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Emakumeen Bira 2013
Emakumeen Euskal Bira is a stage race held in the Basque region of Spain. The race now in its 26th year will take the form of a four day stage race consisting of three lumpy road stages and an...
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the provisional start list for Emakumeen Euskal Bira including links to team and rider Twitter profiles, blogs and in a few cases their Facebook fan pages. Whilst you might not get to see the race on...
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Euskal Emakumeen Bira 2015
The day after Emakumeen Saria it’s straight into more racing through the Basque Country at Euskal Emakumeen Bira. Now in it’s 28th year, Euskal Emakumeen Bira is one of the longest running stage races...
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Emakumeen Bira 2015 – Prologue Photo Gallery
Is it straight? Annemiek van Vleuten puts her Cervélo through bike control.“I want to play too!” Kid riding around the square behind the start ramp was desperate for a race.Clara Koppenburg watches on...
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Emakumeen Bira 2015 – Stage 1 Photo Gallery
Bigla warming up the crowd at sign in.Azzurra D’Intino lines up with her Michela Fanini teammates.A big day for Lourdes Oyarbide and her Bizkaia teammates racing at ‘home’.Romy Kasper found a wall as...
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Emakumeen Bira 2015 – Stage 2 Photo Gallery
Alice Maria Arzuffi copying her teammates homework.Molly Meyvisch keeping hydrated before the start.Rossella Ratto rolls on to sign in.The cutest Collie excited about seeing the riders depart.Peloton...
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Emakumeen Bira 2015 – Stage 3 Photo Gallery
So where are we going today? Time for one last look before the start.Doris Schweizer rolls through Iurreta to sign in.Race leader, Kasia Niewiadoma and her Rabo-Liv teammates ready to defend the...
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Emakumeen Bira 2015 – Stage 4 Photo Gallery
Rabo-Liv sign in to defend the yellow jersey.Emma Johansson ready to take on the final stage.Orica-AIS lead the line along the coast.The peloton follows the winding road along the Bay of Biscay.Tetyana...
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Emakumeen Bira 2018 – Stage 1
There are no easy stages at Emakumeen Bira (unless you’re going to take it easy in the TT). After the first hour out and back along the gorge it was up and down all evening to the finish. It was a hard...
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Emakumeen Bira 2018 – Stage 2
I’m working with a new moto pilot here at Emakumeen Bira. Greg has been working at bike races for eight years but this is his first time at a women’s event. I think he’s been impressed with the...
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Emakumeen Bira 2018 – Stage 3
Looking out at the wall-to-wall blue skies just a few of hours before the race, I looked at my weather app and back at the blue sky. Rain? Really? No, it must be wrong! It wasn’t… We’d been out and...
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Emakumeen Bira 2018 – Stage 4
And that’s Emakumeen Bira done for another year. Today’s stage was off the charts beautiful. The Urkiola Park is stunning, you really should visit, even if it’s not to see a bike race but just to soak...
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2019 Emakumeen Bira – Stage 1
It was a little more than a month ago, when I almost froze to death on the moto whilst covering (Liege)-Bastogne-Liege. That was one of the most miserable days I’ve ever experienced on a motorbike....
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2019 Emakumeen Bira – Stage 2
Races starting late are good and bad to equal measures. It’s good, because you have the whole morning to relax, there is no rush, no pressure. On the other hand, even short-ish stages, like today’s 110...
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2019 Emakumeen Bira – Stage 3
In the crazy moments of any race, it is rare you catch the same riders more than once, unless they are especially active. So, it was to my surprise, that I’ve caught today’s winner, Tayler Wiles quite...
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2019 Emakumeen Bira – Stage 4
I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun shooting a race. Even when I shoot a race from the moto, the peloton is so often together, that I find it difficult to shoot varied stuff, let alone...
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