Women's WorldTour Gent-Wevelgem 2019 – Preview

Marta Bastianelli wins Gent-Wevelgem Women's WorldTour 2018

Marta Bastianelli wins Gent-Wevelgem Women's WorldTour 2018 (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Marta Bastianelli (Virtu Cycling) will line up as the defending champion at the weekend's fifth round of the Women's WorldTourGent-Wevelgem, but the series leader is willing to forgo a second consecutive victory with her sights set, instead, on Tour of Flanders in April and the World Championships in Yorkshire in September.

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Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.

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