Women's Cycling

What rule changes affect women’s cycling in 2026?

The 2026 season begins with women’s cycling operating under a markedly different set of constraints. Not because of a single reform, but because several...

Movistar Team – 2026 Women’s WorldTour Team Guide

Movistar enter the 2026 season with a clearer competitive identity than at any point since the programme’s mid-cycle reset earlier in the decade. After...

X2O Trofee Loenhout Azencross 2025: Van der Poel powers clear as Brand survives Zemanová challenge

Loenhout sits at the heart of the Belgian festive cyclo-cross block, and the Azencross rarely allows riders to hide. The crowds press in, the...

8 potential breakout riders to watch in women’s cycling in 2026

A breakout season in the Women’s WorldTour is rarely about sudden discovery. More often, it is the point at which a rider’s underlying profile...

Canyon SRAM zondacrypto – 2026 Women’s WorldTour Team Guide

Canyon SRAM zondacrypto enter the 2026 season in a familiar but increasingly defined position. Fifth in the 2025 UCI Women’s WorldTour rankings, they remain...

Amandine Fouquenet finally gets new team in Pauwels Sauzen; road link with AG Insurance-Soudal under discussion

French cyclo-cross champion Amandine Fouquenet will race for Pauwels Sauzen-Altez Industriebouw from 1 January, having agreed a contract running through to the end of...

Mavi García and one final season, in theory: experience, medals and a farewell on her own terms

At 42, Mavi García continues to prove that age remains little more than a number. The Balearic rider is preparing for what is, on...

Lidl-Trek – 2026 Women’s WorldTour Team Guide

For the first time since the women’s programme was launched in 2019, Lidl-Trek approach a season without two of its defining figures. By the...