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Women's Cycling
Classic Lorient Agglomération 2026 in historical context
Elisa Balsamo winning the 2026 Classic Lorient Agglomération felt particularly appropriate for the 25th edition of the race's modern history.
The Lidl-Trek rider beat three-time...
Women's Cycling
Selle Italia-Ghezzi team history – a key team from women’s cycling’s earlier professional era
Selle Italia-Ghezzi is the sort of team that exposes a problem with the way women's cycling history is usually remembered. The biggest riders and...
Women's Cycling
Nürnberger Versicherung team history: the German squad that kept delivering champions
For much of the 2000s, Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung was the reference point for German women's professional cycling.
The team combined a strong German identity with...
Women's Cycling
A brief history of Classic Lorient Agglomération
The Classic Lorient Agglomération has become one of the most durable one-day races in women's professional cycling, even if its changing name means it...
Women's Cycling
Beginner’s guide to Classic Lorient Agglomération 2026
The Classic Lorient Agglomération is one of the longest-established one-day races on the women’s calendar, even if its changing name means plenty of newer...
Tour de France Femmes
The greatest moments on Mont Ventoux in women’s cycling
Mont Ventoux finally becomes part of the modern Tour de France Femmes today, but the Giant of Provence already has a small and unusually...
Women's Cycling
Safi-Pasta Zara-Manhattan team history – the Italian squad that kept leaving a mark
Safi-Pasta Zara-Manhattan occupied a distinctive place in women's professional cycling during the mid-2000s. It was Italian in its management and commercial identity, international in...
Tour de France Femmes
Has Mont Ventoux ever been used in women’s cycling before?
Mont Ventoux will make its debut in the modern Tour de France Femmes in 2026, but it is not the first time women have...
Giro Women
Giro d’Italia Women 2026 in historical context: Vollering’s late reversal joins the race’s great turning points
The Giro d’Italia Women 2026 will be remembered as one of the race’s great late reversals. Demi Vollering did not simply win the Giro....
Tour de France Femmes
A complete history of Tour de France Femmes: from Millie Robinson to the modern yellow jersey
The history of the Tour de France Femmes is not a straight line. It is a story of beginnings, disappearances, legal arguments, underfunded survival,...
Giro Women
A complete history of the Giro d’Italia Women
The Giro d’Italia Women is the longest-running and most symbolically important stage race in women’s professional cycling. It has carried several names, survived uncertain...
Women's Cycling
La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2026 in historical context
La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2026 did not produce a historic shock, but it did produce a result that fits neatly into the race’s longer...
