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 Ravenna. The route from Roncade to Caorle on Sunday, 31st May covers 156km, with around 500 metres of climbing and one short, sharp obstacle placed early enough to create tension without […]
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The Giro d’Italia Women 2026 will not be decided by the sprinters, but they should shape the opening rhythm of the race. With flat stages to Ravenna, Caorle and Brescello, plus a handful of more awkward days where a reduced sprint is still possible, the fast finishers have enough opportunities to make the maglia ciclamino […]
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Paris-Roubaix Femmes has already become one of the defining races of the women’s spring, a Monument built not around climbs or repeated accelerations, but around pure endurance, power and nerve across the most unforgiving cobbled sectors in the sport. The route strips racing back to its rawest form. Positioning, bike handling, resilience and team depth […]
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The race formerly known as Gent-Wevelgem returns in 2026 under its new title, In Flanders Fields Women, but the core identity remains unmistakable. This is still one of the most tactically complex races of the spring, built on exposed roads, gravelly Plugstreets, and the repeated challenge of the Kemmelberg. It sits in that awkward space […]
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Nokere Koerse has carved out a distinctive place in the women’s spring calendar, offering a race that sits somewhere between a pure sprint and a selective cobbled test. While it lacks the repeated climbs of the major Flemish monuments, it compensates with exposed roads, technical positioning, and a finale that consistently delivers a high-speed, uphill […]
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There is a particular kind of Belgian one-day race that does not announce itself with famous names or mythologised climbs, but still has a way of producing exactly the riders it deserves. Leeuw-Oetingen sits in that category. The Pajottenland roads are not Flanders and the Zavelberg is not the Muur, but by the time the […]
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