Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (FDJ-Suez) returns to racing at Durango-Durango on Tuesday after three months out of competitors with a fractured sacrum.
The Danish star sustained her damage when she crashed out of Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on February 24, ruling her out of the rest of the cobbled and Ardennes Classics and the primary Grand Tour of the 12 months, La Vuelta Femenina.
“WAIT, GUESS WHO’S BACK? Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig,” learn a social media publish from the group on Monday. “More than 3 months after her final race, she’ll be taking the beginning tomorrow!
Uttrup Ludwig makes up a part of a six-woman squad taking over the hilly Basque race with Evita Muzic, Jade Wiel, Nina Buijsman, Léa Curinier and Eugénie Duval.
The 1.1 Spanish one-day will take the riders in and round Durango, taking in laps of the Alto de Miota and Alto de Goiuria climbs on the 113km route. Uttrup Ludwig has twice completed on the rostrum within the race in 2021 and 2022.
Uttrup Ludwig will then head to the robust hilly Vuelta a Burgos WorldTour stage race from May 16-19.
“Plenty of causes to smile in the mean time. Besides having fun with my morning espresso within the solar,” mentioned Uttrup Ludwig on social media final week.
“I’m completely satisfied to announce that I’ll lastly be again in enterprise racing my bike subsequent week! I’ll be on the beginning line in Durango and Vuelta a Burgos.”
The remainder of the 28-year-old’s racing calendar for 2024 hasn’t but been introduced however anticipate her to focus on each the Paris Olympics and Tour de France Femmes in August, the place she has been a stage winner earlier than in 2022.
Uttrup Ludwig obtained the 2024 season off to a flying begin with a stage win on the Tour Down Under. In her absence, FDJ-Suez have been on flying kind with Grace Brown taking a shocking win at Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Muzic reaching new heights at La Vuelta the place she bested Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) on the summit end to La Laguna Negra.
