Author: Anne-Marije Rook
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Photo gallery: Van der Breggen unmatchable in Flanders
After winning all the Ardennes Classics in 2017 (and most of the major races on the women's calendar in general these past few years), a ...
Van der Breggen soloes to Flanders victory
A victory at the iconic Tour of Flanders was one of the few items still missing from Anna van der Breggen's incredible palmares, but she ...
Preview: The 2018 Women's Tour of Flanders
With its 102-year history, The Ronde van Vlaanderen – the Tour of Flanders – is a monument of cycling. It's arguably the biggest cycling ...
Meet the woman who aims to change the UCI
Our Movers and Shakers series features Q&As with women trail blazers in the sport and industry of cycling. These are women who often ...
Photo gallery: Solo victory for Niewiadoma in rain-soaked Italy
It was another wet and miserable day for the women's peloton in the third round of the UCI Women's WorldTour at Trofeo Binda in Cittiglio...
Photo gallery: Dirty and drenched in Drenthe
Despite the event’s optimistic tagline of “De Lente begint met de Ronde van Drenthe” (“The spring begins with the Ronde van Drenthe”), sp...
Cycling delivered my dreams: How the bike earned me a medal at PyeongChang
When Mia Manganello takes my call she’s in the middle of a ‘medal tour.’ She’s in her car, making her way through Salt Lake City. Her bro...
Gallery: Cobble season kicks off at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
The 2018 European season officially kicked off at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on February 24, where the women's peloton battled cold temperatur...
20 questions with women's world champion Chantal Blaak
When the 2018 European road season kicks off at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad this weekend, Dutch rider Chantal Blaak will be debuting her rainbo...
Sanne Cant defends rainbow jersey in muddy duel with Katie Compton
“This may have been the hardest race of my career,” a mud-spattered Sanne Cant commented after she crossed the finish line in Valkenburg,...
The 2018 UCI Cyclocross World Championships: all eyes on the women
“I have been getting a lot of feedback from people saying that women’s 'cross at the moment is more exciting and more fun to watch than t...
Sanne Cant's year in rainbow stripes: 'I want to show that I was worthy of the jersey'
When Sanne Cant woke up in a Luxembourg hotel on the morning of January 29, 2017, the events of the previous day were a blur. The race ha...
Suit up: why you should brave the weather and ride outside
Most of us probably spend our days in an office somewhere indoors and in front of a computer screen. There's eight, nine, ten hours of th...
The streak continues: Katie Compton wins her 14th straight National CX title
Despite the murmurs and the anticipation of a potential new champion in American cyclocross, Katie Compton (KFC Racing p/b Trek / Panache...
Age vs experience: Compton faces hungry young rivals in battle for 14th title
American cyclocross legend Katie Compton was in the middle of unpacking and repacking her bags as I caught her on the phone. Still jet-la...
Ranked second in the world, Kaitie Keough ready to challenge Compton's US cyclocross reign
We are less than two weeks out for the 2018 USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships and you can hear the familiar rumblings among r...
Remembering Sharon Laws
The news broke at the end of 2016. Just weeks after announcing her retirement from professional cycling, former British national champion...
Women’s peloton forms own union seeking fairness, opportunities and wages
Nearly half of the women’s UCI peloton races for less than 5,000 Euros (A$7,700) a year, with 17.5 percent of that group going completely...
Fixed-gear crit racer wins Zwift Academy, Canyon-SRAM pro contract
A career in medicine or in pro cycling? That was the decision Tanja Erath was presented with a few weeks ago, when she was in the midst o...
Marianne Vos ready to kick off cyclocross season, eyes ‘different outcome’ at Worlds on home soil
Our Giro della Donna special guest, Marianne Vos, is back in The Netherlands and ready to kick off her cyclocross season. Similar to the ...
Thank you, pigeons: Twitter’s leading women’s cycling voice takes a step back
Feature Image: A rare picture of "_pigeons_". The voices of women's cycling --Jeanine Laudy, Sarah Connolly and Anne-Marije Rook-- at the...