Movistar Confirms Defending Champion Annemiek van Vleuten for La Vuelta Femenina

Key Highlights :

1. Chloe Dygert is returning to road racing next Monday at La Vuelta Femenina.

2. The former World Time Trial Champion and seven-time World Track Champion is back after a 14-month break from road racing due to a variety of health issues.

3. Dygert recently took part in the UCI Track World Cup in Milton with the US National team, having returned to track racing last November in Colorado Springs for the first time in ten months.

4. But La Vuelta Feminina will be the 26-year-old’s first road event since the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in February 2022.

5. She is expected to play a key role in Monday’s opening 14.5-kilometre team time trial in Torrevieja in SE Spain.

     The long-awaited return of Chloe Dygert to road racing will come next Monday at La Vuelta Femenina, as the former World Time Trial Champion and seven-time World Track Champion was confirmed by her Canyon-SRAM team. After a 14-month break from road racing due to a variety of health issues, Dygert is ready to take part in the opening 14.5-kilometre team time trial in Torrevieja in SE Spain and play a key role in the event.

     In other La Vuelta Femenina team roster news, Spanish squad Movistar also confirmed, as expected, that the double defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten will be headlining their squad for their top home race. German National Champion Liane Lipper and Emma Norsgaard, back in action after her Strade Bianche injury, are also named in their lineup.

     Dygert has had more spring training than winter training in preparation for this season, and recently took part in the UCI Track World Cup in Milton with the US National team. She is feeling excited to be back on the bike and is looking forward to being the best teammate possible.

     The 26-year-old had a major crash in the 2020 World Championships while defending her 2019 TT title, when she hit a guardrail and badly injured her knee, needing nine months off the bike. She began racing with Canyon-SRAM in 2022, but contracted Epstein Barr virus, then had a second operation on her leg. Then in November 2022, she had heart surgery to treat a longstanding tachycardia issue.

     Canyon-SRAM’s lineup for the La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour includes Ricarda Bauernfeind (GER); Elise Chabbey (SWI); Chloé Dygert (USA); Kasia Niewiadoma (POL); Pauliena Rooijakkers (NED); Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (POL); Alice Towers (UK).

     Movistar’s lineup for the La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour includes Annemiek van Vleuten (NED); Liane Lippert (GER); Emma Norsgaard (DEN); Lourdes Oyarbide (SPA); Floortje Mackaij (NED); Aude Biannic (FRA); Paula Patiño (COL).

     The 2023 La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour is set to be an exciting event with both Canyon-SRAM and Movistar fielding strong teams. With Dygert and van Vleuten both returning to the race, it promises to be an event to remember.

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