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Le Samyn des Dames is the delayed third race of an elongated opening weekend. Whilst Omloop het Nieuwsblad and Omloop van het Hageland take place on Saturday and Sunday, we only have to wait until Tuesday for another big race. Relatively flat but with a couple of short steep climbs

The race organisation for the Bretagne Ladies Tour has published the start and finish towns that will host the 2023 edition of the race....

2022 Season Summary FDJ-SUEZ moved up a level in the 2022 season. Traditionally they've had 1 or 2 star riders scoring points whereas in 2022,...

The 2023 Bretagne Ladies Tour will start on Tuesday May 9th 2023 in North Finistère and go in a loop from Kerlouan to Kerlouan....

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

Ellen van Dijk took her 3rd world championship in the time trial this morning. The Dutch rider was the quickest on the circuit in...

The Tour de France Femmes has a long and convoluted history. The first race that could be considered a Women's Tour de France was the La Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, held in 1955. That race was won by the Brit Millie Robinson, who would also go on to be a women's hour record holder. Held over 5 stages, the race ended up being a one-off event.

Officially this race is just called the Women’s Tour but may have to unofficially finally become the Women's Tour of Britain. With the Tour de France Femmes coming, the original name all feels just a little too vague. The Women’s Tour is another race affected by COVID in 2020, but 2021 saw the race return, albeit in September rather than its usual timeslot of June.

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.

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.