Cycling News — Alex Manly
Alex Manly wins Stage Two and Takes Over Race Lead at Tour Down Under!
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Monday, January 16, 2023 Team Jayco AlUla athlete Alex Manly took the win on the second stage of Santos Tour Down Under on her local roads in Adelaide. The win put Manly into the general classification lead by a thin margin with just one stage left in the race. The 90km of Santos Tour Down Under stage two were packed with 1631m of elevation gain. From the start, riders were launching attacks. Manly picked up two seconds on the intermediate sprint, but no rider could get away from the bunch. On the final climb, 6.1km up Mount Lofty, a small...
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Alex Manly Wins Stage Four of the Tour of Scandinavia!
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Monday, August 15, 2022 Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider Alex Manly scored her first Women’s WorldTour victory Friday in Norway. The fourth stage of the Tour of Scandinavia ended with a sprint from a late breakaway, where Manly edged out the competition to take the win. The 119km stage from Askim to Mysen consisted of constant attacks, but none were able to stay away. With 11km to go, Alice Barnes (Canyon-SRAM) launched an attach and Manly followed. They were joined by four other riders with 3.5km to go, giving the small bunch enough power to stay away from the chasing peloton. As...
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Alex Manly Wins LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour!
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Monday, May 30, 2022 Alex Manly cemented her lead with another win on the final stage of LOTTO Thüringen Ladies Tour Sunday. The Team BikeExchange-Jayco rider won four out of six stages to secure the overall victory. Kicking off the six-day tour by winning the first three stages (Alex Manly won stages one and three, Georgia Baker won stage two), Team BikeExchange-Jayco continued their strong team work to score two more victories in the second half of the week. With another uphill sprint finish, Manly secured the win on stage four, a 127km circuit course in Schleiz. On Saturday, another jersey made an appearance...
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