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Recapping the madness of the 2023 women’s road season

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
The 2023 women's road season has seen plenty of ups and downs with teams folding before they even began, others folding mid-season and some more due to fold at...

Tour of Chongming Island 2023 Race Preview

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
It's been a long wait to get back to the Tour of Chongming Island which each edition since 2019 affected by the Covid pandemic in some fashion. Before then though, it was actually quite a regular trip to China and we're just out of the routine now. It's not helped by its new placement right at the end of the season

Lucie Jounier ponders retirement amid contract search for 2024

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
In a candid interview with Le Telegramme, Breton cyclist Lucie Jounier has voiced her apprehensions about the possibility of premature retirement as she remains contractless for the 2024 season....

Baloise Ladies Tour 2023 Race Preview

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
The 2023 Baloise Ladies Tour sees 6 stages over 5 days as we get a rare split stage. An opening prologue will introduce some time gaps and whilst there are hills on Stage 1 and 2, they shouldn't be decisive in the overall general classification.

RideLondon Classique 2023 Race Preview

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
RideLondon Classique History After a tumultuous off-season, RideLondon Classique returns in 2023 still just about as a Women's WorldTour level race. Last year, only the final day's stage was given...

Zaaf Cycling withdraws from La Vuelta Femenina and drops below the minimum amount of riders

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
https://twitter.com/LaVueltaFem/status/1651181587994750977 Zaaf Cycling will not be using its wildcard invitation for the 2023 La Vuelta Femenina which starts this Monday. The race mentioned that the team has declined its invitation...

A quick preview look at the Tour de Normandie Féminin 2023

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
A new race on the 2023 UCI calendar is the Tour de Normandie Féminin which jumps straight into the 2.1 race level and has managed to get a strong...

GP Oetingen 2023 Race Preview

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
The GP Oetingen is a relatively new one day race, with only 2 previous editions. It is an adapted version of the old Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik race, which covered some of the same roads in the area around the finish of Omloop het Nieuwsblad.

Clasica de Almeria 2023 Race Preview

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
There isn't much of a history of the Clasica de Almeria, mainly because it hasn't been held before! There isn't even a note of a national level race that this year's event has risen up from. There is a men's Clasica de Almeria and it's no doubt come about as a result of the success of that race. Unlike the Vuelta CV Feminas which packed a serious punch

Audrey Cordon-Ragot joins Spanish Conti team Zaaf Cycling

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
The new Spanish Continental team Zaaf Cycling announced its 2023 roster, including the French champion Audrey Cordon-Ragot. The former Trek rider was left without a team after the demise...

Women’s Dwars Door Vlaanderen 2022 Race Preview

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
The Women's Dwars Door Vlaanderen has been a UCI race since 2017 and a lower level race for 5 years before then too. The race has evolved over the years from a largely flat race with 1 or 2 major climbs to last year's version which was a much tougher affair with 10 climbs

GP Oetingen 2022 Race Preview

Women's Cycling Mathew Mitchell -
The GP Oetingen came into existence in 2021 but in reality is a revived race. It’s a new version of the old Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik race that was held between 2011 and 2018. The finishing circuit of that race has been largely reused for the GP Oetingen.