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It has been a whole year since Annemiek van Vleuten surprised the front group late on in Wollongong to take potentially the final rainbow jersey of her long career. We've been treated to the Dutch star in the white jersey with the rainbow colours for all of the 2022 season

The Tour des Suisse Women has quickly moved up the ranks since its re-introduction to the calendar. Opening up as a 2.1 in 2021, it was a 2.Pro in 2022 and now part of the Women's WorldTour in 2023. It had been a 20-year wait from the last original edition in 2001 and the return in 2021. The two races were linked by the presence of Olga Zabelinskaya, the Russian-born Uzbek taking part in both sides of the gap.

The CIC-Tour Féminin Pyrénées has a limited history with just the one edition in 2022. Krista Doebel-Hickok was the strongest rider over the 4 stages, taking the GC by 1'07" from Eri Yonamine and Ricarda Bauernfeind back at 1'38" behind the American.

Demi Vollering didn't manage to win the Tour of the Basque Country. That honour fell to her SD Worx teammate, Marlen Reusser, who clinched...

Demi Vollering launched into the race lead on the opening stage of the 2023 Itzulia Women. The Dutch star rode away on the final...

The Itzulia Women took over as one of the major Spanish stage races once Emakumeen Bira closed its doors and was able to get off the ground in 2022 straight into the Women's WorldTour. That was largely in part due to the race being an expanded version of the Donostia San Sebastian Klasikoa which took place either side of Covid.

La Vuelta Femenina is very much the junior member of the women's grand tours and riding the coattails of the men's race whilst trying to catch up. It's had a slow, measured progression from a one-day race, similar to La Course on the Champs Elysees was, into something bigger. After 3 editions, a second stage was added which was somewhat strangely a team time trial to effectively decide the GC.

Elisa Balsamo took the first stage of the 2023 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, a repeat of her win at the same stage in last year's...

2022 Season Summary 2022 was a decent season of two halves for UAE Team ADQ. Marta Bastianelli picked up the bulk of her victories early...

The UCI's published list of Continental teams for the 2023 season is outstanding but we already know something like 95% of the Continental teams....