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2024 Track World Championships Results

 Happy Monday Tuesday, cycling fans! Last week our attention turned from the road to the track with the UCI Track World Championships. Denmark played host this year, with the velodrome just outside of Copenhagen giving us plenty of action over 5 days of thrilling racing. Below are the results of each race. Women's Team Sprint 1st: Great Britain (Sophie Capewell, Emma Finucane, Katy Marchant) 2nd: Netherlands (Kimberly Kalee, Hetty van de Wouw, Steffie van der Peet; Kyra Lamberink replaced) 3rd: Australia (Kristina Clonan, Alessia McCaig, Molly McGill) Men's Team Sprint 1st: Netherlands (Jeffrey Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen, Roy van den Berg) 2nd: Australia (Thomas Cornish, Ryan Elliott, Leigh Hoffman) 3rd: Japan (Yoshitaku Nagasako, Yuta Obara, Kaiya Ota) Women's Scratch Race 1st: Lorena Wiebes, Netherlands 2nd: Jennifer Valente, United States of America 3rd: Ally Wollaston, New Zealand Men's Keirin 1st: Kento Yamasaki, Japan 2nd: Mikhail Yakovlev, Israel 3rd: Kevin Sant...

2024 Il Lombardia and Simac Ladies Tour Results

 Happy Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday, cycling fans! Today I have two races to bring you the final results of - firstly Il Lombardia from Italy and then the Simac Ladies Tour from the Netherlands! Il Lombardia Il Lombardia marks the end of the men's road season that I'll be covering, and many teams and riders sign off their season with it themselves. It took place on Saturday (12th October). Here is the podium: 1st: Tadej Pogacar      | UAE Team Emirates | 6h 4m 58s 2nd: Remco Evenepoel | Soudal Quick-Step       | +0h 3m 16s 3rd: Giulio Ciccone       | Lidl-Trek                      | +0h 4m 31s

2024 Paris-Tours Results

 Happy Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday, cycling fans! First off, I'd like to apologise for the late publishing of this week's post which I always try to get published on a Monday. I had a busy few days and it kept getting put back. But today has been a bit quieter for me, so I've had time to publish the podium from the Paris-Tours which took place on Sunday (which seems like an age ago, now!). So here is said podium: 1st: Christophe Laporte | Team Visma-Lease a Bike | 5h 0m 27s 2nd: Mathias Vacek           | Lidl-Trek                             | +0h 0m 0s 3rd: Jasper Philipsen         | Alpecin-Deceuninck            | +0h 0m 21s Although we're approaching the end of the season, we're not quite there yet. This Saturday (12th October) is Il Lombardia in Italy which is the final men's race that I will be covering on the ...