"A recent blood test revealed that I definitely had mononucleosis at some point over the past few years, but it is impossible to pinpoint exactly when. This summer, my tooth caused the issue: I was training with an inflammation in my body, probably wasn't eating enough, and on top of that, there's a good chance I was overtrained. After Burgos, I already felt quite fatigued, but I didn't get any rest back then."

"Fortunately, training has been going smoothly for a while now; I can do long rides and I'm putting in my usual ~18-hour weeks. Right now, I'm roughly at a baseline level—my form feels like it's December. That is precisely why traveling to the World Championships wouldn't have made sense; on a course like that and in this condition, I might only have managed to finish the race if I had an exceptionally good day."

"I'd like to be there at the European Championships just to get another race in, but if I do compete there, I will definitely take a longer break afterward before the cyclocross season, which I plan to start later than usual, at the end of November."

"I am officially switching teams on October 1st, when we'll have a joint training camp where I’ll receive my new bike, kit, and new coach. Until then, I don't know anything more about it. But during the cross season, I will be a Lidl-Trek rider; I won't be racing in the colors of the Baloise team alongside Lucinda Brand. That much I know for sure."

"As for the team transfer, I'm glad the situation got resolved and they let me leave mid-season; I'm very happy with this choice. For me, there was never a doubt for a single second that I wanted to ride for Lidl-Trek."

Date	From > To	Length	Type	Finish	Time
13.09	Peyrus  ›  Peyrus	134.7 km	Mountain	Flat	11:40 - 15:35 CEST

Information	Official / Start List
Social Media	Instagram / Facebook
Where to watch	Max 14:20 CEST

Date	From > To	Length	Type	Finish	Time
12.09	Tournon-sur-Rhône  ›  Tournon-sur-Rhône	120 km	Hilly	Flat	12:20 - 15:30 CEST

Information	Official / Start List
Social Media	Instagram / Facebook
Where to watch	Max 14:10 CEST

"Key rule, if you've got the inside line and you're ahead, always run the person next to you out wide, best case straight into the barriers."

She just has an innate sense of when to drop the punchline.... 😅

Date	From > To	Length	Type	Finish	Time
27.08	Ploëzal  ›  Callac	134.2 km	punchy	flat	12:30 - 16:00 CET

Information	Official / Start List
Livetracker	PCS
Social Media	Instagram/ Facebook
Where to watch	YouTube 13:30 CET

Date	From > To	Length	Profile	Finish	Time
19.08	Cockermouth  ›  Cockermouth	158.9 km	Punchy	Flat	12:15 - 16:15 CET

Information	Official Site / Start list
Live Trackers	PCS
Where to watch	YouTube 11:40 CET (geo-restricted), Max

Date	From > To	Length	Type	Finish	Time
18.07	Rouffiac  ›  Boulazac	126.2 km	punchy	flat	13:20 – 16:25 CET

Information	Official/ Start list
Social Media	Facebook
Where to watch	YouTube 14:15 CET

The rider from Zarautz could join Demi Vollering in one of the best teams in the peloton, while the Zumaia native will make the step up to the professional ranks at home.

Gipuzkoan women's cycling is on the rise. Usoa Ostolaza, the great flagship rider of Laboral Kutxa, will head to the ranks of the powerful French squad FDJ-Suez...