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Barbara Guarischi wins stage 4 as Franziska Koch takes overall lead at Simac Ladies Tour

Barbara Guarischi secured her first victory in 16 months (and first top-level win in 9 years), winning stage 4 of the Simac Ladies Tour in Ede. The SD Worx-Protime...

AG Insurance-Soudal gives its thoughts ahead of the 2024 Giro d’Italia Women

AG Insurance-Soudal is set to compete in the 35th edition of the Giro d’Italia Women, held from 7th to 14th July. This year’s race spans 876.7 kilometres over eight...

Outsider Alison Jackson wins 2023 Paris Roubaix Femmes from early break

Canadian Alison Jackson took the biggest result of her career so far with a victory on the velodrome in Roubaix. She attacked early in the race and the strongest...

Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women 2023 Race Preview

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

Servais Knaven has ambitions to take AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step to the top of women’s cycling

AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step signalled their intent to join the Women's WorldTour as soon as possible with their ultimately unsuccessful application this season. They've made some strong signings over the...

AG Insurance-NXTG renamed AG Insurance-Soudal Quick-Step for 2023

The ties between the men's Soudal Quick-Step team and the women's AG Insurance-NXTG team have strengthened for the 2023 season with the women's team now being known as AG...

Women’s World Championships Road Race 2022 Race Preview

The Women's World Championships road race had been dominated by Dutch riders in recent years, with 4 in a row between 2017 and 2021. Elisa Balsamo broke that run last year in Flanders by being able to outsprint Marianne Vos to the line. Such is the Dutch dominance in women's cycling

Swedish team announced for the 2022 World Championships

Sweden has announced its team for the World Championships in Wollongong, with a couple of forced changes due to injury and illness. The line-up of Julia Borgström, Nathalie Eklund,...

Tour of Scandinanvia Battle of the North 2022 Race Preview

The Tour of Scandinavia has morphed from the Ladies Tour of Norway for 2022 after a successful run between 2014 and 2021. Originally hoped to incorporate the Vargarda races in Sweden, the organisers there eventually opted to remain separate.

Tour de Bretagne Féminin 2022 Race Preview

The Tour de Bretagne Féminin has been run since the 1980s, albeit with some interruptions. Catherine Marsal won a pair of the early editions, before Jeannie Longo unsurprisingly won too. It was German rider Hanka Kupfernagel who was the first to win 3 editions of the race though. She was joined on 3 victories by Marina Jaunatre in the mid-2000s. Brit Emma Pooley won in 2008, taking 2 stages along the way.

Women’s Brabantse Pijl 2022 Race Preview

The women’s Brabantse Pijl sees the Spring Classics move eastwards. The Flandrian part of the calendar is over and we’re only a few days away from seeing more racing in the Ardennes region of Belgium. The race begins at Lennik in Flemish Brabant before heading south, skirting around the bottom of Brussels.

Women’s Tour of Flanders 2022 Race Preview

The first Women’s Tour of Flanders took place in 2004. The route followed the last 55km of the men’s race with a bit before it to take the distance up to 94km. The finish parcours from that time is now used for Omloop het Nieuwsblad. Riders climb Kapelmuur before riding the tree-lined Bosberg. Zulfiya Zabirova won the first race with an attack on Kapelmuur itself.