Fortune favors the brave: How those who took the risk at the Tour de France Femmes were rewarded
From breakaways to break-outs, Yara Kastelijin, Julie Van de Velde, Ricarda Bauernfeind, Emma Norsgaard, and Kasia Niewiadoma benefit from boldness.
From breakaways to break-outs, Yara Kastelijin, Julie Van de Velde, Ricarda Bauernfeind, Emma Norsgaard, and Kasia Niewiadoma benefit from boldness.
After the day of drama and tension, the fight for a podium only intensifies going into the standalone time trial.
‘I woke up this morning like ‘oh no, another day.'
The Belgian was a mere 150m away from the line when the sprinters denied her a stage win, but she won over the hearts of those watching
Stage 2 of the Tour de France Femmes saw Movistar square off against SD Worx.
The 27-year-old missed out on Tour selection last year but is set to help teammate Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio’s GC ambitions this year.
From club team to WorldTour in one season, all whilst balancing a university teaching career
The German champion is the next big thing in women’s cycling, just don’t compare her to her teammate.
Demi Vollering takes aim at Movistar’s tactics on stage six which left her on the back foot ahead of the final mountain showdown.
Vollering and Van Vleuten go head to head.
Stage race season is coming but, before we look ahead, what did we learn from the classics?
She started the day feeling nervous about her form, but finished it with an emphatic win on the Mur de Huy
She may only just be returning from her second maternity leave, but Lizzie Deignan has grand ambitions for the future
She won Amstel Gold on Sunday and has a track record at Liege, but can she add Flèche Wallonne to her palmares and possibly take the triple?
After a gripping Paris-Roubaix with an entirely unexpected outcome last weekend, SD Worx is back to its old tricks
The 21-year-old on managing external pressure, balancing cyclocross and road, and her quiet ambitions for the future
The young American on how RED-S almost derailed her burgeoning career — and her health.
The Uno-X rider is designing bespoke coaching plans around the menstrual cycle.
It may not have paid off, but the American's gutsy solo move deserves credit.
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The seven-day race will include a team time trial, as well as a mountaintop finish on final stage.
The Belgian says she should be able to stick with the leaders over the Muur van Geraardsbergen after being distanced in 2022.
The 25-year-old on her rise to a WorldTour directing role with Jayco-AlUla
I never knew what the fuss was about but now I've well and truly come around to the Classics
Trek-Segafredo teammate Gaia Realini and UAE Team ADQ’s Siliva Persico round off an all-Italian podium in inaugural tour.
Longo Borghini opens her 2023 calendar with dominant GC victory in inaugural UAE Tour.
Trek-Segafredo sets blistering pace on the key climbing stage and takes control of the GC.
The Dutch sprinter dashes to her first win with SD Worx.
Former leadout rider gets the better of her ex-teammate in crash-marred sprint finale.
The inaugural UAE Tour sees 13 of the 15 women's WorldTour teams face off for the first time in 2023. There's a lot on the line.
Stephen Delcourt says there is no room for organizers who leave it until the last minute to provide details on their races.
The two-time world champion on the new generation of cyclocross stars and how he would like to see the sport grow.
Van der Poel, Pieterse reconfirm world championship favorites status with two dominant victories.
The 22-year-old Mayrhofer scores first pro victory over a stack of sprinter stars in Geelong.
Jumbo-Visma pair Van Aert, Van Empel makes pre-world championship statement with huge solo wins in the Flandriencross.
E-sports world champion betters home favorite in first race of 2023 Women's WorldTour.
The one-day Australian race returns for the first time since 2020.
The 26-year-old says she is more motivated than ever ahead of her third season at Team SD Worx.
The sprinter checks in after a high-profile move to Team SD Worx.
Everything you need to know about the Tour Down Under as it returns for the first time since 2020.
Everything you need to know about the riders and the stages at the first Women's WorldTour race of the year.
The 26-year-old Belgian on going from rediscovering cycling during lockdown to representing Belgium at the worlds in 2022.
Decision sees Israel-Premier Tech dodge the worst side-effects of relegation from WorldTour.
The 22-year-old on going from her final year of uni to her first year as a professional cyclist.
The 25-year-old Italian on coaching, training camp, and taking a second chance at a pro career.
Former world champion will race home 'Grand Tour' next July before ending her 17-year career.
The Belgian says she will be able to race 'more offensively and more freely' with the arrival of the Dutch sprinter.
Van Houweling went from racing in her living room to competing for a contract at the Zwift Academy finals.
Three new directors have been brought in across both the men's and women's teams.
With multiple world titles at just 18-years-old Zoe Bäckstedt has the world at her feet, but she's taking it one step at a time.
The SD Worx rider is expecting her first child in May, but will SD Worx invoke the new maternity cover clause set out by the UCI?
The Colombian twice tested positive for the banned painkiller at the Tour de France and was subsequently disqualified.
The American cyclocross champion on being thrown into European racing, defending her Koppenbergcross title, and racing the spring Classics.
From the top GC contenders to the domestiques and stage hunters, what do some of the riders think of the 2023 Tour de France Femmes route?
Should we just give the 40-year-old Movistar leader the yellow jersey now?
Second edition of the re-vamped women's Tour de France will include a time trial for the first time on a route that spans the central and southern regions.
She's known for bunnyhopping the barriers in cyclocross but that's not the 20-year-old super talent's only off-road endeavour.
The Trek-Segafredo rider suffered a stroke on the day she was due to travel to Australia for the world championships last month.
The Trek-Segafredo rider suffered a stroke on the day she was due to travel to Australia for the World Championships.
In high praise of track, or, an indictment of my obliterated attention span.
The French rider, who currently holds four off-road world titles, will become the first woman to ride for the Ineos Grenadiers.
The UCI is bringing in some changes for the women's peloton, but we still have to wait until 2025 for a separate U23 world championships race.
Lorena Wiebes wrapped up the best season of her young career with a win at Binche-Chimay-Binche Pour Dames. But what’s next?
Contracts or not, the race failed to meet women's WorldTour race standards and should face the consequences.
'1/5. Children knocking on doors all night.'
“There were athletes racing this year’s Tour De France Femmes who received no salary from their team racing against riders earning a triple figure salary."
Tour of Scandinavia, the first WorldTour stage race to take place after the Tour de France Femmes, reports record viewing figures.
Defending champion says the Ceratizit Callenge by La Vuelta will be the hardest 'Grand Tour' to target...because it's too easy.
She went against the norm to take up cycling in Afghanistan and help rid her province of landmines. Then the Taliban came.
Shannon Galpin has been working for over a year to get Afghanistan's female cyclists to safety, but the work is not over yet.
The Belgian squad back Remco Evenepoel for GC with Julian Alaphilippe and others to target stages.
It's Vos's world and the rest of the peloton is just living in it.
If Annemiek van Vleuten wants to race up Alpe d'Huez she should be given the chance to.
Many doubted whether the women's peloton would be greeted with the same enthusiasm — they had nothing to worry about.
Observations from the final finish line of the Tour de France Femmes.
With one stage to go, the GC at the Tour de France Femmes is all but wrapped up.
Slappendel is seeing the Tour de France Femmes from the back of a motorbike, and is filled with optimism for the future of women’s cycling.
She’s the women’s peloton’s winningest sprinter who cites Fabio Jakobsen as her inspiration.
Somehow, it's still all about some bloke.
The Movistar leader and pre-race favourite explains that a "stomach infection" is behind her uncharacteristic performances so far.