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Women's Cycling
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...
Women's Cycling
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
Women's Cycling
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...
Women's Cycling
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...
Women's Cycling
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
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...
Women's Cycling
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.
Women's Cycling
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.