We don't usually write about cycling sport events, because... well, we don't usually participate in any. There are a few exceptions. This year, for example, some of us will participate in the Göteborgsgirot race and the Nationaldagsloppet race, here in Gothenburg. Not really to win, just to get decent results. That's the level of our ambitions.
That doesn't mean that we don't follow at least the bigger races. Last year, for example, we were really glad when Vincenzo Nibali won the Tour de France, because he seems like a really nice guy. And it also meant that Vincenzo Nibali could join the great riders who have won the big three - Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España.
Right now, though, is the time of the Spring classics - Milano San Remo, Ronde van Vlaanderen, Paris Roubaix, Amstel Gold Race, La Flèche Wallonne and Liège Bastogne Liège. (Yes, and a couple of other races.) This year John Degenkolb has been really strong, winning both the Milano San Remo and Paris Roubaix. And in a few days is Amstel Gold Race and La Flèche Wallone (both for the girls and the guys).
We will especially try to follow La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, to cheer for Lizzie Armitstead and Lotta Lepistö. Lizzie Armitstead because she seems like a cool woman (and yes, her being a vegetarian is part of that) and Lotta Lepistö because she seems like a cool woman (and her being one of very few professional cyclists from Finland of course helps). Lizzie Armistead rides for the Boels Dolmans team and Lotta Lepistö rides for the Bigla team.
Lizzie Armitstead (We borrowed the picture from MTC. Hope that's OK!)
Lotta Lepistö (We borrowed the picture from Bigla Pro Cycling Team. Hope that's OK!)
Allez les sportives!
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