Uttrup Ludwig - Page 5

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.

2022 Season Summary FDJ-SUEZ moved up a level in the 2022 season. Traditionally they've had 1 or 2 star riders scoring points whereas in 2022,...

The route for the 2023 Tour de France Femmes has been announced, with a very different parcours to the rebooted 2022 version of the...

The South African Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio won the 2nd stage of the Tour de Romandie in impressive fashion. The SD Worx rider was able to...

This is the first-ever Women's Tour de Romandie and unlike its compatriot, the Tour de Suisse, it's not a reborn event after a long gap either. It has done well to enter the Women's WorldTour in its first edition, normally a race has to earn its spot after at least one race. As an end of season race, it looks quite tasty.

The women's Giro dell'Emilia is starting to get itself a solid list of winners in its relatively short lifetime. In the previous 8 editions, it has been won almost exclusively by the best puncheurs in the women's peloton. The course is kinda like Fleche Wallonne in that it finishes at the top of a very steep, solid climb. But it also takes place in Italy at the start of the Autumn and has absolutely no proceeding climbs to worry about.

The Women's World Championships road race had been dominated by Dutch riders in recent years, with 4 in a row between 2017 and 2021. Elisa Balsamo broke that run last year in Flanders by being able to outsprint Marianne Vos to the line. Such is the Dutch dominance in women's cycling

The Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta has had quite a developmental history. Originally a one-day race in Madrid that saw sprinters take victories, it has slowly grown into the 5-day race that it is this year. A team time trial was added to the sprint stage in 2018

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...