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Katie Archibald, who put in a stellar performance during the first two rounds of the UCI Track Champions League, has signed with CERATIZIT – WNT Pro Cycling for the next two years.

The Union Européenne de Cyclisme’s technical team and the Portuguese Cycling Federation have announced more details of ANADIA 2022. The city of Anadia in Portugal will host a unique event in June and July for youth cycling, particularly for the Juniors and U23 categories, with European Championship races in several disciplines: MTB XCO and XCC, road and track.

Flanders 2021 produced cycling’s first ever sustainability report concerning the Road World Championships this year. In this report, the organisers detailed the event’s environmental impact during the event. Some of the measures taken included the use of electric cars, biodiesel for energy, and reusable items.

Cycling Ireland has introduced an initiative called ‘Bike Like Me’ to get more women and girls into cycling. Cycling Ireland will support six women to become advocates and promote women and girls cycling in their local area in order to encourage greater participation.

American cyclocross and MTB rider Ellen Noble has decided to take a break from riding due to health problems, but hopes to return to the sport again at some stage.

Round 5 of the UCI Track Champions League in Israel had to be cancelled, as the Israeli government closed all borders to non-citizens due to COVID-19.

Due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in Belgium, the organisers of the Cyclocross World Cup in Antwerp have decided to cancel the event, which was scheduled for 5 December. The future of the next races will be decided closer to the date.

Flanders Classics will become the full owner of the Gent-Wevelgem men’s and women’s race as of 2022. The event will take place on Sunday, 27 March of next year on a course between Ypres and Wevelgem.

NXTG Racing has partnered with Experza, an employment agency, with the team’s name changing to NXTG by Ezperza from next year. The aim of the squad is to provide riders with a professional training environment and a high-quality competition program to bridge the difficult step from junior to elite rider.

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UCI Track Champions League:  Emma Hinze (GER) (Sprint) and Katie Archibald (GBR) (Endurance)

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Episode 79: “Women are not Small Men”

Every female athlete or aspiring athlete, no matter where they are on their fitness journey, should have a listen to this episode. Hannah Walker talks with researcher, author and leading global expert on female physiology and training, Dr. Stacy Sims, for our latest podcast episode “Women are not Small Men,” partnered with Supersapiens. Click here to listen.

This week in cycling history

Louise Armaindo

This French-speaking Canadian rider was the dominant bike racer of her time and one of Canada’s very first pro female athletes. Born into a circus family this week in 1861, she started out under the big top, switched to the very popular but gruelling sport of marathon walking and then became a successful high wheel racer. Also this week in 1879, the first women’s race was held on a wooden track in San Francisco. Armaindo broke every record there was and for her time earned a considerable amount money through her racing. But when in the late 1890’s the new safety bikes became more popular, and at almost 40 years old and unable to change to the new bikes, her star faded somewhat and the Canadian sport pioneer died shortly afterwards following injuries sustained in a hotel fire.