Women's Cycling

It's the women's peloton's last WorldTour one-day event before the world championships.

The short punchy climbs and weather livened up the stage and made for some exciting racing.

The crash occurred outside the 3 km rule and a neutralization would have caused additional chaos.

Lonneke Uneken won the stage from a group of six that managed to avoid the crash.

Kristen Faulkner had to rely on rider flashcards to help her when she turned professional last year, but the Alaskan is now competing with the best and has taken her first WorldTour win.

There is no clear consensus yet, other than the fact that pro women want the stage to be set for fair and honest racing.

The Swiss national ITT champion put in a blistering pace to take the lead from Liv Racing's Alison Jackson.

Hayley Simmonds joins Rose Manley and Rebecca Carlton to talk about the Ladies Tour of Norway and more.

Jackson now leads the overall, tied on time with Marianne Vos, ahead of the stage 2 time trial.

The Dutchwoman won the opening prologue in Ede.

The next Women's WorldTour stage race is just a round the corner.

Jennifer Valente's Olympic gold medal sprung from her physical and intellectual gifts, and from her lifelong background in track cycling. So, what's next for Valente?

Two-time Paralympic cyclist Greta Neimanas joins Freewheeling to chat about the upcoming Games.

The 90 mile race featured technical and steep climbing on a variety of terrain.

The Clif Pro Team rider outwits Flavia Oliveira and Tiffany Cromwell in a commanding victory.

The French team announced their full 2022 roster on Friday.

Chloe Hosking returned to winning ways at the Tour of Norway after nearly six months off racing due to catching COVID, but says she's still far from her best.

Once a symbol of progress, association with the bicycle is now dangerous in Afghanistan.

Zwift Academy offers a program for all levels, and provides a pathway for two riders to land contracts at Canyon-SRAM and Alpecin-Fenix.

Gigante will ride for the Spanish team through 2024.

The North American gravel racing scene rolls into late August with four marquee events on the calendar.

The Ladies Tour of Norway did not disappoint.

Anna Kiesenhofer has no desire to return to the peloton full-time, but hopes to take on more cycling projects following her Olympic road race victory.

Hosking was sidelined for most of the season after contracting COVID-19 in early March.

Annemiek van Vleuten won the general classification and extended her lead in the WorldTour standings.

The European champion won the stage and took the overall lead ahead of stage 4.

For the second day in a row, the day was claimed by the breakaway.

The American claimed her first WorldTour victory, narrowly outsmarting the chasing peloton in Sarpsborg.

The Canyon-SRAM rider is diversifying her calendar in the latter part of 2021, and perhaps beyond.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have officially come to a close.

The second stage race of the Women's WorldTour calendar is finally here.

Barnes joins the new women's team after six years with Canyon-SRAM Racing.

Colorado's two biggest bike races - the Leadville Trail 100 MTB and SBT GRVL - are happening back-to-back. For about 120 riders, that means an epic weekend of racing is on tap.

Amy Jones reports on all the news in women's cycling this week.

Anna Kiesenhofer captured the world's attention with her goliath-beating win in the Tokyo road race. VeloNews talks to the new Olympic champion about how she's coping with her new fame.

Officials from Rally Cycling have confirmed the team's intentions to join the UCI Women's WorldTour in 2022 and 2023.

Beauty and chaos at the women's Olympic road race.

Noreen Landis-Tyson served as the first female president of the commissaire's panel at the UCI Track World Championships, and she is the first woman to hold that position at the Tokyo Olympics.

The long-running North American squad has received renewed financial commitment from its title sponsors, enabling it to apply for the benefits of the top tier teams in the Women's World Tour.

American Hannah Roberts could become the youngest cyclist to win Olympic gold. But that's just one reason to tune in to watch her tricks.

Expect a showdown from Team France and Team USA, as Pauline Ferrand Prevot, Loana Lecomte, and Kate Courtney position themselves for gold.

For better or worse? The absence of race radios in Olympic competition shaped the outcome of the women's road race in a big way.

A weekly curation of women's cycling news and content by the one and only Amy Jones.

The 29-athlete squad will compete across 12 different sports. Masomah Ali Zada and Ahmad Badreddin Wais are its two road riders.

The course and the key contenders ahead of Sunday's Olympic road race.

The Clif Pro Team rider has learned to embrace her bi-culturalism on and off the bike.

Coryn Rivera, Amber Neben, Ruth Winder, and Leah Thomas give us snapshots from the road cyclists' Olympic village.

They will be the first women's WorldTeam to have a feeder program for young women to break into the professional peloton.

We are days away from the Olympic road race, and there is a lot to discuss.

Haley Batten's meteoric rise has been a decade in the making.

We sit down with Kate Courtney to talk Olympics, and the people and processes that got her there.

‘There was a level of maturity in understanding how to actually go, that it’s not just a dream.’

Amy Jones rounds up all the news in women's cycling this week.

The Giro Donne is over, and the Olympics are next!

The Cyclists' Alliance mentor program wants to make retirement easier for riders, as well as support them through other aspects of their careers.

Disparities between WorldTeams and Continental teams continue to grow; a minimum salary tops list of priorities for all riders.

All the news and women's cycling you may have missed this week!

The American rider lost her father to COVID-19 earlier in the year.

Van der Breggen and Rivera were part of a four-rider move with Lizzie Deignan and Elise Chabbey.

In her tenth appearance at the Giro Donne, Moolman Pasio finally crossed the line first.

After two stage wins the Dutchwoman will turn her attention to the Olympic Games on July 26.

Wiebes won the eighth stage of the Giro Donne on Friday.

Winder is looking forward to finishing her 2021 season with Trek-Segafredo before moving on to her next phase of life.

At the flattest Giro Donne in recent memory, the sprinters get three back to back chances to win.

Bizkaia Durango was down to only one rider after the stage 4 time trial.

Lorena Wiebes outsprints Emma Norsgaard, while GC remains unchanged with Anna van der Breggen securely in the lead.

A hilly circuit opened up the finale of the seventh stage of the Giro Donne and allowed for the Dutchwoman to take an exciting 30th victory in Italy.

The Giro has always been Moolman Pasio's measuring stick of success. This year's edition shows how she's a champion far beyond the race.

The Jumbo-Visma rider outsprinted Elisa Longo Borghini for career-defining victory.

Coryn Rivera and Marianne Vos took second and third in the sprint, respectively.

The 21-year old seals her second podium finish in two days.

The first four stages of the Giro Donne unpacked.

Team DSM executes a flawless finish; Norsgaard and Vos round out the podium.

Van der Breggen won over her teammate Demi Vollering by over a minute.

Demi Vollering and Grace Brown round out the podium.

"We are here and we think we suffer, but there is so much more in life."

Anna Van der Breggen took the victory on stage 2 of the Giro Donne, with her teammates finishing second and third.

Amy Jones lays out the news, videos, and results from women's cycling this week.

Rebecca Carlton, Amy Jones, and Katie Colclough chat La Course and the future Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

Some predictions ahead of the 2021 Giro Donne.