Women's Cycling

How to beat Lorena Wiebes: the uncomfortable truth for every sprint team

Beating Lorena Wiebes is rarely about finding a clever trick in the final 200 metres. It is about changing the shape of the race...

UAE Tour Women 2026 stage 2: Guarischi drags Wiebes back from the “big mess” as Consonni and Veenhoven chase for the minor placings

Stage 2 of the 2026 UAE Tour Women was the kind of day that looks calm on the profile and still ends up feeling...

UAE Tour Women 2026 stage 1: Wiebes threads the gap to win in Madinat Zayed as Gillespie and Bäckstedt complete the podium

Stage 1 of the 2026 edition of the UAE Tour Women was drawn as the straightforward one, a flat 111km run from Al Mirfa...

2026 UAE Tour Women Race Preview

The UAE Tour Women returns in early February as one of the first major Women’s WorldTour stage races of the season, and it remains...

Marlen Reusser’s 2026 race programme

Marlen Reusser’s 2026 calendar is built around pressure, control and stage-race depth. It is the programme of a rider who can win in different...

Women’s Pionera Race-SCV 2026: Fidanza returns to winning ways with uphill sprint in Cocentaina

Arianna Fidanza ended a long wait for victory in emphatic style at the Pionera Race-SCV, producing the fastest finish from a reduced lead group...

2026 Cyclo-cross World Championships women U23: Leonie Bentveld lands long-awaited rainbow jersey in Hulst after late duel with Viktória Chladonová

After two straight bronze medals at the last two Worlds, Leonie Bentveld finally found the missing step in Hulst, riding a patient, technically sharp...

Lucinda Brand plays down favourites tag for 2026 Hulst Worlds; Paris-Roubaix dream waits beyond the mud

Lucinda Brand has spent most of this winter making cyclo-cross look like a solved problem, but with the world championships now looming in Hulst,...