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Copenhagen Sprint Women 2026: Lorena Wiebes wins first race back since Giro d’Italia Women disqualification

Lorena Wiebes won the 2026 Copenhagen Sprint Women, returning from her Giro d’Italia Women disqualification with the clearest possible response in Copenhagen. The Team...

Updated women’s cycling season form guide after Giro d’Italia Women 2026

The Giro d’Italia Women 2026 has changed the shape of the women’s cycling season. Before the race, the established hierarchy still had room for...

Giro d’Italia Women 2026 in historical context: Vollering’s late reversal joins the race’s great turning points

The Giro d’Italia Women 2026 will be remembered as one of the race’s great late reversals. Demi Vollering did not simply win the Giro....

What Giro d’Italia Women 2026 means for the season

The Giro d’Italia Women 2026 did more than deliver a dramatic final-stage reversal. It reshaped the balance of the women’s WorldTour season, gave Demi...

Why women’s cycling sprint finishes are getting faster

Women’s cycling sprint finishes are getting faster because the whole race into the sprint is faster. The final 150 metres still belongs to the...

Giro d’Italia Women 2026 stage 4 preview: Belluno to Nevegal uphill time trial brings the first major GC test

The Giro d’Italia Women 2026 reaches its first clear general classification checkpoint on stage 4, with a 12.7km individual time trial from Belluno to...

Giro d’Italia Women 2026 stage 2: Elisa Balsamo wins in pink after Caorle sprint

Elisa Balsamo turned a turbulent opening weekend at the Giro d’Italia Women into a perfect one for Lidl-Trek, winning stage 2 in Caorle while...

SD Worx-Protime ‘astonished’ by Lorena Wiebes 2026 Giro d’Italia Women disqualification after bike weight dispute

Team SD Worx-Protime have questioned the process that led to Lorena Wiebes’ disqualification from the Giro d’Italia Women, saying they are “astonished” by the...

Why Lorena Wiebes was disqualified at the Giro d’Italia Women: bike weight rules explained

Lorena Wiebes’ disqualification from stage 1 of the Giro d’Italia Women 2026 brought one of cycling’s oldest equipment rules back into focus. Wiebes crossed...

Lorena Wiebes disqualified from 2026 Giro d’Italia Women after bike fails minimum weight check

Lorena Wiebes has been disqualified from the Giro d’Italia Women after commissaires ruled that she used a bicycle that did not comply with UCI...

GC and jerseys after Giro d’Italia Women 2026 stage 1

Elisa Balsamo will wear the first maglia rosa of the Giro d’Italia Women 2026 after Lorena Wiebes was disqualified following stage 1 in Ravenna....

Giro d’Italia Women 2026 stage 2 preview: Roncade to Caorle

Giro d’Italia Women 2026 stage 2 gives the sprinters another major opportunity, but it is not quite as straightforward as the flat opener to...