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The history of the Women's Amstel Gold Race is very much in two parts. An initial race was held between 2001-2003 (won by Nicole Cooke, Leontien van Moorsel and Debby Mansveld), reaching the highest-level Women's World Cup set of races in its final year of that run.

A Women's Tour of Flanders goes back to 2004, where the race immediately joined the top-level Road World Cup. From there, it's pretty much been a who's who of women's cycling on the winner's list. World champions, grand tour winners and more, every name is heavily linked to women's cycling with no surprises like say Jacky Durand on the men's list.

Omloop het Nieuwsblad Women will be part of the Women's WorldTour for the first time in 2022! A long history back to 2006 has seen the race slowly elevate itself through the levels from 1.2 to 1.WWT. The honours board contains some of the very best riders in the women's peloton

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana has turned into a proper early-season test for the GC stars of women's cycling. The race has developed over the years too as more attention has been placed on it. Originally a 2.2 that Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig won in 2017, Hannah Barnes won the 2nd edition in 2018.

The Vuelta CV Feminas was the UCI season-opener in 2022 but with the return of the Australian calendar, we've already caught a glimpse of riders before heading to the Spanish coast. Indeed, in 2023 it's not even the first Spanish race of the year after the Women Cycling Pro Costa de Almeria last weekend

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 2022 was not the greatest year to kickstart the team's introduction to women's racing as the final team to exploit a loophole...

With only a week to go until the transfer window shuts for Women's WorldTour teams, it's safe to say that all but the latest...

The GP de Plouay is closing in on 25 years of racing, which makes it one of the longest running major races in the women's cycling calendar. The lumpy Brittany parcours has favoured climbers and puncheurs over the years, depending on the course layout. Delving into the list of former winners, you have the likes of GC winner Fabiana Luperini and Brit Nicole Cooke before the modern generation takes over

The final stage of the 2022 Tour of Scandinavia saw Marianne Vos take her 4th victory of the race. The Dutch rider was unsurprisingly...