Giro del Trentino 2015: Stage 4 Results

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The final Giro del Trentino stage (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Jean-Christophe Peraud (AG2R) with the apples for most aggressive rider (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Sprint classification winner Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Argon 18) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Best young rider Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Rodolfo Torres (Colombia) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Richie Porte (Team Sky) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Richie Porte (Sky) won the Giro del Trentino (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Richie Porte and Mikel Landa on the Giro del Trentino podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Mikel Landa, Richie Porte and Leopold König on the podium (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Stage winner Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) wins the final stage (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) takes his first win of the season (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Edoardo Zardini (Bardiani - CSF) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Paolo Slongo (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Franco Pellizotti (Androni Giocattoli) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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The Astana team gather at the start of stage 4 (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Diego Rosa (Astana) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Luca Paolini (Katusha) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Moreno Moser (Cannondale - Garmin) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Oscar Gatto (Androni Giocattoli) and Gianni Savio (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Damiano Cunego (Nippo - Vini Fantini) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) takes the win (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) won the final stage of the 2015 Giro del Trentino from a three-man break on Friday. The Astana rider finished ahead of David Arroyo (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Fabio Duarte (Colombia) in the 161.5km stage from Malè to Cles.

Porte fights off attacks at the Giro del Trentino

Pozzovivo wins at the Giro del Trentino using electronic SRAM gears

Richie Porte (Team Sky) finished safely in the main field to claim the overall title ahead of Mikel Landa (Astana Pro Team) and Sky teammate Leopold König.

Porte moved into the race lead following his stage 2 victory at Brentonico-Parco Del Baldo, where he attacked with two kilometres to go and reached the line 16 seconds head of Landa. With the help of his Team Sky teammates during the final two stages, Porte won the overall title by 22 seconds ahead of Landa and 58 seconds ahead of König.

It was Porte’s third stage-race victory of the season following Paris-Nice and the Volta a Catalunya. He will target the Giro d’Italia next, which kicks off on May 9 in San Lorenzo al Mare. "It's always nice to win any race," Porte said.

"It would have been nice if a few more of the Giro favourites were here but you can only race the guys who turn up to race. For me I think it was a fantastic preparation race for the Giro. I'm happy with where I'm at and I felt better each day.

"It's two more weeks until the Giro starts. I can go home, rest, recover and take great confidence in this race as it wasn't easy.

"You look back to two years ago Vincenzo (Nibali) won here. It looks like it is the race to come and do before you go and race the Giro. I'm looking forward to the next few days looking at the decisive stages of the Giro.”

The fourth and final stage at the Giro del Trentino was expected to cause a breakup in the main field with two category 2 climbs, the Fondo and the Passo Predaia in the first 100km, and the final 60km undulating all the way to the finish line in Cles.

An early breakaway of 17 riders included Diego Rosa (Astana), who started the day in 13 place overall and 2:12 behind Porte.

Team Sky led the chase with Porte safely tucked in behind. The large breakaway made it to the bottom of the Passo Predaia, however, they were caught before the peloton hit the slopes.

A new lead group of seven riders emerged over the top, and from that, Fabio Duarte (Colombia) made the move that formed the day’s successful three-man breakaway. He was later joined by Tiralongo and Arroyo. The trio sprinted to the finish line with Tiralongo taking the stage win.

The remaining riders in the chase group; Jean-Christophe Peraud (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Gianfranco Zilioli (Androni-Giocattoli), Simone Petili (Italy) and Alessandro Bisolti (Nippo-Vini Fantini) finished 37 second behind the leading trio.

Porte finished safely in the main field, 49 seconds back, and as the winner of the Giro del Trentino.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team	3:58:07
2	David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
3	Fabio Duarte (Col) Colombia
4	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:00:37
5	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6	Gianfranco Zilioli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
7	Simone Petilli (Ita) Italian National Team	0:00:39
8	Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:00:49
9	Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF
10	José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
11	Simone Ponzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
12	Davide Gabburo (Ita) Italian National Team
13	Mauro Finetto (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
14	Omar Fraile (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
15	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
16	Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
17	Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
18	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Italian National Team
19	Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF
20	Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
21	Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale
22	Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky
23	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team
24	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka
25	Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
26	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
27	Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
28	Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky
29	Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
30	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
31	Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
32	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
33	Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team
34	David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky
35	Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli
36	Walter Pedraza (Col) Colombia
37	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
38	Brayan Ramirez (Col) Colombia
39	Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka
40	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
41	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
42	Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
43	Gustav Larsson (Swe) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
44	Alessio Taliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
45	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
46	Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team
47	Rodolfo Torres (Col) Colombia
48	Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
49	Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky
50	Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
51	Yonnatta Alejandro Monsalve (Ven) Southeast Pro Cycling
52	Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
53	Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
54	Markus Freiberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
55	Antonio Santoro (Ita) Italian National Team
56	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
57	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
58	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
59	Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
60	Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:01:00
61	Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling	0:01:25
62	Alexander Foliforov (Rus) RusVelo	0:01:42
63	Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling	0:01:47
64	Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
65	Cayetano Sarmiento (Col) Colombia
66	Petr Ignatenko (Rus) RusVelo
67	Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:02:09
68	David Wöhrer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:02:27
69	Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka	0:02:56
70	Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Italian National Team
71	Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
72	Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka	0:05:12
73	Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:05:28
74	Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18	0:05:49
75	Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
76	Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky
77	Elia Favilli (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
DNF	Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF	Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Nathan Brown (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Kristoffer Skjerping (Nor) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky
DNF	Oscar Gatto (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
DNF	Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF	Luca Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
DNF	Iuri Filosi (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
DNF	Manabu Ishibashi (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini
DNF	Antonio Nibali (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
DNF	Alessandro Malaguti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
DNF	Riccardo Stacchiotti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini
DNF	Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
DNF	Mirko Tedeschi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling
DNF	Luca Paolini (Ita) Italian National Team
DNF	Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Italian National Team
DNF	Stefano Nardelli (Ita) Italian National Team
DNF	Jorge Castiblanco (Col) Colombia
DNF	Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Colombia
DNF	Ildar Arslanov (Rus) RusVelo
DNF	Alexander Rybakov (Rus) RusVelo
DNF	Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo
DNF	Roman Kustadinchev (Rus) RusVelo
DNF	Adrien Niyonshuti (Rwa) MTN - Qhubeka
DNF	Natnael Berhane (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka
DNF	Karel Hnik (Cze) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
DNF	Joel Zangerle (Lux) Cult Energy Pro Cycling
DNF	Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18
DNF	Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
DNF	Miguel Angel Benito Diez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF	Stefan Praxmarer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
DNF	Florian Schipflinger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
DNF	Benjamin Brkic (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
DNF	Patrick Schultus (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team
DNF	Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF

Mountain 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Simone Petilli (Ita) Italian National Team	6	pts
2	Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF	4
3	Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2

Mountain 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Fabio Duarte (Col) Colombia	6	pts
2	Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team	4
3	David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2

Sprint 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18	6	pts
2	David Wöhrer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	4
3	Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	2

Final general classification after stage 4
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky	13:43:41
2	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team	0:00:22
3	Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky	0:00:58
4	Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:01:11
5	Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:01:13
6	José Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18	0:01:15
7	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:32
8	Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka	0:01:33
9	Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:34
10	Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:01:37
11	Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:01:48
12	Rodolfo Torres (Col) Colombia
13	Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:02:12
14	Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team	0:04:00
15	Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky	0:04:44
16	Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team	0:05:10
17	Gianfranco Zilioli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:06:27
18	Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:06:35
19	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka	0:07:11
20	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18	0:07:30
21	Alessandro Bisolti (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:07:49
22	Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski (USA) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team	0:07:53
23	Walter Pedraza (Col) Colombia	0:08:24
24	Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:08:29
25	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:08:48
26	Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:09:08
27	Yonnatta Alejandro Monsalve (Ven) Southeast Pro Cycling	0:09:18
28	Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:10:10
29	Fabio Duarte (Col) Colombia	0:10:35
30	Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:10:37
31	Matteo Busato (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling	0:11:22
32	Davide Gabburo (Ita) Italian National Team	0:11:29
33	Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:11:36
34	Antonio Santoro (Ita) Italian National Team	0:11:58
35	Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:12:22
36	Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:13:06
37	David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:13:42
38	Omar Fraile (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:13:55
39	David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky	0:14:21
40	Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team	0:14:23
41	Alessio Taliani (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:14:27
42	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:15:32
43	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18	0:16:38
44	Petr Ignatenko (Rus) RusVelo	0:17:45
45	Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:18:53
46	Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team	0:20:17
47	Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling	0:22:07
48	Antonio Molina (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:22:34
49	Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky	0:23:43
50	David Wöhrer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:24:00
51	Serghei Tvetcov (Rom) Androni Giocattoli	0:24:46
52	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:24:55
53	Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:25:14
54	Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:27:03
55	Markus Freiberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:27:24
56	Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Bora-Argon 18	0:27:45
57	Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18	0:29:53
58	Brayan Ramirez (Col) Colombia	0:31:27
59	Gustav Larsson (Swe) Cult Energy Pro Cycling	0:31:55
60	Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18	0:32:24
61	Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale	0:33:11
62	Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka	0:34:30
63	Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:35:06
64	Cayetano Sarmiento (Col) Colombia	0:35:47
65	Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky	0:36:19
66	Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale	0:37:06
67	Simone Ponzi (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling	0:41:16
68	Simone Petilli (Ita) Italian National Team	0:41:37
69	Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka	0:42:02
70	Fabio Taborre (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:43:52
71	Marco Frapporti (Ita) Androni Giocattoli	0:43:54
72	Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Italian National Team	0:44:38
73	Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:47:57
74	Mauro Finetto (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling	0:49:06
75	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Italian National Team	0:53:11
76	Alexander Foliforov (Rus) RusVelo	0:54:10
77	Elia Favilli (Ita) Southeast Pro Cycling	0:57:54

Mountain classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Rodolfo Torres (Col) Colombia	20	pts
2	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	12
3	Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky	12
4	Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	12
5	Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky	10
6	Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Astana Pro Team	8
7	Fabio Duarte (Col) Colombia	6
8	Simone Petilli (Ita) Italian National Team	6
9	Diego Rosa (Ita) Astana Pro Team	6
10	Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	6
11	Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team	4
12	Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team	4
13	Francesco Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF	4
14	Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	4
15	Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky	2
16	Damiano Cunego (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	2
17	Amets Txurruka (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2
18	David Arroyo (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2

Sprint classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18	8	pts
2	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	8
3	Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18	6
4	David Wöhrer (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	4
5	Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	2

Young rider classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka	13:45:14
2	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka	0:05:38
3	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18	0:05:57
4	Hugh Carthy (GBr) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:07:35
5	Davide Gabburo (Ita) Italian National Team	0:09:56
6	Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:10:49
7	Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky	0:22:10
8	Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:23:22
9	Giacomo Berlato (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini	0:23:41
10	Markus Freiberger (Aut) Tirol Cycling Team	0:25:51
11	Brayan Ramirez (Col) Colombia	0:29:54
12	Simone Petilli (Ita) Italian National Team	0:40:04
13	Simone Ravanelli (Ita) Italian National Team	0:43:05
14	Simone Sterbini (Ita) Bardiani CSF	0:46:24
15	Gianni Moscon (Ita) Italian National Team	0:51:38
16	Alexander Foliforov (Rus) RusVelo	0:52:37

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Kirsten Frattini

Kirsten Frattini is an honours graduate of Kinesiology and Health Science from York University in Toronto, Canada. She has been involved in bike racing from the grassroots level to professional cycling's WorldTour. She has worked in both print and digital publishing, and started with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. Moving into a Production Editor's role in 2014, she produces and publishes international race coverage for all cycling disciplines, edits news and writes features. Currently the Women's Editor at Cyclingnews, Kirsten coordinates global coverage of races, news, features and podcasts about women's professional cycling.