Women's Cycling

European champion Vollering off to a storming start in her season-opening event.

Tactical masterclass by Elisa Longo Borghini at UAE Tour Women sees Kasia Niewiadoma follow, fade and pay a heavy price.

When 3 vs 1 goes very wrong: Defending champion Rüegg profits from rivals’ tactical palaver: 'They did the lead out for me.'

Cycling’s well-known race leader’s boost gives Wollaston wings on day two in Australia.

Ally Wollaston roars to Tour Down Under success. Here’s why these early season races really matter

Opportunities for redemption, validation, and domination are all at stake in the crucial WorldTour restart.

Breaking down the most consequential new regulations, how they impact the pro peloton, and how they impact you.

Ferrand-Prévot isn't shying away from pre-favorite status as she targets an historic Tour de France Femmes title defense: 'I want to win more.'

She is one of the best-ever riders in women’s cycling and now, starting 2026, Van der Breggen seems stronger and more ambitious.

Cycling's high-performance evolution is pushing riders to the brink. Here's how pros survive the stresses of a 24/7 sport.

Brand continues to bulldozer the women's peloton as spectator questioned by police after incident at X2O Trofee Loenhout.

Work with dietician became ‘a big burden’ for former race runner-up, prompting a reset in ambitions.

‘The potential is enormous’: Ashleigh Moolman Pasio lends support and experience to Amani African cycling project.

Coach and former racer Cindy Morvan was a dedicated and passionate volunteer for French cycling.

The European road race champion feels misinterpreted by media: ‘An eye-opener to see clickbait was made out of my comments’.

The women’s Tour is evolving year on year, with 2026 shaping up to be the most dramatic edition yet.

Tour de France Femmes takes its first trip to Ventoux, while the Tour de France visits Alpe d'Huez TWICE before returning to Montmartre.

Wiebes wins after nail-biting final kilometer recapture of Shirin van Anrooij.

23-year-old signs two-year deal to join Longo Borghini, Rooijakers as UAE ADQ team hunts yellow at Tour de France Femmes.

'Totally different from the road ... no hiding': Pidcock, Niewiadoma, Vos, and a mini-WorldTour peloton are in for a shock at gravel worlds.

SD Worx superstar ends another season with the most victories, and she's targeting gravel and track world titles before hitting the beach: 'Wonderful way to end my road season.'

Pogačar romps to Team UAE's 91st victory of 2025 with 22km Italian escapade, Longo Borghini outkicks Vollering for 'revenge' win.

Kasia Niewiadoma takes the latest in a list of near-misses on Saturday: ‘Not the greatest season, for sure'.

Kasia Niewiadoma and Anna Van der Breggen fight it out for silver and bronze behind a stomping Vollering.

Del Toro and Le Court show their explosiveness on final climb of tough finishing circuit.

Health gains, mentorship, personal opportunities and other factors yield unexpected rainbow for Vallieres in career breakthrough ride.

The 2025 leaderboard boasts more nations and more surprise entries than last year, but the usual suspects still dominated.

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Pre-race favorites for women’s elite world championship road race rue missed chances: ‘I honestly wasn’t the strongest’.

Here are the full standings as Canada's wildcard attacker Vallieres wins rainbows in the elite women's road race Saturday in Kigali.

Pre-race favorites miss the key moves before 24-year-old Vallieres attacks out of three-rider group to become Canada's first elite world champion.

18-year-old Spaniard Ostiz comes good on status as favorite with commanding sprint win; steps up to Movistar WorldTour team in 2026.

Pogačar, Vollering, PFP, Evenepoel flex verbal muscles ahead of rainbow jersey showdowns: 'I'm in a completely different mindset from last year'

Will Pogačar, Del Toro, Ayuso go 1-2-3? Can Le Court shift the focus of Africa's first road worlds? The hot takes and key stories of the elite road races.

18-year-old Megan Arens doubles Dutch junior TT title with rainbow stripes, USA's Liliana Edwards and Lidia Cusack 9th and 13th.

'He was one of my three certainties': Team Belgium reeling after Evenepoel loses road captain Benoot, family issues keep Vos home.

Bäckstedt delivers on favorites status in emphatic fashion in first standalone women's U23 time trial world championships.

Marlen Reusser aces tough Rwanda course to take first rainbow jersey ahead of Anna Van der Breggen and Demi Vollering.

Key contenders for Sunday’s time trial include American specialist Chloe Dygert, Marlen Reusser, Demi Vollering and others.

Tour de France Femmes obliterator carries fresh legs and a new mindset into her push for first road rainbow jersey since 2014.

Time out for Lotte Kopecky as fracture diagnosed, tough decisions for Fem van Empel and Marta Cavalli.

Training algorithms, ultrasound scans, and hormone checks have turned the chase for 'race weight' from a hunger game to a sophisticated science.

Dutch sprinter wins all bar one stage in the Simac Tour, and scoops general classification. US rider Megan Jastrab is third.

Canyon-SRAM Zondacrypto rider Skalniak-Sójka triumphs despite numerical advantage for EF Education-Oatly.

The setback closes out a post-Olympic year for Faulkner, and she promises she will return stronger when the 2026 calendar opens.

18-year-old Seixas tipped for French senior team at worlds after confirmatory win at Tour de l'Avenir, expected to make Tour de France debut in 2026.

Tour champion Pauline Ferrand Prévot returns to racing, Bredewold digs deep to triumph after difficult week.

Some 23 riders head to Kigali for Africa's first road cycling world championships, but several big names are sitting this one out.

Ferrand-Prévot refreshed and prime for post-Tour de France reboot: 'The priority was to recover and get away from all the hype that caused psychological fatigue.'

Blanka Vas takes final stage after late break steals the show, Žigart has late mishap.

Tough final climb sees Žigart blow Romandie field apart and capture the yellow jersey with one day remaining.

'Time for working on my mental resilience': Australian sidelined again after long recovery from Iliac artery surgery, out of hilly road worlds.

Key squads and riders blocked from starting the Tour de Romandie Féminin in what is a controversial decision.

'We secretly hoped she wouldn't be successful': GC star Marlen Reusser warns of wider impact of Ferrand-Prevot's 4kg cut ahead of Tour de France Femmes.

'The current system isn't set up to protect health': The Cyclists' Alliance pushes UCI to collaborate on safeguarding measures after initial proposals were shelved.

Ferrand-Prévot speaks out for first time since big win: 'My weight loss was controlled and intelligent. It was not a disease.'

Vollering says she won’t sacrifice health to win another yellow jersey: 'I don’t want to force my body to become something it’s not.'

The most complete rider in cycling? Multi-discipline queen Ferrand-Prévot just proved it at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

The 2027 world championships in France could be Pauline Ferrand-Prévot's retirement party — two years after she won the Tour de France Femmes.

Second at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift for the third time in four years, Demi Vollering finally has her say on the drama that engulfed the race.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot said that her Tour de France Femmes weight will not is 'not forever' after being criticized on social media

The AG Insurance-Soudal rider Sarah Gigante lost a podium spot on the final day of the Tour de France Femmes.

2024 race winner Niewiadoma is still in the hunt for a fourth successive podium at the Tour de France Femmes.

Susanne Andersen finished more than one hour behind stage winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot looks set to win the Tour de France Femmes on her very first appearance, and ahead of her own expectations.

Team of Demi Vollering confirms shortfall of usual performance on stage 8 of the Tour de France Femmes

Ferrand-Prévot dominant on stage 8 of the Tour de France Femmes, finishing over 1:30 clear of Sarah Gigante and three minutes up on others

The Tour de France Femmes will be decided with two epic stages in the Alps – but have the GC contenders made a mistake by waiting?

Kim Le Court raced 'full gas' to avoid losing yellow at Tour de France Femmes: 'I was completely blocked by two FDJ riders'.

Could double Tour de France Femmes stage winner Maëva Squiban win a future yellow jersey?

Overnight leader Kim Le Court dropped on final climb of Tour de France Femmes stage 7 but fights back, saving yellow with fearless descent.

Uno-X Mobility are down to just three riders from original seven at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

FDJ-Suez and Visma-Lease a Bike continue to throw pointed verbal insults at each other during Tour de France Femmes.

Kasia Niewiadoma hasn't won against her main rivals all season, but has come into the Tour de France Femmes stronger than ever.

Le Court wins stage 5 of the Tour de France Femmes from elite group, becoming first African rider to triumph.

US and Olympic champion Faulkner, Elisa Balsamo and others exit the Tour on crash-littered stage 5.

Lidl-Trek rider Van Dijk says crashes and injuries tipped the balance: ‘I realized I don’t want this anymore.’

Olympic road race champion Kristen Faulkner keeps suffering crashes and misfortunes.

Former champion Vollering clears concussion protocol but heavily bruised after coming down in ugly high-speed pile-up on Monday.

Wiebes beats Marianne Vos, who retakes yellow jersey; Demi Vollering involved in big crash but limps in.