Mathew Mitchell
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🚴always writing content on https://procyclinguk.com - mainly women's cycling - racing time trials & CX to an acceptably average level
A casual 1-2-3-4-5 result (and 7th) from VolkerWessels at the Mirabelle Classic, including a first pro win for Quinty Schoens!
September 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A casual 1-2-3-4-5 result (and 7th) from VolkerWessels at the Mirabelle Classic, including a first pro win for Quinty Schoens!
Ellen van Dijk retires from cycling today with:
3x World Champs TT
5x Euro Champs (4 TT + 1 Road)
5x National Champs TT
Vuelta (2018)
Flanders (2014)
5x Healthy Ageing Tour GC
2x Dwars Door Vlaanderen
1x Giro Donne stage
+ Simac, Borsele, Hageland & many more
3x World Champs TT
5x Euro Champs (4 TT + 1 Road)
5x National Champs TT
Vuelta (2018)
Flanders (2014)
5x Healthy Ageing Tour GC
2x Dwars Door Vlaanderen
1x Giro Donne stage
+ Simac, Borsele, Hageland & many more
September 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Ellen van Dijk retires from cycling today with:
3x World Champs TT
5x Euro Champs (4 TT + 1 Road)
5x National Champs TT
Vuelta (2018)
Flanders (2014)
5x Healthy Ageing Tour GC
2x Dwars Door Vlaanderen
1x Giro Donne stage
+ Simac, Borsele, Hageland & many more
3x World Champs TT
5x Euro Champs (4 TT + 1 Road)
5x National Champs TT
Vuelta (2018)
Flanders (2014)
5x Healthy Ageing Tour GC
2x Dwars Door Vlaanderen
1x Giro Donne stage
+ Simac, Borsele, Hageland & many more
Lorena Wiebes wins Stage 3 of the 2025 Simac Ladies Tour
Echelons decided the day, with all the major teams represented in an early split. The lead group ended up with a gap of over 7 minutes
#SLT2025
Echelons decided the day, with all the major teams represented in an early split. The lead group ended up with a gap of over 7 minutes
#SLT2025
September 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Lorena Wiebes wins Stage 3 of the 2025 Simac Ladies Tour
Echelons decided the day, with all the major teams represented in an early split. The lead group ended up with a gap of over 7 minutes
#SLT2025
Echelons decided the day, with all the major teams represented in an early split. The lead group ended up with a gap of over 7 minutes
#SLT2025
Here we go - a better version of the Stage 2 Simac Ladies Tour sprint finish!
September 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Here we go - a better version of the Stage 2 Simac Ladies Tour sprint finish!
Lorena Wiebes wins Stage 2 of the 2025 Simac Ladies Tour - a day of crosswinds and splits doesn't dislodge the big favourite at the crucial moments
Absolutely horrible coverage of the sprint with the pause in the video coming through live...
#SLT2025
Absolutely horrible coverage of the sprint with the pause in the video coming through live...
#SLT2025
September 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Lorena Wiebes wins Stage 2 of the 2025 Simac Ladies Tour - a day of crosswinds and splits doesn't dislodge the big favourite at the crucial moments
Absolutely horrible coverage of the sprint with the pause in the video coming through live...
#SLT2025
Absolutely horrible coverage of the sprint with the pause in the video coming through live...
#SLT2025
Lorena Wiebes wins the opening stage of the 2025 Simac Ladies Tour!
The predicted outcome but Lidl-Trek rolled the dice today with rolling attacks to thin out the SD Worx train successfully but she's still too strong
#SLT2025
The predicted outcome but Lidl-Trek rolled the dice today with rolling attacks to thin out the SD Worx train successfully but she's still too strong
#SLT2025
September 2, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Lorena Wiebes wins the opening stage of the 2025 Simac Ladies Tour!
The predicted outcome but Lidl-Trek rolled the dice today with rolling attacks to thin out the SD Worx train successfully but she's still too strong
#SLT2025
The predicted outcome but Lidl-Trek rolled the dice today with rolling attacks to thin out the SD Worx train successfully but she's still too strong
#SLT2025
Comfortable win for Elisa Longo Borghini at Kreizh Breizh Elites this year - UAE Team ADQ bossed the race, working over Margaux Vigie in the process
(skipping on the original stream here)
#KBE2025
(skipping on the original stream here)
#KBE2025
August 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Comfortable win for Elisa Longo Borghini at Kreizh Breizh Elites this year - UAE Team ADQ bossed the race, working over Margaux Vigie in the process
(skipping on the original stream here)
#KBE2025
(skipping on the original stream here)
#KBE2025
Lorena Wiebes wins the 2025 edition of GP Lucien van Impe - it's the 17th win of the season for her
Quinty Schoens did the big solo break of the day, but was caught with plenty of time to go. From there, SD Worx managed the effort and attacks
#GPLucienvanImpe
Quinty Schoens did the big solo break of the day, but was caught with plenty of time to go. From there, SD Worx managed the effort and attacks
#GPLucienvanImpe
August 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Lorena Wiebes wins the 2025 edition of GP Lucien van Impe - it's the 17th win of the season for her
Quinty Schoens did the big solo break of the day, but was caught with plenty of time to go. From there, SD Worx managed the effort and attacks
#GPLucienvanImpe
Quinty Schoens did the big solo break of the day, but was caught with plenty of time to go. From there, SD Worx managed the effort and attacks
#GPLucienvanImpe
Martina Alzini wins the 2025 Egmont Cycling Race!
Great effort from Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset today - only caught in the final metres. She missed 2 months of the season in fracturing her hip at Roubaix
#EgmontCyclingRace
Great effort from Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset today - only caught in the final metres. She missed 2 months of the season in fracturing her hip at Roubaix
#EgmontCyclingRace
August 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Martina Alzini wins the 2025 Egmont Cycling Race!
Great effort from Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset today - only caught in the final metres. She missed 2 months of the season in fracturing her hip at Roubaix
#EgmontCyclingRace
Great effort from Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset today - only caught in the final metres. She missed 2 months of the season in fracturing her hip at Roubaix
#EgmontCyclingRace
Teniel Campbell is BACK
August 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Teniel Campbell is BACK
Chiara Consonni wins the 3rd & final stage of the 2025 Tour de Pologne Women! She also wins the GC too!
Heartbreak for Anne Knijnenburg, who attacked with 69km to go and was caught in the final 500 metres or so by the bunch
#TdPW2025
Heartbreak for Anne Knijnenburg, who attacked with 69km to go and was caught in the final 500 metres or so by the bunch
#TdPW2025
August 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Chiara Consonni wins the 3rd & final stage of the 2025 Tour de Pologne Women! She also wins the GC too!
Heartbreak for Anne Knijnenburg, who attacked with 69km to go and was caught in the final 500 metres or so by the bunch
#TdPW2025
Heartbreak for Anne Knijnenburg, who attacked with 69km to go and was caught in the final 500 metres or so by the bunch
#TdPW2025
Linda Zanetti takes the win on Stage 2 of the 2025 Tour de Pologne Women - the cobbled finish kept the speeds down and made it a real power effort to get to the line!
Marie Le Net strong with 2nd here as well, ahead of Bertizzolo
#TdPW2025
Marie Le Net strong with 2nd here as well, ahead of Bertizzolo
#TdPW2025
August 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Linda Zanetti takes the win on Stage 2 of the 2025 Tour de Pologne Women - the cobbled finish kept the speeds down and made it a real power effort to get to the line!
Marie Le Net strong with 2nd here as well, ahead of Bertizzolo
#TdPW2025
Marie Le Net strong with 2nd here as well, ahead of Bertizzolo
#TdPW2025
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot seals the 2025 Tour de France Femmes with another stage win in Châtel
She becomes the first rider in Bernard Hinault in 1981 to win Paris Roubaix and the Tour de France in the same season - Octave Lapize (1910) & Louis Trousselier (1905) the only others!
She becomes the first rider in Bernard Hinault in 1981 to win Paris Roubaix and the Tour de France in the same season - Octave Lapize (1910) & Louis Trousselier (1905) the only others!
August 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot seals the 2025 Tour de France Femmes with another stage win in Châtel
She becomes the first rider in Bernard Hinault in 1981 to win Paris Roubaix and the Tour de France in the same season - Octave Lapize (1910) & Louis Trousselier (1905) the only others!
She becomes the first rider in Bernard Hinault in 1981 to win Paris Roubaix and the Tour de France in the same season - Octave Lapize (1910) & Louis Trousselier (1905) the only others!
Chloe Dygert with the mental maths to sneak home around 10-11 seconds before the OTL kicks in - she'll be able to race tomorrow's final Tour de France Femmes stage
Susanne Andersen is the only OTL today, the Norwegian was dropped fairly early on the first climb today
Susanne Andersen is the only OTL today, the Norwegian was dropped fairly early on the first climb today
August 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Chloe Dygert with the mental maths to sneak home around 10-11 seconds before the OTL kicks in - she'll be able to race tomorrow's final Tour de France Femmes stage
Susanne Andersen is the only OTL today, the Norwegian was dropped fairly early on the first climb today
Susanne Andersen is the only OTL today, the Norwegian was dropped fairly early on the first climb today
Remember when Pauline Ferrand-Prévot rode for Ineos and they still didn't make a proper women's team?
Add it to the list of near-misses in this era...
Add it to the list of near-misses in this era...
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot looks set to be the first 🇫🇷 winner of the Tour de France Femmes since either Catherine Marsal in 1990 (ASO-era) or Jeannie Longo in 1989 (Tour de France-era)
Still a day to go but this performance is an absolute smashing of last year's podium finishers
Still a day to go but this performance is an absolute smashing of last year's podium finishers
August 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Remember when Pauline Ferrand-Prévot rode for Ineos and they still didn't make a proper women's team?
Add it to the list of near-misses in this era...
Add it to the list of near-misses in this era...
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot looks set to be the first 🇫🇷 winner of the Tour de France Femmes since either Catherine Marsal in 1990 (ASO-era) or Jeannie Longo in 1989 (Tour de France-era)
Still a day to go but this performance is an absolute smashing of last year's podium finishers
Still a day to go but this performance is an absolute smashing of last year's podium finishers
August 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot looks set to be the first 🇫🇷 winner of the Tour de France Femmes since either Catherine Marsal in 1990 (ASO-era) or Jeannie Longo in 1989 (Tour de France-era)
Still a day to go but this performance is an absolute smashing of last year's podium finishers
Still a day to go but this performance is an absolute smashing of last year's podium finishers
Maeva Squiban doubles up with another stage win! Delivered in a similar way to yesterday - get in the break, attack it at the right moment and drop down to the finish alone
Great ride once more for someone who's been on the radar for a long time
Great ride once more for someone who's been on the radar for a long time
August 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Maeva Squiban doubles up with another stage win! Delivered in a similar way to yesterday - get in the break, attack it at the right moment and drop down to the finish alone
Great ride once more for someone who's been on the radar for a long time
Great ride once more for someone who's been on the radar for a long time
Maeva Squiban takes the biggest win of her career so far!
Previously a winner at Tour de l'Ardeche and the Vuelta Extremadura Feminas - she was 2nd on a stage last year, a long way behind Justine Ghekiere
Squibber is just the 2nd 🇫🇷 stage winner since the race was rebooted
Previously a winner at Tour de l'Ardeche and the Vuelta Extremadura Feminas - she was 2nd on a stage last year, a long way behind Justine Ghekiere
Squibber is just the 2nd 🇫🇷 stage winner since the race was rebooted
July 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Maeva Squiban takes the biggest win of her career so far!
Previously a winner at Tour de l'Ardeche and the Vuelta Extremadura Feminas - she was 2nd on a stage last year, a long way behind Justine Ghekiere
Squibber is just the 2nd 🇫🇷 stage winner since the race was rebooted
Previously a winner at Tour de l'Ardeche and the Vuelta Extremadura Feminas - she was 2nd on a stage last year, a long way behind Justine Ghekiere
Squibber is just the 2nd 🇫🇷 stage winner since the race was rebooted
Demi Vollering pushed Kim Le Court all the way to the line after she celebrated slightly early - Vollering has experience in posting up too early and made it very close!
#TDFF2025
#TDFF2025
July 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Demi Vollering pushed Kim Le Court all the way to the line after she celebrated slightly early - Vollering has experience in posting up too early and made it very close!
#TDFF2025
#TDFF2025
Kim Le Court wins Stage 5 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes! That late climb and boni seconds point caused some fun chaos as the GC battle kicked off in earnest with the descent to the finish line
Le Court goes back into the yellow jersey with that ride!
Le Court goes back into the yellow jersey with that ride!
July 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Kim Le Court wins Stage 5 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes! That late climb and boni seconds point caused some fun chaos as the GC battle kicked off in earnest with the descent to the finish line
Le Court goes back into the yellow jersey with that ride!
Le Court goes back into the yellow jersey with that ride!
Reposted by Mathew Mitchell
Ellen van Dijk just announced her retirement at the end of this season. She is a guest in the Dutch cycling talkshow "De Avondetappe".
July 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Ellen van Dijk just announced her retirement at the end of this season. She is a guest in the Dutch cycling talkshow "De Avondetappe".
Lorena Wiebes beats Marianne Vos once again into Poitiers - Vos comfortably secures another day in yellow tomorrow
Behind them it's Lara Gillespie and Eline Jansen taking 3rd and 4th - great results for them, with Jansen in particular on her 3rd top-10 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes so far!
Behind them it's Lara Gillespie and Eline Jansen taking 3rd and 4th - great results for them, with Jansen in particular on her 3rd top-10 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes so far!
July 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Lorena Wiebes beats Marianne Vos once again into Poitiers - Vos comfortably secures another day in yellow tomorrow
Behind them it's Lara Gillespie and Eline Jansen taking 3rd and 4th - great results for them, with Jansen in particular on her 3rd top-10 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes so far!
Behind them it's Lara Gillespie and Eline Jansen taking 3rd and 4th - great results for them, with Jansen in particular on her 3rd top-10 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes so far!