{"id":259406,"date":"2026-08-25T08:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/i-just-love-to-race-and-i-love-it-if-the-race-is-hard-fleur-moors-continues-breakthrough-season-at-tour-of-britain-women-with-her-eyes-on-montreal-worlds\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T08:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T08:26:19","slug":"i-just-love-to-race-and-i-love-it-if-the-race-is-hard-fleur-moors-continues-breakthrough-season-at-tour-of-britain-women-with-her-eyes-on-montreal-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/i-just-love-to-race-and-i-love-it-if-the-race-is-hard-fleur-moors-continues-breakthrough-season-at-tour-of-britain-women-with-her-eyes-on-montreal-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I just love to race, and I love it if the race is hard&#8217; \u2013 Fleur Moors continues breakthrough season at Tour of Britain Women with her eyes on Montreal Worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"elk-f766610c-a00a-11f1-a273-e3c2bc15a21b\">At the age of 20, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/fleur-moors\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/fleur-moors\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/fleur-moors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fleur Moors<\/a> is one of the brightest rising stars of the women&#8217;s peloton. She stands among British racers Zoe B\u00e4ckstedt and Cat Ferguson, Frenchwoman C\u00e9lia Gery, and her own <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/road\/teams\/uci-womens-worldtour\/2026\/lidl-trek-women\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/road\/teams\/uci-womens-worldtour\/2026\/lidl-trek-women\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/road\/teams\/uci-womens-worldtour\/2026\/lidl-trek-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lidl-Trek<\/a> teammate Isabella Holmgren as one of the most exciting riders aged 21 or younger.<\/p>\n<p>Moors has been crowned a national junior and under-23 cyclo-cross champion and European junior road champion. She&#8217;s been racing most of the year among the elites, though, already competing for some of the sport&#8217;s biggest prizes.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"ecom-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-f766610c-a00a-11f1-a273-e3c2bc15a21b-2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Before 2026, Moors had never taken on more than eight Women&#8217;s WorldTour race days in a season. This year, she&#8217;s already raced 26, and she&#8217;s flourishing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-6 w-full overflow-hidden rounded-[10px] lg:my-8\" data-component-name=\"JwPlayer:Carousel\" data-jwp-carousel=\"\" data-jwp-carousel-payload=\"{&quot;ids&quot;:{&quot;playerID&quot;:&quot;jYDCcabO&quot;,&quot;searchPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;gwjdoYHD&quot;,&quot;divID&quot;:&quot;botr_gwjdoYHD_jYDCcabO_div&quot;,&quot;fallbackPlaylistID&quot;:&quot;gwjdoYHD&quot;,&quot;fallbackDivID&quot;:&quot;botr_gwjdoYHD_jYDCcabO_div&quot;,&quot;key&quot;:&quot;X9\\\/mXVGac0NphghLH9hZaqWA5d3dhAM\\\/Ih07grnEyMLjuO2E&quot;,&quot;tintLogo&quot;:true,&quot;useSearchPlaylist&quot;:false,&quot;enabled&quot;:true},&quot;signPostingEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;signPostingLinkEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;waitForAdLoad&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnDesktop&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnMobile&quot;:false,&quot;hidePlayerOnTablet&quot;:false}\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-nowrap items-center justify-between gap-3 bg-zinc-900 px-[14px] py-3\" data-jwp-carousel-header=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand\">Cyclingnews<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">&#8220;This was the first season that I could ride the bigger races, and I&#8217;m really happy I also had the chance to do it. That&#8217;s thanks to the team, and it made my power stronger,&#8221; Moors told <em>Cyclingnews<\/em> at the recent <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-of-britain-women\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-of-britain-women\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/tour-of-britain-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tour of Britain Women<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">She finished 12th overall in Britain, easily winning the youth classification, with the five-day race marking her latest impressive outing of 2026.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Back in the spring, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/it-was-so-close-breakthrough-moment-sees-fleur-moors-on-the-podium-at-in-flanders-fields\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/it-was-so-close-breakthrough-moment-sees-fleur-moors-on-the-podium-at-in-flanders-fields\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/it-was-so-close-breakthrough-moment-sees-fleur-moors-on-the-podium-at-in-flanders-fields\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she took second at In Flanders Fields<\/a> and Leeuw Ottingen (both to Lorena Wiebes) plus fifth at Amstel Gold Race. There were also debut outings at the Tour of Flanders and Giro d&#8217;Italia Women. Before heading to Britain, she took sixth at the Baloise Ladies Tour with three top 10s along the way.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">&#8220;It was super nice to have my first Grand Tour. I did it last year as well, but then I crashed. To have it fully completed, you feel it in the legs, and it&#8217;s good for the tank!&#8221; Moors said of the Italian Grand Tour, before spelling out exactly what type of racing she enjoys.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-7uvZnqFhG5nw2iHRJj543n\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-7uvZnqFhG5nw2iHRJj543n slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">The latest race content, interviews, features, reviews and expert buying guides, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">&#8220;I just love to race, and I love it if the race is hard. For me, I prefer to have a hard race instead of just going slow to the finish. So, it&#8217;s just nice in this way rather than going slow into the finish.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Moors will be pleased to know that there&#8217;s more hard racing to come before the season is out. Her main goal this autumn will be the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/uci-road-world-championships\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/uci-road-world-championships\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/uci-road-world-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Road World Championships<\/a> in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">Moors has raced Worlds before, taking on the junior road race four years ago and the under-23 time trial last September, and she&#8217;ll line up as a top contender this time around.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-2 pb-0 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            What to read next<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">&#8220;I&#8217;m now working towards the Worlds, and I thought Britain would be a good preparation for it. I love the way of racing here,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a little bit like Belgium \u2013 chaotic, up and down, corners here and there \u2013 and I really love it. So it&#8217;s a super nice way to go to Worlds. I like all kinds of races, but especially like this: if it&#8217;s chaotic, bike handling, up and down, on the punch, I prefer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">With both Moors and another promising 20-year-old, AG Insurance-Soudal&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/lore-de-schepper\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/lore-de-schepper\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-article-category=\"pro-cycling\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/riders\/lore-de-schepper\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lore De Schepper<\/a>, in the Belgian lineup, the nation will certainly be one to watch in Montreal.<\/p>\n<p aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\">&#8220;We also have a strong Lore De Schepper, who is a good climber. So I think we are with two really strong riders and also a strong team, so we can maybe play cards.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-5c8fe918-a00b-11f1-8927-95a5ebf99ceb\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kiosq-b\"><strong>For unbeatable coverage across road, gravel and tech, subscribe to Cyclingnews. You&#8217;ll get comprehensive race coverage of La Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, subscriber-exclusive analysis from our expert columnists, in-depth features and industry-leading tech insight. 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She stands among British racers Zoe B\u00e4ckstedt and Cat Ferguson, Frenchwoman C\u00e9lia Gery, and her own Lidl-Trek teammate Isabella Holmgren as one of the most exciting riders aged 21 or younger. 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