Women's Cycling

Lisa Brennauer – power, precision and one of Germany’s great modern careers

Lisa Brennauer was one of those riders whose value could be understood in several different ways at once. She was a world-class time triallist,...

2026 Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes race preview: Ardennes climbs & long selective run to Liège shape the Spring finale

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes stands as the deepest endurance test of the women’s Ardennes week, the race where the repeated climbing of Amstel Gold Race Women...

Itzulia Women 2026 full route guide

Itzulia Women 2026 takes place from Friday 15th May to Sunday 17th May and keeps the race to its now-familiar three-day format, but the...

La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2026 in historical context

La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2026 did not produce a historic shock, but it did produce a result that fits neatly into the race’s longer...

Full start list for Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2026

Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2026 takes place on Sunday, 26th April and closes the women’s Ardennes week with the longest and most selective of the three...

A brief history of Vuelta a Burgos Feminas

Vuelta a Burgos Feminas has become one of the key fixtures in the Spanish women’s calendar, but it is still a relatively young race...

Annemiek van Vleuten: reinvention, late-career dominance and a relentless will to improve

Annemiek van Vleuten is one of the few riders whose career can be divided clearly into distinct versions of herself. There was the early...

What La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2026 means for the season

La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2026 gave the Ardennes week a result that felt both familiar and important. Demi Vollering won on the Mur de...