Women's Cycling

The 21-year-old took the lead on the opening lap and blasted her way to victory, leading home a Dutch 1-2 with Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado.

Statistics from the 2023 season across the men's and women's peloton, including firsts, fastests, and biggest climbing days of the year.

With the Tour de France Femmes starting a day after the final cycling event at the Olympic Games, many riders will have some tough decisions to make about race programs for 2024.

The 34-year-old returns to the American squad after two years away to provide some climbing strength for new GC leader Ruth Edwards.

Lauren De Crescenzo reflects on her experience in the Life Time Grand Prix, which included learning how to mountain bike.

The 2024 Tour de France Femmes will feature the race's first foreign stages and sends the peloton up the Alpe d'Huez for a historic finale.

The Dutch rider will be racing on old training roads when the Tour de France Femmes goes to the Netherlands for its inaugural foreign grand départ.

The third edition of the Tour de France Femmes will start in the Netherlands and finish with a mountain doubleheader to Grand-Bornand and Alpe d'Huez.

Giant Bicycles extends deal with men's and women's Jayco AlUla squads through 2027, Specialized re-ups with SD Worx through 2028.

The American team adds Romy Kasper and Maëlle Grossetête to next year's roster, making it five confirmed riders for 2024.

The Dutchwoman dominated 2023 along with her SD Worx squad, but there are plenty of riders waiting in the wings to knock her off the top spot in 2024.

Lauren de Crescenzo and Anna Hicks are second and third; riders applaud having a women's specific start line.

Skarda will hop from the Life Time Grand Prix podium to the music stage at Big Sugar Gravel's afterparty on Saturday.

The number of riders contracted to Women's WorldTour teams is on course to break records but only some teams are growing as others shrink.

The signing of the Italian is the first major change for Human Powered Health ahead of the 2024 season.

The 23-year-old from Italy fell in love with cycling as a six-year-old after watching Ivan Basso winning the 2006 Giro d'Italia.

The change will take effect at Big Sugar Gravel in Bentonville, Arkansas on October 21, 2023.

The team also adds British Abi Smith and Josie Nelson to the team, making it the biggest roster for the squad with 18 riders.

RCS Sport launches headline women's tour with 'Infinity' trophy, route for 2024 to be revealed soon.

There have been some big moves in the market already during this season's transfer window but there are still several riders without a contract for 2024.

From trying to do the UCI's work in broadcasting the race to reconning the course, I had a lot of fun. Evidently, so did all the racers.

The Alaskan is the 14th rider snapped up by the new US Continental team.

It has been a busy transfer window with teams folding, merging, and being created ahead of next season.

At the finish line on Saturday, Kasia Niewiadoma, Lauren Stephens, Demi Vollering, Sarah Sturm and others tell us about the day.

UCI issues tardy apology but no explanation is given.

GCN will broadcast the men's event on Sunday.

Illness and injury sideline the two contenders.

The UCI Women's Continental Team also brings on US U23 national criterium champion Chloe Patrick.

Pauline Ferrand Prevot, Lorena Wiebes, Demi Vollering, Sofia Gomez Villafañe, and Tiffany Cromwell are just a few standout names in a deep field of 110 elite women's riders.

The Specialized Off-Road pro has put in the work and is more prepared than ever

There are a plethora of rising stars in the 2024 rookie intake into the Women's WorldTour, from the Holmgren twins Ava and Isabella to Ella Wyllie.

The reigning gravel world champion will skip the inaugural European Gravel Championships this weekend; her participation at the UCI Gravel World Championships on October 7 is TBD.

The Dutch team completes a wholesale overhaul of its backroom staff and updates its roster.

Fellow North American Haley Smith is second; former marathon national champ Erin Huck is fifth.

There are some big names stepping out of the women's side of the sport this season.

The Australian team is expected to have its biggest-ever roster with seven new additions to the team for 2024.

The Dutchwoman tells Velo which of her race-wins meant the most to her and whether or not she has any regrets in her career.

The Dutch superstar speaks with Velo about the fan reaction to her retirement and inspiring the next generation.

More riders are going unpaid while the top female riders are earning even bigger salaries. Meanwhile, less than half the peloton makes their sole income from racing.

Chances to score points are dwindling as October approaches and, after looking like it would be demoted, Human Powered Health is on course to keep WorldTour license.

After retiring from the WorldTour in 2021, then racing two seasons of the Life Time Grand Prix series, Ruth Edwards is returning to the sport she loves.

A weekly roundup of what's happening in the off-road.

The 30-year-old American will line-up at the Tour de Romandiethree months after fracturing her knee in the training incident.

Dutchwoman bows out with cheers, waves and an atmospheric farewell.

Alexis Skarda and Crystal Anthony finish second and third in the inaugural national championship race.

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.

Bunch sprint settles stage after earlier breakaway.

Belgian rider takes 12th victory of the season with win in individual time trial.

The decorated Dutchwoman is competing in the final race of her career at the Simac Ladies Tour.

The Dutch rider put over two minutes into her rivals with daring long-range attack.

The 18-year-old prodigy will make her Canyon-SRAM debut at the Major Taylor Cyclocross Cup on October 7.

As the Dutch rider is set to retire next week, Velo takes a look back at some of the key moments in her career.

The 31-year-old from Cyprus took a winding path to professional cycling but she finally made it to the WorldTour last year.

The Canadian has had the best season of her career after winning Paris-Roubaix this spring.

The Dutch woman said she had been 'in pain' and had a 'lack of power' in her left leg for some time.

Gaia Realini, Shirin van Anrooij, Fem van Empel, and Antonia Niedermaier are among the riders on the star-studded start list.

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

The Canadian wants to create a human connection through her videos on social media and inspire others.

British rider Izzy Sharp also joins as Lidl-Trek expands its roster further than ever before.

There's more attention on the sport and more races than ever, but that also means there's more pressure and time away from family.

Gomez Villafañe is dominating the off-road race scene this season. Here's the bike that she rode to her latest win at SBT GRVL.

Could the loss of the U.S. squad provide a lifeline for other teams such as Human Powered Health in fight for 2024 top tier licenses?

Tiffany Cromwell of Canyon-SRAM comes in one minute later, followed by Flavia Oliveira Parks.

The 36-year-old finished 18th in the women's road race in Glasgow, but she doesn't have a ride for next season.

After seeing Ruth Winder in her rearview with three miles to go, the Leadville champ 'turned herself inside out' to get to the finish line.

Deep pro fields, a film fest featuring para-athletes, tons of shakeout rides, and lots of miles on 'champagne gravel' are all on tap for the weekend ahead.

The 34-year-old took sixth in challenging road race less than a year after giving birth to second child.

How she won the stripes: Race analysis, unconventional buildup, and a secret Strava account.

The 27-year-old becomes the first Belgian road race world champion in 50 years.

Ruth Winder and Alexis Skarda round out the podium.

Frenchwoman romps to fifth XCO mountain bike world title in Glentress Forest.

Dygert already won two rainbow jerseys at the 'super worlds' and Stephens says that Team USA will be in full support behind the 26-year-old.

The Dutchwoman unveils the Tour of Scandinavia and Simac Ladies Tour as the final races of her professional career.

The American hasn't raced a road worlds since her horror crash in Imola in 2020.

Sofia Gomez Villafañe is the clear race favorite, but with the deepest field in history this year, it's any woman's race.

The Australian crashed on the opening lap of the junior road race and a subsequent mechanical forced her to finish on a neutral service bike.

The 34-year-old has been packing in the racing since returning from maternity leave in April.

The Canadian is aiming higher after breakthrough win earlier this season.

The likes of Demi Vollering and Lotte Kopecky are the five-star favorites but there are plenty more stars looking to grasp the rainbow this Sunday.