History was made on the 2nd of October as the first ever edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes took place and it was certainly a race to remember. 

Australian champion Sarah Roy made it to the velodrome in Roubaix covered in mud from head-to-toe, despite crashing hard on one of the final cobble sectors, before sprinting to a very well fought 23rd place for Team BikeExchange.

The 116km race saw numerous crashes on the wet and muddy cobblestones, with every rider enjoying their own unique and special story from the eventful day.

Read the race report here.

For Amanda Spratt, a two-time world championship medallist, three-time Australian champion, four-time WorldTour race winner, the results speak for themselves but not in 2021, it was a year that just didn’t unfold as planned.

The 34-year-old couldn’t quite understand what was happening and it was clear to see her results weren’t the same as before. After intensive searching, the Australian climber was finally diagnosed with iliac artery endofibrosis and underwent surgery mid-October. 

The surgery was a success and now the rider from the Blue Mountains is in the recovery phase but hoping to bounce back quickly.

Read the full details here.

Australian champion Sarah Roy was active throughout Ronde van Drenthe, the final race of the 2021 season for Team BikeExchange women, sprinting to 13th place from a select chasing group to end her successful, seven-year long career with the Australian outfit.

Dutch domestique Janneke Ensing also enjoyed the race as the final outing of her professional cycling career, going on the offensive early on attacking with 100km to go. The move was eventually brought back, but Ensing claimed the cobble stone prize to round-out her successful and lengthy career as a professional cyclist in a race close to her home.

Read the Ronde van Drenthe report here.

Our Backstage Pass videos continued for the iconic Paris Roubaix for both the inaugural edition of the women's race and the men's before we headed to II Lombardia for the final men's race of the 2021 season.

Catch up with all our BSP videos from the 2021 season here.

The women’s peloton waited with great anticipation for the official route announcement of the Le Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, which took place in at the Palace de Congress in Paris, ahead of the men’s Le Tour de France route announcement.

Beginning on stage 21 of the men’s event on July 24, the women’s peloton will tackle eight challenging stages, beginning at the Eiffel Tower, and heading to the Champs-Élysées for a short and fast 82km opening stage.
Read our rider & manager route reactions here.

The route for the 2022 Men's Tour de France was announced with the organisers displaying a challenging course that will take in the Paris-Roubaix cobbles, La Planche des Belles Filles and a return to L’Alpe d’Huez.

We spoke to Team BikeExchange’s Head Sport Director Matt White and General Manager Brent Copeland to get their thoughts on next year’s route.
Read their reactions here.