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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Federica Venturelli took victory at the 2026 Dwars door de Westhoek after beating Lonneke Uneken and Marta Lach in a reduced sprint from the day’s decisive breakaway. The UAE Team ADQ rider launched out of the final sequence of moves, came past the SD Worx-Protime presence in the sprint, and threw her bike across the […]
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Lorena Wiebes opened the 2026 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas with a commanding sprint victory in Burgos, confirming her status as the fastest finisher in the race. The SD Worx-Protime rider was guided into position through a controlled finale before launching a sprint that quickly settled the stage, with Chiara Consonni and Georgia Baker left to […]
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Vuelta a Burgos Feminas has become one of the most useful short stage races in women’s cycling because it packs several different demands into only four days. It sits in a valuable part of the calendar, after the spring Classics but before the longer summer stage-race block, which gives it a clear role. For some […]
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La Vuelta Femenina 2026 leaves Galicia behind on Thursday, 7th May with Stage 5 from León to Astorga, a 119.6km stage that is officially classed as flat but still carries enough uncertainty to keep the GC teams alert. After four tense, crash-affected and bonus-second-heavy days, this should be the final opportunity for a wider group […]
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Lotte Kopecky finally got her stage win at La Vuelta Femenina 2026, taking stage 4 in Borja after SD Worx-Protime controlled a tense late chase and delivered her to the line in perfect position. Anna van der Breggen completed a one-two for the team, with Letizia Paternoster finishing third after another selective and awkward day […]
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La Vuelta Femenina 2026 reaches its third day on Tuesday, 5th May with a stage from Padrón to A Coruña that is officially labelled flat, but should be treated with more caution than that word suggests. The route covers 121.2km and finishes beside the Riazor Stadium, giving the race a coastal finale that could suit […]
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Shari Bossuyt won stage 2 of La Vuelta Femenina 2026 in San Cibrao das Viñas, beating Franziska Koch and Évita Muzic in a reduced uphill sprint after a tense and crash-hit afternoon in Galicia. The day also brought a major shift in the overall standings, with overnight leader Noemi Rüegg abandoning after a late crash […]
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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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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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Dwars door Vlaanderen Women occupies a particularly important place in the spring calendar. Positioned just days before the Tour of Flanders, it is often treated as both a major objective in its own right and a final high-level rehearsal for the riders targeting the biggest cobbled Monument of the season. That dual role gives the […]
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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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There is a moment every year when the women’s peloton rolls out of Gent and the noise changes. The hum of early-season racing gives way to something sharper, heavier, more urgent. Cobbles replace smooth tarmac, positioning becomes survival, and the first rider over the Muur-Kapelmuur signals not just a race in motion but the true […]
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The race that mattered in Spain on Sunday was the Vuelta CV Feminas, 94.7 kilometres from Bétera into Valencia over lumpy terrain that rarely lets a one-day field settle into a clean rhythm. It was short, sharp, and full of the kind of repeated accelerations that turn a “reduced sprint” into a guessing game. Movistar […]
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Vuelta CV Féminas has built a reputation for refusing to behave like a straightforward sprint race, even when the start list looks stacked with fast finishers. The early racing out of Bétera is relatively calm and flat, but the course is designed to turn late, and that back-ended structure changes how teams approach the day. […]
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