1st - 10th July 2011
Thanks to those great people at Cycling Fever, we now have a finalised startlist for the 2011 Giro Donne. Virtual Directeur Sportifs can now look at their teams & see whether their cycling foresight paid off - and if you want to follow the adventures of the riders, I've put the twitter addresses and any blogs that I know of for all the riders in a table below (you can also follow my Giro Donne twitter list if you haven't the time to make one of your own)
If you're a Virtual Directeur Sportif who's wishing they'd chosen differently, or if you just love fantasy games, Cycling Fever have 2 great Giro Donne games - a whole-race game & a stage competition. You can find out more about both of them on CF's Giro site - I recommend them highly!
The list of tweets etc is not presented as in any way definitive! If there's anyone I've missed, or any social media I should have included (I have no idea about facebook, for instance) - leave it in the comments and I'll update it. I've also put an asterisk by the blogs I like the best - they're just my personal selection, but if there's anyone you think we should be following, please share!
Diadora Pasta Zara - @TeamDiadoraZara - Website
Mara Abbot |
Colavita-Forno d'Asolo - Website
Giorgia Bronzini |
Nederland Bloeit - twitter - website
Marianne Vos - @marianne_vos - website |
MCipollini-Giambenini - website
Nicole Cooke - website |
Gauss
Tatiana Antoshina |
Lotto-Honda
Rochelle Gilmore - @RochelleGilmore - Blog * |
AA Drink-Leontien.nl - Twitter - Website
Chantal Blaak - @Blaaki |
Bizkaia Durango - website
Cristina Alcalde Huertanos |
Netherlands National Team
Martine Bras - @MartineBras - News page |
Garmin-Cervélo - twitter - website
Emma Pooley |
Hitec Products UCK - Twitter
Emma Johansson - @emmaprocyclist - Website * |
Kleo Ladies Team
Tania Blevederesi |
HTC-Highroad - Twitter - Website
Judith Arndt |
TopSport Vlaanderen - twitter - website
Else Belmans - @elsebelmans - website |
SC Michela Fanini Rox - websiteGrete Treier Martina Ruzickova Veronica Leal Balderas Nina Ovcharenko Sara Grifi Malgorzata Jasinska Michal Ellah Karin Aune - website |
Top Girls Fassa Bortolo - website
Elena Berlato |
Vaiano Solaristech - website
Valentina Bastianelli |
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Team managers etcManel Lacambra - the Diadora DS is great to follow,as he tweets from the team car during races, when he can - Karl Lima is one of the Hitec managers |
OthersNynke de Jong is a journalist & author, who is Anton Vos - Marianne's brother isn't going, |