#womens-cycling

#womens-cycling

The Tilford team keeps the roster to three riders-lean, intentional, and now wholly focused on development. It's quality over quantity, with the kind of hands-on support you rarely see outside a national program. New partnerships coming online for 2026 only sharpen the vision. Pinarello joined as a major supporter in 2025, supplying cyclocross, gravel (read our review here), and, importantly, XC bikes that will enable the team to compete more deeply in the World Cup scene.

When you talk about breaking barriers in cycling, you rarely get to say "first ever" anymore - but Team Amani just earned it. The Kenya-based collective announced the creation of the first UCI Women's Continental Cycling Team from Africa. The powerhouse team is registered in Ethiopia and powered by riders from Rwanda, Ethiopia, and across East Africa. The goal? Nothing short of the world stage - the Tour de France Femmes, Giro Donne, and La Vuelta Femenina - by 2028.

With seven squads that were in this year's Tour de France, coupled with some strong Pro Series and Continental teams, this year's line-up is stacked with the most talent the event has seen to date,

Charlotte Kool's transfer to Fenix-Deceuninck offers an appealing challenge as she seeks to harness her sprinting talent for future victories.

Chiara Consonni of Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto won the final stage of the Tour de Pologne women's race, securing overall victory in the three-day event.

The new QueenStage Women's Cycling Podcast is a supergroup of women in cycling media, launching alongside the Tour de France Femmes, and producing daily episodes.

Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney has finished on the final podium in each of the four editions of the revived Tour de France Femmes, with three third places and one victory.

"Super hectic, I think more hectic than I imagined," Bäckstedt said, describing the race after the finish. "I think the rain brought a lot of that tension in the peloton, but once you stopped around halfway, then it got flowing a little bit better. And then it was a little bit more enjoyable."

FDJ-SUEZ have set an ambitious goal to win all three Grand Tours and five major Classics by 2028, reflecting their sustainable growth in the women's peloton.

Justine Ghekiere executed a stunning final-kilometre attack in the Belgian road championships, disrupting Lotte Kopecky's ambitions for a third consecutive title.

Vittoria Guazzini clinched the elite women’s individual time trial title at the Italian Road Championships, completing the 28km race in 34:19, securing victory over her rivals.

Roldan went down in a crash with 56 kilometres to go in the 143.8 kilometre stage and abandoned the race.

We had a lot of goals, number one was to win the GC. Number two was to win the race, number three was team GC. QOM was our next goal too, and we got that one too so we're happy," Stephens told organisers at the finish on Tuesday.

Poland's Marta Lach of SD Worx-Protime narrowly clinched victory in the Festival Elsy Jacobs, narrowly edging out Maria Giulia Confalonieri by mere millimetres.

The women's Brabantse Pijl 2025 features prominent cyclists such as Marianne Vos, Anna van der Breggen, and the return of Olympic champion Kristin Faulkner.