The requested URL was not found on this server Eighteen-year-old to race La Choralis Fourmies in first Movistar outing Promising 18-year-old Cat Ferguson will make her professional debut this Sunday at the one-day event La Choralis Fourmies La Choralis Fourmies will be the longest race of the teenager's young career She will line up in France alongside teammates Lucía Ruiz and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift stage winner Emma Norsgaard When Ferguson signed with Movistar last year she described the move as a "dream come true" "From our first meeting it felt like such a welcoming and family environment with a great focus on developing my attributes at WorldTour level," she said "I look forward to learning from the best and most experienced riders in the world and couldn't think of a better team to help me make the step up to elite cycling." finishing on the podium in every race she started including the overall victories at three Nations Cup events and the British junior road race title the 18-year-old claimed her first rainbow jerseys at the Junior Track World Championships She won the team pursuit with a world-record ride alongside Imogen Wolff who has also signed a three-year deal with Movistar Ferguson then sealed the omnium title the following day two years younger than other riders on the start list She finished runner-up in the junior road race at the World Championships last August cementing her status as one of the most promising riders in the circuit "If you told me at the start of the season I’d come second here No further details have been released about the rest of Ferguson's race calendar with Movistar this season Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1 offering race analysis and rider interviews Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides His best result is 28th in a hill-climb competition Imogen Wolff (Great Britain) won the Piccolo Trofeo Binda in March Brit to make debut at Sunday's La Choralis Fourmies Féminine as junior MTB World Champion starts in 2025 With Chladonová and Wolff signed until 2027 on three-year deals Visma have secured heaps of potential for the coming seasons alongside the experience and brilliance of Pauline Ferrand-Prévot who is their marquee signing for 2025 onwards.  Wolff's biggest success on the road came in March when she soloed to victory at Piccolo Trofeo Binda the junior version of the Women's WorldTour race in Italy She's also had big wins on the track as the current junior points race and team pursuit world champion Chladonová has largely had road success on home roads in Slovakia where she has dominated the junior circuit and been both junior national road race and time trial champion Both multi-discipline riders, Chladonová and Wolff still intend to ride cyclocross alongside road as they progress in their development, with Visma’s success at combing the two being evident in the form of two-time CX world champ Fem van Empel completing her first full road season this year I hope I can learn a lot in the peloton during the races and eventually grow as a rider to a very high level.” “The development opportunities the team offers for young talents fit my future perfectly It allows me to combine my favourite discipline with road cycling,” said Chladonová who was third at junior CX worlds in February behind Ferguson and champion Célia Gery “I've been riding for a small family team for the past few years and then to now join one of the biggest WorldTour teams will be a big change for me I'm excited to have been given this opportunity.” After making the step up so young at just 18 Visma didn’t look to put any pressure on their new signings’ shoulders with development and integrating Wolff and Chladonová into the WorldTour being key it was quickly clear that a lot of attention would be paid to my development,” said Wolff “They had a clear plan for the coming years without much pressure and with room to learn “Imogen and Viktória have achieved very good results in the past years We want both riders to slowly grow to WorldTour level,” said women’s Team manager Rutger Tijssen we expect them to grow and discover what they are good at The big results are less important in the first years.” during which time he also wrote for Eurosport Prior to joining the team he reported on races such as Paris-Roubaix and the Giro d’Italia Donne for Eurosport and has interviewed some of the sport’s top riders in Chloé Dygert he spends the majority of his time watching other sports – rugby Time Merlier of Soudal-QuickStep showed his sprinting prowess to take victory in the GP de Fourmies The 30-year-old Belgian was a cut above the rest on Sunday afternoon Tim Merlier netted Soudal Quick-Step’s 46th success of the season at the GP Fourmies, where he became the first Belgian in nine years to cross the finish line victorious. It was the 30-year-old ninth win of the season, moving him closer to his goal of going into double-digits in his first year with the Wolfpack – a target he talked about recently An undulating 197.6km course awaited the riders at the 90th edition of the French one-day race where after a furious start with multiple attacks the pace relented and five riders rode clear of the peloton Soudal Quick-Step posted Tim Declercq at the front of the bunch and “El Tractor” did again a flawless job keeping the gap in check before gradually reducing it with each kilometer unfazed by the many short climbs along the route but our team made sure of bringing him back with three kilometers to go but Tim Merlier remained in an excellent position at all times and opened up his sprint the moment he rounded the last bend of the race giving no chance to his opponents and sailing to a clear win “The team did a great job today and I must thank them for that I also had a good feeling and lots of confidence which helped me when I lost the boys a bit in that crazy final kilometer I’m looking forward now to my next appointment Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images to know how many times a particular page is read We only use this information to improve the content of our website These cookies are only placed after you have given your consent luxury teammate and former French amateur champion Valentin won his first professional race this year in the Boucles de la Mayenne after spending the day at the front and then resisting the return of the peloton Valentin came through the ranks within the Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale team and now joins TotalEnergies with plenty of motivation “I’m really happy to be joining the team which sometimes hurt me in the amateur category (laughs) which makes me determined to get these two seasons off to a good start I have the real feeling that I’m joining a project that I believe in I’d like to thank the team management and Jean-René BERNAUDEAU for believing in me and I’ll do everything I can to prove them right.” Florian DAUPHIN has set his sights on competing at the highest level particularly in his favourite playing field Currently riding for our Breton neighbours in the Arkéa B&B Hotels Continental team having enjoyed a fine season highlighted by his victories in the last Kreiz Breizh Elites (stage 2 and overall) Florian has proved his worth during the 2024 season He is proud to be joining the Team TotalEnergies: “It’s an honour for me to join the team After several seasons with several Breton teams I’m ready to take on new challenges and make my contribution to the Team’s project I’m looking forward to discovering the team’s atmosphere and fighting for new successes under its colours I’m also delighted to be reunited with some of the riders with whom I shared a lot of time at youth level After several seasons in the French professional peloton Alexandre distinguished himself in 2024 with a well-rounded season his determination and his ability to show himself in very difficult races Alexandre is a versatile rider who attempts and wants to win His fine performances in the Coupe de France and various stage races in which he has taken part have proved his worth this season Alexandre tells us more about his future ambitions within the Team: “Joining the Team TotalEnergies is a superb opportunity for me to raise my arms and I’m sure that these next two years will enable me to make real progress I’m also looking forward to support some of the leaders in the bigger stage races and it’s the start of a new adventure for me I’d like to thank the management for their confidence in me.” Florian Dauphin and Alexandre Delettre will be official members of the Team TotalEnergies from 1st January 2025 Ea pariatur omnis ab veniam quibusdam hic unde soluta et placeat commodi ut eveniet tenetur ut distinctio voluptas qui iure iste a maker of fastening systems and mechanical components has agreed to purchase all electricity generated from Iberdrola SA’s Florembeau wind farm in the French region of Pas-de-Calais.  The five-turbine facility in the commune of Créquy has a total output of 10.25 megawatts (MW) Agrati is entitled to 21 gigawatt hours a year to be supplied to three Agrati sites producing fastening systems in the communes of Avressieux The wind farm will cover 53 percent of the sites’ energy needs starting 2025 resulting in a reduction of 33 percent in Agrati’s current carbon dioxide emissions in France according to Spanish electric utility Iberdrola “By powering our French production sites with renewable energy we are not only reducing CO2 emissions by 2.200 tons annually but also aligning our operations with our long-term commitment to environmental responsibility” Iberdrola has long-term power supply deals in several countries including Australia The electricity comes from offshore and onshore wind projects In 2023 it was the leading European utility in both deals and volume of energy sold to industrial customers in the continent with almost 1,000 MW signed International firms that have committed to buying Iberdrola power include ABInBev Iberdrola took full ownership of subsidiary Avangrid Inc by acquiring the remaining 18.4 percent shares it did not already own “The merger will allow Iberdrola to invest in the United States more efficiently” Avangrid’s assets amount to $46 billion With a capacity of 8,700 MW of renewable energy Avangrid distributes power to seven million people across Connecticut Avangrid won two offshore wind lease areas in the Gulf of Maine last year OCS-A 0564 spans 98,565 acres while OCS-A 0568 covers 124,897 acres Avangrid said in a press release October 29 “Avangrid will work to develop the lease areas with the potential to deliver 3 Gigawatts of clean power to help meet the energy needs of the New England region and advance the United States 30 GW offshore wind target” “Not including the lease area secured today Avangrid has a projected offshore wind pipeline of over 5 GW on the East Coast of the United States – enough to power more than two million households” Receive our weekly Newsletterand set tailored daily news alerts Industrial, Medical/Hygiene, Sports/​Outdoor, Sustainable The International Prize Théophile Legrand Innovation Textile is now under the guidance of the Fondation de France and is looking for applications Candidates can now come from a research laboratory a textile engineer school or laboratory of a textile company the project should be submitted by February and should not be commercialized founders of the Théophile Legrand Foundation the International Théophile Legrand Textile Innovation Award has now been under the authority of the Union of textiles industries since 2014 trade union representing the diversity of French textile regions and branches working closely with the Fondation de France The Théophile Legrand Innovation Award Textile at the service of industry will be presented on 17 March 2016 at the Conference Centre “Capital 8” in Paris The Théophile Legrand Textile Innovation Award in the human service will be presented on 19 March 2016 at the Place Maria Blondeau in Fourmies Both prizes will be awarded to researchers Master students and engineering students under alternate work and study contract able to invent the textiles of tomorrow a fabric or new ways of innovative textile industrial production The aim is to promote the textile innovation emulation and imagination highlighting the technical or industrial design The inventors of new textile fibres or new textile production ways must demonstrate creativity originality and innovation in the design of their project Transferability to the industrial process is mandatory The innovation must be made feasible and reproducible within reasonably profitable conditions Its functionality and usefulness must be recognizable or easily identifiable the Théophile Legrand prize has become in five years the largest award in the world these 84 candidates represent 26 largest universities engineering textiles schools or textile research laboratories in Europe this award has become a reference for major international textile engineer schools and professionals from the textile industry obtaining this award is an important international recognition on the resume of a selected candidate and a winner Several of them have then entered into pre-industrialization phases or marketing of their inventions by subcontractors in the automotive and aerospace or large textile industries Other innovations of the Théophile Legrand prize have been used in creations designed by international designers These avant-garde concepts were presented at the Futurotextiles exhibition in Paris or on the occasion of fashion shows at Louvre in Paris www.theophilelegrand.com Be one of the first to try our new activity feed Multi-discipline ace kicked to second in her debut with Movistar and is swinging for the fences at junior road worlds: 'I won’t be happy 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How about this for a statistic: 15 road and five cyclocross races in 2024 – eight victories Has anyone in world cycling had a more consistent and impressive season than women’s cycling’s newest star, Cat Ferguson The British 18-year-old is a junior national time trial a recent Omnium and team pursuit world champion and red hot favorite to win the upcoming junior world championships road race Movistar made headlines for snapping Ferguson up on a three-year deal last September when she was still just 17 and she made her debut in professional racing on September 8 spectacularly sprinting to second at La Choralis Fourmies Féminie against much older opposition ever seen such an exciting and unique talent with so many capacities,” Sebastián Unzué “She can perform on pretty much any terrain and in any discipline Followers of the British cycling scene have been aware of Ferguson for a while the latest product out of Yorkshire excelling in junior categories But it took a while for cycling to be her focus: she competed in slalom skiing and even finished third at the European championships as a 12-year-old and my dad wasn’t sure it was the right thing for me to stop but cycling was the one for me,” she told Velo she was introduced to the same hilly home roads as Tom Pidcock and Lizzie Deignan from a young age “I looked up to her ever since 2010 when I was only four She is everything I look to be and for me she is the definition of the best possible athlete.” He established the highly successful Shibden Apex RT junior team in 2023 to help progress his daughter and other talents like Imogen Wolff who has since signed for Visma-Lease a Bike “The environment I’ve had growing up has led to the success I’ve had,” Ferguson said Alongside sitting her exams in her final year of education – scoring three straight A grades – Ferguson has been competing around the world in 2024 she claimed the Omnium world title in China despite crashing twice “I think that’s the result I am most proud of because so many things went wrong and I had to fight back,” she said “I’m also proud and happy with the silvers I’ve had at the road and cross worlds in the past year but it made me so much more hungry for the next worlds and made me realize how disappointed I was with second place Only crazy if you’re as blessed as Ferguson I won’t be thinking like that in the WorldTour When Movistar first became aware of Ferguson they knew they had to beat the stiff competition to secure her signature In persuading her to join the Spanish giants Unzué had to reassure Ferguson that her development would not be rushed “One of the many great things about Cat is that she’s really smart She is not wanting to be in the big races straight away,” Unzué continued “She is obviously an amazing talent and it’s easy to get excited by her potential #ChoralisFourmies So close to a maiden UCI pro road victory – on day one of her promising career @GettySport pic.twitter.com/T0onoh9JjI — Movistar Team (@Movistar_Team) September 8, 2024 and cyclocross – she has two silver medals from recent cyclocross worlds – but knows that she’ll have to make some sacrifices as her career progresses but managing to do all the biggest races in all three disciplines is difficult especially because I’d need to be in Manchester a lot [for the British national velodrome],” she said “I think one year I’ll focus more on cross with the road always there as priority number one.” there is a trend of women’s teams signing ever younger riders “We’re seeing the exact same thing as what happened five years ago in men’s cycling,” Unzué commented “We saw Lidl-Trek betting hugely on young talent last year and I’m sure they’re happy and confident it will pay off and Cofidis with Julie Bego are also great examples of signing young “Youngsters nowadays have better resources more information and knowledge is available to them and it means they’re much more ready and prepared to turn professional than they were 10 years ago “But we have to let everything process and develop in an organic and natural way instead of pressurizing them and giving them a lot of responsibility We want them still competing at the highest level at 32 It’s often difficult to categorize the type of race a junior will specialize in at the professional level but Ferguson has a good idea where she’ll have most success “Juniors can get away with being good at everything but I think I’ll be a classics-type one-day rider,” she said “I’ve grown up on rolling roads and I’ve got a good sprint if it comes down to a reduced bunch finish I’ve developed my one to five-minute power on the track Her home terrain is a big part of her identity “Yorkshire has formed me as a person and as a bike rider I always want to be the best and I pride myself on that,” she added but you still have to go out and train for four hours after school Every day I want to improve to be better than I was the day before.” She told Velo before her successful bow with Movistar that her entrance into the professional ranks would be an “unknown thing” and that she had “lots of new things to learn,” adding: “There’s no pressure or nerves and I’m just super excited.” A handful of one-day races with the Spanish team is on her calendar before beginning her cyclocross season in mid-December But before that is her ultimate season goal: the road world championships in Zurich where she’ll be looking to upgrade silver to gold in the junior road race on September 26 “I was disappointed with second last year in Glasgow because it was a home race “I’ve said all year that if I could win one race this season I won’t be happy with anything other than gold.” The form book suggests a podium is a guarantee What’s it like to be an American cyclist living in France Watch to get professional road cyclist Joe Dombrowski’s view The Belgian took another good result after his solid outing at last month’s Deutschland Tour Yves Lampaert confirmed his strong form ahead of the World Championships which will start next week in Australia by racking up another top 10 – his seventh of the season – at the Grand Prix de Fourmies one of the last appointments of the Coupe de France Animated by a strong breakaway that kept fighting until the final seven kilometers the 197.6km race was controlled by several teams who put in a huge amount of work to keep the escapees’ gap in check throughout the day and make sure it would come down to a bunch sprint a massive crash happened on the narrow roads taking many of the favourites out of contention including European Champion Fabio Jakobsen who was caught behind and lost contact with the bunch Yves Lampaert was the one who carried the flag for the Wolfpack sprinting against some of the world’s top fast men and taking an impressive sixth Sunday afternoon Photo credit: ©Stuart Franklin / Getty Images Dutchman beats Malucelli and Peñalver to the line as breakaway caught just 300 metres from the finish Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor Pro Cycling) sprinted to victory on stage 4 of the Tour de Langkawi in Bentong outpacing stage 2 winner Matteo Malucelli (JCL Team Ukyo) at the line The Dutchman claimed his fourth win of the season at the end of the flat 131km stage with Manuel Peñalver (Polti-Kometa) rounding out the podium The bunch sprint finish was set up late on in the stage after the six-man breakaway which included Stefan De Bod (EF Education-EasyPost) Joan Bou (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè) was caught just 300 metres from the finish Tudor's lead-out proved the best among the sprint squads with Maikel Zijlaard leading out his countryman to take the win Malucelli continues to lead the points classification with 34 points to De Kleijn's 30 Max Poole (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) continues in the overall race lead with a six-second advantage over second-placed Thomas Pesenti (JCL Team Ukyo) starting with the climb where I think that a lot of sprinters suffered to go over and after with the strong break," De Kleijn said after the stage but we know how strong he is and I just had to focus on the sprint especially after the first two stages where I made some mistakes Sprinting here is different than in Europe but it’s a good learning to do these high-speed sprints There’s more to come and I look forward to the next sprints." Results powered by FirstCycling Dani has reported from the world's top races She has interviewed many of the sport's biggest stars and her favourite races are the Giro d'Italia Dries Devenyns (IAM)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Romain Bardet (France) enjoys the sunshineMichael Gallagher riding in the indiviual pursuit at the 2012 Olympic GamesLars van der Haar (Netherlands)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)Romain Bardet on the podium as the stage 19 winnerDevenyns comes close again to Vuelta a Espana stage win Van der Haar signs with Nys' Telenet-Fidea cyclo-cross team Bardet brings Tour de France to life with instinctive Alpine victory Dries Devenyns returns to Etixx-Quick Step 2017 Vuelta a Espana to start in Nimes The Belgian jumped clear on the final climb of stage 12 after the initial day's break was reeled in by the peloton Devenyns never had much more than 30 seconds but it looked like he might just make it stick there was too much interest in a sprint finish from the bunch behind and his move was While he was brought back with the line almost in sight Devenyns takes some solace from being able to hold off the peloton for so long the only thing that matters is the victory but being able to be at the front of the race at this sort of level gives me great satisfaction," said Devenyns my personal goal was clear: to win a stage But that doesn't mean that I won't try again." Bardet returns to racing action at GP Fourmies Bardet has enjoyed almost a month-long break since finishing second in the Tour de France and competing at the Olympic Games at the start of last month where AG2R-La Mondiale is hoping to deliver Samuel Dumoulin to victory Bardet will cross the Atlantic for the Canadian double-header on September 9 and 11 The two one-day races in Quebec and Montreal have been a permanent fixture on Bardet’s calendar since his debut season in 2012 Bardet will have a short break before racing again in Europe at the Giro dell’Emilia on September 24 The Frenchman will then close his season at Il Lombardia on October 1 unsurprisingly considering the flat course Van der Haar delays start to cyclo-cross season Lars van der Haar will have to wait a little while longer to begin his cyclo-cross season after a hamstring injury has forced him to miss the opening two rounds of the World Cup Van der Haar was due to ride Cross Vegas and Jingle Cross Iowa City on September 21 and 24 but announced on Twitter on Thursday that he would not travel to the US for the two events I needed to make the hard decision that I won't make it to Vegas & Iowa due to an inflammation in hamstring tendon," wrote the Dutchman It remains to be seen if Van der Haar can recover in time for the first round of the Superprestige in Gieten Australian Paralympian Gallagher tests positive for EPO The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) has confirmed that para-cyclist Michael Gallagher has given a positive A sample for EPO The result comes from an out of competition test done at a training camp in in Italy July The double Paralympic champion has been immediately suspended from racing and will not compete at the Rio Paralympics Gallagher has won gold medals in the individual pursuit at the past two Paralympic Games in the LC1 category in Beijing in 2008 and the C5 category in London in 2012 "The Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) has taken immediate action to remove Michael Gallagher from the 2016 Australian Paralympic Team in Rio," a statement from the Australian Paralympic Committee read "This follows Gallagher's mandatory provisional suspension handed down by the APC and Cycling Australia today after ASADA confirmed Gallagher has returned a positive doping sample "Gallagher was tested out-of-competition at a training camp held in Italy in July His 'A' sample tested positive for erythropoietin." Get ready for the next generation of British success but can it last forever with a shrinking calendar There are two types of headlines about British cycling at the moment both of which you will have seen on our website over the past couple of years after both signed three-year deals; meanwhile their fellow junior track world champion Imogen Wolff is heading to Visma-Lease a Bike The IPT devo team are taking on board Fin Tarling the younger brother of TT sensation Josh Tarling Matt Brennan will be in Visma’s elite team next year while Bob Donaldson has joined Jayco AlUla there would be just one men’s Continental team left - Saint Piran - and they are already the only senior squad anyway There is not a defined pathway for riders to take from the bottom to the top but the dichotomy between the success of Britain’s youngsters and the state of its domestic scene is stark right now There are still so many good things to highlight and trumpet there are many fault lines underneath the domestic scene that need looking at Let’s hope that this golden generation is not the last This piece is part of The Leadout, the offering of newsletters from Cycling Weekly and Cyclingnews. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here If you want to get in touch with Adam, email adam.becket@futurenet.com If you have anything to add to this story in particular Before joining CW in 2021 he spent two years writing for Procycling He's usually out and about on the roads of Bristol and its surrounds Before cycling took over his professional life he covered ecclesiastical matters at the world’s largest Anglican newspaper and politics at Business Insider Don't ask how that is related to riding bikes Trek-Segafredo rider and teammate Felline recovering from injuries Felline wins GP de Fourmies-La Voix du Nord Schleck: Vuelta a Espana stage win about courage and character Aru to skip Fleche Wallone and Liege-Bastogne-Liege - News Shorts Broken collarbone for Frank Schleck after Fleche Wallonne crash Schleck provided an update on his injury and recovery via the Trek-Segafredo team website "The crash in Fleche broke my collarbone in three pieces and splits of the bone had to be removed so there is quite a bit of bone missing," Schleck said of the accident. "Two weeks ago we did the surgery and fixed the collarbone with a plate and 10 screws So in 5 to 7 days I will have more X-rays to see if the bone has made progress and started the calcification." "It is still painful and I have not reached the full range of movement but I am back on the bike with training adapted to the pain When I will start back to full training is too early to say I am in contact with the team's medical staff and we'll know more after the next examination but I am confident I will be back to full training soon Schleck added that he can laugh at his current situation explaining that having broken his left-collarbone in 2010 "I can believe I am again symmetrical and in total balance again - I'll be stronger when I come back!" Schleck is confident he can deliver for the team in July "If I can say one thing about myself it's that I am very hard on myself and I will not let this crash change anything of my passion and love of cycling I am focused on the Tour de France and I want to get to the Tour in high shape - no excuses The team can rely on me that we will do a great Tour," said Schleck who has finished top-five at the French Grand Tour in three occasions "I had a complicated operation on my nose last Tuesday that went very well and the doctor was happy with the results Until then my respiration was not very good the bones needed to be adjusted into a good position," said Felline. "On the 16th I will have another examination for nose and also for the neck [fracture at the base of the skull] If all is okay and everything continues to be stable Felline was suffering from infection earlier in the season before his Amstel Gold Race crash "First dealing with the infection for three weeks and I was just starting to feel good again after that Sometimes I ask myself why all these bad things have to happen in one period," said Felline "But this is the life – everything does not always happen the way you want; it's not perfect A lot of people are saying to me when I will come back I will be stronger And now I understand what they mean: You pass through these difficult times and it makes you mentally stronger." Felline is also targeting a return to racing in July but will assess his goals once he is able to turn the pedals "I want to come back if possible this summer – July is what I hope then I will start back with some stationary training," he added EPERNAY:  In the space of 215 kilometers (134 miles) the Tour de France goes from one extreme to the other After leaving Belgium to enter France on Monday riders pedaled through the small town of Fourmies the symbol of working-class symbol and pride they reached the glitzy Avenue de Champagne in Epernay a UNESCO World Heritage site home to the most prestigious Champagne houses during the first French celebration of International Worker's Day nine protesters were killed in Fourmies and several dozens injured when soldiers opened fire on a peaceful crowd which gathered in the industrial northern town Socialist leader Jean Jaures came to Fourmies soon after the killings and delivered a powerful speech which served as a trigger for the development and political coordination of the French working class The massacre is still remembered with marches every May 1 When winner Julian Alaphilippe approached the finish line to Stage 3 the Champagne Avenue was bathed in bright sunshine he rode past a statue of Dom Perignon - a monk who lent his name to one of the most famous brands of Champagne - and trendy revelers were sipping bubbly on terraces set up in front of the magnificent buildings built by Champagne houses over three centuries Most of the big names are there: Moët & Chandon For an unforgettable and incomparable experience the real connoisseur should travel 10 kilometers south of Epernay and stop by the Domaine Jacques Selosse in the town of Avize the eight-hectare land is a family-run business producing a divine elixir in the crus of Ay After producing organic and biodynamic wines in the 1990s the Selossses changed their focus to a more pragmatic approach with no pre-set doctrine that produces a sublime result BAGUETTE AND BUTTER: The top-ranked rider in the world Alaphilippe carried his early season form into the Tour de France to triumph in Epernay with a solo attack about 16 kilometers from the finish The Fleche Wallonne and Strade Bianche earlier this year Alaphilippe made the most of the hilly Champagne terrain to launch his decisive move and earn a third career stage win at cycling's biggest race Alaphilippe took the race lead from Mike Teunissen and leads second-placed Wout Van Aert by 20 seconds overall QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I wasn't dancing up the climbs but I felt OK I didn't want to do more than what had to be done" - Defending Tour champion Geraint Thomas after losing five seconds to rival Thibaut Pinot and teammate Egan Bernal Alaphilippe ended a five-year yellow jersey drought for France The last Frenchman to wear the coveted tunic was Tony Gallopin on July 13 NEXT ON THE MENU: Tuesday's Stage 4 is a long and flat route from Reims to Nancy which should end in a bunch sprint The 213.5-kilometer (133-mile) ride features a small climb but it's far away from the finish to be decisive promoting cross-border cooperation between 4 European countries: The Netherlands It has been approved under the priority ‘Low Carbon Technologies’ Space and water heating represent a large fraction of overall energy consumption across the EU Member States Dependence on fossil fuels has made the heat sector hard to decarbonise in at least three of the four Member States in the 2 Seas region between 65% and 80% of buildings across these four Member States that will exist in 2050 have already been built often with fossil fuel heating systems and poor energy efficiency There is an enormous potential to reduce CO2 emissions in the sector by shifting to low carbon heating alternatives but there remain many barriers to doing so The main objective of the SHIFFT project is to stimulate the adoption of low-carbon heating technologies in existing buildings It will take multiple routes to achieving this through its three technical work packages Work Package 1 devises city strategies for four small to medium municipalities as well as producing general guidance for cities to make their own strategies for the move to low carbon heating City strategies will be devised for the Belgian cities of Brugge and Mechelen the Dutch city of Middelburg and the French city of Fourmies each led by the cities as full partners in the project These will inform a document offering guidance to other cities who want to devise their own strategy TU Delft is involved in Work Package 1 (both the faculties BK and TBM contribute to it) Work Package 2 focuses on developing strategies for the fullest possible inclusion of communities in co-developing and co-creating low carbon heating strategies at the local level This will inform the other Work Packages of SHIFFT We see it as essential to include communities to the fullest possible extent in decisions about the buildings in which they live TU Delft is lead partners of Work Package 2 (Faculty of TPM) TU Delft will use Participative Value Evaluation and several co-creation research methods in this Work Package Work Package 3 concerns delivery of exemplar community low carbon heating projects; one installation of low carbon heating technology will take place in each of the four INTERREG 2 Seas Member States with each build led by one of our project partners: Places for People (UK) Fourmies (FR) and Zorgbedrijf Rivierenland (BE) We will aim to capture learning from these developments and pass it on to the widest possible selection of stakeholders in the sector TU Delft is involved in Work Package 3 to design monitor and assess technical performance of heating technologies implemented in the investment pilots The work is led by the University of Exeter (UK) will support the local authorities and other partners as regards technology policy and co-creation of projects with communities The specific and measurable objectives of SHIFFT are to assist in the development of city low carbon heating strategies both within the project and by demonstrating routes to strategy development for other municipalities to develop exemplar low carbon retrofit heating projects and to work with others to pass on the lesson learned within the project to maximise the value of the lessons learned SHIFFT targets local and regional authorities as a primary target group with the purpose of influencing communities energy service companies and SMEs to consider a wider set of heating solutions than is currently the case For more information regarding the project please visit: https://shifftproject.eu/ Involvement of TU Delft researchers in SHIFFT: The project is co-funded by the European Union The total budget of Delft University of Technology within the project is € 480.672   Postbus 5 2600 AA Delft Contact en bereikbaarheid Vacatures Voorleeshulp: BrowseAloud Intranet Studentenportal Doneer  Disclaimer Privacy & Security Analysing features of co-creation (what happened when challenges experienced) can provide feedback what changes may be needed and reveal why outcomes were or were not achieved Meia Wippoo, from Waag Society and Technology will respond why measuring co-creation is tricky The workshop then dives into evaluating European co-creation pilots more practically Hauts-de-France and Middleburg and seeks to uncover how understandings of co-creation vary amongst different territories UK national with offshore finance group in Malta arrested in the Netherlands in connection with allegations of misuse of several million dollars of investors’ money Dusoruth was arrested and charged with the offences but failed to appear in Magistrates’ Court on 21 March and an arrest warrant was issued.