10 transfers to watch in the women’s road peloton for 2023
From big-ticket moves like Lorena Wiebes to promising young riders like Fem van Empel and Zoe Bäckstedt, here are some of the biggest moves for 2023.
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Spanish federation plans for minimum wage on Continental women’s teams postponed
New regulations requiring Spanish continental women's teams to pay the government-mandated minimum salary was due to come in for 2023.
Rider transfers 2023: Everything you need to know about rider moves in the women’s peloton
All of the latest transfers in the women's peloton.
Team Movistar confirms agreement with Saudi Cycling Federation, raising greenwashing concerns
Saudi Arabia’s troubling human rights record taints new partnership.
Analysis: SD Worx is top-ranked team of 2022, but space at the top is tighter than ever
The 2022 season has been the most competitive since Women's WorldTeam licenses were introduced in 2020.
21 teams apply for 18 WorldTour spots, three squads in fight for final Women’s WorldTour place
Alpecin-Deceuninck, Arkéa-Samsic, and Uno-X seek promotion to men's WorldTour as Lotto Soudal and Israel Premier Tech hope to avoid relegation.
Mark Cavendish’s potential new team missing from UCI’s provisional list of ProTeam applicants
French team miss the initial deadline set by the UCI but have time to complete the application.
Report: Movistar could see budget double in 2023 with backing from new sponsor
Movistar confirms a new co-sponsor will be announced soon.
Movistar boss Eusebio Unzué looks to future with WorldTour status all but assured
Unzué hints at arrival of second title sponsor and laments letting Richard Carapaz get away, but applauds Annemiek van Vleuten and cites Matteo Jorgenson as part of 'future of team.'
UCI Road World Championships: Annemiek van Vleuten wins stunning elite women’s road race
Dutch rider comes back from a fractured elbow to take incredible road race win as Niamh Fisher-Black claims the U23 crown.
Demi Vollering and Annemiek van Vleuten limit losses in Ceratizit Challenge team time trial
GC favorites already spread out after opening stage
Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta: Trek-Segafredo take team time trial victory on stage 1
Elisa Longo Borghini takes first red jersey of race.
German champion Liane Lippert signs with Movistar through 2025
The 24-year-old will aim to provide the team with some continuity when Annemiek van Vleuten retires next season.
Classic Lorient Agglomeration preview: Women’s WorldTour roars back into life with new course
A move back to the traditional Saturday slot has allowed the organizers in Plouay to design a new course.
Alejandro Valverde and his final mission: Save Movistar’s WorldTour license
Valverde's ride during the Vuelta could determine the WorldTour future of Spanish stalwarts.
Time trials, more prize money, extra stages, Alpe d’Huez: What the women’s peloton wants from future Tours de France Femmes
Annemiek van Vleuten, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig, Kristen Faulkner, Grace Brown, and more give their thoughts on the Tour de France Femmes and its future.
Tour de France Femmes: How FDJ-Suez-Futuroscope went from development team to world-beaters
The French squad will be looking to beat Annemiek van Vleuten and Demi Vollering with their trademark aggressive race tactics.
Movistar announces team to back Annemiek van Vleuten at Tour de France Femmes
The Dutch woman is one of the major favorites and has already won the Giro d'Italia Donne this season.
The 24 Tour de France Femmes team rosters, as we get them
The final Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift rosters are slowly coming together.
‘It’s nice to win, but it’s way nicer to win together’: Annemiek van Vleuten praises team after Giro d’Italia Donne victory
Dutch rider delivers first major tour title for Movistar Women.
Longo Borghini wins queen stage of Women’s Tour leaving her tied on GC with Brown
Italian champion wins on top of Black Mountain ahead of Kasia Niewiadoma and Grace Brown.
Grace Brown wins in Welshpool on stage four of The Women’s Tour, takes overall lead
Australian bests Elisa Longo Borghini and Kasia Niewiadoma in three-up sprint and moves into overall lead.
Women’s Tour: Team DSM’s chase runs out of steam on stage 4
Wiebes settles for 10th after breakaway holds on for victory
Women’s Tour: Grace Brown wins hilly stage 4 in Welshpool
Australian beats Kasia Niewiadoma and Elisa Longo Borghini after trio breakaway in final kilometers.
Blevins, Batten, Dygert, McNulty headline US national team for 2022
USA Cycling confirms 98-rider multi-discipline team aiming toward ambitious long-term goals of world championship podiums and Olympic medals.
Women’s Tour: Lorena Wiebes storms to stage 2 sprint victory
Clara Copponi keeps hold of race lead for another day.
Delays and crashes: Clara Copponi wins chaotic first stage of The Women’s Tour
The first stage of the race to be broadcast live was full of action.
Women’s Tour: Clara Copponi wins crash-affected sprint on stage 1
Wiebes crashes in final kilometre, Bertizzolo and Cecchini complete podium.
Women’s Tour preview: Highest-ever summit finish and live TV highlight 2022 edition
Demi Vollering won't defend her title but there's a star-studded field expected, including Elisa Longo Borghini and Lorena Wiebes.
Preview: Women’s WorldTour continues with Vuelta a Burgos Féminas 2022
The four-day Spanish stage race kicks off May 19 and ends with a mountaintop finish on May 22.
Dominant Vollering takes a clean sweep of stage wins to win Itzulia Women
Demi Vollering and SD Worx put on a show for the third day running to take another stage win and the overall victory in the Basque Country.
Itzulia Women: Demi Vollering wins stage 3 and overall
Dutch rider dominates, winning every stage, and the overall.
Vollering reinforces lead with stage two win in Itzulia Women
Demi Vollering doubles up in the Basque Country.
Itzulia Women: Demi Vollering wins stage 2 in Mallabia
SD Worx rider wins for a second day running to extend her race lead.
Shift in protagonists as women’s calendar heads into Spanish stage race block
Whilst the start of May means a lap around Italy for the men, it’s a month in Spain for the women’s peloton as the bolstered stage racing block gets underway.
Preview: Itzulia kicks off Women’s WorldTour stage racing season
The inaugural edition of Itzulia Women begins on Friday and is the first WWT stage race of the year.
Veronica Ewers continues purple patch with Navarra Women’s Elite Classics victory
The American rider attacks on the final climb to solo to victory ahead of BikeExchange duo Ane Santesteban and Kristen Faulkner.
Ruta del Sol Women: Arlenis Sierra taking strides forward with Movistar
The Cuban champion is flourishing at Movistar and it looks like there will be plenty more to come.
One-day races out and stage races in as women’s peloton switches gears for May
After just three stage races in the opening months of the season, the women's peloton faces 10 in the next month, including two new events.
Five takeaways from the women’s Spring Classics
The level of the women's peloton is growing, and that is a good thing, but there are still some pains to manage.
Annemiek van Vleuten: Tour de France Femmes is already bringing more money into women’s cycling
Movistar rider says the 2022 Tour de France Femmes is forcing other organizers to up their games, particularly the Giro d'Italia Donne.
Commentary: The bar for women’s race TV coverage is higher than ever, ASO fell short at Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Live TV coverage has long been pointed to as one of the key components in developing women's cycling and we must expect more than the minimum from organizers.
Preview: Who’s going to win the 2022 women’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège?
The final one-day of the Spring is coming up, and there are a few riders who will want to end their Classics campaign on a high.
Liège-Bastogne-Liège: 10 riders to watch in the men’s and women’s races
A selection of riders to watch from the men's and women's final spring classic of the 2022 season.
Moments that made La Flèche Wallonne: The team behind Cavalli’s victory
Brodie Chapman explains how the whole team helped Cavalli win La Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday.
Preview: Who’s going to win the 2022 women’s Paris-Roubaix?
The second edition of Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift will take place on Saturday.
Paris-Roubaix women’s race preview: Everything you need to know about the second edition
After a hugely successful opening edition of the women's race, can it deliver on its difficult ‘second album?’
Amstel Gold Race raises women’s prize money equal to men’s
The winner of each race will receive 16,000 euros for a total purse of 40,000 euros for Sunday's race.
Preview: The route and the favorites for the 2022 women’s Amstel Gold Race
With Paris-Roubaix moved back a week, the Amstel Gold Race will kick off Ardennes racing early on Sunday.
Scheldeprijs men’s and women’s preview: Crosswinds and bunch-kicks at ‘festival of sprinters’
Brace for chaos in Wednesday's classic: 'It's traditionally a sprinter’s race, but there may be an added factor as it looks like there will be a lot of wind.'
Tour of Flanders: Five conclusions from the women’s race
From the wider impact of Kopecky's win to discussions about prize money and the inclusion of the Koppenberg, VeloNews looks back on Sunday's race.
Flanders: women react to the first inclusion of the Koppenberg
The iconic climb has been added to the women's race for the first time in it's 19-year history.
Tour of Flanders: 10 riders to watch for the women’s race
There will be seven former champions due to be on the start line alongside some who are looking to etch their names in the race's history books for the first time.
Preview: The route and the favorites for the 2022 women’s Tour of Flanders
Where, how, and who to watch at the women's Tour of Flanders.
The 24 teams selected for the Tour de France Femmes
Organizers reveal the teams selected to race in the inaugural edition of the Tour de France Femmes.
Dwars door Vlaanderen Women: Chiara Consonni victorious in reduced bunch sprint
The Italian racing for Valcar-Travel & Service claimed her first win of 2022.
Tour of Flanders women’s preview: A historic first up Koppenberg and other things to watch
The contenders, the route, and the details of the climbs of the 2022 Ronde van Vlaanderen.
Is the Women’s WorldTour too big?
At 71 race days, the women's WorldTour is bigger than ever. How are teams coping, and is it too big for the smaller roster sizes? VeloNews asked pros their thoughts.
Elisa Balsamo goes three-in-a-row with Gent-Wevelgem women’s victory
It's another big win for the world champion as Marianne Vos is second in thrilling finale.
Preview: The route and the favorites for the 2022 women’s Gent-Wevelgem
Belgian racing continues on Sunday with Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields.
The Women’s WorldTour and the Tour de France Effect
Words by Amy Jones w/images from Chris Auld
Tour of Scandinavia joins Women’s WorldTour on August 9
The six-day stage race takes over from the Ladies Tour of Norway and includes stages in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.
Power analysis: Comparing the men’s and women’s 2022 Strade Bianche
A look at the power numbers of Annemiek van Vleuten, Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, Tadej Pogačar, Kasper Asgreen, and others at the Italian race on ‘white roads’
Team bikes of the 2022 Women’s WorldTour
We look at the bikes, groupsets, wheels, and equipment of the 2022 Women's World Tour peloton.
Five takeaways from ‘Opening Weekend’ ahead of the women’s WorldTour season
New races, new team dynamics, and some great rivalries are taking shape
Preview: What to expect from the 2022 edition of the women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Route, weather, contenders...everything you need to know.
Annemiek Van Vleuten, Elisa Balsamo, Emma Norsgaard, Lotte Kopecky line up at women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
After a long wait, the women's season is ramping up with the third race of the year and the opening cobbled classics hit.
Movistar officials confirm new season of El Día Menos Pensado
Latest installment will reveal fresh details on the controversial exit of Miguel Ángel López from the 2021 Vuelta a España as well as feature the women's team.
Preview: The elite/U23 women’s road race at the 2022 Aussie Road Nationals
Grace Brown will start as the big favourite.
The green revolution: The teams going carbon neutral in the fight against climate change
A growing number of teams are addressing their impact on the climate, such as Movistar and Quick-Step, but there is much more to be done.
From SD Worx to Human Powered Health: Everything you need to know about Women’s WorldTeams
A delve into the 14 WorldTeams for 2022, who they are, who is riding for them, and what to expect.
Five storylines to follow in women’s racing in 2022
There's plenty to look forward to this year.
Does women’s cycling even want Patrick Lefevere?
Should we be critical of his sudden interest in backing a women's team, or just grateful he's doing so?
Movistar’s ‘blues’ go a darker shade of blue for 2022 season
The Spanish WorldTour team is going for a darker blue tone for its new-look jersey for next season.
Human Powered Health achieves UCI Women’s WorldTeam status
The North American team is the first existing co-ed set-up to send its women’s team to the top tier before its men's squad.
From Anna Kiesenhofer’s Olympic victory to the first Paris-Roubaix Femmes: Memorable women’s racing moments from 2021
There were plenty of talking points from the 2021 women's season, including the first-ever women's Paris-Roubaix, the dramatic Olympic road race, and the thrilling world championships.
Voxwomen Sharon Laws Rider of the Year Awards
Help decide the top riders of the year
6 breakthrough stars of the 2021 women’s racing season
This season proved to be an important one for several up-and-coming riders.
Ronde van Drenthe: Get your cobbles fix with Women’s WorldTour curtain closer
After being canceled in 2020, the one-day Ronde van Drenthe will close the Women's WorldTour this season with cobbles and climbs set to decide the race.
VN ticker: Team TotalEnergies renews Boasson-Hagen, three new signings for Astana, FDJ withdraws from Drenthe
Here's the news making headlines for Friday, October 22.