Introducing #PBWMN. Celebrating all the female riders out there working together to push our sport forward. Use #PBWMN on Instagram so that we can find your content and engage with it. We look forward to sharing some of our favourites on our social media and in monthly women’s round ups.
NewsThe past month has been an exciting one for women's freeride, with both Audi Nines and Proving Grounds announcing women's categories for 2021.
Audi Nines will get underway August 24-28, 2021 with Casey Brown, Veronique Sandler, Caroline Buchanan, Joey Gough, Kathi Kuypers and Robin Groomes taking part.
Proving Grounds will take place September 10-11, 2021 in Oregon. Casey Brown was the only woman to compete in Proving Grounds in 2019, but this year she will be joined by a field of women including Camila Noguiera, Chelsea Kimball, Hannah Bergemann, Jess Blewitt, Robin Goomes, Samantha Soriano, and Vinny Armstrong. Speaking of which, Casey Brown also announced a brand new event,
the Dark Horse Women's Invitational, which will take place in Revelstoke August 16-20, 2021.
In other news, both
Marine Cabirou and
Camille Balanche picked up Monster Energy sponsorships in the past month. It is great to see Monster sponsoring more women and it will be exciting to see the two continue to push women's downhill racing forward with extra support behind them.
With the good comes the not-so-good, and we wish
Nina Hoffman,
Marine Cabirou,
Anita Gehrig and
Tracey Hannah all the best as they recover from injuries sustained in Les Gets and Innsbruck.
Racing & EventsThe Enduro World Series takes a breath after a hectic last month before racing resumes with another doubleheader in Loudenvielle, France in September, downhill racers are gearing up for round 3 in Maribor mid-August, and the world's top cross-country racers are headed to Tokyo for the biggest competition of the last four years on July 27th.
Enduro World Series
EWS La Thuile Race 2 - Round 41st. Harriet Harnden: 33:42.29
2nd. Melanie Pugin: 33:43.27
3rd. Isabeau Courdurier: 33:51.54
4th. Noga Korem: 33:57.96
5th. Morgane Charre: 34:25.62
Enduro World Series Standings:1st. Melanie Pugin 2005
2nd. Isabeau Courdurier 1665
3rd. Harriet Harnden 1665
4th. Morgane Charre 1645
5th. Noga Korem 1355
Downhill World Cup
Les Gets DH World Cup - Round 21st. Tahnee Seagrave: 4:10.566
2nd. Myriam Nicole: 4:10.818
3rd. Camille Balanche: 4:15.480
4th. Mille Johnset: 4:16.102
5th. Monika Hrastnik: 4:17.097
DH World Cup Overall Standings:1st. Camille Balanche 390
2nd. Tahnee Seagrave 336
3rd. Valentina Höll 330
4th. Myriam Nicole 320
5th. Monika Hrasnik 282
World Cup XC
XC World Cup Les Gets - Round 4:1st. Loana Lecomte: 1:27:23
2nd. Jenny Rissveds:
+513rd. Evie Richards:
+1:10 4th. Pauline Ferrand Prevot:
+1:51 5th. Rebecca McConnell:
+1:55 XC World Cup Overall Standings:1st. Loana Lecomte 1330
2nd. Pauline Ferrand Prevot 955
3rd. Jenny Rissveds 780
4th. Haley Batten 755
5th. Rebecca McConnell 710
Crankworx
Crankworx Innsbruck Downhill:1st. Vali Höll: 3:01.060
2nd. Nina Hoffmann:
+2.0343rd. Tahnee Seagrave:
+3.2484th. Camille Balanche:
+4.9185th. Eleonora Farina:
+9.728 Queen of Crankworx Standings:1st. Harriet Burbidge-Smith 200
2nd. Jordan Scott 195
3rd. Vaea Verbeeck 191
4th. Valentina Holl 180
5th. Kialani Hines 160
Tech We took a look at race steeds from Andreane Lanthier Nadeau, Noga Korem, Loana Lecomte and more in the past month. See how the fastest women in the world set up their bikes.
Video: A Close Look at Andreane Lanthier Nadeau's Rocky Mountain Altitude Race BikeVideo: A Deep Dive on Katy Winton's Nukeproof Giga Race BikeBike Check: Christina Chappetta's Trek SessionBike Check: Noga Korem's GT Fury - Les Gets DH World Cup 202113 Women's Bikes From the Cannondale Enduro, LlangollenBike Check: The Gehrig Twins' Norco RangesBike Check: Loana Lecomte's Winning Massi Aire SL
PodcastsThere's nothing like getting to know someone in a long-form interview. Here were some of the podcasts that we listened to in the past month.
Tahnee Seagrave & Veronique Sandler Open Up About The Issues Women Face In MTBTahnee Seagrave Shares Her Thoughts On Racing Prize Money: Is The Risk Worth it?Trail EAffect with Lacey Heward Adaptive Mountain BikerElla Conolly Talks About Her Journey to the EWS PodiumMicayla Gatto Goes Joke for Joke with Brett TippieElise Empey on Being the Second Fastest at the Australian National ChampsChatting about Training with Sian A'HernCamille Balanche Chats About Becoming World Champion & Leading the World Cup Overall
InterviewsWe catch up with Andreane Lanthier Nadeau after her eventful weekend in La Thuile, get to know 15-year-old Vanessa Petrovská who would have finished 5th in the elite category at Crankworx Innsbruck, and chat with Catharine Pendrel about how she came back to the World Cup circuit just three months after she gave birth to a baby girl. Oh, and we didn't know for sure at the time of the interview, but she's officially qualified for Team Canada alongside Haley Smith and will be competing in Tokyo.
Getting to Know Vanesa Petrovska - The 15-Year-Old Who Would Have Finished 5th in Elite DH at Crankworx InnsbruckInterview: Catharine Pendrel on Racing World Cup XC 3 Months After Giving Birth to Her Daughter DaraGetting to Know North American Enduro Cup Winner Kate LawrenceGetting to Know Robin Goomes, the First Woman to Backflip in a Crankworx CompetitionInterview: Andréane Lanthier Nadeau on the Massive Crash That Took Her Out of Contention for the Win - EWS La Thuile 2021
Videos
Social HighlightsFrom Tahnee Seagrave's winning run in Les Gets, to the hug of the year at the end of Andreane Lanthier Nadeau's disastrous final stage in La Thuile, to Rachel Atherton's belly at week 37 (just about to pop!) to a 40-year-old neurologist and mom getting air for the first time, there are a ton of gems on social media to celebrate. Use
#pbwmn for a chance to be featured in the next issue of Women's MTB Wednesdays.
Introducing #PBWMN. Celebrating all the female riders out there working together to push our sport forward. Use #PBWMN on Instagram so that we can find your content and engage with it. We look forward to sharing some of our favourites on our social media and in monthly women’s round ups.
Would love to see you add a privateer section, maybe an “up-and-comers” to be on the lookout for section or a “shout out” section for first descents, etc.. where you could give exposure to these women and help their social media.
Boggles my mind that the US Champ who won by 15 seconds barely has 5K followers on IG. I have HS students with more followers.
Keep up the good work!!!
Just a note: "Harrier" Harnden 1665 may become the next Marine Caribou......flap flap
Can't wait to put this hashtag to more use! Literally just had a convo with my daughter about how lucky we are now that there are so many more women riding.
If you're all looking at it from an untapped-market perspective then it makes more sense to include more women content all 7 days of the week.
We also need Moaning Mondays, Tough Tuesdays and Training Thursdays
Maybe something like Theatrical Thursdays? Think-it-through Thursdays? Thoroughbred Thursdays (exclusively biker vs horse interactions)?
All kidding aside, my previous post/suggestion is sincere.
But really cool concept and keep at it
Thanks @sarahmoore
(Couple of small typos I noticed "Harrier Harnden" which sounds awesome tbh and a bunch of "Holl" with no umlaut).
Pinkbike LGBTQI+ Fridays - getting more LGBTQI+ people into biking.
Pinkbike POC Mondays - getting more non-whites into biking.
Pinkbike Junior Sundays- getting more under 18s into biking.
Pinkbike Marx Saturdays - getting more communists into biking.
Because it's not enough to just be human anymore. To promote inclusivity we need to be exclusive.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
But you probably knew that and aren't saying any of this in good faith.
Time and energy are limited so factually your conclusion is wrong.
I don't care who gets covered cause they ride better than me and invest more time and energy into the sport than I do. But you're still completely wrong.