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Race History

A brief history of Giro dell’Emilia Donne

The Giro dell’Emilia Donne has existed only since 2014, but it has already developed the sort of identity that many longer-running races spend decades...

A brief history of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is one of the younger races on the men's WorldTour, but the roads around Mount Royal have played...

A brief history of Women’s Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region

The Women’s Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region is one of the youngest races on the European professional calendar, but its rise has been...

A brief history of La Choralis Fourmies Féminine

La Choralis Fourmies Féminine is a relatively young race, but in only a few years it has grown from a modest UCI 1.2 event...

A brief history of GP Québec

The Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec is one of the youngest one-day races on the men's WorldTour, but it did not need decades to...

A brief history of Pointe du Raz Ladies Classic

The Pointe du Raz Ladies Classic is one of the youngest races on the international women’s calendar, but few events have climbed through cycling’s...

A brief history of the Simac Ladies Tour

For almost three decades, the Simac Ladies Tour developed into the Netherlands' leading women's stage race, growing from a relatively modest national event into...

A brief history of Bretagne Classic

The Bretagne Classic is one of the oldest surviving one-day races in professional cycling, although its modern name hides much of that history. For...

A brief history of Classic Lorient Agglomération

The Classic Lorient Agglomération has become one of the most durable one-day races in women's professional cycling, even if its changing name means it...

A brief history of the men’s Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España is the youngest of cycling's three men's Grand Tours, but nearly a century after its creation it has developed an...

A brief history of ADAC Cyclassics

The ADAC Cyclassics has become one of Germany's most important one-day races by doing something relatively unusual in European cycling: building a modern Classic...

A brief history of the Tour of Britain Women

The Tour of Britain Women has already been through several distinct eras despite being little more than a decade old. It began in 2014 as...