The Tour de Suisse Women 2026 has the look of a compact but revealing WorldTour stage race, with five days that should reward complete riders rather than pure climbers alone. There is no long, gradual build-up. The race starts on hilly ground in Sondrio, moves through Locarno and Bad Ragaz, adds a 23.8km individual time […]
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Stage 1 gave Itzulia Women 2026 exactly the sort of opening day the race usually threatens to produce: selective, tense and hard to control. Mischa Bredewold took the win in Zarautz from a reduced five-rider sprint, beating Yara Kastelijn and Riejanne Markus after a rain-soaked day that immediately separated the strongest from the merely well-placed. […]
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Mischa Bredewold won the opening stage of Itzulia Women 2026, taking victory from a reduced five-rider sprint in Zarautz after a hard, rain-soaked day of climbing and attrition. The SD Worx-Protime rider beat Yara Kastelijn and Riejanne Markus at the end of 121.3km of demanding racing to become the first leader of this year’s race. […]
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Itzulia Women has quickly built one of the clearest identities in the Women’s WorldTour because it does not need a long route to create a hard race. In just three days, it consistently delivers the kind of repeated climbing, technical roads and aggressive pacing that can turn a compact stage race into a demanding test […]
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Anna van der Breggen won stage 6 of La Vuelta Femenina 2026 with a measured, powerful ride on the savage slopes of Les Praeres, taking control on the final climb and finishing 8 seconds clear of Paula Blasi after the first real GC showdown of the race. Marion Bunel rode strongly to take third, with […]
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La Vuelta Femenina has quickly become one of the most important stage races in women’s cycling because it offers something slightly different from the Giro d’Italia Women and the Tour de France Femmes. The Spanish Grand Tour is shorter, more compressed and often more immediate in how it asks questions of the field. There is […]
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La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2026 was won by Demi Vollering after the FDJ United-SUEZ rider launched early on the final ascent of the Mur de Huy and held off a fast-finishing Puck Pieterse in a tense uphill finale. Rather than waiting for the final straight, Vollering attacked on the steep curves of the Mur and […]
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Giro dell’Appennino Donne returns today, the 22nd March, for only its second edition, which makes it one of those races still building its identity in real time. That is part of the appeal. New races can often feel vague in their first year or two, but this one already looks as though it knows what […]
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