On this day in 2014: Lizzie Armitstead and Geraint Thomas win Commonwealth gold
Lizzie Armitstead and Geraint Thomas won gold in the road races on the final day of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on this day in 2014.
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Kopecky sprints to Paris-Roubaix Femmes title
World champion Lotte Kopecky sprinted to the Paris-Roubaix Femmes title in a thrilling finish on Saturday.
World cycling champion Kopecky sprints to women’s Paris-Roubaix title
Belgium’s Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) was in a lead group of six when the 148.5km race arrived at the famous Roubaix velodrome and had enough in the tank to outpace her rivals.
Annemiek van Vleuten wins Giro d'Italia Donne for fourth time as Chiara Consonni triumphs on Stage 9
Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) avoided incident as she wrapped up a fourth Giro d'Italia Donne title, with Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) pipping Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) to take victory in the Stage 9 sprint. With Van Vleuten taking a 3'56" lead into a final stage that always looked destined for a bunch sprint, the Dutchwoman just had to stay upright to add another title to her bulging palmarès.
Blanka Vas steps out of Lorena Wiebes' shadow to win Stage 8 at Giro d'Italia Donne for SD Worx
Blanka Vas (SD Worx) claimed the biggest win of her blossoming career on Stage 8 at the 2023 Giro d'Italia Donne as Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) avoided trouble to move within one stage of a fourth title. The 21-year-old easily held off the fast-finishing Chloe Dygert (Canyon-SRAM) and Liane Lippert (Movistar) in the sprint, with Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) left slamming her handlebars in frustration after fading in the finale. Ad With Sunday's final stage featuring just two Cat.
Giro Donne 2023: Elisa Longo Borghini sees off Veronica Ewers and Annemiek van Vleuten on Stage 4
Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo) claimed victory from a three-up sprint on Stage 4 at the Giro d'Italia Donne with Veronica Ewers (EF Education-Tibco-SVB) and race leader Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar). The Italian champion was positioned perfectly in the finale and held off her two rivals to take a second career win at the Italian Grand Tour.
Giro d'Italia Donne 2023: Lorena Wiebes sprints to Stage 3 win as Annemiek van Vleuten keeps pink
Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx) underlined her status as the world's best sprinter with a dominant victory ahead of Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma) on Stage 3 at the 2023 Giro d'Italia Donne. Wiebes was delivered round the final corner by lead-out extraordinaire Barbara Guarischi (SD Worx) and Vos was unable to come out of her slipstream. Chloe Dygert (Canyon-SRAM Racing), who was nursing a bruised sacrum after crashing on Friday's time trial washout, took another impressive third place in the American national champions jersey.
Giro Donne 2023 – Opening stage cancelled midway through due to torrential rain
The opening stage of the 2023 Giro Donne was cancelled midway through due to torrential rain. A forecast of apocalyptic conditions in Siena forced organisers to bring the start time forward for Friday's 4.4km individual time trial, with defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) setting an early target of 5:42” as the rain began to hammer down. Ad Soon, seven riders were within a second at the top of the standings, with Letizia Paternoster (Trek-Segafredo) judged to have set a marginally quicker 5’42” than Van Vleuten to take the top spot.
Giro Donne 2023 Stage 1 LIVE – Short time trial cancelled amid miserable conditions
Ad 13:40 — Stage cancelled Vuelta España FemeninaVollering wins on Lagos de Covadonga but Van Vleuten holds on for Vuelta GC win07/05/2023 AT 13:48 13:30 — Race paused The race has been paused for a second time now due to the weather! Early start — the times so far There has been an earlier start than initially planned due to bad weather of heavy rain and thunderstorms. Unfortunately, this meant that many of the contenders for today have already completed their TTs before the live coverage started.