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The Road to Rio: the Americans

The road to the Olympic glory has started. Yes, we know it’s still a year-and-a-half out, but many riders will be racing this season with one ultimate goal in mind: to be selected for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Riders will start earning Olympic points this summer, and national and regional championships […]

Visiting Valentina

When my former boss signed off on my attendance at Milan-Sanremo and a team training camp last March, I reached out to Valentina Scandolara to see if I might be able to head out to Italy a day or two early and spend some time with her family in Tregnago. My bucket list included “visiting […]

The Power of the Bicycle: Afghanistan’s two-wheeled revolution

Remember what it felt like to ride a bicycle when you were a child? The freedom, the sense of adventure, the empowerment and, of course, the joy? Unfortunately, there continue to be countries in this world where bicycling is culturally, or even legally, prohibited. Well, for girls and women anyway. Shocked to find out that […]

Twenty-five women prepare to climb the height of Everest in one ride

This weekend 25 women will climb on their bikes and attempt to notch up at least 8,848 metres of climbing on Mt Donna Buang near Melbourne. It is the biggest mass Everesting attempt since the extreme vertical challenge was launched nearly a year ago. The women, who range from seasoned Everesters to newcomers to the […]

Movers and Shakers: Rochelle Gilmore smooths path for Australia’s female cyclists

Rochelle Gilmore’s Australian summer break has turned out to be anything but relaxing. The 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medallist has kept up the pace off the bike in an ongoing effort to smooth the path to the top-level of the sport for riders from her home country. Gilmore, who founded international professional women’s road cycling […]

Meet Simone Giuliani: Ella CyclingTips consulting editor unites passion and profession

I consider myself lucky to have landed Simone Giuliani as a consulting editor for Ella. While we are both journalists, our professional backgrounds couldn’t be any more different. Simone has worked for Reuters and Bloomberg and brings with her tricks, techniques and expertise from her years in business journalism. Her input has already been of […]

Meet Anne-Marije Rook: Dutch-born, America-based Ella CyclingTips consulting editor

I’m thrilled to introduce all of you to Anne-Marije Rook. Many of you may already know her as she has been a key player in women’s cycling coverage for several years both professional and personally. Anne-Marije brings with her a wide range of knowledge spanning the full spectrum of the sport – from the brand […]

Australian road champion Peta Mullens continues along rocky path of mountain biking

Peta Mullens has the Australian road champion’s jersey on her back, a deal with one of the top women’s road teams, Wiggle Honda, and enviable form on the road but that is not enough to make the determined 26-year-old Victorian turn her back on the obstacle-strewn path of mountain biking. Mullens has delivered a swag […]

Roxsolt Racing: Supporting Australia’s international stars at home

If you’ve been following any of the women’s racing so far this Australian summer, you would have heard of the Roxsolt Racing Team. The royal-blue-clad squad features many of Australia’s best female riders and has enjoyed great success in its two summers so far. So what’s the team all about and how did it get […]

Letter from the Editor: Jessi Braverman on the CyclingTips Women’s Section

I’m excited and proud to announce that Jessi Braverman has accepted the position as editor of our women’s cycling section, or rather our sister site. It was an enlightening experience going through the interview process and nearly all of the candidates we spoke with would have been outstanding for the position. However, with Jessi’s experience, […]