The Vårgårda races have been part of the women’s cycling calendar for a long long time. There has been a Vårgårda race in the women’s World Cup since 2006 and the TTT has been raced at the highest level since 2008. The road race has seen big names like Marianne Vos, Iris Slappendel, Chantal van …
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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 off-season, both on the bike and behind the scenes in order to make sure they qualify for the WWT at the end of the 2023 season. …
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 of the time is now used
Since the race’s inception in 2018, the race has seen 3 big bunch sprints and 1 notable solo win by Grace Brown last year. The parcours is super flat with nothing of note to worry about. The wind is about the only hazard for the riders but even that isn’t forecast to be too bad on Thursday.
The GP Oetingen is one of the many great one-day Belgian races at the lower levels. In 2022, it’ll be a 1.2 race – the lowest classification for a UCI one-day race. That said, because of its position in the calendar during the Spring Classics, the start list is always of high quality. This season, …
Every year a host of riders retire from the top level of the sport, but this year’s retirement list contains a few big hitters. Anna van der Breggen is one of the best of this generation of riders with only a couple of others in that conversation. Kirsten Wild is a different type of rider …
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The women’s Ronde van Drenthe has a higher profile than the men’s version. It’s one of the longest running top-level races in the women’s cycling calendar and the list of winners reads like a Who’s Who of women’s cycling since 2007. 5 World Champions have finished on the top step of Ronde van Drenthe but …
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There’s finally a Paris Roubaix Femmes! It was teased to us as part of the end of 2020 season calendar but events with Covid took hold and there was no Paris Roubaix. It was a similar story in the Spring of 2021 with Paris Roubaix Femmes once again being postponed with the men’s race due …
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Over the years, some of the women’s teams have managed to put together the rosters of a super-team. This year’s SD Worx line-up is one of them and their dominance in the peloton is clear. Teams with major stars are able to take the bulk of the available wins and that feels like what SD …
The SPAR Flanders Diamond Tour is the next round in the Lotto Cycling Cup, the year-long national competition in Belgium. The race is set at the 1.1 level, so a healthy amount of WorldTour talent can mix it up against domestic talents. It takes place around the town of Nijlen, situated just outside the major …
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