New women's cycling websites
A sure sign of the increasing popularity of women's cycling - and fans' determination to make sure it gets the coverage and exposure it deserves and has for so long been denied in the established media...
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Energiewacht Tour 2013
03 - 07.04.2013Official SiteNetherlands, Road Race, 5 stages, 543.6km (Elite), 214.4km (Juniors)UCI 2.22012 winner Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Last year the Energiewacht Tour, previously not especially well...
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2013 Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica
21-24.02.2013 Official SiteCosta Rica, Road Race, 5 Stages UCI 2.2"[We have made] a great effort that we make to continue supporting and promoting women's cycling in Costa Rica, and we are delighted to...
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
23.02.2013 Official SitePaterberg, max. gradient 20.3%. Sounds tough? Imaginetrying to do it in the rain after more than 60km - and withan entire peloton trying to do it at the same timeBelgium, Road...
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Grand Prix de Orient and Le Samyn des Dames
Women's bike races are a bit like buses - you wait ages through the off-season (thank the Madonna del Ghisallo for cyclo cross, eh?), then two come along at the same time: they are the Grand Prix de...
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Vuelta El Salvador 2013
28.02 - 05.03.2013 Official Site Race Schedules and further detailsEl Salvador, 7-stage Road Race, 491.2kmUCI 2.1Stage 5 finishes near to the El Boquerón crater, clearlyseen on the satellite photoWith...
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Omloop van het Hageland - Tielt-Winge 2013
03.03.2013 Official Site (race schedule)Belgium, 1-day Road Race, 122.3kmUCI 1.2Although we've had a number of events outside Europe (Qatar, Costa Rica, El Salvador) by this point in the year, as far...
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Grand Prix GSB and Grand Prix El Salvador 2013
Grand Prix GSB07.03.2013 Official SiteEl Salvador, 1-day Road Race, 97kmUCI 1.1Click to enlargeEl Salvador has not been listed among the great cycling nations in years gone by - though they do take...
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Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo 2013
07.03.2013 Official SiteNetherlands, 1-day Road Race, 141.2kmUCI 1.22012 winner Chloe HoskingThere have been several races in exotic, warmer climes such as Qatar, Costa Rica and El Salvador already...
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Boels Rental Ronde van Drenthe
09.03.2013 Official SiteNetherlands, One-day World Cup Road Race, 132.8kmUCI CDMThe second race of the four-day Drentse Week, the Ronde van Drenthe comes two days after the Drentse 8 and is a...
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Novilon Euregio Cup 2013
10.03.2013 Official SiteNetherlands, One-day Road RaceUCI 1.2No Vos this year - but there'll beplenty of other worthy adversariesfor ArmitsteadThe third of the big UCI women's races at the Drenthe...
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Classica Citta di Padova 2013
16.03.2013 Official SiteItaly, One-day road race, 126kmUCI 1.1Warmer nations - Qatar, Costa Rica, El Salvador - got the women's professional cycling season off to a fine start before the first European...
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Cholet Payes de Loire 2013
17.03.2013 Official SiteFrance, One-day Road Race, 116kmCoupe de France Dames (French Women's Cup)UCI 1.2Cycling in the sport's heartlands - Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy - is now well under way,...
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Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio 2013
UCI Trofeo Binda highlights24.03.2013 Official SiteItaly, One-day World Cup Road Race, 120.5kmUCI CDMBinda wins Stage 1, Giro d'Italia 1927Born on the 11th of August in 1902, Alfredo Binda combined...
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Ronde van Vlaanderen 2013
31.03.2013 Official SiteBelgium, One-day Monument/World Cup Road Race, 128.8kmUCI CDMThe Ronde is finally added to Vos' palmaresWith fifteen UCI Elite Women's events and four continental championships...
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Grand Prix de Dottignies 2013
01.04.2013 Official SiteBelgium, One-day Road Race, 113.76kmUCI 1.2If you'd just spent your Sunday dealing variously with the sort of cobbles that make bits fall off your bike and climbs as steep as...
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Women's Tour of Britain for 2014?
Organisers of the Tour of Britain SweetSpot say that they are investigating the possibility of holding a five-stage women's version of the race as early as Spring 2014. Details remain sketchy, but race...
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The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup 2013
08-10.04.2013 Thailand, Road Race, 3 stages, 276.7kmUCI 2.2Also known - fortunately - as the Women's Tour of Thailand, The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup was first held in 2012 when it was...
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Ronde van Gelderland 2013
14.04.2013 Official SiteNetherlands, One-day Road Race, 139kmUCI 1.2The Ronde van Gelderland is perhaps unique in that it started as a race for men in 1957 and was then held almost annually (except...
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La Flèche Wallonne 2013
17.04.2013 Official SiteBelgium, One-day World Cup Road RaceUCI CDM Marianne Vos becomes the only rider to win La Flèche five timesLast year, as tends to be the case with every race she enters,...
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