Mandy Jones
Cycling Weekly, 28 Februari 2013
An accidental champion
Thirty years have passed since Mandy Bishop won the World Championship road race at Goodwood, but the significance of that victory and her career should not be forgotten. In the 1980s, Bishop was British cycling’s
tenacious world-beater, paving the way for the sport’s modern stars without the
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Garcia Evelyn
dailypeloton.com, 20 Februari 2013
Getting to know Olympian Evelyn García
Evelyn Yessenia García Marroquí was born on December 29, 1982 in Santa Ana, El Salvador. Evelyn is considered an all-rounder, having won time trials and mountain stages in the past. She has won the Vuelta a El Salvador on two occasions, the only woman yet to do so, in 2004 and 2007. García competed
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Elisa Longo Borghini
peloton cafe, 8 Februari 2013
Rider Profile – Elisa Longo-Borghini of Team Hitec Products
Meet Team Hitec Products returning Italian team member, Elisa Longo-Borghini:
Elisa didn’t want to get left behind when her brother started cycling so she jumped on the bike too and it’s a trend that hasn’t let up. Her brother now rides f…or Liquigas Cannondale and Elisa is ranked 13th in the wor
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Lise Hafsö Nostvold
peloton cafe, 8 Februari 2013
Rider Profile – Lise Nøstvold of Team Hitec Products
Meet Team Hitec Products in house Doctor, Lise Nøstvold.
It’s always good to know a doctor. Fortunately, Hitec Products has an in-house one in Lise Nøstvold.
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Marijn De Vries
Velonation, 2 Februari 2013
Marijn de Vries: “I’d love to ride Milan-Sanremo or Paris-Roubaix!”
Marijn de Vries is one of a host of new signings for the Lotto-Belisol women’s team, as the team undergoes significant changes for 2013. The 34-year-old Dutchwoman is a relative newcomer to cycling, after deciding just after her 30th birthday to see whether she could still make it as an elite athlet
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Marianne Vos
Podium Cafe, 1 Februari 2013
Marianne's American Adventure
Catching up with Dutch captain and reigning Cyclocross World Champion Marianne Vos on the Eve of Louisville2013.
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Lucy Garner
Pro Cycling News, 10 December 2012
Interview with 18 year old Lucy Garner.
arner has become the first Junior since Nicole Cooke (2001-2002) to win two road world titles in a row. She is also the current European Junior Road Champion and signed with Argos-Shimano for 2013.
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Zider Mary
ESPN, 19 Oktober 2012
A vicious cycle for female riders
For most female professional cyclists, their story starts something like this: Girl meets bike. Girl loves bike. Girl gets fast. Pro team likes girl. Pro team offers small salary. Girl must work and race simultaneously. Boy, that's tough. Here's how girl does it.
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Elinor Barker
Pro Cycling News, 10 Oktober 2012
Interview with 18 year old Elinor Barker.
The Welsh rider took the Junior ITT World title in Valkenburg last month ending her season on a high including several European junior track titles and medals at the Junior Track World Championships.
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Emma Pooley
telegraph.co.uk, 1 September 2012
Haute Route from Geneva to Nice perfect training for the Worlds and is a dream come true for me
Following a ridiculously early alarm call 600 cyclists gathered behind the shoreside starting line in Geneva, Switzerland, with 780 kilometres of road between them and the finishing line on the Côte d'Azur.
The numbers were staggeringly scary: 780km including 21,000 metres of ascending over 19 my
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Elisabeth Armitstead
guardian.co.uk, 4 Augustus 2012
Lizzie Armitstead, Olympic cycling silver medallist
Lizzie Armitstead broke away from the pack in the women's road race with 45km to go – a gutsy move that won her Team GB's first medal. Suddenly she is a sporting celebrity, and finds herself wondering if she could have won gold
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Victoria Pendleton
gq-magazine, 2 Augustus 2012
Britain's fastest woman on two wheels
Ahead of her start on the track at London 2012, GQ revisits an interview with Victoria Pendleton before the Beijing Olympics in 2008, where she discussed podium places, pugs and piglets
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Shelley Olds
Pro Cycling News, 12 Juli 2012
2012 U.S Olympian Shelley Olds
Shelley Olds is a 31 year old female professional cyclist who comes from Groton, Massachusetts, USA. She played soccer while in college before moving out to the West in California. While in California, Shelley found the sport of cycling. She began racing at the age of 26 and still is to this day. Sh
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Evelyn Stevens
NBCOlympics.com, 16 April 2012
10 questions - The former Wall Streeter turned cyclist on her new passion
In less than four years, Evelyn Stevens has transformed from Wall Street investment banker and novice cyclist to one of the world's fastest women on two-wheels. We sat down with the Massachusetts-native to talk about her inspiring career change.
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Lucy Martin
Pro Cycling News, 8 Maart 2012
An interview with 21 year old Lucy Martin from Great Britain.
The AA Drink-Leontien.nl rider talks about the change of teams, the classics, the Olympic Games in her home country and about riding and learning from Lizzie Armitstead.
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Kathryn Bertine
Velonation, 16 Februari 2012
Bertine vows to keep fighting after UCI points loss hampers Olympic push
Olympic aspirant Kathryn Bertine has said she is determined to bounce back from a recent UCI ruling that the world ranking points she earned last year would be scrapped.
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