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UAE Team ADQ extends contracts with Amialiusik, Holden and Ivanchenko

The ongoing development of UAE Team ADQ continues with the contract renewals of three key riders. Belarusian Alena Amialiusik, Briton Lizzie Holden, and Russian Alena Ivanchenko have all extended...

Tour de l’Ardeche 2024 Race Preview

The Tour de l'Ardeche, first established in 2003, has grown to become one of the longest-running non-Women's WorldTour stage races in women's cycling. Nestled in the stunning French region of Ardèche, this race has carved out a solid place in the late-season cycling calendar, offering a challenging and diverse terrain that tests the endurance and versatility of the riders.

Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour 2024 Race Preview

The Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour is one of the longest-running stage races still on the women's calendar. Whilst slow to react to the march of progress of women's cycling it has very much caught up in recent years.

Russian and Belarusian cyclists eligible for Paris 2024

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has revealed a list of Russian and Belarusian athletes cleared to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Among these athletes are four...

Tour de Suisse Women 2024 Race Preview

The Tour de Suisse Women continues to go from strength to strength in its reborn version. Originally held between 1998 and 2001, the race went on a 20-year-long hiatus

La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es 2024 Race Preview

The Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es has grown from its humble beginnings to a key event, almost similar in stature to its male counterpart. The race, originally dubbed the 'Challenge by la Vuelta,' officially evolved into La Vuelta Femenina in 2023, and seems to have reset the clock with this being officially the second version of a race that's existed since 2015.

Women’s Challenge Mallorca 2024 Race Preview

Women's Challenge Mallorca has its first women's race in 2024, after there has been a men's race taking place since well into the 1990s. With many riders on training camps in Spain at this time of year, it makes sense to host the first European racing not too far away. Relatively warm whilst northern Europe sees freezing temperatures, it's a chance to open up the legs and see how riders are faring after winter training.

Women’s Tour de Romandie 2023 Race Preview

The Women's Tour de Romandie got off to a great start last season with a surprise but well-deserved win by Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio. The South African managed to outclimb Annemiek van Vleuten, who'd won all 3 major GC battles in 2022 and Elisa Longo Borghini. We also saw one of the real major results from young Swiss rider Petra Stiasny. She finished 5th on the queen stage amongst exalted company.

Marta Cavalli wins the first mountain stage of the Tour de l’Ardeche

The Tour de l’Ardèche stage today was the most important in the GC so far. Starting at 13:00 in a warm 28°C, Canadian Olivia Baril of the UAE team...

Daria Pikulik sprints to win on Tour de l’Ardeche Stage 1

The first stage of the 21st edition of the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche offered a plethora of strategic twists and fierce competition, adding multiple layers of complexity...

2023 Tour de l’Ardeche Race Preview

I've run out of time a little bit over this weekend, mainly due to racing myself and surprisingly nice weather in the UK. So this will be a 'lite'...

Tour of Scandinavia 2023 Race Preview

The Tour of Scandinavia was born out of the Ladies Tour of Norway that ran from 2014-2021, the idea was created to make the race a wider Scandinavian one. Initially called the Battle of the North, in the wake of the war in Ukraine it was renamed to the Tour of Scandinavia. It was supposed to include the racing in Vårgårda as well for its Swedish elements but eventually that organisation pulled out last year.