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STEINFORT, LUXEMBOURG - MAY 01: Emma Norsgaard Jorgensen of Denmark and Movistar Team celebrates at arrival during the 13th Ceratizit Festival Elsy Jacobs 2021, Stage 1 a 125,1km stage from Steinfort to Steinfort 321m / #felsy / #UCIProSeries / on May 01, 2021 in Steinfort, Luxembourg. (Photo by Bas Czerwinski/Getty Images)
Team Movistar doubled up across its men’s and women’s squads Saturday.
Young Dane Emma Norsgaard delivered at Festival Elsy Jacobs after a season of near-misses, while home talent Héctor Carretero outsprinted Nairo Quintana (Arkea-Samsic) in a reduced kick at Vuelta a Asturias.
Although the likes of Alejandro Valverde and Annemiek van Vleuten typically top the headlines for Movistar, Saturday’s results saw two of the squad’s young promises step up, with both Norsgaard and Carretero notching their first victories for “the blues.”
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After a busy spring packed with one-day racing, the peloton changes gears.
Due to COVID-19 disruptions, the women’s calendar has been thrown out of kilter, with just one stage race so far since the season began in February.
That changes with four key stage races filling the cycling landscape during the next few weeks, beginning Friday with the Festival Elsy Jacobs in Luxembourg. Other stage races on the horizon include Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Vuelta a Burgos Feminas and the International Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen.
U.S. national champion Ruth Winder (Trek-Segafredo) will be among the contenders this weekend after a strong classics campaign that saw her win Brabantse Pijl. Winder was forced to miss Liège-Bastogne-Liège after she was considered a close contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19.