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.
It’s a short history for the Paris Roubaix Femmes as the race has only been held since 2021. Originally earmarked for 2020, that edition to be held in the Autumn was postponed as the pandemic took hold again. Eventually moved into 2021, the first year saw a long-range move from Lizzie Deignan who attacked before the cobbles started to ensure a strong lead position on the very muddy cobbled sectors that year.
The 2023 edition of Dwars Door Vlaanderen saw an exciting, attacking race that ultimately got decided on the berg in Nokere that isn’t the Nokereberg! Demi Vollering launched a fierce attack that Marianne Vos but was unable to quite hang onto and the Dutch rider was able to ride away for a solo victory in …
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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.
A women’s Dwars Door Vlaanderen has been going for a solid decade at this point. First run back in 2012 at national level, it took 5 editions before it joined the UCI ranks. That didn’t stop it from having big names race it in that period though. The early winners board is dominated by Amy Pieters with her 3 wins in a row from 2014-2016.
After a super strong cyclocross season, it’s almost no surprise to see Shirin van Anrooij begin to dominate on the road as well. The 21-year-old took her first Women’s WorldTour victory in this year’s Trofeo Alfredo Binda, crossing the line solo with plenty of advantage to a chasing pack of favourites. The U23 CX World …
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The Dutch superstar Marianne Vos will take on her first road race of the 2023 season this weekend. We’ve become used to seeing her pick and choose races, not doing any racing that doesn’t serve her goals but this time it’s down to some late pre-season surgery. Vos originally had surgery on her pelvic artery …
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The Trofeo Alfredo Binda has been around for what feels like forever, it’s one of the crown jewels of the women’s cycling calendar. With all the talk the other week of whether Strade Bianche is a monument (it isn’t), the Trofeo Alfredo Binda is unarguably one in women’s cycling.
This year’s Women’s Tour route is now clearer, with 5 stages centred largely on the Midlands. It’s one stage fewer than last year’s race but the race manages to fit some returns to historic Women’s Tour venues. It’s the 9th edition of the race, which was one of the first to offer equal prize money …
The Dutch star Marianne Vos has extended her existing contract with Jumbo-Visma by 2 years to run until the end of the 2025 season. It adds some security to the team who rely on their star for their top results. It also puts to bed any thoughts that the 36-year-old might be considering retirement at …
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