Lorena Wiebes

Dutch rider unleashed perfectly-timed attack on the final lap as tactics prove vital.

Current world champion triumphs overall while multiple rainbow jersey winner ends pro career.

Niewiadoma aggressive during hilly stage, launches key move on final ascent of Cauberg.

Annemiek van Vleuten racks up her 17th GC victory in penultimate race before retirement

Early terrain should promote attacks but finale more accommodating to a chase.

Yellow jersey Lotte Kopecky leads out Wiebes and then takes third.

Dramatic pursuit between peloton and breakaway rider.

It was a battle between a breakaway and the sprinters at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

SD Worx-Protime kick-starts its Tour campaign in style as Lorena Wiebes finishes second from the chase group.

Vos and Dygert net second and third.

SD Worx captain dominates steep mountaintop finish of final stage, tops GC for her first stage-race victory of the season.

The SD Worx express train delivers once more as Dutch squad continues to dominate the spring.

SD Worx wins another big spring classic to confirm its favorite's status heading into Tour of Flanders.

Wout van Aert out of a small group? Lorena Wiebes dominating a bunch sprint? Or can Biniam Girmay and Elisa Balsamo repeat?

From Annemiek van Vleuten's form to the tussle for success between SD Worx and Trek-Segafredo.

Preview: Will Lorena Wiebes and Lotte Kopecky "worx" more magic? And who can stop Wout van Aert and the Jumbo-Visma express?

Now a pair of one-days, the races in West Flanders kick-start a busy racing period across Belgium.

Wiebes claims Drenthe hat trick after race shortened and delayed by snow.

Updated course packs a punch but still favors the fastest women in the bunch.

The mystique of the yellow jersey gave the sport the international platform it deserves.

The classics 'opening weekend' delivered four races packed with action and taught us plenty at the start of the spring program.

The Dutchwoman's sprint victory comes after Lotte Kopecky's solo win at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad the previous day.

Longo Borghini opens her 2023 calendar with dominant GC victory in inaugural UAE Tour.

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 Dutch rider was the most successful rider in the peloton in 2022 but she wants some bigger wins this year.

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.

The former world champion turned DS believes that Lorena Wiebes and Lotte Kopecky can work well together.

Classics rider says that Belgian women's cycling is on a strong trajectory.

The sprinter checks in after a high-profile move to Team SD Worx.

Here's what's making headlines on Thursday, December 29.

VeloNews takes a look at some of the best riders and moments in women's cycling in 2022, from the best sprinter, breakthrough rider, and more.

Nobody can truly replace Van Vleuten, but who will emerge as the peloton's top rider when she hangs up her racing wheels?

The arrival of the peloton's best sprinter will open things up for Kopecky who is already thinking about the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Lorena Wiebes won almost half of her races this year but feels she can be even better with SD Worx in 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.

Guarischi pens deal through 2024 while the team extends with Elena Cecchini into 2023.

Video of official being too 'hands on' with Dutch sprinter goes viral on social media.

Lorena Wiebes wrapped up the best season of her young career with a win at Binche-Chimay-Binche Pour Dames. But what’s next?

Late move from Bredewold secures stage 6 victory ahead of Eleonora Gasparrini.

Dutch rider proves her skill on climbs and time trial ahead of move to SD Worx.

Late move from Bredewold secures stage 6 victory ahead of Eleonora Gasparrini.

‘She is climbing like a monkey,’ says main opponent Audrey Cordon-Ragot ahead of final stage.

French champion edges out Riejanne Markus as Lorena Wiebes retains overall lead.

Lorena Wiebes finishes second and holds on to race lead on hilly queen stage.

Wiebes gives chance to teammate as Team DSM take 1-2 on the line.

Laura Tomasi and Lonneke Uneken round out the podium, but nobody can match Wiebes.

Sprinter lost lead-out at key moment but still took stage victory.

Laura Tomasi and Lonneke Uneken round out the podium, but nobody can match Wiebes.

Newly-crowned European champion beats Karlijn Swinkels and Audrey Cordon-Ragot in Lelystad.

Newly-crowned European champion beats Karlijn Swinkels and Audrey Cordon-Ragot in Lelystad.

Newly crowned European road race champion Lorena Wiebes will be a marked woman in the sprints.

With the Olympics and the worlds in 2021, the Dutch women's team had some questionable performances of late but the team went all-in for Wiebes in Munich and delivered.

Top-favorite Wiebes delivers for the Dutch in downtown Munich.

The sprinter signs with the world's best women's team.

With 17 wins thus far, Dutchwoman has been the fastest sprinter in the peloton this year.

'We'll take stock in a few days, but the base is very solid,' says race director Rousse.

After crashing hard on stage 6, team medical staff gave Wiebes the all-clear to start today, but she climbed off in the first hour of stage 7.

Sprint sensation cleared to start mountainous stage 7 after receiving stitches following heavy crash Friday.

Vos extends GC lead ahead of two decisive days in the mountains with dominant sprint victory.

She’s the women’s peloton’s winningest sprinter who cites Fabio Jakobsen as her inspiration.

The Dutchwoman is now set to switch her focus from sprint victories to supporting her team's GC ambitions.

Balsamo and Vos complete the top three on stage 5.

Snapshots from stage 1 as the Tour de France Femmes pulls out of Paris.

SD Worx reportedly made Wiebes an offer she couldn't refuse.

The Dutch sprinter beat Marianne Vos to win the opening stage of the historic new race.

Team DSM fast woman pulls on the yellow jersey, beating Marianne Vos after attack-filled opener in Paris.

Team DSM sprinter and Tour de France Femmes stage one favourite is confident in her lead-out train for Champs-Élysées sprint.

Van Vleuten or Vollering? Wiebes or Vos for the sprints? Our team looks into their crystal balls for the most-anticipated race of the year.

The peloton will be packed with star talent at the Tour de France Femmes, including Annemiek van Vleuten, Marianne Vos, and Elisa Balsamo.

Eight stages, 1,029 kilometers, €250,000 prize money, and 144 history-making women.

The young squad will be 'setting up fast finisher Lorena Wiebes for the sprints'

Longo Borghini sprints to third to score bonus seconds needed to top Grace Brown and Katarzyna Niewiadoma.

Wiebes settles for 10th after breakaway holds on for victory

Dutch sprinter takes the win in Gloucester on hillier stage three and moves into GC lead.

Dutch rider conquers climbs to take second win ahead of Alex Manly and Coryn Labecki

Dutch rider able to contest sprint after crashing going into the final of stage one.

Clara Copponi keeps hold of race lead for another day.