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The Women's Gent Wevelgem is one of the biggest spring classic races in the women's calendar. The parcours allows for changeable results, as we've seen both expected sprint finishes and also the odd attack and small break contest the win. We saw that only last year with Marlen Reusser winning with a solo break from the Baneberg that the peloton was completely unable to respond to.

The women's Classic Brugge-De Panne has emerged as a pivotal fixture in the early part of the spring classics cycling calendar. Despite its relatively young age, this classic has quickly established itself as a usually sprint-heavy affair, with the flat parcours favouring riders adept at unleashing explosive finishes.

The Trofeo Alfredo Binda holds a distinguished place in the annals of women's cycling, regarded as one of the crown jewels of the sport's calendar. Dating back to 1974 when Giuseppina Micheloni claimed victory in its inaugural edition

After a strong introduction to the calendar in 2023, The Tour de Normandie Féminin returns for the 2024 season. Still a 2.1 race, it...

The Women's Nokere Koerse, despite its relatively short history compared to other classics, has already established itself as a thrilling and challenging event in the women's spring classics calendar.

The Vuelta Extremadura Féminas came into being last season and was absolutely dominated by Arkea. Starting with a 6.4km team time trial, Arkea took...

The Women’s Ronde van Drenthe is a rare race where the women's version has outlasted the men's one. All the focus has been put onto the women's one due to difficulty in hosting the race amongst various nature areas in the Drenthe area. That doesn't mean the women's race is unscathed as it has changed considerably.

The GP Oetingen is a relatively new one-day race, with only 3 previous editions. It suffered last year from having to re-arrange its race due to snow on the morning of the race. Team cars were covered in a good amount of the white stuff and the race was decided to be unsafe in those conditions. It ended up with a new date of mid-August

The Trofeo Oro in Euro is a long-running race on the coast of the Ligurian Sea in the Med. Results go back to at...

The 2024 Strade Bianche Women is set to be another classic. In 2023, the race provided yet another thrilling finish, with Demi Vollering narrowly edging out Lotte Kopecky at the finish line. However, controversy marred the podium as Kristen Faulkner, who initially finished third, was disqualified for wearing a glucose monitoring device, altering the final results.