Lisa Brennauer Interview Stage 2 – Aviva Womens Tour 2015 by Cycling Shorts
Lisa Brennauer of team Velcro SRAM talks post Stage 2 of the Aviva Womens Tour 2015 as she tops the GC podium.
Lisa Brennauer of team Velcro SRAM talks post Stage 2 of the Aviva Womens Tour 2015 as she tops the GC podium.
Read the full stage 2 report, results and view the race gallery here.
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Aviva Womens Tour 2015 – Final Start List
It was more than the warm sunshine that welcomed the ninety four riders on to the stage in Bury St Edmonds, for the Aviva Women’s Tour 2015.
A large crowd had gathered to watch and listen to each and every team member, as they were presented to the public. Among then, Olympic, World and National Champions from both Road and Track.
Soprano Laura Wright entertained the crowd with a couple of beautifully renditions from her latest album “Sound of Strength”. One was the theme tune from last years Invictus Games.
As each Team arrived to go on stage. They were escorted on by the local school children, whom had designed a banner to present them.
Lisa Brennauer, “The race looks harder than last year, and should make for an exciting race.”
Dame Sarah Storey, “We are always looking for a break to go.” This is her maiden Women’s Tour, and the girls are performing really well both here at home in the UK, and at their recent trip to the Tour Of California.
Lizzie Armitstead, When asked if they (Boels Dolmans Cycling Team) would target a stage win or overall victory. “Yeh! We are going for everything” She laughed. Lizzie went on to say that she wasn’t well last year, but is in good form, and has a super strong team around her.
Most of the girls agree that the longer distances in this years “Women’s Tour” are more favourable to them, and should suit the race leaning towards breaks going away most days. The girls that rode last year also mentioned that the enthusiasm of the crowds and schools that lined the route, were a big bonus to the overall feel-good factor of the Tour, and are hoping for more of the same. They want to hear you all scream and shout as they pass through the towns and villages.
The race starts in Bury St Edmonds at 11:00am June 17th on Angel Hill, after a neutralised start, the race officially gets underway on Airfield Road.
Stage One | Bury St Edmonds to Alderburgh
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Cycling Shorts will be following this years Aviva Women’s Tour, from beginning to end. You can follow the race daily for information. Today you can find a Provisional Start-Sheet to download, Jerseys to look-out for, and Route Maps. Further Updates will be issued as the Race Day approaches with Daily Reports and exclusive images. Firstly, we will be attending the Team Presentation, where a final Start List will be issued, and we will meet the girls taking part.
The second edition of the Women’s Tour brings on a new title sponsor in Aviva.
The race covers five individual stages, with a total distance of 596.2 kilometres.
There are no less than eleven “National Road Race Champions” due to ride in the Aviva Women’s Tour.
Lisa Brennauer, Germany, Velocio SRAM
Jolien D’hoore, Belgium, Wiggle Honda
Pauline Ferrand-Prevot, France, Rabo Liv
Megan Guarnier, USA, Boels Dolmans
Emma Johansson, Sweden, Orica AIS
Leah Kirchmann, Canada, Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
Lotta Lepistö, Finland, Bigla Pro Cycling
Christine Majerus, Luxembourg, Boels Dolmans
Iris Slappendel, Netherlands, Bigla Pro Cycling
Laura Trott, Great Britain, Matrix Fitness
Linda Villumsen, New Zealand, UnitedHeathcare Pro Cycling
There are sixteen Teams comprising of six Team Members, competing in this years Tour. They will be presented to the Public on Tuesday 16th June in Bury St Edmonds one at a time from 5.30pm until 7pm.
Aviva Women’s Tour Rider List 2015 – Provisional
1730, Lotto Soudal
51 Susanna Zorzi ITA
52 Lieselot Decroix BEL
53 Chantal Hoffmann LUX
54 Anouk Rijff NED
55 Carlee Taylor AUS
56 Sarah Rijkes AUT
1735, Ale Cipollini
11 Beatrice Bartelloni ITA
12 Elena Berlato ITA
13 Maria Giulia Confalonieri ITA
14 Annalisa Cucinotta ITA
15 Arianna Fidanza ITA
16 Simona Frapporti ITA
1740, Team Liv Plantur
111 Lucy Garner GBR
112 Claudia Lichtenberg GER
113 Sara Mustonen-Lichan SWE
114 Molly Weaver GBR
115 Julia Soek NED
116 Sabrina Stultiens NED
1745, USA
131 Lauren Hall USA
132 Allie Dragoo USA
133 Heather Fischer USA
134 Hannah Ross USA
135 Lauren Komanski USA
136 Lauren Stephens USA
1750, Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
91 Dame Sarah Storey GBR
92 Katie Archibald GBR
93 Katie Curtis GBR
94 Ciara Horne GBR
95 Joanna Rowsell GBR
96 Gabriella Shaw GBR
1755, Matrix Fitness
61 Laura Trott GBR
62 Elinor Barker GBR
63 Lucy Martin GBR
64 Mel Lowther GBR
65 Kimberley Le Court MAU
66 Helen Wyman GBR
1800, Velocio SRAM
141 Lisa Brennauer GER
142 Tiffany Cromwell AUS
143 Elise Delzenne FRA
144 Barbara Guarischi ITA
145 Loren Rowney AUS
146 Trixi Worrack GER
1805, Rabo Liv
1 Pauline Ferrand-Prevot FRA
2 Thalita De Jong NED
3 Anna Knauer GER
4 Roxanne Knetemann NED
5 Anouska Koster NED
6 Moniek Tenniglo NED
1810, Intermission
1820, Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
71 Leah Kirchmann CAN
72 Annie Ewart CAN
73 Ariane Horbach GER
74 Maura Kinsella USA
75 Alexxa Albrecht CAN
76 Brianna Walle USA
1825, Wiggle Honda
151 Giorgia Bronzini ITA
152 Audrey Cordon FRA
153 Jolien D’hoore BEL
154 Dani King GBR
155 Elisa Longo Borghini ITA
156 Annette Edmonson AUS
1830, Poitou Charentes – Futuroscope-86
101 Aude Biannic FRA
102 Charlotte Bravard FRA
103 Eugenie Duval FRA
104 Roxane Fournier FRA
105 Pascale Jeuland FRA
106 Amelie Rivat FRA
1835, Germany
41 Stephanie Pohl GER
42 Lisa Küllmer GER
43 Kathrin Hammes GER
44 Corinna Lechner GER
45 Madeleine Ortmüller GER
46 Gudrun Stock GER
1840, Bigla Pro Cycling
21 Sharon Laws GBR
22 Emilie Aubry SUI
23 Vera Koedooder NED
24 Caroline Baur SUI
25 Lotta Lepestö FIN
26 Iris Slappendel NED
1845, UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
121 Hannah Barnes GBR
122 Rushlee Buchanan NZL
123 Katie Hall USA
124 Coryn Rivera USA
125 Alexis Ryan USA
126 Linda Villumsen NZL
1850, Orica AIS
81 Emma Johansson SWE
82 Gracie Elvin AUS
83 Alexandra Manly AUS
84 Melissa Hoskins AUS
85 Chloe McConville AUS
86 Sarah Roy AUS
1855, Boels Dolmans
31 Lizzie Armitstead GBR
32 Megan Guarnier USA
33 Romy Kasper GER
34 Christine Majerus LUX
35 Kasia Pawlowska POL
36 Amalie Dideriksen DEN
You can catch daily TV highlights every evening on ITV4 at 20.00pm on the day of each stage. Repeated the following morning.
Wednesday 17th June 2015
The race starts in Bury St Edmonds at 11:00am June 17th on Angel Hill, after a neutralised start, the race officially gets underway on Airfield Road.
Stage One | Bury St Edmonds to Alderburgh
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Power “House” Kristian Solos To His First Victory Of The 2015 Series
JLT Condor presented by Mavic’s Kristian House powers his way around the new 1.4Km circuit in Motherwell.
Scotland’s only visit by the Tour Series this season saw a trio of riders break away in the earlier part of the race.
House, Chris Opie – ONE Pro Cycling and Mike Northey – Madison Genesis put a good thirty seconds into the peloton after the first Chain Reaction Sprint, won by Chris Lawless – Team Wiggins.
The pace was high, and the strung out peloton failed to close the escapees down with-in the hour of racing.
House, powered away from Opie and Northey with two laps to go, giving him his first victory of the 2015 Series.
NFTO left it too late to set Steele Von Hoff up for the uphill sprint to the line, but he managed to fend Ed Clancy off, for the best of the bunch sprint.
Motherwell Individual Top Ten Results
1: Kristian House JLT Condor presented by Mavic
2: Chris Opie ONE Pro Cycling
3: Mike Northey Madison Genesis
4: Steele Von Hoff NFTO Pro Cycling
5: Ed Clancy JLT Condor presented by Mavic
6: Chris Lawless Team WIGGINS
7: Jon Mould ONE Pro Cycling
8: Tom Stewart Madison Genesis
9: Richard Hepworth SportGrub Kuota
10:Morgan KneiskyTeam Raleigh GAC
Motherwell Team Classification
1: Madison Genesis
2: ONE Pro Cycling
3: Team Raleigh GAC
4: Pedal Heaven
5: NFTO Pro Cycling
6: Velosure Starley Primal
7: JLT Condor presented by Mavic
8: SportGrub Kuota
9: Team WIGGINS
Costa Express Fastest Lap: Ed Clancy 1.25.745
Chain Reaction Cycles Points: Chris Opie
Team Leader board after round 4
1: Madison Genesis
2: ONE Pro Cycling
3: Pedal Heaven
Full Official Race Results http://www.tourseries.co.uk/home.php
Thanks to Pete & Grace for media access throughout the series… http://www.sweetspotgroup.co.uk/home.php
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Local girl Katie Archibald rode off the front of the bunch, to win round two of the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series.
Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International’s Katie Archibald made her move after the first Sprint in Motherwell. Team-mate Gabby Shaw had begun to stretch the peloton out in the early laps of the race.
Race leader by default, Nikki Juniper had won the Sprint Jersey in Round one. So Jessie Walker (RST Racing Team) will wear the Sprint Jersey in Motherwell.
With round one winner Laura Trott (Matrix Fitness) not present, meant Juniper was the next placed highest rider to wear the Leaders Jersey.
Juniper, Walker and Eileen Roe (Wiggle Honda) made the uphill sprint towards the line for the first three places, with Shaw taking fourth place.
Archibald didn’t contest the sprint, and this gave her the advantage of riding off the front for the bunch as they all recovered from that effort.
Gaining twenty to thirty meters along the top flatter part of the course, Archibald, a supreme pursuiter, rode steadily away. Roe & Juniper were unable to match her pace.
Archibald took the next set of Points, with Emily Nelson (Team USN) and Annasley Park (Team Giordana Triton) taking second and third.
As Archibald approached the finish line, the chasing bunch of eighteen girls where almost a lap down.
Riding over the line with ease, the main bunch where left to sprint it out for the remaining positions.
In a big bunch Sprint, Nikki Juniper took second place with Eileen Roe third. Lydia Boylan (Team WNT) took fourth and Katie Curtis (Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International, fifth.
Nikki Junipers Reaction: “We were only going to attain the Sprints Jersey”, “and we got the first prime”. “But no one heard the klaxon for the next prime”. “We knew Katie had probably got the next one”. “There was a bit of confusion on the Points Jersey”. “But apparently I’m still in it”.
Matrix Fitness GP Series 2015 leader – Round 2 – Nikki Juniper by Cycling Shorts
Nikki Juniper of Team Giordana Triton talks to Chris Maher of CyclingShorts.cc about her current lead in the Matrix Fitness GP Series 2015 after round two in Motherwell.
Results: Motherwell
1: Katie Archibald Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International 0:39:33.541
2: Nikki Juniper Team Giordana Triton 0:41:02.815
3: Eileen Roe Wiggle Honda
4: Lydia Boylan Team WNT
5: Katie Curtis Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
6: Jessie Walker RST Racing Team
7: Emily Kay Team USN
8: Annasley Park Team Giordana Triton
9: Lucy Martin Matrix Fitness
10: Gabriella Shaw Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
11: Henrietta Colborne Team Jadan
12: Rebecca Nixon Fusion RT Gearclub Bike Science
13: Jennifer George Les Filles
14: Charline Joiner Team WNT
15: Hannah Walker Team WNT
16: Manon Lloyd Team USN
17: Genevieve Whitson WV Avanti
18: Mel Lowther Matrix Fitness
19: Lauren Creamer Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
20: Emily Nelson Team USN
Overall after Round Two
1 Nikki Juniper 37 Team Giordana Triton
2 Katie Archibald 36 Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
3 Lydia Boylan 31 Team WNT
4 Jessie Walker 30 RST Racing Team
5 Annasley Park 24 Team Giordana Triton
6 Laura Trott 20 Matrix Fitness
7 Charline Joiner 19 Team WNT
8 Dani King 19 Wiggle Honda
9 Eileen Roe 18 Wiggle Honda
10 Manon Lloyd 18 Team USN
Team Rankings after Round 2
1 Team Giordana Triton 78
2 Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International 72
3 Team WNT 56
4 Matrix Fitness 45
5 Team USN 33
6 Team Jadan 18
7 IKON Mazda 8
Sprint Rankings after Round 2
1 Nikki Juniper 14 Team Giordana Triton
2 Jessie Walker 12 RST Racing Team
3 Katie Archibald 7 Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International
4 Elinor Barker 4 Matrix Fitness
4 Emily Nelson 4 Team USN
Next race in the Matrix Fitness GP Series is on June 02nd in Croydon.
Matrix Fitness GP Series 2015 leader – Round 2 – Nikki Juniper by Cycling Shorts
Nikki Juniper of Team Giordana Triton talks to Chris Maher of CyclingShorts.cc about her current lead in the Matrix Fitness GP Series 2015 after round two in Motherwell.
Nikki Juniper of Team Giordana Triton talks to Chris Maher of CyclingShorts.cc about her current lead in the Matrix Fitness GP Series 2015 after round two in Motherwell.
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