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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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 rider with timing, nerve and acceleration, but the modern sprint is no longer just a late burst from a loose bunch. It is the visible end point of a much quicker […]
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Jonathan Milan finally took his stage win at the 2026 Giro d’Italia, sprinting to victory on stage 21 in Rome as Jonas Vingegaard safely completed overall victory in the maglia rosa. The Lidl-Trek rider launched with around 150 metres remaining on the final rise to the line and powered clear to win ahead of Giovanni […]
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Lotte Kopecky and Axel Merckx were married on Tuesday morning at Bruges City Hall, taking the next step in a relationship that became public earlier this year. Kopecky, 30, and Merckx, 53, have been a couple since last year. The wedding was held quietly in Bruges, with the Belgian world champion adding another major personal […]
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La Vuelta Femenina 2026 did more than produce a surprise winner. It changed the shape of the women’s season. Paula Blasi’s overall victory on the Angliru was not a small upset built from opportunism or circumstance. It was a proper Grand Tour win, taken on the hardest climb of the race, against Anna van der […]
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Paula Blasi won La Vuelta Femenina 2026 after a dramatic final-stage turnaround on the Angliru, becoming the first Spanish rider to win the race in its current format. The UAE Team ADQ rider started the final day 18 seconds behind Anna van der Breggen, but attacked on the steepest ramps of the final climb and […]
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Petra Stiasny climbed to the biggest win of her career on stage 7 of La Vuelta Femenina 2026, timing her effort perfectly on the brutal slopes of the Angliru to take the stage ahead of Paula Blasi. The Spaniard finished second on the day but achieved the bigger prize, securing the overall title and becoming […]
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Anna van der Breggen took control of La Vuelta Femenina 2026 on Stage 6, winning on the savage slopes of Les Praeres and moving into the red jersey with one mountain stage remaining. The SD Worx-Protime rider attacked on the final climb and finished eight seconds ahead of Paula Blasi, with Marion Bunel taking 3rd […]
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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 2026 reaches its first true summit finish on Friday, 8th May with Stage 6 from Gijón/Xixón to Les Praeres. Nava. After five days shaped by sprints, bonus seconds, late attacks and crashes, this is where the race changes completely. The route is only 106.5km, but the final climb is severe enough to […]
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Lotte Kopecky strengthened her hold on the red jersey after Stage 5 of La Vuelta Femenina 2026, as SD Worx-Protime delivered another one-two finish in Astorga. Mischa Bredewold won the stage ahead of Kopecky, with Letizia Paternoster taking 3rd after a sprint finish that again came with late-race tension and crashes. The result means Kopecky […]
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Mischa Bredewold won stage 5 of La Vuelta Femenina 2026 in Astorga, giving SD Worx-Protime a second straight one-two after beating team leader Lotte Kopecky in a wet and crash-hit finish. Letizia Paternoster took third after fighting back from an earlier crash, while the final run-in split the bunch and left riders finishing in fragments […]
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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 moved into the red jersey after Stage 4 of La Vuelta Femenina 2026, finally turning a run of near misses into a stage victory and the overall race lead. The SD Worx-Protime rider won the sprint in Antas de Ulla ahead of teammate Anna van der Breggen, with Letizia Paternoster taking 3rd after […]
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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 final day in Galicia on Wednesday, 6th May, with Stage 4 from Monforte de Lemos to Antas de Ulla. The route covers 115.6km and is officially classed as hilly, but the real interest lies in how the stage combines two category 3 climbs, winding roads, possible splits and a […]
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Cédrine Kerbaol won stage 3 of La Vuelta Femenina 2026 with a perfectly judged late attack, holding off the reduced bunch in A Coruña after a day that looked likely to end in a sprint but never truly settled. Lotte Kopecky finished second after leading the chase in the final metres, while Letizia Paternoster rounded […]
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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 2026 continues on Monday, 4th May with a second Galician stage that looks straightforward only at first glance. Stage 2 takes the peloton from Lobios to San Cibrao das Viñas over 109.8km, with no categorised climbs but very little flat road. That creates a different kind of test from the opening day. […]
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Noemi Rüegg took the first red jersey of La Vuelta Femenina 2026 with a powerful uphill sprint victory in Salvaterra de Miño, finishing off a wet and tense opening stage that steadily whittled the peloton down. The EF Education-Oatly rider beat Lotte Kopecky and Franziska Koch at the end of 113.9km from Marín, on a […]
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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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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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Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes stands as the deepest endurance test of the women’s Ardennes week, the race where the repeated climbing of Amstel Gold Race Women and the explosive finality of La Flèche Wallonne Femmes are stretched into something more attritional and more complete. This is the women’s Monument of the Ardennes, a race that asks for […]
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Célia Gery took the biggest one-day win of her career at Brabantse Pijl Women 2026, producing a sharply judged sprint in Overijse to beat Mischa Bredewold and Silvia Persico after a tense and tactical finale. It was the fifth win of the 19-year-old French rider’s career, and another sign that FDJ United-SUEZ now have far […]
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Brabantse Pijl Women has grown into one of the most useful markers of the women’s spring, even without the formal weight of Women’s WorldTour status. Held in Belgium between Paris-Roubaix Femmes and the Ardennes block, it occupies a very specific place on the calendar. It is the race where the tone often changes, moving away […]
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Franziska Koch did not just win Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2026. She changed the shape of the women’s spring. Her victory over Marianne Vos and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot in a three-rider sprint at the Roubaix Velodrome was the biggest win of her career, and it came in a race where Team Visma | Lease a Bike looked, for […]
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Women’s cycling tactics make far more sense once you stop looking only at the rider who wins and start watching what her teammates are doing long before the final move. Most races are not decided by one rider being strongest in isolation. They are decided by a team creating the right race shape, either by […]
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Franziska Koch took the biggest win of her career at Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2026, beating Marianne Vos in a tense sprint inside the Roubaix velodrome after one of the most tactical finales of the spring. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot completed the podium after helping to shape the decisive move, while Lotte Kopecky was left to fight for the […]
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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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