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.

Clasica de Almeria 2023 Race Preview

Clasica de Almeria 2023 Race Preview

There isn’t much of a history of the Clasica de Almeria, mainly because it hasn’t been held before! There isn’t even a note of a national level race that this year’s event has risen up from. There is a men’s Clasica de Almeria and it’s no doubt come about as a result of the success of that race. Unlike the Vuelta CV Feminas which packed a serious punch

Looking back at the last time the women’s peloton raced in the Middle East – the Dubai Women’s Tour 2020

Looking back at the last time the women’s peloton raced in the Middle East – the Dubai Women’s Tour 2020

At the time, the Dubai Women’s Tour was quite a groundbreaking moment. It would be the first time the UCI women’s peloton had raced in the Middle East (although there had been races in Israel, like the Scorpion’s Pass TT), since the 2016 Ladies Tour of Qatar & World Championships that year. The UAE Tour …

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Annemiek van Vleuten’s final race calendar is released

Annemiek van Vleuten’s final race calendar is released

It felt like she would race forever but Annemiek van Vleuten’s final race calendar has been released so we know where we will get to see the Dutch great in her retirement season. She will hope to repeat 2022’s standout wins at the Giro Donne, Tour de France Femmes and Ceratizit Challenge by taking on …

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UAE Tour Women 2023 Race Preview

UAE Tour Women 2023 Race Preview

2023 sees the first-ever edition of the UAE Tour Women, which jumps straight into Women’s WorldTour level. It’s a bit of an evolution of the Dubai Women’s Tour that was held once, in 2020, before Covid claimed it. Lucy van der Haar won the GC there in her final year as a pro.

Movistar completes 1-2 with Mackaij & Lippert at Vuelta CV Feminas

Movistar completes 1-2 with Mackaij & Lippert at Vuelta CV Feminas

Movistar’s new signings got their 2023 season off to a great start by finishing 1st and 2nd in Valencia at the Vuelta CV Feminas. Two of the biggest marquee signings of this off-season were able to go clear on the La Frontera climb in a small group and then play their cards perfectly to ensure …

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Giulio Ciccone wins Stage 2 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and takes GC lead too

Giulio Ciccone wins Stage 2 of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana and takes GC lead too

In an uphill finish on today’s stage, Giulio Ciccone took the victory in a sprint against Tao Geoghegan Hart and Pello Bilbao. On a tough day that saw Stage 1 winner Biniam Girmay dropped before the end, it turned into one for the GC riders and a select group of puncheurs to contest the victory. …

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Vuelta CV Feminas 2023 Race Preview

Vuelta CV Feminas 2023 Race Preview

The Vuelta CV Feminas was the UCI season-opener in 2022 but with the return of the Australian calendar, we’ve already caught a glimpse of riders before heading to the Spanish coast. Indeed, in 2023 it’s not even the first Spanish race of the year after the Women Cycling Pro Costa de Almeria last weekend

Team Groupe Abadie unveils jersey and team for 2023 season

Team Groupe Abadie unveils jersey and team for 2023 season

The newly Continental registered Team Groupe Abadie unveiled its new jersey and team riders for the 2023 season at the JOA Casino in the Pyrénées-Orientales town of Le Boulou last week. The team has been a feature at the French national level and a regular at the lower-level Continental Coupe de France races such as …

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