Kasia Niewiadoma, Chloé Dygert, Elise Chabbey and Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka all competed within the highway biking occasions on the Paris Olympic Video games and return to motion for Canyon-SRAM on the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, August 12-18.
The Polish rider, who was third general final yr, will lead the cost for the overall classification throughout the Tour’s eight levels, with the roster accomplished with Neve Bradbury, Soraya Paladin and Alice Towers.
“This yr’s version could be very tiring from one stage to a different. It will not be doable to journey the levels considering solely in regards to the final climbs, as each day is demanding and difficult. I do know my stage is larger than final yr, and I need to present it, give my finest, and never let any alternative for an incredible consequence slip by,” Niewiadoma stated in a group assertion.
“Ending on Alpe D’Huez might be about power and fatigue resistance that can steadily construct up all through the earlier seven levels. I am a much bigger fan of ending the Tour on an iconic mountain than a time trial as I am not a time trial specialist, so I really feel extra snug realizing it can all come all the way down to our pure strengths.”
Niewiadoma completed eighth within the Olympic highway race, whereas her teammate Dygert received a pair of medals in Paris in two different occasions for the US, a bronze within the particular person time trial and gold on the observe within the Crew Pursuit.
Becoming a member of Dygert in a debut on the Tour de France Femmes is 22-year-old Bradbury. The finale atop l’Alpe d’Huez fits the younger Australian, who received the queen stage of the Giro d’Italia with the mountaintop end on Blockhaus and took third general at that Grand Tour.
“General, it is a difficult parcours however fairly heavy ended, and the GC battle will principally be selected the final stage. I am wanting ahead to stage eight, which winds up Alpe D’Huez. It is just like the stage I received on the Giro, and I believe the group might be insane on the hilltop. I need to proceed using aggressively with a ‘no regrets’ perspective,” Bradbury stated.
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This yr’s Grand Départ takes place in Rotterdam, with a gap highway stage after which a double dip on Tuesday with a 67km highway stage adopted by a 6.3km time trial. The Tour culminates with back-to-back mountain levels within the Alpes.
Along with a podium within the GC final yr, Niewiadoma received the mountain classification. Towers completed fifth in the very best younger rider classification, and after not with the ability to full the Giro this yr because of an harm, was glad to return to assist the squad.
“My preparation for the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift has been difficult. After my crash on the Giro, I injured my knee, and I have been working onerous with my coach and each day physiotherapy to succeed in the race in fine condition. I am blissful to say that I am on observe,” Towers reported within the group announcement.
“This yr’s Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift is closely loaded in direction of the top, with the GC mountain days being on the final couple of levels. The parcours can work nicely for us, as we have now proven in final yr’s Tour and this yr’s Giro that we’re nonetheless using strongly in direction of the top of a tough stage race.”
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