far … She’s just crossed the line 37sec behind Reusser. That was a great effort. Think she’ll be pleased with that and it should give her a spot on the podium.

Labous crosses in fourth place … She’s 1min 17sec behind Reusser and looks to climb the final GC rankings. Kopecky has passed Moolman Passio, while van Vleuten is looking sure to slip off the podium.

🔥P4 on the line for @JulietteLabous ! There's a 5th place in GC on the cards here ! 🔥4ème place pour @JulietteLabous ! Il y a une 5ème place au classement général à la clé ! #TDFF2023 #WatchTheFemmes @Gozwift pic.twitter.com/5yModeyHyf — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 30, 2023

Vollering is putting in a stellar effort … She passes through the intermediate time check down by 12sec, putting her into second place for the moment.

Niewiadoma is flying … she might well hold on to second place on the podium. After yesterday’s valiant effort, it would seem cruel for her to slip off at this stage.

Not looking so good for van Vleuten: She’s 1min 01sec behind Reusser’s time.

Looking good for Kopecky: She is third fastest at the intermediate time check. Kopecky is 30sec behind Reusser.

Riejanne Markus: The Jumbo-Visma rider has slotted into third place with a time of 30min 05sec. She’s 50sec behind Reusser.

Reusser is the one to beat ... Will anyone go faster than the European time trial champ?

🇪🇺Marlen Reusser had ambitions to win, she certainly did everything in her power to claim a second #TDFF stage win! 🇪🇺Marlen Reusser pour ambition de gagner, elle a fait le maximum pour remporter une deuxième victoire d'étape au #TDFF . #TDFF2023 #WatchTheFemmes @Gozwift pic.twitter.com/8wRN6cvNG2 — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 30, 2023

Van Vleuten: With 16km left of her time trial, van Vleuten is 16sec behind Reusser according to the live timings.

Demi Vollering: The yellow jersey, or should I say yellow skinsuit wearer, is off. Kasia Niewiadoma started 2min earlier and van Vleuten set of at 3.57pm.

Current standings: Here is how the ITT times compare so far.

Here is how the race stands so far : Le classement provisoire : 1️⃣🇨🇭Marlen Reusser (29’15’’, 46,3 km/h) 2️⃣🇦🇺 @GLBrown321 , +40" 3️⃣🇨🇦Olivia Baril, +1'17" 4️⃣🇮🇹 @VittoriaGuazzi1 , +1'21" 5️⃣🇳🇱 @lucinda_brand , +1'30" #TDFF2023 #WatchTheFemmes @Gozwift pic.twitter.com/N1suO5FbnV — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 30, 2023

Kasia Niewiadoma: Clad in a polka-dot skinsuit and red aero helmet, the Canyon-SRAM rider has ridden down the ramp and begun her bid to hang on to a podium place.

Lotte Kopecky: The Belgian rider, who was seen earlier warming up on a green road bike, has just swatted a bee off her helmet and is on her way …

“Yesterday’s race up the Tourmalet was iconic,” writes Toby. He’s emailed in to share his Tour highlight. “The fog, the altitude, the end of the Annemiek van Vleuten era,” he writes. “I was so happy to see Kasia Niewiadoma, one of my favourite riders across both pelotons, attack and be able to hold it to the end, finishing second.” He’s also shared this set of images by photographer Justin Britton. “The first one, particularly, encapsulates so much about the theatre of bike racing,” writes Toby.

MADNESS @demivollering pic.twitter.com/xehTyNpGbE — Justin Britton (@Justin_Britton) July 29, 2023

We’re coming up to the business end now … there are only six riders left to start and they include Juliette Labous, Moolman Pasio, Kopecky, van Vleuten, Niewiadoma and Vollering.

Liane Lippert: Stage two winner, Lippert has just descended the ramp and is out on the road. Cordon-Ragot clocked a time of 30min 48sec and can be seen pouring water over her head as she sits on the floor. Unfortunately for Cordon-Ragot, her aero helmet doesn’t have any vents.

Reusser pushes Brown out of the lead: We just had a new leader, but it wasn’t for long. Reusser has trumped Brown by 40sec and finishes her ITT in 29min 15sec. I wonder how much time she lost due to the motorbike and team car debacle earlier …

Brown has gone into the lead: We have a new leader. Brown has beaten her teammate Guazzini to first place. She was 40sec faster, with a time of 29min 55sec.

Marlen Reusser: As the SD Worx rider was catching another rider on the course, she was slowed down by a motorbike and a team car in her way in to a corner. That’s not great.

Grace Brown: The Aussie is flying and 29sec faster than Cordon-Ragot at the intermediate time check.

Yara Kastelijn has been awarded the super combativity award

Stage four winner, Kastelijn, has won the super combativity award for this year’s Tour de France Femmes . In case you need a reminder: Kastelijn won the longest stage of this year’s Tour, from Cahors to Rodez, after spending just under 160 kilometres on the front of the race, much of it in a 14-rider move that went clear on the day’s first climb, the Col de Crayssac. Here’s Jeremy Whittle’s report on that dramatic day …

Lizzie Holden and Lucinda Brand: The British national time trial champion has finished in sixth place, while Brand has jumped into second place and is 9sec behind the leader.

A fan of the time trial: Andrew from Cambridge has emailed in to share his appreciation of today’s stage. “I think it’s a neat touch to end the tour with a time trial, it gives every contender a chance in the telly limelight on the day everyone will be watching,” he writes. He adds: “And a chance for many to be in the lead for a couple of minutes, which I imagine is good for the individuals, the teams and the tour itself. Something for a near-future men’s TdF to consider?” Well, Andrew, happily for you, next year’s Tour de France will end in an individual time trial from Monaco to Nice.

Audrey Cordon Ragot and Grace Brown: The multiple French time trial champion is off, closely followed by Australian national TT champ, Grace Brown. The latter also won a silver medal in last year’s world champs in this discipline.

Henderson is second in the standings: A really strong ride for Henderson but she couldn’t quite manage to beat Guazzini’s time. She’s finished just over 15secs slower, with a time of 30min 51sec, but that does mean she is in second place overall

Anna Henderson: The Jumbo-Visma rider has set a new best time at the intermediate time check of 13min 37sec. That’s 3sec faster than Guazzini. Will she be in the hot seat next?

🇫🇷 #TDFF2023 Provisional fastest time for Anna at the first intermediate point! 👊 — Team Jumbo-Visma Women (@JumboVismaWomen) July 30, 2023

Arianna Fidanza: The Ceratizit-WNT has just been shown on the coverage with a bloodied knee and looking a bit worse for wear after having crashed. She’s standing up and being checked over.

Mischa Bredewold: The SD Worx rider is out on the road. Her helmet is giving me Star Wars vibes.

Emma Norsgaard: Stage six winner, Norsgaard is the Danish national TT champion. She’s just set off for her go on this 22.6km route. Will she bump Guazzini out of the hot seat? She’s currently sat there smiling and checking her phone.

An email: “I’m looking forward to today’s time trial,” writes Peter. “But I think I have to agree with Demi Vollering from her interview yesterday. This race has been so good. It deserves a glass of champagne and a bike ride into Paris.”

Vittoria Guazzini: As mentioned earlier, the FDJ-Suez rider is the U23 time trial world champion. She’s set a time of 30min 36sec at a speed of 44.3km/h.

The bump in the road: Today’s 22.6km time trial features a climb at roughly halfway. The Côte de Bosdarros is 1.38km and has an average gradient of 6.7%. While some of the riders won’t welcome the bump in the road, it’s likely to suit Kopecky.

Coming roughly halfway through today's route, the 1.38km Côte de Bosdarros averages 6.7%. @ashleighcycling is the current holder of the @Strava QOM but after 7 hard days of racing, can anyone better her time? 👑⏱️ #TDFF2023 #TDFFdata pic.twitter.com/cAW6fiUNUJ — letourdata (@letourdata) July 30, 2023

Josie Talbot: The Cofidis rider set off second, after van ‘t Geloof, but is the first to finish the ITT. She has set a time of 31min 42sec.

As always, please send in your thoughts , predictions and questions via email or Twitter. I would love the company …

The live TV coverage began at 2pm and there’s a lot of shots of riders warming up, walking around in aero helmets and prediction chat from the commentators. I’m yet to see it cut to the actual live footage, but when it does these updates will hopefully become more frequent.

Mavi Garcia: The Liv Racing Teqfind rider will not start today’s stage due to illness. The Spanish rider is 15th in the overall rankings.

[ #TDFF2023 ] A bummer for @mavi_at : she will not start today due to illness. Get well soon! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/25Y5jgC8Ql — Liv Racing TeqFind (@LivRTeqFind) July 30, 2023

There is one time check , located at 10.6km to go. Also, in case you’re interested, there are 10 national individual time trial champions taking part in today’s stage. Antri Christoforou (Team Human Powered Health), a national ITT champion for Cyprus, has already set off, as has U23 world champion Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez). The next ITT champ to go down the ramp will be Emma Norsgaard at 2.29pm. The other national ITT champions to look out for are Elizabeth Holden (2.39pm), Georgia Williams (2.41pm), Christine Majerus (3.42pm), Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka (3.47pm), Grace Brown (4.08pm), Cédrine Kerbaol (France, 4.37pm), Riejanne Markus (4.39pm) and Lotte Kopecky (4.55pm). European ITT champion Marlen Reusser is up at 3.12pm.

Stage eight is go!

Two riders have begun their bid at the individual time trial. Marjolein van ‘t Geloof (Human Powered Health), as the lanterne rouge , set of first at 1.38pm. Josie Talbot (Cofidis) goes second.

🚩First start of the day, it's @MGeloof ! 🚩Premier départ de la journée, c'est @MGeloof ! #TDFF2023 #WatchTheFemmes @Gozwift pic.twitter.com/Phz0yhMkd3 — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 30, 2023

There are 123 riders left in this year’s Tour but the main focus of today’s time trial will be on just a handful that could upset the podium standings. After Demi Vollering’s victory on the Col du Tourmalet yesterday pushed her into the GC lead, it’s difficult to see anyone challenging her for the yellow jersey. She has a 1min 50 sec lead over second placed Kasia Niewiadoma. So, the real battle will be for the final two podium spots: the gap that separates Niewiadoma in second and Ashleigh Moolman Passio in fifth is just 49 sec.

Will Annemiek van Vleuten dig deep for a stage win given her TT chops? Or, will Lotte Kopecky claim a second podium spot for SD Worx? They do have form on the one-two victories after all.

Who’s wearing what jersey?

Yellow: Demi Vollering (SD Worx) 24hr 48min 10sec

Green: Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) 228pts

Polka-dot: Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) 27pts

White: Cédrine Kerbaol (Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling) 24hr 58min 16sec

Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering climbs to stage win and yellow jersey

Stage seven report: Demi Vollering took a spectacular and career-defining win at the summit of the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees, to take over the lead in the Tour de France Femmes , with only Sunday’s 22km time trial remaining.

The SD Worx rider emphatically shattered the stalemate with her Dutch compatriot, Annemiek van Vleuten, attacking with a little over 5km of the stage remaining. At the finish line, Vollering had pulled out more than two and a half minutes on Van Vleuten. Jeremy Whittle reports from Tourmalet Bagnères-de-Bigorre …

The top five on General Classification

Demi Vollering (SD Worx) 24hr 48min 10sec

Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) +1min 50sec

Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) +2min 28sec

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) +2min 35sec

Ashleigh Moolman Pasio (AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step) +2min 39sec

Stage eight: Pau to Pau (22.6km ITT)

Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift race director, Marion Rousse on stage eight: “Between Pau and Gan, this stage will initially follow the route of the final part of the 2019 Tour de France time trial, but running in the opposite direction. After topping the climb (1.8km at 5.5%), the winding course will demand multiple accelerations. The slightly uphill approach to the finish will offer a magnificent panorama, and perhaps some final suspense before the presentation of the Yellow Jersey.”

The first rider will roll down the ramp for today’s individual time trial at 1.38pm (BST).

⏱️ The only Time Trial on the #TDFF2023 sees the riders start and finish in Pau for a 22 km course. Enough to change the GC? ⏱️ Le seul contre-la-montre du #TDFF2023 démarre et finit à Pau pour une boucle de 22 km. Assez pour changer le classement final ? #WatchTheFemmes pic.twitter.com/1e9ZX79zD5 — Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (@LeTourFemmes) July 30, 2023

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SD Worx dominated the WorldTour calendar in 2023

When it comes to Women’s WorldTour teams, SD Worx are a squad that need no introduction. Top-ranked team in seven of the last eight seasons, winners of almost every big Classic and the Tour de France Femmes this year, and home to Demi Vollering and Lotte Kopecky , two of the world’s best riders, SD Worx are the super team of the women’s peloton.

In 2023, the team somehow improved upon their already dominant status. They played the numbers game to win countless one-day races and stages - with various riders thanks to their strength in depth - plus took the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift title, and finished 1-2 on more occasions than you can count. Despite the level in the women’s peloton elevating year-on-year, SD Worx still remain a cut above, carrying favourite status into every race they start.

Under the guidance of former world champion and now DS, Anna van der Breggen, the mighty team has used their strength and tactical ability to out-do the likes of Lidl-Trek, Canyon-SRAM and Jumbo-Visma all season, adding sprinter Lorena Wiebes in 2023 to dominate yet another discipline.

With a big 2023 campaign under their belt, attention will soon turn to 2024, where the Dutch team will no doubt be scheming how they can do even better, and tick off the few achievements they haven’t scored yet.

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The teammate vs teammate sprint at Strade Bianche will be remembered as one of the moments of SD Worx's season

With 61 wins in 2024, it’s hard to pick out which were the most important. Demi Vollering’s Tour de France Femmes victory stands out, especially with Lotte Kopecky in second. SD Worx’s domination of the Classics will also be remembered, though, from Vollering and Kopecky’s finish line battle at S trade Bianche , to the Belgian’s huge home win at the Tour of Flanders, and Vollering’s Ardennes clean sweep. It wasn’t just the two big names who won, though, with Marlen Reusser winning Gent-Wevelgem, and Lorena Wiebes victorious in Ronde van Drenthe and Scheldeprijs.

After their dominant spring - they won 13 races between Opening Weekend and Liège-Bastogne-Liège - the Spanish block of stage racing brought more success, mainly for Vollering and Reusser. Though only a 2.Pro race, we also can’t forget the Thüringen Ladies Tour, which was SD Worx domination to a tee: they won all six stages, each with a different member of the team.

Then, of course, the summer brought the Tour de France Femmes, where the team impressed on several fronts, naturally with Vollering’s yellow jersey victory but also through Kopecky’s incredible Tourmalet performance which earned her second overall and the green jersey after winning the opening stage in exciting fashion. Despite the obvious success - the team won the race and four stages - there were a few days where they let the win go by refusing to work in the chase.

Demi Vollering and Lotte Kopecky finished first and second overall at the Tour de France Femmes

One of the impressive things to note about SD Worx’s 2023 campaign is that all but three riders - Anna Shackley, Femke Markus and Chantal van den Broek-Blaak, on maternity leave - took wins, including new signings Mischa Bredewold and Barbara Guarischi, with the latter also proving a key cog in Wiebes’ lead-out. This shows how much depth there is in the team, rather than the success only falling at the feet of the big names.

Looking at their list of wins for 2023, it’s hard to imagine there were any disappointments for SD Worx this year, but there are a couple of wins they missed out on. In one-day racing, Paris-Roubaix continues to evade their grasp, which remains a sticking point. Perhaps the biggest close-call, however, is the Vuelta Femenina, where Demi Vollering took two stage wins but missed out on the overall to Annemiek van Vleuten. Despite their success at the Tour de France Femmes, you could also say this came at the expense of the Giro d’Italia, where they didn’t even place a rider on the final podium. The Tour is of course the big one, but SD Worx could have hoped for a more consistent presence across the Grand Tour podiums.

GCN's rating: 9.9/10

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Demi Vollering

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Marlen Reusser

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Where sd worx’s wins will come in 2024.

Repeating the success of 2023 will certainly be an ask for SD Worx in 2024, but they’ll undoubtedly be up for it. With almost no changes to their roster - there are no departures, and only the return of Chantal van den Broek-Blaak from maternity leave and the arrival of new signing Femke Gerritse so far - it’s likely their winning formula will be similar in 2024.

Lorena Wiebes will continue to be a reliable winner in 2024

Wiebes, Vollering, Kopecky and Reusser will be their main cards in the Classics, with European champion Bredewold also arguably earning her a spot in the spring leadership rotation. Where it would be interesting to see SD Worx do something different is in the Grand Tours. It’s expected that Demi Vollering will be aiming at another Tour de France Femmes victory, but with a bigger gap between the Giro and the Tour this year, could she perhaps go for both? If not, it would be good to see the team send a real GC threat squad to that race: Niamh Fisher-Black definitely has the ability to go for a top result, but she needs the support around her.

As for Lotte Kopecky, we might expect to see a slightly less prolific season for the Belgian as she will be building towards riding on the track at the Paris Olympics. It seems likely that she may therefore miss all or part of the Tour de France, so SD Worx will have to look elsewhere if they want to repeat the volume of wins in that race, particularly on the punchy days.

The one place SD Worx will be really hoping to find a win in 2024 is in the Paris-Roubaix velodrome. The race is only three years old, but is quickly growing into a big gap in the team’s palmarès. The question is how will they win it, and with who? The race is so unpredictable and prone to misfortune that it’s hard for a team, even SD Worx, to control it, and they seem to have been on the wrong side of things so far. Lotte Kopecky seems the obvious choice to win here, but powerhouse Marlen Reusser could also pull off a signature solo move, or even Chantal van den Broek-Blaak depending on when she’s back to her best. It’s not a Vollering race, but Lorena Wiebes, with her growing all-round strength, could also be an option.

SD Worx’s next breakout rider

The flipside of being a team as successful and dominant as SD Worx is that their roster is built around big hitters - proven riders who can win, or riders who can work hard for their teammates to win. As such, their line-up is wall-to-wall stars, with only a few spots left over for younger riders still making their name, and even then, SD Worx tend to recruit riders who have already made waves. Think of Mischa Bredewold this year - the 23-year-old had already won a WorldTour race and worn a jersey at the Tour de France Femmes even before joining SD Worx.

Marie Schreiber is currently best known for her exploits on the cyclo-cross bike

Of course, it will be hard to find leadership chances in the stacked SD Worx squad, but opportunities tend to arise in smaller races for the all-powerful team, so expect to see Schreiber get a big result one day next year.

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Team SD Worx 2023 Roster Preview

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• Published on January 26, 2023
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2022 Season Summary

Another season and another 1st place in the women’s cycling rankings for SD Worx – their 6th in the last 7 seasons. Despite 11 Women’s WorldTour victories and that 1st ranked team status, 2022 wasn’t a year that possibly filled all expectations, however. Back in the Van der Breggen era, stage races and GC wins were de rigeur but in 2022, SD Worx only won 2 – Itzulia Women and the Tour de Romandie. The greatness of Annemiek van Vleuten’s season is partially to blame, as she locked out 3 of the biggest stage races. But races like Vuelta a Burgos fell through their fingers and they were non-entities at others like the Simac Ladies Tour or Tour of Scandinavia.

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A strong start to the year set them up though, with a good classics campaign and a run of results that saw the team finish no lower than 5th until Vårgårda WestSweden at the start of August. Lotte Kopecky’s win at Strade Bianche in a head-to-head with Van Vleuten was a particular highlight and so was winning the Tour of Flanders in the Belgian national colours. The dominance of Demi Vollering at Itzulia Women, where she won all 3 stages and the GC boded well for the Tour de France Femmes but the Dutch rider was probably further away from Van Vleuten than was anticipated. She had to make do with 2nd place and the QoM jersey.

The season closed out with Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio’s first-ever Women’s WorldTour stage and then GC victory at the Tour of Romandie , a nice leaving gift with the team.

2022 World Ranking: 1st 2022 WorldTour Ranking: 1st

2023 Transfers In

• Mischa Bredewold
• Barbara Guarischi
• Femke Markus
• Marie Schreiber
• Lorena Wiebes

2023 Transfers Out

• Roxane Fournier
• Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio
• Amy Pieters

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Riders to Watch in 2023

There are plenty of stars on the team and so the likes of Lorena Wiebes, Demi Vollering and Lotte Kopecky will do plenty of the front running. Behind them, it’s going to be interesting to see how Niamh Fisher-Black gets on now that Moolman-Pasio has moved on, effectively moving the young Kiwi another rung up the ladder. Already 5th in the Giro Donne in 2022, she will be starting to eye up GC podiums and wins. It will be a similar story for Anna Shackley who has moved into the 3rd best pure climber spot. The Scot is surely ready for some more opportunities as a GC rider.

Mischa Bredewold with the team support of SD Worx could be a very dangerous rider in 2022. I can see her making attacks and with SD Worx not doing the chasing, we’re likely to see more of those stick in 2023. She has the potential to do what Marlen Reusser does when not on the time trial bike. Speaking of the Swiss rider, she will want to back up her Tour de France Femmes stage win with some more results in 2022. Because of her strong time trial, there is surely a chance for some GC action in races like the Lotto Belgium Tour.

Lonneke Uneken and Blanka Vas are at interesting periods of their careers. With Wiebes now on-board, they will get fewer chances to sprint but with Chantal van den Broek-Blaak out for the year on maternity , both have a chance to pivot into her style of one-day rider instead. Vas in particular has been earmarked for that sort of role as a rider who can do well on rolling races and still have a bit of a kick at the end. Both are in danger of falling down the pecking order if they don’t carve out a leader role somehow.

Transfer Thoughts

SD Worx has gone out and splashed the cash on Lorena Wiebes to try and keep their place at the top of the rankings. They activated a clause in her contract that made her the highest-paid rider in women’s cycling. As a result, many of the other signings SD Worx has made are to buy themselves a lead-out train, something they haven’t really had before. With the likes of Barbara Guarischi and Femke Markus leading out Wiebes, on paper at least it feels hard to see how the era of dominance by Wiebes will change. Much was made of a clash with existing team rider Lotte Kopecky but publically everything seems to be rosy for now as they’ve stated they’re going for different goals. We’ve seen with Vollering and Moolman-Pasio that a pair of similar top-tier riders can end up not working well together on SD Worx.

There are also the youthful talents of Mischa Bredewold and Marie Schreiber to add to the team. Schreiber may be a year or two off from being a regular at the front of road races but those who have followed cyclocross this season will no doubt be impressed with her talent. Bredewold had definitely reached a time to leave Parkhotel Valkenburg in her own development. It remains to be seen what opportunities she will get on such a star-studded line-up, however. There is already a creeping doubt about SD Worx being the right place for young riders to develop in recent years, hopefully, this pair doesn’t stagnate whilst on the team.

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SD Worx manager Danny Stam confirmed that World Champion Lotte Kopecky will not take part in the Tour de France Femmes this year.

Kopecky was unsure whether she could race the Tour this year because the Olympic Games in Paris finish one day before the Tour de France Femmes Grand Départ in Rotterdam. Winning a medal at the Olympic Games is one of Kopecky's top priorities this season.

"The omnium ends on Sunday afternoon, the Tour starts on Monday morning. It is almost impossible to do that properly," Stam told Sporza .

"Combining those two events would also be a very difficult task mentally."

Kopecky won the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2023 and held the maillot jaune until the penultimate stage to the Col du Tourmalet when she lost touch on the final climb and the overall lead passed to teammate Demi Vollering.

At the Tour de France route presentation, Kopecky said she wanted to race the Tour because it has two stages that run on Belgian roads - stage 3 uses part of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège course and stage 4 departs from Bastogne.

"When I see the course, I definitely want to ride. The fact that it goes through Belgium is also a very nice thing. On the other hand, the Tour is every year while the Olympic Games are only once every four years. There are also very nice goals coming up after the Tour, so it is very unclear at the moment," said Kopecky.

"The switch from track to road is not a problem in itself, that is not my biggest fear. The Tour in itself is simply very tough and after such an omnium you have not only been physically very deep, but also mentally."

Kopecky put an emphasis on the Spring Classics this year knowing the decision on whether to race the Tour or not would come after. She won Strade Bianche, Nokere Koerse and Paris-Roubaix this year as well as the UAE Tour Women in February.

Her schedule includes the Tour of Britain Women (6-9 June) and Giro d'Italia Women (7-14 July) before the Olympics in Paris. She will set her sights on the World Championships in Zurich in the latter part of the season.

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Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) wrote another beautiful chapter of her already stellar career as she powered to the Maillot Jaune on the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2023. The Belgian icon, wearing her national champion jersey, dropped everyone with a strong attack on the final climb of the day, into the last 10 kilometres to go to Clermont-Ferrand. She pushed all the way to the line to take a spectacular solo victory with a gap of 41’’ to her first chasers, with her teammate Lorena Wiebes and DSM-Firmenich’s Charlotte Kool completing the stage top 3. Kopecky takes her 11th win this season. And her first on the roads of the Tour.

The 154-woman peloton sets off from Clermont-Ferrand at 12:15 to take on a 123.8km loop set to crown the first Maillot Jaune of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2023. Martina Alzini (Cofidis) is the first attacker of the race, at km 11. But the peloton doesn’t let her go.

Unsuccessful attacks

Marie Morgane Le Deunff (Arkéa) is the first attacker to open a gap, at km 18, only to be caught 6 km further. It’s then time for Typhaine Laurance (Lifeplus Wahoo) to lead the way from km 26 to 45, while Amandine Fouquenet (Arkéa) tries but fails to join her at the front. In the meantime, Mireia Benito (AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step) suffers a crash at km 27 and is forced to abandon.

The bunch rides together until tireless attacker Marta Lach (Ceratizit-WNT) sets off with 46 km to go. The former Polish national champion opens a gap of 50’’ but the bunch react and catch her ahead of the intermediate sprint in Saint-Hippolyte (26.7km to go).

Former world champion Lizzie Deignan (Lidl-Trek) goes first through the intermediate sprint. Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Decuninck) tries to keep the momentum going after the line but everyone follows her.

Kopecky’s power

The rolling terrain and the pace are too much for many riders, including Elisa Balsamo. Her Lidl-Trek teammates try to control the finale alongside SD Worx, who up the ante with Marlen Reusser on the main climb of the day, Côte de Durtol (cat. 3), to be summited with 9.3km to go.

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) accelerates inside the last 5 kilometres. And nobody can follow her strong attack. She goes first at the summit and keeps pushing all the way to the line, building a gap of 41’’ at the finish. Lorena Wiebes dominates the sprint from the bunch to complete another 1-2 for SD Worx and confirm their dominance at the highest level of cycling.

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Defending Tour de France Femmes Avec Zwift champion Demi Vollering has reached a different sort of milestone in her career, announcing that she has become a Nike athlete.

The global super brand has a limited history in the professional cycling, most famously backing Lance Armstrong during his career, and more recently having a contract with Mark Cavendish .

Now Vollering is amongst its ranks, a big step forward for women’s cycling.

“I am proud and grateful to have signed a partnership with Nike,” Vollering wrote on social media. “With Nike’s support, I will pursue the dreams and goals I have set for the coming years.

“Furthermore, I am aware of my role within women’s cycling and women’s sports in general, and the opportunities it presents. Together with Nike, I can achieve common goals and effectively spread my message. We want to inspire many people to start moving, and together, we will make dreams come true.”

The 27-year-old Vollering is one of the biggest stars in cycling , taking the Tour de France Femmes title last year, as well as the rare Ardennes triple of Amstel Gold, Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Strade Bianche, Dwars door Vlaanderen, the Tour de Romandie and the Vuelta a Burgos Feminas.

She is yet to take a win this season, but starts La Vuelta Feminina on Sunday as one of the big favorites.

Her success has led to a jump in her salary expectations and she is expected to leave SD Worx Protime at the end of the current season. The squad has indicated it doesn’t have the budget to keep her.

Signing with Nike is a reflection of her increased marketability and shows that women’s cycling is gaining in prominence.

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La vainqueure de l’édition 2023 du Paris-Roubaix féminin s’est adjugé sa première victoire d’étape sur un Grand Tour et a laissé exploser sa joie sans filtre avec ses coéquipières une fois la ligne d’arrivée passée.

C’est une victoire dont on devine, au vu de la joie épidermique qu’elle a déclenchée, qu’elle fait un bien fou pour la doyenne de l’équipe EF Education-Cannondale, Alison Jackson.

La Canadienne, au bout d’un sprint acharné et disputé, s’est adjugée ce lundi la deuxième étape de la Vuelta Femenina, le tour d’Espagne cycliste , sa toute première victoire d’étape sur l’un des trois « grands tours » du circuit.

😍😍😍 this moment @aliACTIONjackso ¡Qué momento! @EF_Cannondale #LaVueltaFemenina pic.twitter.com/OsYCp9j5fW — La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es (@LaVueltaFem) April 29, 2024

Une fois la ligne d’arrivée passée, Jackson, 35 ans, a posé le pied à terre pour laisser éclater sa joie et tomber dans les bras de ses coéquipières, et même de l’une de ses concurrentes, l’Australienne Brodie Chapman (Lidl-Trek).

Célébrations, grands câlins et danses au menu pour celle qui affirmait en début de semaine son objectif clair : s’adjuger au moins une victoire d’étape. C’est chose faite, dès la deuxième !

POV: you just won your first Grand Tour stage 💃🏻 🥳 Cuando acabas de ganar tu primera etapa en una Gran Vuelta. #LaVueltaFemenina pic.twitter.com/da6MxqbZ0L — La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es (@LaVueltaFem) April 29, 2024

Au bout des 118,3 kilomètres entre Bunyol et Moncofa, la vainqueure surprise de Paris-Roubaix 2023 , qui s’empare de la deuxième place du classement général, s’est imposée devant la leader au général Kata Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime) et Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ).

We’re not crying over these pics 🥹 no wait… we absolutely are. What an incredible win for Alison Jackson and the entire squad 💓 pic.twitter.com/0qDNCrUoyh — EF Education–Cannondale (@EF_Cannondale) April 29, 2024

« En abordant la Vuelta Femenina, j’avais le feu sacré et je savais que j’allais faire tout ce qu’il fallait pour remporter cette victoire, a déclaré Jackson à la suite de l’épreuve. L’équipe a vraiment cru en moi, du personnel aux coureurs, et j’ai pris cela à cœur. Une victoire dans la Vuelta Femenina est une autre bonne chose à mettre sur mon CV. »

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