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Annemiek returned to form with a stunning solo win at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday, bringing back a lone leader on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons riding the final 10km alone. A group of five had crested the climb only 15 seconds behind the Movistar rider, but despite working well together they were unable to catch her,

While Annemiek van Vleuten’s solo victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday might have seen the Dutch rider return to peerless form, the victories have not been so easy to come by this year. The 39-year-old has three wins to her credit already this season, beginning with a stunning solo stage and GC win at Setmana Valenciana

Pre-race favourite Julian Alaphilippe has been forced to abandon Liège-Bastogne-Liège after being caught up in a huge crash. Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s world champion was brought down in an incident that occurred on the descent from the Col du Rosier, coming with just under 60km of the Monument remaining. The Frenchman was seen lying in the

Sunday’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège performance was the perfect day for winner Remco Evenepoel.  The Belgian prodigy rode solo for the final 29km of the 257km race, holding off a group of pursuers to win his first Monument, and simultaneously save Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s Classics season. “It was really hard with a headwind it was really difficult to

Marta Cavalli produced a brilliant final sprint to take her second victory of the Ardennes Classics season. The former Italian champion was able to mark an aggressive Annemiek van Vleuten on the Mur de Huy, overtaking the Dutchwoman with 50m to go. Despite having two riders in a small group at the bottom of the

Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini won a coruscating second edition of Paris-Roubaix on Saturday. The Italian champion attacked solo with 38km of the race remaining, and though her lead was never secure her Trek-Segafredo team mates behind made the case difficult. Behind her a group of seven women formed in pursuit, but with two team

Former Italian champion Marta Cavalli took a courageous and tense first WorldTour victory for FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope at the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday. The 24 year-old attacked a group of eight women which had emerged at the top of the Cauberg, riding solo for the final 1.8km to win by the narrowest of margins. 

Lotte Kopecky repaid incredible teamwork by winning the Tour of Flanders on Sunday, becoming only the second Belgian woman to win her home race.  In a repeat of her Strade Bianche success just a month ago, Kopecky out-sprinted Annemiek van Vleuten to win the race wearing the dreikleur jersey of national champion. After leading for

Elisa Balsamo will head to next week’s Tour of Flanders as one of the favourites for the first women’s Monument of the 2022 season. The world champion has been on stellar form this season, taking four wins already. Sunday’s imperious sprint victory at Gent-Wevelgem has marked her out as the peloton’s most successful sprinter of

Elisa Balsamo took a third consecutive win at Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday proving herself as the most accomplished sprinter in the peloton. Coming the back of her wins at Trofeo Binda and Brugge de Panne, the world road champion was the beneficiary of excellent teamwork. Her Trek-Segafredo team reareactedcting to a multitude of attacks and placing

Elisa Balsamo took her first home win in the rainbow jersey at Trofeo Binda on Sunday, winning the sprint from a group of around 20 women.  It was an imperious finish from the Italian who was hidden by her team for the entire race. After her Trek-Segafredo team-mates had brought her back to the front

Lotte Kopecky surprised the odds to take the biggest win of her season at Strade Bianche on Saturday. The SD Worx rider held onto the coat tails of 2020 winner Annemiek van Vleuten up the climb of Via Santa Caterina into the picturesque city of Siena, before winning a battle of both wits and legs

This weekend Strade Bianche kicks off the Women’s WorldTour. Though only the eighth edition of the women’s event, it has become one of the season’s most eagerly anticipated races, with a place in cycling fans’ hearts. A heady mixture of beautiful, rolling Tuscan countryside, steep punchy climbs, white gravel and fervent tifosi combine with an

The Italian Classic Strade Bianche returns this Saturday in its familiar March slot, one of the first truly big races of the year. The men’s and women’s races take place over 184km and 136km respectively, with 63km and 30km of the famous white gravel roads, or sterrato, in each race respectively. The men’s start list

After another season of improvement in 2022, charismatic Danish rider, Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig has her eye firmly set on the Tour de France yellow jersey this summer. Her FDJ-Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope team has been strengthening over recent years and now has the depth to support the 26 year-old’s ambitions, as well as challenge for the

With cancellations and rescheduled races, the 2021 Women’s WorldTour season was another truncated by COVID, but that didn’t stop the series bringing us some exciting racing. Here we’ve picked six of the most exciting and interesting days, spread between March and October, proof, if it were needed of another vintage year.  Oxyclean Classic Brugge –

Being stuck outside in the Norwegian winter with no contact to the outside world and little food might not be everyone’s idea of fun, but it’s an excellent way to get to know someone. At least that’s what Hannah Barnes found when she joined her new Uno-X squad for a recent team building exercise. “We

We are approaching the end of 2021, and there are still some big names out there who have not yet secured a contract for 2022.  Most of the stars of the peloton have been secured, with a flurry of announcements in recent days, but with a lack of racing and time left for negotiations to