Women's Tour

Vårgårda WestSweden and the Women's Tour have both been pulled from the 2023 WorldTour calendar for financial reasons.

Organizers have said that it has been unable to get the financial backing it needs to host the race.

The five-day race is looking for £100,000 as it continues to hunt for additional sponsors.

SweetSpot says that it is looking for a title sponsor as well as backers for three of its classification jerseys.

The 2023 Tour of Britain is set to finish in Wales, while the 2024 Women's Tour will set off from the country.

The Italian champion wrapped up the overall win and a stage victory at the six-day race ahead of a big summer of racing.

'I wasn’t just sitting up and rolling to the finish. Elisa made the most of it though,' Australian says.

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

Italian champion wins on top of Black Mountain ahead of Kasia Niewiadoma and Grace Brown.

Brown keeps her race lead but Longo Borghini is tied on the same time with one stage to go.

Wiebes settles for 10th after breakaway holds on for victory

Australian beats Kasia Niewiadoma and Elisa Longo Borghini after trio breakaway in final kilometers.

The 31-year-old only contested her first road race a year ago, but she got the call up to ride the Women's Tour after an impressive winning run in May.

‘Almost like a victory’ says sport director after Australian proves herself in WorldTour sprint.

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

Clara Copponi keeps hold of race lead for another day.

Wiebes crashes in final kilometre, Bertizzolo and Cecchini complete podium.

Riders held for almost an hour as emergency vehicles attend out-of-race incident.

From being an acrobatic gymnast as a child to racing for town signs in training, find out more about the 23-year-old sprint sensation.

The women's peloton receives a boost after the two major races announce significant developments for 2022.

Race organizer SweetSpot says it is still searching for a title sponsor for the women's race, which starts in two months.

Organizer SweetSpot has said it wants at least eight stages to bring the event in line with the men's Tour of Britain, but its attempts have been rebuffed.

Here's the news making headlines for Monday, October 11.

Balsamo scores first win as world champion while Vollering continues standout season with GC victory.

The Paris-Roubaix Femmes champion says that the one-day race will 'only get harder to win' as it becomes a specialism within women's cycling.

The Dutchwoman becomes only the second rider in the race's history to win two days in a row as Demi Vollering maintains her race lead.

Lorena Wiebes took victory ahead of Chiara Consonni and Chloe Hosking as Demi Vollering maintains her race lead.

Race director Mick Bennett says the race's highlights package is more valuable than a 45-minute internet stream but he hopes to have live TV by next year.

Demi Vollering beat her nearest rival by over a minute in the Atherstone TT as she stormed into the race lead with three stages to go.

Amy Pieters sprints to victory after 10 riders break clear on aggressive second stage as French 22-year-old Clara Copponi takes over the race lead.

Lucy Kennedy was supposed to retire from professional racing last month but a late call-up to the Women's Tour means she has one last hurrah.

Here's what's making headlines on Monday, October 4.

Everything you need to know about the six-day Women's Tour, the penultimate race on the Women's WorldTour calendar.

Here's the news making the headlines on Wednesday, September 29.

The Dutch rider says Paris-Roubaix Femmes will be a 'milestone' in women's racing and would like to be there to soak it in, but is unsure if she'll go.

Here's the news making headlines for Saturday, July 17.

For the first time in its six year history, the women's stage race will feature live coverage via Eurosport and GCN.

As Women’s Tour organizers launch a campaign for new title sponsors, they also question whether live TV is really viable for Women’s WorldTour events

Three-stage race to feature 18 teams with action to be streamed online, Wednesday through Friday.

British star says a rising younger generation and wave of new races give momentum to women's sport, though some hurdles remain.

Women's Tour to return in 2021, Tour of Britain organizer states he would be 'staggered' if Tour de France goes ahead.

OVO Energy, sponsor of the Women's Tour and Tour of Britain, will not return as title sponsor of either race in 2020.

In a wide-ranging interview, Lizzie Deignan discusses her comeback to racing following maternity leave, the need for parental leave for pro riders, and her decision to retire following the 2020 Olympics

Katarzyna Niewiadoma won Thursday's fourth stage of the OVO Women's Tour a day after race leader Marianne Vos crashed out

Marianne Vos won stage 2 and took the overall lead at the OVO Women's Tour

Jolien D'Hoore won the opening stage of the OVO Women's Tour

Coryn Rivera took overall victory in the Ovo Energy Women's Tour, a 5-stage race in Britain.

American Coryn Rivera sprints to victory in stage 2 of the OVO Women's Tour Thursday, taking the overall race lead.

Katarzyna Niewiadoma buttons up victory in the OVO Energy Women's Tour overall Sunday in London.

Chloe Hosking won stage 3 of the OVO Energy Women's Tour, edging out Alice Barnes in the sprint.

Amy Pieters took revenge with a sprint win in stage 2 of the OVO Energy Women's Tour in Stoke-on-Trent, England.

The WM3 team came flying into the OVO Women's Tour stage 1, with Katarzyna Niewiadoma winning solo. Marianne Vos was second.

Elizabeth Armitstead wraps up the overall victory at the Aviva Women's Tour as Lotta Lepistö nabs Sunday's fifth and final stage

Vos wins stage 4 of the Aviva Women's Tour ahead of Leah Kirchmann and Emma Johansson

The reigning world champion breaks free from the leading group inside the final kilometer to win the stage.

Canyon – SRAM came painfully close to a stage win Thursday in the Aviva Women's Tour, but the team remains optimistic that WorldTour victory will come.

The Wiggle – High5 rider wins the rainy stage in a fast sprint ahead of Lisa Brennauer and Marianne Vos.

Luxembourger Christine Majerus wins the first stage of England's Aviva Women's Tour, out-sprinting Marianne Vos.

Wiggle-Honda satisfied with its showing at the Aviva Women's Tour as young talent continues to learn and notch big results

Hannah Barnes wins the final stage as Lisa Brennauer takes the Aviva Women's Tour

Lisa Brennauer takes sprint victory and reclaims race lead in Aviva Women's Tour stage 4

Christine Majerus takes the yellow jersey after a sprint finish in stage 3 on the Aviva Women's Tour's longest day

Jolien D'hoore sprints for a win in stage 2, and Lisa Brennauer retains the leader's jersey with a second-place finish

Megan Guarnier is showing off her new U.S. national champion's jersey in the Aviva Women's Tour this week

The Boels-Dolmans rider was on the ground for more than 30 minutes before paramedics took her away in an ambulance