The Setmana Ciclista Valenciana has been a UCI race since 2017 and for most of its history has been a 2.2 race. It was elevated to 2.1 status in 2021. Usually held in February, 2021 was an exception because of Covid as the race was held in May.
Today saw ASO announce the teams and routes for their pair of major Ardennes Classics – Flèche Wallonne Femmes & Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes. Flèche Wallonne has a long history and will be celebrating its 25th edition in 2022. In comparison and contrary to the history of the men’s race, Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes is the junior partner. It …
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2021 Season Summary SD Worx is becoming increasingly unique in being a women’s cycling team without a men’s team backing it up. Their success then is a testament to how well they put together a team and be in the hunt for the win at every race they enter. SD Worx racked up 34 wins …
With the 2021 season now officially in the books, we can take a look at which riders took the most victories over the year. Most of the riders listed her won’t be a surprise, the stars of the sport and the names who have been near the forefront of all the race previews I’ve written …
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Every year a host of riders retire from the top level of the sport, but this year’s retirement list contains a few big hitters. Anna van der Breggen is one of the best of this generation of riders with only a couple of others in that conversation. Kirsten Wild is a different type of rider …
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The women’s World Championships road race is arguably the most important one-day race in the cycling calendar. Sure different regions might argue that their local race is bigger. I’m mainly thinking of the cultural link Flanders has to its Tour de Flanders here, but the World Championships is for everyone. The 2021 women’s world championships …
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The 2021 Women’s World Championship Time Trial takes place between Knokke-Heist and Bruges. The seaside town location of Knokke-Heist will give us a fairly flat time trial after a couple of recent hilly editions. Even the hill that appears to be after Oostkerke on the profile map below is minor. A quick look on StreetView …
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This year’s Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta has had an extra day added and moves away from Madrid too. The Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta will finish in Santiago de Compostela in the north-west of Spain to match up with the men’s Vuelta a Espana taking place on the same final day. Before the final …
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The GP de Plouay was one of the races that were able to take place after the lockdown period of the 2020 season. It was a horrible, grey and wet day in last year’s race, so it’s no surprise that British riders dominated the race! Lizzie Deignan took her 3rd victory at Plouay after escaping …
The 2021 women’s Olympic road race was won by the 500/1 longshot, Anna Kiesenhofer of Austria. A totally unexpected victory from a rider who’s quietly had a decent pro career before becoming a gold medallist. The race was previewed on this site and I was torn between a strong rider going solo or there being …