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Women’s Cycling

All the content about women’s cycling on ProCyclingUK.com – from women world tour cycling to women continental team cycling.

Articles like race previews, rider interviews, opinion pieces and analysis about the women’s pro peloton will be listed here.

Marta Bastianelli wins Le Samyn des Dames ahead of fellow Italian Confalonieri

Marta Bastianelli wins Le Samyn des Dames ahead of fellow Italian Confalonieri

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This year’s Le Samyn des Dames saw an Italian lockout on the podium with Marta Bastianelli taking the victory in a sprint-a-deux with Maria Giulia Confalonieri. Behind the lead pair, Vittoria Guazzini took the final podium spot ahead of Audrey Cordon-Ragot. The decisive move came on the final cobbled section of Belle Vue, with Bastianelli …

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Lotte Kopecky takes the first Belgian victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women

Lotte Kopecky takes the first Belgian victory at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Women

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SD Worx’s Lotte Kopecky took a commanding victory at this year’s Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women, finishing solo like Dylan van Baarle in the men’s Omloop. Surprisingly, Belgium has never had a home winner at Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women, despite being run since 2006. Going clear on the early part of the Muur, Kopecky powered onto …

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Flanders Classics secures equal prize money for all of its 2023 races

Flanders Classics secures equal prize money for all of its 2023 races

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Flanders Classics has announced that all of its 2023 races, which include Omloop het Nieuwsblad, Gent Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen, Scheldeprijs, Brabantse Pijl and the Tour of Flanders. It follows in the course of Nokere Koerse introducing equal prize money for its race last season, as well as Flanders Classics’ own Tour of Flanders. Flanders …

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Vuelta Femenina to start in Torrevieja, with final queen stage to Lagos de Covadonga

Vuelta Femenina to start in Torrevieja, with final queen stage to Lagos de Covadonga

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This year’s Vuelta Femenina, formerly known as the Ceratizit Challenge and Madrid Challenge is having a revamp. Extra stages and a calendar move to May has seen the race potentially start to take on the mantle its men’s namesake commands. Arguably the weakest of the so-called grand tours of the women’s cycling calendar, the race …

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Le Samyn des Dames 2023 Race Preview

Le Samyn des Dames 2023 Race Preview

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Le Samyn des Dames is the delayed third race of an elongated opening weekend. Whilst Omloop het Nieuwsblad and Omloop van het Hageland take place on Saturday and Sunday, we only have to wait until Tuesday for another big race. Relatively flat but with a couple of short steep climbs

Omloop van het Hageland 2023 Race Preview

Omloop van het Hageland 2023 Race Preview

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Omloop van het Hageland is the second part of the Opening Weekend for the women’s peloton. With no Kuurne Brussels Kuurne, the long-running Omloop van het Hageland fills the gap nicely instead. More often than not the race comes down to a sprint, with the parcours just hard enough to drop any unsuspecting rider.

Fem van Empel to begin road season at Volta Limburg Classic

Fem van Empel to begin road season at Volta Limburg Classic

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Fem van Empel has had a strong cyclocross season, winning the World Cup, the X2O Badkamers Trophy and the World Championships. Her signing in January for Jumbo-Visma from Pauwels Sauzen-Bingol always contained a chance of an increased road season than previous years. 2022 saw Van Empel contest the Thüringen Ladies Tour where the Dutch rider …

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Justine Ghekiere wins 2023 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana by just 1 second

Justine Ghekiere wins 2023 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana by just 1 second

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AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step began the day with a plan to make sure Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio won the overall victory and have Justine Ghekiere outscore Katia Ragusa in the Queen of the Mountains competition. As it turned out, things didn’t go to plan but they still worked out. Justine Ghekiere got herself into the large break of …

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Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women 2023 Race Preview

Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women 2023 Race Preview

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Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women will be part of the Women’s WorldTour for the first time in 2022! A long history back to 2006 has seen the race slowly elevate itself through the levels from 1.2 to 1.WWT. The honours board contains some of the very best riders in the women’s peloton