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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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 Vollering a major Grand Tour win built on persistence rather than control, and turned the summer’s remaining stage-race picture into something far more open than it had looked after the Nevegal […]
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Elisa Longo Borghini won the final stage of the 2026 Giro d’Italia Women in Saluzzo, sprinting from the decisive front group after a dramatic day that saw Demi Vollering overhaul Anna van der Breggen to take the overall title. The Italian champion came over Niamh Fisher-Black in the final metres to claim an emotional victory, […]
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Elisa Balsamo extended her grip on the 2026 Giro d’Italia Women with another sprint victory on stage 3, winning in Buja after a chaotic finale that repeatedly swung between GC attacks, late solo moves and a reduced bunch sprint. The Lidl-Trek rider, already in the maglia rosa after her stage 2 win in Caorle, came […]
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Giro d’Italia Women remains one of the defining stage races in the sport because it asks for a fuller range of qualities than almost any other event on the women’s calendar. It is a race with history, weight and a route design that usually demands much more than one big climbing performance. Riders have to […]
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Paula Blasi returned to racing in exactly the same way she had left La Vuelta Femenina, by winning. The UAE Team ADQ rider took victory at Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria with a decisive solo attack on the steep slopes of Goiuria, adding another major result to a remarkable spring and confirming that her level has not […]
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Dominika Wlodarczyk won stage 3 of Itzulia Women 2026, taking her second straight victory after another sharp and intelligent ride on the final day into San Sebastián. The UAE Team ADQ rider proved fastest from a reduced front group, beating Évita Muzic and Lauren Dickson at the end of 113.1km of tense racing, while Mischa […]
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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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Demi Vollering won Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes 2026 with a long solo attack, blowing the race apart on La Redoute before extending her advantage all the way to the finish in Liège. The FDJ United-SUEZ rider crossed the line 1 minute 28 seconds clear after a ride built on precise timing and sustained climbing strength, with Puck […]
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The Trofeo Alfredo Binda has long held a unique position on the Women’s WorldTour calendar. As one of the oldest races in the women’s peloton and the first major Italian one-day test of the spring, it consistently delivers racing that rewards both climbing punch and tactical awareness. Held around Cittiglio in Lombardy, the event bridges […]
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The final day of the Vuelta a Extremadura did exactly what a queen stage is supposed to do, it took a race that looked stable after a time trial and a sprint stage and turned it inside out on the last major climb. Mackenzie Coupland arrived at Jaraíz de la Vera having ridden herself into […]
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There is a moment early in the Spanish spring when the road tilts upward, the time trial has already done its damage, and the race distils itself to a handful of riders with enough left to contest a finish in Extremadura. The Vuelta a Extremadura Femenina has established itself in just four editions as a […]
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