Three years ago, the very first edition of the Women’s Tour was launched in the very same venue as that which hosted today’s press conference. Little did the organisers, Sweetspot, know ju...Read More
Daventry to Kettering kicks things off for the 2017 edition of the OVO Energy Women’s Tour, over 91 miles, or 145 kilometers. Daventry was a valuable stop on the old coaching routes that ran bet...Read More
In just three years, the Women’s Tour has grown to become arguably the biggest women’s race on the calendar, with only the Giro Rosa (for tradition) and the Tour of California really offer...Read More
Two hard races, multiple ascents of the VAMberg, and two worthy winners on a big weekend in the Netherlands. Winning in the rainbow jersey is always special, but it makes the rest of your year in the ...Read More
Of all the most peculiar landscape features in pro cycling, a refuse dump has got to be just about the weirdest; a case of discard it and they will come. The Ronde van Drenthe, Saturday’s second...Read More
In just two years, the women’s version of Strade Bianche has been elevated to a position at the top of the sport and captured attention just as quickly as the men’s version did. An unfortu...Read More
It’s one thing winning a bike race in ideal weather, but it takes a whole lot more in terms of guts, will and determination to do it in the most miserable conditions. Not 24 hours after we menti...Read More
The winter rejigging of team personnel that we hoped might bring about some less predictable results appears to be having at least a little early effect after Belgium’s opening weekend. Freed fr...Read More
From today, the professional women’s peloton should have been riding long straight roads through the desert before Kirsten Wild smashed all-comers and won the opening stage of the Tour of Qatar....Read More
Marianne Vos and her colleagues will be travelling in style for 2017, and beyond, after unveiling the WM3 team’s very own version of the Team Sky ‘Death Star’. A jet-black, Jonckheer...Read More