Unbound Gravel Overview

Mads Würtz Schmidt delivers sacrifice-fuelled solo to clinch Unbound 200 men

Mads Würtz Schmidt (Specialized Off-Road) rode away to victory in a muddy and messy 20th anniversary edition of the men's Unbound Gravel 200, after teammate Keegan Swenson sacrificed a wheel to keep the European champion's bid to add the top US prize to a results haul that this month also included The Traka 360. The team also clinched the second step, with Matt Beers finishing ahead of Tobias Kongstad (PAS Racing).

Sofia Gomez Villafañe sprints to second Unbound 200 women title

There was no stopping the 2026 gravel winning streak of Sofia Gomez Villafañe at Unbound 200, with the rider delivering a powerful sprint to the line from a group of five to snare her second victory at the event. It was also another one-two for the Specialized Off-Road team on the mud and mayhem strewn race with Geerike Schreurs rolling over the line in second while Cecily Decker (PAS Racing) snared third.

What is Unbound Gravel?
Life Time Unbound Gravel presented by Shimano is a long-running gravel event, the first event held in 2006, that carries no UCI ranking but is nonetheless – or perhaps partly because of this – held in the highest esteem across the gravel community. It draws close to 5,000 riders annually to Emporia, Kansas, ranging from enthusiastic amateurs out for a challenge to the best of the growing ranks of professionals from around the world.

Its grassroots ethos, brutal terrain and long distances just add to the unpredictability and mystique of the race which is so popular that riders now have to enter a lottery to try and secure a spot. There are a range of distances, running from a family-friendly 25 miles to the XL course which is 350 miles – that is a whopping 563km for those not in the US. Still, it is the 200-mile event which draws the lion’s share of the attention and top-tier contenders at the race which is the signature event for the Life Time Grand Prix series for elite riders.

Where is Emporia?
The race runs through the Flint Hills of Kansas in the pairie lands of the United States, starting and finishing in Emporia. The small town has a population of around 24,000 – when Unbound isn’t on. It is located 110 miles southwest of Kansas City, between Topeka and Wichita.

What is the weather like?
Temperatures in the month of May in Emporia average a high of 24°C and low of 13°C, according to Weather Spark. It is also the time of year where the location gets its biggest chunk of rainfall, with an average of around 118mm in May, which as evident in 2023, can lead to some serious, heavy mud.

What prizes are offered?
The prestige of the Unbound Gravel 200 win has long been the biggest prize to draw the swathes of competitors. This year the prize purse for elite riders in the 200-mile race has doubled, now with $60,000 on offer for elite women and men, with $10,000 for first place running down to $2000 for fifth.

Also on the line are points for the Life Time Grand Prix. The invitation-only field scores points - first through 25th place - in the second race of six in the series. Unbound Gravel 200 results will also prove decisive for wild card selections, three in each elite category. For the U23 Program in the series, athletes will compete in Unbound Gravel 100.

Check out all the details about the Life Time Grand Prix here.

Is there a way of following the race online?

Cyclingnews will provide live coverage of Unbound Gravel 200 again in 2026, providing updates at they happen, details about the race route and comments from top competitors on race day, just like we do for Grand Tours, one-day Classics and all the big races around the world. Elite men start Unbound 200 at 5:50 a.m. (CDT) on Saturday May 30 and the elite women start at 6:05 a.m. (CDT).

In addition, organisers will offer a free live stream on the Life Time Grand Prix YouTube channel, running for nearly seven hours of the 200-mile event.

Unbound Gravel 2026 Information

Life Time Unbound Gravel presented by Shimano returns for its 19th edition in 2026, with five route distances held across May 29-30 through the rugged, rural terrain of the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas. The signature 200-mile event, which is part of the Life Time Grand Prix off-road series, will take place on Saturday, May 30.

Referred to now as just Unbound, the original ride in 2006 featured 34 riders covering 200 miles from the small town of Emporia. In 2013, shorter distances of 25, 50 and 100 miles were added, then five years later the 350-mile Unbound XL ultra-endurance category was added, still using Emporia as the anchor for a start and finish.

From a one-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the event re-emerged with new Life Time ownership and boomed in global popularity as gravel soared in popularity. Unbound Gravel is now considered the world's most prestigious gravel event, attracting top professionals for racing and seeing registration numbers as high as 5,000 participants across the five distances.

Unbound Gravel 100 has become the most popular of the five distances, which uses many of the same roads as Unbound 200, and a lottery system is used for the coveted entry process in all distances.

All the routes roll through farmland and extremely remote areas of the Flint Hills region in the central US, using an extensive network of dirt roads strewn with a crystalized, sharp-edged rock called chert, or flint.

A unique aspect to Unbound events is that the course is unmarked, so riders must download maps. Outside support is only allowed at designated checkpoints on the courses - two areas in the 200-mile route and one in the 100-mile route, and a “do not call us” policy for breakdowns and injuries.

All riders who finish Unbound Gravel 200 receive a custom Unbound Gravel Finisher’s Award and the top five finishers in each class, there are a total of 30 divisions, receive a custom podium award, while the overall male, overall female and overall non-binary winners receiving custom belt buckles. The top five pros, men and women, will share in a new $60,000 cash purse.

Join the Cyclingnews' coverage of the 2026 Unbound Gravel with race reports, news and analysis.

Unbound Gravel history

Karolina Migoń (PAS Racing) won the 2025 Unbound Gravel 200 elite women's race after launching solo with around 50 miles to go. Cameron Jones (Scott Sports USA) claimed the men's 200 race after taking the risk in the early break with Simon Pellaud (Tudor Pro), then shaking the Swiss rider on the final paved Highland Hill climb to clinch a solo victory.

In 19 editions of the men's 200-mile race, US riders have dominated the top spot on the podium 17 times, Dan Hughes winning the inaugural race in 2006 and then winning three more times across 2011-2103. A women's division has been held 16 times, and USA's Rebecca Rusch has the most victories with a string of three between 2012-2014.

With the popularity of gravel racing exploding after the global pandemic, and the onset of the Life Time Grand Prix, the elite fields at Unbound 200 took on a more international flare. The last four editions of the women's race have been won by riders from outside North America - Sofia Gomez Villafañe of Argentina in 2023, Carolin Schiff of Germany in 2024, Rosa Klöser of Germany in 2025 and Migoń of Poland last year.

Unbound Gravel started with 34 riders in 2006, then had 100 in 2007, and they rode on one route, 200 miles of expansive dirt roads. Now there are close to 1,000 participants in that one race, with elite riders from around the world comprising close to 220 entries.

Check out the list of all the winners.

Unbound Gravel 2026 route

Each spring the course reveal for Unbound Gravel signals the time for participants to begin planning for tyre sizes and other equipment selections. The courses change each year, making adjustments to roads used in previous years that lead to the south or to the north from Emporia.

The detailed 2026 course is yet to be released. The start and finish lines are located on Commerical Street, passing in front of the historic Granada Theatre in downtown Emporia. There are separate corrals and starts for the elite men and elite women, set in advance of the amateur fields.

Unbound Gravel 2026 schedule

ProVelo Super League 2026 events

What is the ProVelo Super League?

The ProVelo Super League (PSL) replaced the AusCycling National Road Series in 2025 as the top-tier domestic racing series, and in 2026 once again takes place during the Australian summer from January to March.

It is a compact block of domestic Australian racing, combining stage racing and one-day races, designed to act as a pathway to the WorldTour for up-and-coming Australian cyclists. The series has been co-founded by Matt Wilson and Aaron Flanagan and is backed by Jayco AlUla and Liv AlUla Jayco owner Gerry Ryan.

The races are broadcast on SBS and around the world.

Through the event standalone and individual wins are important, there's also an overall series competition over the two months of racing.

The series started in Adelaide with SA Kick It on January 24-26, coinciding with the final weekend of the men's Tour Down Under. This year's series will feature six rounds across 10 weeks, culminating at the Q Tour in March.

More information on How to Watch the ProVelo Super League 2026.

Cyclingnews will deliver coverage of every stage of every round, with results available below. Find out where to tune in with our guide to how to watch the ProVelo Super League 2026.

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Stage 5: Jay Vine overcomes crash to claim overall win as Matthew Brennan sprints to stage victory / As it happened

Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates–XRG) secured his second career victory at the Santos Tour Down Under, adding to his first title in 2023. Despite crashing on the finale stage 5 after a kangaroo crossed the roadway into the oncoming peloton, Vine still hung on to his lead and won the final general classification with 1:03 on Swiss champion Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla), and 1:12 on Harry Sweeny (EF Education-EasyPost).

The brutal final day in the saddle at the end of the Tour Down Under saw Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) finally take his win after being so close on multiple occasions.

Stage 4: Ethan Vernon wins wind-buffeted shortened stage 4 as second overall Jhonatan Narváez crashes out / As it happened

Ethan Vernon (NSN) took full advantage of the stage shortened due to extreme fire danger to blast to bunch sprint victory ahead of Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon CMA CGM) and Laurence Pithie (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe). Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) retained the overall lead, but he lost two teammates in separate crashes, first Jhonatan Narváez, who was second overall, and then Vegard Stake Laengen.

Stage 3: Sam Welsford sprints to seventh Tour Down Under stage victory / As it happened

The GC battle took a backseat on stage 3 as it was the last chance for the sprinters to shine. Chaos ruled in the finale as the last man standing from the breakaway, which escaped at kilometre 0, was caught in the final kilometre, and no team had complete control. In the end, Sam Welsford blasted off the wheel of his Ineos Grenadiers teammates and powered to the finish line for the win, ahead of Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon CMA CGM), and Lewis Bower (Groupama-FDJ United).

Race leader Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was held up in a crash but received the same time as the winner due to the 3-kilometre rule.

Stage 2: Jay Vine and Jhonatan Narváez go 1-2 after powerful attack on Corkscrew climb / As it happened

Stage 2 was always going to bring the first GC shake up, but UAE Team Emirates-XRG really took that and ran with it, going on a two-up attack to deliver Jay Vine to the stage win and race lead, with defending champion Narváez in third. The pair put just shy of a minute into their closest rivals, a gap that is basically unheard of in this race which can come down to bonus seconds.

Stage 1: Tobias Lund Andresen holds off speeding Matthew Brennan to win tight sprint / As it happened

Stage 1 ended in the expected bunch sprint, but it wasn't the winner everyone expected, with Tobias Lund Andresen (Decathlon CMA CGM) holding off the favourites to win in Tanunda. Six-time stage winner Sam Welsford (Ineos Grenadiers) suffered a messy lead-out, whilst Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) finished incredibly fast but came from too far back, and couldn't quite catch Lund Andresen on the line. The Dane moved into the race lead with his victory.

Prologue: Samuel Watson edges out Ethan Vernon for victory / As it happened

Sam Watson (Ineos Grenadiers) repeated his prologue victory from the Tour de Romandie last year by hitting the top spot early on in the short, flat time trial through the streets of Adelaide. Ethan Vernon (NSN) finished just half a second back, but none of the late GC names could come close, with Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) the best placed of the overall favourites, in fourth.

Men's Tour Down Under information

The Australian six-stage event, centred in Adelaide, with stages held across South Australia in the height of the southern hemisphere summer, usually delivers a sweltering opener to the new WorldTour season.

The race, which has been part of the WorldTour since 2008, starts in Adelaide with a 3.6km prologue time trial on January 20 and concludes in Sterling on January 25.

Australian riders often impress after spending the winter at home, but with WorldTour status creating a strong international field, there is no guarantee the Aussies will have it all their way.

Previous winners include Simon Gerrans, who has won the race on four occasions in 2012, 2014, 2006, and 2016. Tied for twice winning the overall title are Richie Porte (in 2017 and 2020), Stuart O'Grady (in 1999 and 2001), Daryl Impey (2018 and 2019) and Andre Greipel (2010 and 2008).

Since its inception in 1999, the race was cancelled for two editions due to COVID-19 in 2021 and 2022. The most recent overall winner was Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) in 2025.

Narváez will return to lead UAE Team Emirates-XRG in the 2026 edition of the race.

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2026 Men's Tour Down Under stages

• Prologue: Adelaide - Adelaide TT 3.6km
• Stage 1: Tanunda - Tanunda, 120.6km
• Stage 2: Norwood - Uraidla, 148.1km
• Stage 3: Adelaide - Nairne, 140.8km
• Stage 4: Brighton - Willunga Hill, 176km
• Stage 5: Stirling - Stirling, 169.8km

Women's Tour Down Under: Noemi Rüegg outsprints UAE Team ADQ rivals to win stage 3 and claim overall for second year in a row / As it happened

It was two wins in a row for Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) at the 2026 Women's Tour Down Under, with the Swiss rider taking victory on the final day to also claim the overall title. After staying in contention on stages 1 and 2 with solid sprints, Rüegg found herself outnumber by three UAE Team ADQ in a small group that went away on the hillier stage 3, but she played the situation to perfection to successful defend her ochre jersey.

Mavi García and Paula Blasi (both UAE Team ADQ) finished second and third on the overall.

On stage 1, Ally Wollaston (FDJ United-Suez) sprinted to the win as the peloton narrowly caught the solo breakaway rider Alessia Vigilia (Uno-X Mobility) in sight on the line. Wollaston won again on stage 2, conquering a harder course and bringing back a strong late move to continue her stint in ochre, but the final stage was too hard for the Kiwi rider who ceded the lead to Rüegg.

Wollaston took the consolation prize of the points jersey, whilst Blasi swept up the climber's jersey. Justyna Czapla (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) was the best young rider, finishing 14th overall.

2026 Women's Tour Down Under Information

The Women's Tour Down Under is the opening event of the Women's WorldTour, this year held from January 17-19 in Australia.

The race in and around Adelaide during the Australian summer traditionally delivers short but varied stages in sweltering conditions and has proved a popular target for the home-nation riders as they get a rare opportunity to race in front of family and friends.

Australians have dominated the winners list, with Sarah Gigante winning the overall title in 2024, Grace Brown taking the leader's ochre jersey in 2023 and Amanda Spratt claiming the win from 2017 to 2019. Ruth Edwards (née Winder), however, proved an exception in 2020 with the American taking the top step.

Swiss rider Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) won in 2025, and again in 2026, the first back-to-back winner since Spratt's triple.

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Giro d'Italia 2026 results

Stage 21: Jonas Vingegaard completes Grand Tour collection as Jonathan Milan grabs a last-chance victory on stage 21 / As it happened

Jonathan Milan won the final stage of the 2026 Giro d’Italia in a chaotic sprint finish, as Jonas Vingegaard stayed safe on the technical laps around Rome to claim his first maglia rosa. The Lidl-Trek man launched his sprint with 150 metres to go on the final rise to the line and powered away from his rivals to take a long-awaited stage win, his first of this Giro d’Italia.

Stage 20: Jonas Vingegaard soars to fifth victory on Piancavallo / As it happened

Jonas Vingegaard cemented his Giro d'Italia victory with another solo win on stage 20 on the second ascent to Piancavallo. The Dane gained another 1:15 on his rivals, with second-placed Felix Gall leading home Jai Hindley to seal the podium.

Stage 19: Sepp Kuss triumphant on queen stage / As it happened

After Giro d'Italia leader Jonas Vingegaard expressed his desire to help teammates Sepp Kuss and Davide Piganzoli take stage wins to reward them for their hard work, he did just that on stage 19. Kuss made the breakaway, while Vingegaard only had to follow rivals Felix Gall (Decathlon) and Jai Hindley (Red Bull) on the queen stage.

Stage 18: Paul Magnier completes hat-trick with thrilling sprint win / As it happened

Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) defied expectations and even the prediction of his own team, surviving the Muro di Ca' del Poggio with 10km to go, chasing back on with the sprinters' group and then dominating the reduced bunch sprint to win stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia. The Frenchman was led out perfectly by Jasper Stuyven, denying Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) again and reaffirming his sprint supremacy at the 2026 race.

Stage 17: Michael Valgren plays it perfectly to win stage 17 in breakaway extravaganza / As it happened

The 202km stage to Andalo was billed as a breakaway day and there was an almighty battle, with Michael Valgren (EF Education-EasyPost) emerging as the winner at the end of an intense and tactical day of racing. The Dane was part of a 29-rider escape and survived the selections before playing the finale perfectly, netting the first Grand Tour stage win of his career thanks to an attack just over a kilometre from the line. There was little significant GC action as the peloton rolled home several minutes down.

Stage 16: Jonas Vingegaard crushes climb to Carì / As it happened

At the first chance to win in pink, Jonas Vingegaard grabbed the opportunity with both hands with a crushing ride and victory in Carì, taking another minute out of all his rivals with a dominant fourth stage win. It was frustration for the strong breakaway who were never given much of a lead, and relative stalemate among the other GC contenders, who finished only a few seconds apart – minus home rider Giulio Pellizzari, who lost some 18 minutes to definitively end any GC hopes he still had.

Stage 15: Fredrik Dversnes shocks with victory as sprinters are thwarted by breakaway in Milan and racing partly suspended / As it happened

There's never a dull day at the Giro d'Italia as a seemingly nailed-on bunch sprint stage was overshadowed by controversy, as the riders demanded a neutralisation of the final lap for GC riders because of dangerous road furniture. Their wishes granted, then the nailed-on sprint didn't materialise either, as a four-man break just managed to fend off a fast disintegrating bunch and Fredrik Dversnes claimed a hugely important win for first-time Giro participants Uno-X Mobility. Vingegaard, meanwhile continued in the pink jersey.

Stage 14: Jonas Vingegaard claims leader's jersey with third solo mountain-top victory / As it happened

It was widely expected, but it still had to happen nonetheless, as Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) blasted home in top spot for victory in the Giro's third major summit finish. In the process, the Dane has now swapped his blue mountains jersey lead for the pink of the top spot on GC. Felix Gall (Decathlon CGA CMN) finished second, 49 seconds back and is now third overall, whilst former leader Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) has dropped to second place on GC.

Stage 13: Alberto Bettiol marches to solo victory on stage 13 vaulting from breakaway on final climb / As it happened

Italian Alberto Bettiol (XDS-Astana) attacked from the breakaway with 13km to go and rode solo to victory on familiar roads of stage 13 into Verbania. The last rider he passed on the final climb of the day was Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility), who finished second, 26 seconds back. Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek) went third, leading the next four chasers at 44 seconds back. There was no change in the GC, with Afonso Eulálio still in the lead.

Stage 12: Late attack lands Alec Segaert surprise victory on stage 12 / As it happened

The stage should have been one for the sprinters who can get over late climbs like the ones en route to Novi Ligure, but Segaert surprised them all by rocketing away with 1km to go. In the GC standings, Afonso Eulalio added six seconds to his lead by dashing away for the Red Bull KM.

Stage 11: Jhonatan Narváez outduels Enric Mas for victory in Chiavari as breakaway prevails / As it happened

Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sprinted ahead of breakaway partner Enric Mas (Movistar) at the finish to win stage 11 of this year's Giro d'Italia. It was the Ecuadorian's third win of this race. Diego Ulissi (XDS Astana) scored third from a three-man chase group behind. Race leader Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) rolled in the bunch to hold pink for another day.

Stage 10: Filippo Ganna smashes stage 10 individual time trial as GC surprises shake up standings / As it happened

Stage 10 favourite Filippo Ganna (Netcompany Ineos) sped to his eighth Giro d'Italia stage victory in the race's only time trial after dominating the 42km course between Viareggio and Massa with a time of 45:53.

He beat teammate Thymen Arensman at the top of the standings, finishing 1:54 clear of the Dutchman. Race leader Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) held onto his maglia rosa by 27 seconds as Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) finished in 13th, three minutes down on Ganna.

Stage 9: Jonas Vingegaard sends signal to rivals with solo stage 9 victory atop Corno alle Scale / As it happened

A second mountaintop finish at the Giro d'Italia and a second victory for Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), who soloed to the win on stage 9 in the blue mountain classification jersey. He dropped second-placed Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) in the final kilometre of the climb and gained time on all his rivals. Maglia rosa Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) finished fifth and maintained the overall lead.

Stage 8: Jhonatan Narváez delivers powerful solo attack to win climb to Fermo / As it happened

Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) put on a climbing display that landed him a second victory at this year's Giro, striking out solo from a three-rider breakaway in the final 10 kilometres. Uno-X Mobility riders Andreas Leknessund, who was also part of the breakaway, and Martin Tjotta landed on the podium, Leknessund in second. Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) retained the race lead with his finish in the peloton on the steep climb into Fermo.

Stage 7: Jonas Vingegaard soars to victory with record-setting ride on race's opening summit finish at Blockhaus / As it happened

As expected, Vingegaard soloed to victory on the Giro d'Italia's first major summit finish but the biggest surprise was that he wasn't able to get more of an advantage on his rivals.

Maglia Rosa Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) lost 2:55 to the Dane but still holds 3:17 of the breakaway advantage he gained on stage 5.

Of the rest of the GC men, Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM) stayed the closest to Vingegaard, losing only 13 seconds to move into third place in the GC standings at 3:34.

Stage 6: Davide Ballerini avoids mass crash, speeds to stage victory in Naples / As it happened

Davide Ballerini (XDS-Astana) edged Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek) on the uphill, cobbled finish in Naples for the stage 6 victory at the Giro d'Italia. Both riders avoided going down with 300 metres to go in a corner made treacherous by rain. Swerving to avoid the chaos and also staying upright, points classification leader Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) finished third.

All riders finished the stage, with no changes in the general classification, led by Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious).

Stage 5: Igor Arrieta's rainy day raid delivers stage 5 victory for UAE Team Emirates-XRG / As it happened

In a Giro d'Italia finale unlike any other in the race's history, two breakaway riders overcame separate crashes and a wrong turn to battle for the stage victory.

Igor Arrieta (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) crashed with 13.5km to go while racing at the front with Afonso Eulálio (Bahrain Victorious) and it seemed his hopes were gone. But Eulálio then also crashed on the wet roads into Potenza and Arrieta caught up. Then, the Spaniard went the wrong way at a Y junction and had to turn around, but he again managed to catch Eulálio in the home stretch and sprint past for the win. The Portuguese rider had the consolation prize of taking the maglia rosa of race leader.

Stage 4: Jhonatan Narváez sprints to stage 4 win as Giulio Ciccone grabs bonus seconds to seize pink jersey / As it happened

After a rest/travel day, it was straight back into the action on the first day in Italy as a breakaway-friendly stage actually turned out fairly explosive, with Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) grabbing the win in Cosenza from a heavily reduced group. On the only climb of the day, Movistar set a rapid pace which blew the race up, dropping all the main sprinters and pink jersey Silva. They would only be awarded with second on the stage, though, with Orluis Aular, as Giulio Ciccone's (Lidl-Trek) bonus second efforts saw him grab a memorable pink jersey, the first of his career.

Stage 3: Paul Magnier edges out Jonathan Milan to claim second victory on stage 3 / As it happened

In a welcome, uneventful stage, Paul Magnier (Soudal-Quickstep) sprinted to his second stage win in three days, in a three-way photo finish. The Frenchman overtook Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), who launched his sprint early, and Dylan Groenewegen (Unibet Rose Rockets) took third. Thomas Silva (XDS Astana) retained the maglia rosa on the eve of a rest-travel day where the peloton will travel back to Italy.

Stage 2: Thomas Silva secures race lead with stage 2 sprint victory after Jonas Vingegaard-led attack is caught in final kilometre / As it happened

Stage 2 route, along with rain and a massive crash, delivered a shakeup to the GC, and a surprise winner in Thomas Silva (XDS Astana) who sprinted to stage victory after a three-rider break with Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), and Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Intermarché) was caught inside the final kilometre. Coming off his teammate's wheel, Silva took the close win ahead of Florian Stork (Tudor) and Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek), a first for a Uruguayan rider, and also took over the pink leader's jersey.

Stage 1: Paul Magnier speeds to victory as massive crash blocks peloton / As it happened

The 2026 Giro d'Italia kicked off in Bulgaria on Friday with a flat stage up and down the Black Sea Coast. Although it was quiet for the most part, it descended into chaos inside the final kilometre, where a huge crash took several riders down and held up almost the entire peloton. Only a dozen riders remained to sprint it out, with Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) getting the better of Tobias Lund Andersen (Decathlon CMA CGM) to take the first Grand Tour stage win of his career, plus the pink jersey as the first overall leader of the race.

Giro d'Italia Countdown

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First or second in every Grand Tour that he has started since 2020, it's not hard to see why Jonas Vingegaard lines up at the 109th edition of the Giro d’Italia as the overwhelming favourite.

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2026 Giro d'Italia Overview

The 2026 Giro d'Italia is the 109th edition of the Italian Grand Tour. The three-week race will be held from May 8 to May 31 with the Grande Partenza in Bulgaria in Eastern Europe. The Giro will travel to Italy after three stages in Bulgaria

Race organiser RCS Sport presented the race route in Rome on December 1, alongside the route of the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women's race.

The 2026 Giro d'Italia route covers a total 3,466 kilometres and includes 49,150 metres of elevation gain across the 21 stages.

There is just one 40.2 km time trial in Tuscany, with a balance of sprint, hilly and mountain stages. The final week is packed with mountain stages in the north of Italy before a transfer to the capital Rome for the final circuit stage.

The Giro d'Italia is one of professional cycling's three Grand Tours, alongside the Tour de France and Vuelta a España.

First run in 1909 by sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, the race has been organised since 1989 by RCS Sport under the same umbrella as the newspaper.

The race experimented with different formats in the early years starting with a points system, then holding only a teams classification in 2012, and finally moving to the time-based classification used today in 1914.

The race was suspended from 1915 to 1918 due to World War I. Once it resumed, Alfredo Binda emerged as the first star of the race, winning in 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1933.

Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi made their names in the Giro before World War II led to the race's cancellation from 1941 to 1945, then resumed their rivalry.

Coppi won five editions in 1940, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953, while Bartali won in 1936, 1937 and 1946.

The next superstar to make a name in the Giro d'Italia was Eddy Merckx, winner of five editions from 1968 to 1974.

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Giro d'Italia Records

Most overall wins: Fausto Coppi, Alfredo Binda, Eddy Merckx (five); Giovanni Brunero, Gino Bartali, Fiorenzo Magni, Felice Gimondi, Bernard Hinault (three).

Most stage wins: Mario Cipollini (42), Alfredo Binda (41), Learco Guerra (31), Constance Girardengo (30), Eddy Merckx (25), Mark Cavendish (16)

Most mountain classification wins: Gino Bartali (seven); José Manuel Fuentes (four); Fausto Coppi, Franco Bitossi, Claudio Bortolotto, Claudio Chiappucci (three)

Most points classification wins: Francesco Moser, Giuseppe Saronni (four); Roger De Vlaeminck, Johan van der Velde, Mario Cipollini (three)

Most starts: Wladimir Panizza (18); Pierino Gavazzi, Domenico Pozzovivo (17)

Youngest winner: Fausto Coppi, 1940 (20 years and 268 days)

Oldest winner: Fiorenzo Magni, 1955 (34 years and 180 days)

Smallest margin of victory: 11 seconds (Fiorenzo Magni, 1948)

Largest margin of victory: 1:57:26 (Alfonso Calzolari, 1914)

Fastest edition: 2024 (41.866 kph)

To test your own knowledge on the winners of the Giro d'Italia throughout its history, take our quiz here.

Giro d'Italia Women results

Stage 9 - Demi Vollering overtakes Anna van der Breggen on final day for overall title as Elisa Longo Borghini wins stage 9 sprint / As it happened

Using a vicious acceleration on the final climb, Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez) won the GC title at the Giro d'Italia. She dropped then-race leader Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) and joined a breakaway group of three, with Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) winning stage 9 ahead of Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek) in second and Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM) in third. Niedermaier would also pass Van der Breggen in the GC standings, the German 30 seconds behind Vollering for second and Van der Breggen holding a podium spot for third, another 1:07 back.

Stage 8 - Demi Vollering powers across gravel sector of Colle delle Finestre to win compressed stage 8 and second stage of race / As it happened

Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez) won the queen stage of the Giro d'Italia Women, which finished on the gravel climb of Colle delle Finestre instead of Sestriere to avoid a section of road where ice had fallen from the high peaks. From the four-rider breakaway, Isabella Holmgren (Lidl-Trek) finished second and Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM) was third, leaving pink jersey Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) fourth.

Stage 7 - Célia Gery wins stage 7 as Elisa Longo Borghini goes on the attack for time / As it happened

Célia Gery (FDJ United-Suez) won stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia Women, outsprinting Lucinda Brand (Lidl-Trek) and Chantal Pegolo (Isolmant-Premac-Vittoria) in Salice Terme from a group of six after bridging to the early breakaway on the descent of the day's only classified climb.

Race leader Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) is leading the overall classification by 1:00 ahead of runner-up Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ), while Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM) remains in third place at 1:24. But a late-race attack from Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) meant she pulled time back, and while she is still in sixth place, she is now only 2:07 behind.

Stage 6 - Fourth victory for Elisa Balsamo on stage 6 / As it happened

Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) confirmed her status as the strongest sprinter in the Giro d'Italia Women by winning stage 6 in a sprint ahead of Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health) and Georgia Baker (Liv AlUla Jayco).

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) continues in the race lead, 1:00 ahead of Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) and 1:24 ahead of Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM).

Stage 5 – Demi Vollering takes sprint ahead of Anna van der Breggen for first Giro stage victory / As it happened

Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) made her mark on stage 5 of the Giro d'Italia Women, winning her first-ever stage at the race by charging across the line ahead of Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime), Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM), and Isabella Holmgren (Lidl-Trek).

The group of four had formed on the last climb of the day after a challenging stage through the Dolomites which shuffled the GC standings. While Van der Breggen's second place on the stage saw her comfortably maintain the top spot overall, the previously second-placed Marlen Reusser (Movistar) fell from second to fifth, leaving Vollering as the nearest rival at one minute back.

Stage 4 - Anna van der Breggen crushes opposition with stunning uphill time trial victory to move into pink jersey / As it happened

Four-time Giro d'Italia Women winner Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) blitzed the stage 4 mountain time trial of the 2026 race, covering the 12.7km course in 31:38 minutes in a dominant win.

World time trial champion Marlen Reusser (Movistar) finished in second place, 1:04 minutes slower than Van der Breggen. Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez) took third place, another six seconds down. The stage results are reflected in the new look GC, with Van der Breggen exchanging the maglia azzurra for the maglia rosa of the overall leader

Stage 3 - Elisa Balsamo powers to hat-trick victory on stage 3 with searing uphill sprint / As it happened

Race leader Elisa Balsamo made it three in a row on stage 3, speeding to the win on the uphill finish in Buja, coming around Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) who launched the sprint early but couldn't hold off the Italian. Femke Gerritse took third for SD Worx-Protime as a reduced bunch battled it out after the GC riders tried but ultimately failed to kick off some GC action in the finale.

Stage 2 - Maglia rosa Elisa Balsamo speeds to second win in a row in stage 2 bunch sprint / As it happened

After the disqualification of Lorena Wiebes put her into the maglia rosa, Elisa Balsamo powered to the stage victory in Carole over Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) and Chiara Consonni (Canyon-SRAM). The win extended Balsamo's overall lead to eight seconds on Gillespie.

Stage 1 - Elisa Balsamo declared winner as Lorena Wiebes ejected from race for bike weight violation / As it happened

Lorena Wiebes appeared to have claimed the first maglia rosa with a commanding sprint victory in Ravenna but then a bike weight violation meant she was ejected from the race, putting Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) into the first maglia rosa of the 2026 edition instead. Earlier in the race, a series of crashes led to Cat Ferguson becoming the first rider to abandon the race.

SD Worx-ProTime revealed that the bike was just 20g under the limit and claim that the same bike weighed in just fine in other races.

Giro d'Italia Women countdown

As part of our countdown for the Giro d'Italia, we published several special features looking at the contenders, history, route and future of the race.

'We are investing a lot' – Giro d'Italia Women director confirms two-hour daily TV coverage, plans for back-to-back races and hopes to renew organising contract

Celebrating its 37th edition, the Giro d'Italia Women is set to begin on the streets of Cesenatico this Saturday, and it is an important moment as this is the first year the race will be held in alignment with the men's event, which will conclude in Rome on Sunday.

Cyclingnews caught up with Giusy Virelli, events manager at RCS Sport and race director for the women's Giro d'Italia. Read more...

From a mountain time trial to the first visit to an iconic climb – Analysing the key stages of the Giro d'Italia Women

Demi Vollering and Elisa Longo Borghini set to do battle, but super strong rivals could surprise them – Analysing the contenders for the Giro d'Italia Women

A history of the most iconic climbs of the Giro d'Italia Women – Colle delle Finestre joins the list of mythical ascents that have defined this race

'A really uncertain moment for me' – After spring goals were sunk by illness, can Elisa Longo Borghini float back to the top at the Giro d'Italia Women?

2026 Giro d'Italia Women Information

The 2026 Giro d'Italia Women will be held from May 30-June 7, in a new slot in the women's WorldTour calendar, which connects it with the men's race rather than being held during the men's Tour de France.

The official race route was revealed in Rome on December 1 at the same time as the men's 2026 Giro d'Italia route. It is the third year that the event is organised by RCS Sport.

The women's Giro d'Italia 2026 route covers 1153.7km and starts in Marco Pantani's birthplace, Cesenatico and ends in Saluzzo, after climbing the mighty Colle delle Finestre gravel road on the way to Sestriere.

The route includes an individual time trial, two flat stages, three medium mountain stages, and two high mountain stages.

2026 Giro d'Italia Women start list

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The Giro d'Italia Women is a long-running women's stage race which has carved a niche as one of the most prestigious women's events in the world.

The race will celebrate its 37th anniversary in 2026 and will include nine stages.

La Vuelta Femenina, the Giro d'Italia Women and the Tour de France Femmes are the three biggest stage races on the Women's WorldTour calendar. The Vuelta kicks off the women's Grand Tours in early May, while the Giro d'Italia will be held in early June in 2026, and the Tour de France Femmes is again at the end of July on the international calendar.

Join Cyclingnews' coverage of the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women with race reports, results, photo galleries, news and race analysis.

Giro d'Italia Women History

In the Giro d'Italia's more than three-decade-long history, some of the past winners include inaugural champion Maria Canins (Italy) in 1988, Catherine Marsal (France) in 1990, five-time winner Fabiana Luperini (Italy) from 1995-98 and 2008, two-time winner Joane Somarriba (Spain) in 1999 and 2000, three-time winner Nicole Brändli (Switzerland) in 2001, 2003 and 2005, Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) in 2004, and two-time winner Edita Pučinskaitė (Lithuania) in 2006 and 2007.

Americans Mara Abbott won in 2010 and 2013, and Megan Guarnier won in 2016. Now retired Anna van der Breggen won the race four times, in 2015, 2017, 2020 and 2021.

Two three-time winners, both from the Netherlands, are expected to be on the start this year: Marianne Vos (2011, 2012, 2014) and defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten (2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023).

In 2024, Elisa Longo Borghini became the first Italian to win the Giro d'Italia Women since five-time winner Fabiana Luperini last won the title 16 years ago in 2008, and added her name to a list of compatriots to have won the race that also includes Maria Canins, Roberta Bonanomi, and Michela Fanini.

She won for a second consecutive time in 2025 and is expected to fight for a third victory in 2026.

2026 Giro d'Italia Women schedule

ASO and race directors Marion Rousse and Christian Prudhomme revealed the details of the route of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes at the Palais des Congrès in Paris on Thursday, October 23.

The fifth edition of the Tour de France Femmes will be held from August 1-9 with nine days of racing, starting with three stages in Switzerland. It's the second foreign Grand Départ to the biggest stage race on the Women's WorldTour calendar, after Rotterdam in 2024.

As was the case in 2025, the 2026 edition will be the longest yet at 1175km total distance, with a new high total elevation gain of 18,795m.

The Swiss Grand Départ will kick off from Lausanne, with three stages in Switzerland, before it heads into France for a Dijon time trial, and the key climbing days up to Mont Ventoux – which will make an iconic debut in the Tour de France Femmes – and into Nice for the grand finale.

See the full details of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes route.

Cyclingnews will have live coverage of all eight stages of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, along with race reports, galleries, results, and exclusive features and news.

2026 Tour de France Femmes schedule

Tour de France Femmes History

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Cyclingnews has assembled a full list of champions dating back to the first version in 1955 and the original women's Tour de France stage race held from 1984-1989 to the modern Tour de France Femmes.

The women's peloton raced their first official launch of the women's Tour de France until 1984, won by American Marianne Martin. It was an 18-day race held simultaneously as the men's event and along much of the same but shortened routes with shared finish lines. The Société du Tour de France, which later became part of ASO in 1992, managed both men's and women's events.

The women's Tour de France ended in 1989, and while ASO went on to organise women's one-day races like La Flèche Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, La Course, and the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes (in 2021), the women's peloton had not been included as part of the official Tour de France for the past 30 years.

Other women's stage races in France, not run by ASO, took place, including the Tour Cycliste Féminin, which had started in 1992, and the re-named Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale, until it came to an end in 2009.

La Course by La Tour de France was then created in 2014 following a petition to ASO calling for a women's Tour de France. Le Tour Entier's petition was led by Kathryn Bertine, Marianne Vos, Emma Pooley and Chrissie Wellington and secured 97,307 signatures. The event was held across various platforms, from a one-day to a multi-day event between 2014 and 2021.

Champions included Marianne Vos, Anna van der Breggen and Chloe Hosking in the first three editions from 2014 to 2016. Annemiek van Vleuten won in 2017 and 2018, followed by Vos in 2019, Lizzie Deignan in 2020 and Demi Vollering in 2021.

Despite its controversy, La Course had become one of the most showcased events in the Women's WorldTour, and although the wait was longer than anyone anticipated, it finally became the stepping stone to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.

Tour de France men's race director Christian Prudhomme made a long-awaited confirmation that Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) would launch a women's Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift in 2022 with Marion Rousse as the event's race director.

Zwift announced that it would become the title sponsor of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift on a five-year deal through 2026.

The first edition of the rebirth of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes was an eight-day race that began on the Champs-Élysées in Paris in conjunction with the final stage 21 of the men's Tour de France and ended on La Super Planche des Belles Filles, where Annemiek van Vleuten (Movistar) was crowned the overall champion.

The 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift route hit new heights with 956 kilometres and a grand finale in the Pyrenees with a mountaintop finish on the iconic Tourmalet on stage 7 and a final stage 8 time trial in Pau, with Demi Vollering winning the overall title.

The 2024 Tour de France Femmes came down to a final chase up l'Alpe d'Huez, with Vollering narrowly missing gaining enough time to unseat Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM). The four-second margin of victory made the edition the closest in Tour de France history - men or women.

In 2025, the Tour de France Femmes was dominated by Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike), who retired from mountain biking after winning the Olympic gold medal in Paris, to focus on road racing.

She won by 3:42 over Vollering and Niewiadoma.

Latest on the Tour de France

The 2026 Tour de France is now only a matter of days away, and is shaping up to be one of the most competitive in history, with defending champion Tadej Pogačar facing off against two rivals showing impressive form this year and one fresh face with incredible talent.

Jonas Vingegaard, twice a winner of the race, is heading to the Tour with ample confidence after a solid Giro d'Italia overall victory.

Who will win the Tour de France 2026? That's the question, and writers Matilda and James tried to answer it with our definitive ranking of the yellow jersey favourites.

As usual, you can read our comprehensive Tour de France team-by-team guide for a rundown of every single squad on the start list and their goals, leaders, ones to watch and more.

We also have expert analysis from Philippa York, who says that Jonas Vingegaard will try, but in reality, no one is likely to upset the Tadej Pogačar show.

Alasdair Fotheringham spoke to UAE Team Emirates' Head of Performance in an eye-opening Q&A about how they have constructed Pogačar's search for a fifth Tour title.

We'll have plenty more special features, interviews and analysis in our countdown to the Tour de France.

Important Tour news

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• Netcompany Ineos announce that Oscar Onley will miss the Tour de France

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2026 Tour de France start list

Who is riding the Tour de France?

The start list is taking shape as teams confirm their line-ups, and the riders who will be in action to support the likes of Pogačar, Vingegaard and Evenepoel.

Here is the latest Tour de France start list.

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2026 Tour de France route

The 2026 Tour de France heads to Spain for the Grand Départ in Barcelona on July 4, 2026 where the race will begin with a team time trial.

It's been rare for a Grand Tour team time trial to land on the first stage, and the last time the Tour de France began with one, it was 1971, and the opening stage was an 11-kilometre TTT in Mulhouse, won by Eddy Merckx's Molteni team.

The Tour de France will have three stages in northern Spain, centred around Barcelona and the climb to Montjuïc, before entering France and the Pyrenees as early as stage 3 to Les Angles.

The remaining details of the route were revealed on October 23, 2026 by Christian Prudhomme in Paris, with back-to-back gruelling mountain stages and a double use of Alpe d'Huez on stages 19 and 20 unveiled as the highlight.

After snaking its way from Bordeaux over to Le Markstein and back down to the Alps, racing at the 2026 Tour de France will return to Paris and once again feature the electric Montmartre climb that saw the final stage lit up in 2025.

See the full details of the 2026 Tour de France route.

How does the Tour de France work?

The 113th edition of the Tour de France starts in Barcelona on July 4 and ends three weeks later.

Riders have to cover all 21 stages of the 2026 Tour de France route.

The rider who completes the distance in the fastest time wins the race, also known as the 'overall classification'. Each day, the rider who has completed the entire distance raced the quickest is the leader of the Tour de France, and wears a yellow jersey to signify him as such.

Read more about the jerseys of the Tour de France.

There is a secondary time classification for the best rider under the age of 26, the best young riders' classification, and he wears a white jersey if leading.

Riders also gain points for their position at the end of each day of racing, known as "stages". There is a secondary prize for the rider who gains the most points - the points classification, and the leader each day wears a green jersey.

There are also points atop a select number of mountain passes for the first riders to cross the top, with more points available the harder the mountain is to climb. The leader of the mountains classification wears a white jersey with red polka dots.

Most days, the peloton race the distance of the Tour de France stage as a bunch. This year's Tour de France features two individual time trials, where riders race a set distance alone against the clock.

There are other prizes, too. Read about the Souvenir Henri Desgranges and Souvenir Jacques-Goddet.

Find out how to watch the Tour de France.

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The 2025 UEC Road European Championships will be held in the Ardèche and Drôme departments of central southern France near the Rhône River, on the roads that host the Boucles Drôme-Ardèche races.

This is the 10th edition of the combined European Elite Road Championships, with 14 titles up for grabs this year in the Junior, Under 23, and Elite men’s and women’s road races and time trials.

The 2025 UEC Road European Championships come just a few days after the UCI Road World Championships in Rwanda, Africa, sparking logistical problems for many nations.

All the winners will be able to wear the European champion’s jersey for a year in the disciplines they win. The UCI Road World Champions wear the rainbow jersey while the European Road Champions wear a white jersey with blue bands and yellow stars, modeled on the flag of Europe, which is used to represent the continent in sports.

The championships begin on Wednesday, October 1, with the individual time trial events. The Mixed Team Relay time trials are held on Thursday, and then road races are held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Elite Women’s road race is on Saturday, October 4, and the Elite Men’s road race is on Sunday, October 5.

2025 UEC Road European Championships routes

The individual time trials are on a 24km course in Loriol-Étoile, apart from the Junior Women, who race just 12.2km, while the Mixed Team Relay is over two 20km laps.

The Elite Women’s road race covers 116km on the Privas-Guilherand Granges course, with a hilly ride from the start in Privas in the south before two different loops that include the finish in Guilherand Granges.

The Elite Men's race is 202km, which includes the same Privas start and then the tough Saint-Romain-des-Lerps climb three times, followed by three climbs of the Montée de Costebelle on the Guilherand Granges circuit. Both races are considered for climbers and hilly Classics contenders.

European Road Race contenders

Most have selected two distinct teams for the two championships, but Remco Evenepoel will lead the Belgian Elite Men’s team in the time trial and road race, dashing to France from Rwanda directly.

New world champion Tadej Pogačar will ride the Elite Men’s road race, as will his Tour de France rival Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, plus Juan Ayuso (Spain), Marc Hirschi (Switzerland), João Almeida (Portugal) and Alberto Bettiol (Italy).

Contenders on the entry for the women’s race include Demi Vollering (Netherlands), Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy), Tour de France Femmes winner Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (France) and Kasia Niewiadoma (Poland).

Favourites for the time trial include Evenepoel, Filippo Ganna (Italy), Mads Pedersen (Denmark), Marlen Reusser (Switzerland), Anna Henderson (Great Britain) and Juliette Labous (France).

Israel have confirmed they will enter a small team in the UEC Road European Championship, despite the risk of Pro-Palestine protests. The French Cycling Federation have said security for the event has been increased in coordination with French authorities.

Tim Merlier (Belgium) and Lorena Wiebes (Netherlands) won the 2024 UEC Road Race European titles which were held in Limburg in the Netherlands.

Tour of Chongming Island 2025

Tour of Chongming Island 2025 Route

To be announced.

Tour of Chongming Island 2025 start list

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Gree - Tour of Guangxi 2025

Gree - Tour of Guangxi 2025 information

Gree - Tour of Guangxi 2025 route

The Tour of Guangxi closes out the 2025 WorldTour series with six stages and opportunities for every type of rider. The opening stage around Fangchenggang has a short, sharp climb to disrupt the sprint lead-out trains in the final 25km, while stage to from Chongzuo to Jingxi features a category 3 ascent with 35km to go before a flat finish.

More climbing comes on stage 3 to Bama, with the final climb coming with 13km to go and a category 2 ascent punctuating stage 4 to Jinchengjiang with 36km remaining.

The sol summit finish comes on stage 5 to Nongla Scenic Spot with ramps up to 14.8%. The final stage's circuits around Nanning has a short but steep climb each lap before a flat finish.

Gree - Tour of Guangxi 2025 start list

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Unparalleled Tadej Pogačar solos to record-breaking fifth consecutive victory and 10th Monument title / How it unfolded

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) capped off a spectacular season with another solo triumph to claim a record-tying fifth victory at Il Lombardia – equalling the record of five wins by Fausto Coppi.

The world champion launched a searing attack on the steeper slopes of the decisive final climb, the Passo di Ganda, and he went on to race the last 36km uncontested, crossing the line ahead of runner-up Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and third-placed Michael Storer (Tudor) in Bergamo.

Pogačar once again added his name to cycling's history books, becoming the only rider to win Il Lombardia five times in a row and to win twice the world title and the final Italian Monument in the same season.

Information

• 2025 Il Lombardia
• 2025 Il Lombardia route
• Il Lombardia past winners

Il Lombardia 2025 teams

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkéa-B&B Hotels
• Bahrain Victorious
• Cofidis
• Decathlon AG2R la Mondiale
• EF Education-Easypost
• Groupama-FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché - Wanty
• Lidl-Trek
• Movistar Team
• Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
• Soudal Quick-Step
• Picnic-Postnl
• Jayco Alula
• Visma-Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates XRG
• XDS Astana
• Israel-Premier Tech
• Lotto
• Uno-X Mobility
• Solution Tech-Vini Fantini
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team
• VF Group-Bardiani CSF- Faizane'

Tour of Britain 2025 Results

Stage 6: Romain Grégoire claims overall victory as Geraint Thomas officially retires

Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) won a thrilling final stage 6 of the Lloyd’s Tour of Britain in Cardiff on Sunday, sprinting to victory after the day’s breakaway was caught in the final 50m. Finishing in the leading group, Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) hung on to take the general classification win.

After an illustrious 20-year career, the day also saw Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) roll out for his final race on home roads, saying farewell to pro cycling.

Stage 5: Tour of Britain Men: Remco Evenepoel wins queen stage 5 atop The Tumble

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) returned to winning ways on the Queen stage of the Tour of Britain Men, taking victory atop The Tumble on the penultimate day of action in Wales. Visma-Lease A Bike's Thomas Gloag came across the line second, with compatriot Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) – who looked favourite to take the stage earlier in the climb – rounding out the podium.

Overall leader Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) finished in the lead group, and despite missing out on bonus seconds, remains in the race lead with one final stage remaining.

Stage 4: Romain Grégoire shuts down uphill charge by Julian Alaphilippe to win stage 4

With a powerful acceleration on the final climb of the day, Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ) won stage 4 of the Tour of Britain Men, and moved into the overall lead of the six-day race.

Former Tour of Britain champion Julian Alaphilippe (Tudor Pro Cycling) also moved away from the peloton on the final uphill finish at Burton Dassett Hills but settled for second place.

The 22-year-old Groupama-FDJ rider now has a two-second lead over Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike) with Alaphilippe third overall, four seconds down.

Stage 3: Matthew Brennan sprints to stage 3 victory into Ampthill

Visma-Lease a Bike went three-for-three on Thursday with Matthew Brennan taking the stage 3 victory ahead of ahead of Alberto Dainese (Tudor) and Rui Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates-XRG). The 20-year-old Brit used a leadout by teammate and race leader Olav Kooij. Brennan climbed into second place in the GC standings at 10 seconds, with Dainese now in third at 14 seconds.

Stage 2: Olav Kooij sears field on stage 2 with back-to-back wins to extend overall lead

For a second day at the Tour of Britain, Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) sprinted to victory, this time carrying the leader's jersey across the line in Stowmarket. Tom Crabbé (Team Flanders–Baloise) finished second just ahead of Sam Watson (Ineos Grenadiers).

Stage 1: Olav Kooij surges to sprint victory on stage 1 in Southwold

Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) launched his final acceleration just 25 metres from the line to win the opening stage of the Tour of Britain. He made a late pass of Tord Gudmestad (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) to ride into the first leader's jersey of the week.

Tour of Britain 2025 overview

The 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain returns for a second edition as a UCI ProSeries stage race, six days of racing from September 2-7.

The stage race began in 1945 and has been remodelled through the years, the modern Tour of Britain taking shape 21 years ago and taken over in 2024 by British Cycling for a fresh refurbishment after financial difficulties.

Last year, Stevie Williams (Israel-Premier Tech) secured the overall title, the first time a British rider stood on the top step of the GC podium since Steve Cummings in 2016. Recent two-time winners include Wout van Aert (2023 and 2021), Lars Boom (2011, 2017) and Edvald Boasson Hagen (2009, 2015).

For the 21st modern edition of the race, 114 riders representing 19 teams will take the start at the Tour of Britain, most notably British veteran Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers), making the final start of his professional career.

Other notable riders competing in their home stage race include 2020 Giro d’Italia winner Tao Geoghegan Hart (Lidl-Trek), Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease a Bike), Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep), Joseph Blackmore (Israel-Premier Tech), Oscar Onley (Picnic-PostNL), Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious) and Joey Pidcock (Q35.5 Pro Cycling).

This year's route starts with a pair of stages in Suffolk and passes through central England for the final two days in Wales.

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Tour of Britain 2025 route

The 2025 Lloyds Tour of Britain begins in Suffolk with two flat stages and another relatively easy third day from Milton Keynes to Ampthill, which includes two KOMs on a finishing circuit.

The second half of the week includes more hills, with stage 4 the longest day of 194.9km from Atherstone to an uphill finish atop Burton Dassett Hills Country Park. Six classified climbs are on offer, including three times up the Burton Dassett Hills ascent.

Stage 5 will start from Pontypool Park in Torfaen with a twisting route of 133.6km with five KOMs, The Tumble (5.5km at 7.3%) tackled with 47km to go and again for the finish line. Stage 6 begins outside the Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales in Newport and constant rolling terrain across 112.2km leads to Cardiff alongside Bute Park.

Tour of Britain 2025 schedule

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Maryland Cycling Classic 2025 overview

The only UCI ProSeries one-day men’s race in the United States, the Maryland Cycling Classic returns for its third edition on September 6, 2025.

Last year, the race was cancelled after the region was devastated when the Baltimore Key Bridge was destroyed when a cargo ship struck the bridge's support and most of the structure fell into the Patapsco River.

The incident killed six construction workers and caused massive traffic backups in the busy corridor. The last of the bridge was removed in July of 2025 but a replacement bridge will not be open until 2028.

The Maryland Cycling Classic celebrates its return in 2025 with the addition of a 115.2-kilometre UCI 1.1-ranked race for women.

Rather than start in far-flung Sparks, Maryland, the 2025 Maryland Cycling Classic starts and finishes in Baltimore's harbor, with the start line at Central Plaza and the finish at the Inner Harbor at E. Pratt & Market streets.

Both men and women will compete on a 28.8-kilometre circuit that heads north along Faith Road to a mid-loop mountain prime, with a mostly downhill run-in to the finish line.

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Maryland Cycling Classic route

The Maryland Cycling Classic moves to a 28.8 kilometre local circuit with a start and finish in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

The first part of the circuit heads east along the Patapsco River, heading North on Linwood Avenue past Patterson Park before turning west. A few technical turns brings the race to Charles Street, bringing the race northward and gaining in elevation.

The course heads north up Faith Road reaching the Northern Parkway, where the course heads sharply uphill to the short but steep mountain prime. Then, heading south back toward the harbor on Roland Ave, the race rejoins Faith Rd in the opposite direction.

The route heads into the city centre on E. Lafayette Ave. and St. Paul St, taking several twists and turns before passing through the finish line on E. Pratt St.

Stage 6: Lorena Wiebes dominates with fifth sprint victory on stage 6 finale and claims overall title

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime), once again, dominated the sprint with a fifth victory on stage 6 at the Simac Ladies Tour, where she also claimed the overall title for the second time in her career.

Stage 5: Zoe Bäckstedt storms to stage 5 time trial victory

For the second year running, British TT Champion Zoe Bäckstedt has taken the time trial stage of the Simac Ladies Tour, with race leader Lorena Wiebes (SDWorx-Protime) losing 33 seconds on the young Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto rider but easily retaining her top spot overall.

Stage 4: Lorena Wiebes continues clean sweep with sprint win

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) swept to a fourth consecutive win on stage 4 of the Simac Ladies Tour, meaning she has claimed every stage in the 2025 race so far.

She beat Chiara Consonni (Canyon//SRAM Zondacrypto) into second place and Shari Bossuyt (AG Insurance–Soudal Team) into third in the closest sprint finale so far.

Stage 3: Lorena Wiebes wins as echelons tear field apart

No one could answer Lorena Wiebes' (SD Worx-Protime) dominant sprint as she took another commanding victory on stage 3 at the Simac Ladies Tour.

The European Champion was part of a 17-rider front echelon that split off the peloton through strong crosswinds in the first 40km of the race, and that gained more than seven minutes on the rest of the peloton.

Stage 2: Lorena Wiebes wins two in a row

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) took her second consecutive victory at the Simac Ladies Tour following a day which saw the peloton repeatedly split in crosswinds, as Clara Copponi (Lidl-Trek), who finished in second, and Megan Jastrab (Team Picnic-PostNL), who rounded out the podium in third.

Stage 1: Lorena Wiebes smashes opening stage 1 sprint

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx–Protime) sealed her 18th victory of the season on stage 1 of the Simac Ladies Tour in Leuven, beating Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) and breakaway rider Pfeiffer Georgi (Team Picnic PostNL). Wiebes will wear the event's first leader's jersey into stage 2 on Wednesday.

Simac Ladies Tour overview

The Simac Ladies Tour, formerly called the Holland Ladies Tour and the Boels Ladies Tour, will have its 27th edition in 2025, starting earlier this year on September 2 and ending September 7.

The six-stage Women's WorldTour stage race is held in the Netherlands and is one of the final events in the series, which concludes in October with the Tour of Guangxi.

Former winners include Lotte Kopecky, Leontien van Moorsel, Petra Rosner, Kristin Armstrong, Annemiek van Vleuten, Lorena Wiebes, to name a few, while Marianne Vos has won the overall title four times.

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Simac Ladies Tour route

The Simac Ladies Tour 2025 route covers 658.2 kilometres across six days of racing, beginning on Tuesday with a circuit around Leuven which the peloton will tackle 11 times and of and finishing in Lichtenvoorde on Sunday.

Simac Ladies Tour 2025 Schedule

Simac Ladies Tour start list

Arnaud De Lie sprints to victory in Plouay

Arnaud de Lie (Lotto) timed his sprint perfectly, overtaking Olav Kooij (Visma-Lease a Bike) to win in Plouay. Emilien Jeannière (TotalEnergies) passed Kooij just before the line to snatch second place.

The aggressive racing on the 261.7km with 4,750 metres of elevation gain saw multiple attacks and breaks make it off the front, but in the end, the 70-rider peloton came back together with 1km to go for a sprint finish.

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Bretagne Classic route

Baloise Ladies Tour 2025 Results

Stage 5: Zoe Bäckstedt wins Baloise Ladies Tour

Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-Sram zondacrypto) won the overall title at the Baloise Ladies Tour, after winning three stages of the five-stage race that finished in Zwevegem.

Martina Fidanza (Visma-Lease a Bike) won the finale stage 5 ahead of Barbara Guarischi (SD Worx-Protime) and Chiara Consonni (Canyon-Sram zondacrypto).

Stage 4: Zoe Bäckstedt wins two stages in one day, extends overall lead after stage 4 individual time trial

It was a memorable day for Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto), who won two stages at the Baloise Ladies Tour on Saturday and extended her lead in the overall classification ahead of the finale on Sunday.

She covered the 10.4km individual time trial in a winning time of 13:23, claiming the stage win by four seconds ahead of Ellen van Dijk (Lidl-Trek) and 13 seconds ahead of Marthe Goossens (AG Insurance-Soudal).

Stage 3: Zoe Bäckstedt takes stunning solo victory metres ahead of chasing pack

Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM Zondacrypto) took a spectacular solo victory in Maldegem on stage 3 of the Baloise Ladies Tour, holding off a charging peloton by only metres from a two-rider attack in the closing kilometres. Her efforts means that she took back the overall leader's jersey ahead of the stage 4 time trial held on the same day in the evening.

Stage 2: Nienke Veenhoven holds off Barbara Guarischi to win in Olsene

Nienke Veenhoven (Visma-Lease a Bike) won the bunch sprint on stage 2 of the Baloise Ladies Tour, holding off Barbara Guarischi (SD Worx-Protime) and Karolina Kumiega (KDM-Pack Cycling) at the line in Olsene. It was the 21-year-old's first pro victory of her career, who used a perfect lead-out from teammate Martina Fidanza. Charlotte Kool (Picnic-PostNL) retained the GC lead with a top 10 finish in the sprint.

Stage 1: Charlotte Kool wins to take control of race lead

Charlotte Kool (Picnic-PostNL) was the fastest in a bunch sprint to win stage 1 at the Baloise Ladies Tour. The Dutch sprinter capitalised on a perfect lead from her teammates to take the win ahead of Chiara Consonni (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) and Nienke Veenhoven (Visma-Lease a Bike). She has also moved into the overall race lead.

Prologue: Zoe Bäckstedt smashes prologue to claim first leader's jersey

Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) was the fastest in the 3.1km prologue that opened the Baloise Ladies Tour on Wednesday in Yerseke. The 20-year-old covered the distance with a winning time of 00:04.06, beating Ellen van Dijk (Lidl-Trek) and Charlotte Kool (Picnic PostNL) by one second to take the stage win and the event's first leader's jersey.

2025 Baloise Ladies Tour Information

The Baloise Ladies Tour is one of Belgiums top stage races on the international calendar, currently running as a 2.1-level event.

The race is celebrating its 10th edition in 2025, having begun in 2014 and taking a one-year hiatus in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Emma Johansson won the inaugural edition in 2014 followed by two wins from Jolien D'hoore in 2015 and 2016. Marianne Vos won two editions in 2017 and 2018, and Lisa Klein won the next two editions in 2019 and 2021.

Ellen van Dijk won the overall title in 2022, Lucinda Brand won it in 2023 and Lorena Wiebes won the most recent edition in 2024.

UCI Esports World Championships 2025 overview

The UCI Cycling Esports World Championships will take place on November 15 in the Space 42 Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

The race will take place on the MyWhoosh platform, following on from a successful partnership between MyWhoosh and the UCI for the 2024 UCI Esports Cycling World Championships.

Qualification will begin in the summer of 2025. Participant places - 150 male and 150 female athletes - will be partly allocated through qualifiers organised by national federations, who in turn will determine their representatives. 70% of finalists will be determined by the national federation process, while the remaining 30% will be allocated through public qualifying events organised centrally by MyWhoosh.

Finalists will then be determined through the semi-finals on October 3, which will trim the field down to a select group of 20 male and 20 female athletes.

The format of the semi-finals and finale will be the same - with the field taking on three stages: Sprinter's Paradise (8 laps of a 1.5km circuit), Puncher's Playground (12km course), and Last Rider Standing (7.2km climb).

How to watch the UCI Cycling Esports World Championships

The World Championships will be broadcast live on the UCI YouTube channel and MyWhoosh YouTube Channel.

Stage 4: Marlen Reusser seals 2025 Tour de Suisse Women victory with final day solo victory

Marlen Reusser (Movistar) attacked with 9km to go to win the stage and the overall at the Tour de Suisse. It was the second title for the Swiss rider. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) beat Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) in the sprint for second place, crossing the line 28 seconds later.

Reusser topped the final GC with 36 seconds on Vollering, and 1:56 on Niewiadoma-Phinney.

Stage 3: Elisa Balsamo scores stage 3 victory

Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) outsprinted Misha Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime) to win stage 3, a victory that came down to a photo finish. Noemi Rüegg (EF Education-Oatly) was third.

Thanks to a one-second time bonus earned at an intermediate sprint, Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) narrowed her gap to race leader Marlen Reusser (Movistar) to just three seconds with one stage to go.

Stage 2: Long solo attack lands Amber Kraak victory

Using a swift move from a small breakaway group with 25km to go, Amber Kraak (FDJ-SUEZ) rode the rest of the way solo for victory on stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse Women on Friday. Marta Lach (SD Worx-Protime) finished second, 1:55 down, while Élise Chabbey (FDJ-SUEZ) won the sprint for third, another 48 seconds later. There were no changes to the top three in the GC where Marlen Reusser (Movistar) held the lead by four seconds to Demi Vollering (FDJ-SUEZ).

Stage 1: Marlen Reusser outsprints Demi Vollering in breakaway duel to win opening stage

Former teammates Marlen Reusser (Movistar) and Demi Vollering (FDJ-SUEZ) formed a two-rider breakaway with 57km to the finish in Gstaad and went head-to-head at the line, Reusser winning stage 1 of the Tour de Suisse Women. The Swiss rider also took the first leader's jersey with the blast across the finish, the duo distancing three chasers by 1:41. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) took third place ahead of Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek) and Urška Žigart (AG Insurance-Soudal Team), and the next group even further back.

2025 Tour de Suisse Women start list

2025 Tour de Suisse Women schedule

Stage 7: La Vuelta Femenina: Demi Vollering wins rain-soaked final mountain stage to secure overall success

Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) was un stoppable on the final mountain stage of the 2025 La Vuelta Femenina, winning alone with an attack and so extending her overall race lead.

She celebrated a second consecutive overall victory with her teammates and was joined on the podium by Marlen Reusser (Movistar), who finished second at 1:01. Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) slipped to third overall at 1:16.

Stage 6: Marianne Vos pips Mischa Bredewold to the line to win stage 6 in fast photo finish

The final flatter day of the race came down to a photo finish in an uphill sprint, with Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) claiming her second win of the race by pipping Mischa Bredewold (SD Worx-Protime). Visma had worked hard all day, with riders in the break then following attacks in the finale to set up Vos for the win.

Stage 5: Demi Vollering smashes first mountaintop finish to win, take overall lead atop Lagunas de Neila

Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) took charge of stage race, attacking 3km from the top of the finishing climb to the Lagunas de Neila and soloing to the line to win stage 5, taking the overall race lead in the process. Marlen Reusser powered to second place ahead of Anna van der Breggen in third on the decisive GC day.

Stage 4: Anna van der Breggen escapes on final descent for solo victory

Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) took the first victory of her comeback by winning stage 4 of La Vuelta Femenina. The former World Champion attacked on the descent from the Puerto de El Buste, 7km from the finish line, and held off the chasing group for a solo victory. Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) beat Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) to second place in the sprint of a group of 18 riders behind Van der Breggen. Red jersey Femke Gerritse (SD Worx-Protime) finished seventh and keeps the overall lead due to bonus seconds picked up at the intermediate sprint.

Stage 3: Femke Gerritse beats Marianne Vos to win stage 3 and take race lead

Echelons shattered the peloton en route to the bunch sprint finish in Huesca on stage 3 of La Vuelta Femenina. SD Worx-ProTime's Femke Gerritse powered to the stage win over Marianne Vos, moving into the race lead by 12 seconds.

Stage 2: Marianne Vos wins messy sprint on stage 2

Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) was utterly dominant in the uphill sprint on stage 2, powering to the front before the last left-hand bend and then holding a big lead at the line. A crash from Cat Ferguson (Movistar) in the bend held up some of the field, and only Letizia Paternoster (Liv Alula-Jayco) and Letizia Borghesi (EF Education-Oatly) were left in contention, finishing second and third. Paternoster moved into the race lead with the time bonus.

Stage 1: Lidl-Trek storm to opening team time trial victory as Ellen van Dijk takes overall lead

Lidl-Trek repeated their 2024 success by winning the opening team time trial of La Vuelta Femenina. The team covered the 8.1km through the streets of Barcelona in 9:30 minutes, beating SD Worx-Protime and Liv-AlUla-Jayco by three seconds. Ellen van Dijk led the Lidl-Trek team across the finish line and will wear the red leader's jersey on stage 2.

La Vuelta Femenina 2025 route

The seven days of racing at the 2025 Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es will begin on the Mediterranean coast in Barcelona and process 748 kilometres to the west for a mountaintop finish in the Asturias. The GC will be set with a team time trial on the opening day, then combine three mountain stages with three rolling stages to determine a champion.

Read more about the 2025 Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es route.

La Vuelta Femenina 2025 start list

La Vuelta Femenina schedule

La Vuelta Femenina teams

• AG Insurance - Soudal Team
• Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto
• Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team
• FDJ-Suez
• Fenix-Deceuninck
• Human Powered Health
• Lidl-Trek
• Liv-AlUla-Jayco
• Movistar Team
• Team Picnic PostNL
• Team SD Worx - Protime
• Team Visma | Lease a Bike
• UAE Team ADQ
• Uno-X Mobility
• Arkea-B&B Hotels Woman
• Cofidis Women Team
• EF Education - Oatly
• Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
• Bepink-Imatra-Bongioanni
• Eneicat-CMTeam
• Lotto Ladies
• Team Coop-Repsol

Itzulia Basque Country results

Stage 6: João Almeida claims final stage and overall victory/As it happened

João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) clinched the final victory and a second stage win on a day when he and his squad dominated from beginning to end. After controlling a large, dangerous break and reeling in stage 5 winner Ben Healy in the last 20 kilometres, Almeida powered away with Enric Mas (Movistar) in the very rugged finale then outsprinted the Spaniard for his second triumph in three days, and the overall.

Stage 5: Ben Healy solos to victory on stage 5  / As it happened

Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) showed his pre-Ardennes Classics form with a solo victory on stage 5 of the Itzulia Basque Country 2025, riding away from his breakaway companions for 55 kilometres. João Almeida held onto the race lead as Healy was not a GC threat at almost 20 minutes behind.

Stage 4: João Almeida rides away from rivals on final climb to deliver solo stage 4 victory / As it happened

A single powerful mountain attack by João Almeida saw the Portuguese star solo to both stage 4 win and the overall lead in Itzulia Basque Country. He rode away from his rivals on the last climb of the day, 13 kilometres from the line, then comfortably handled the fast, technical drop down to the finish in Markina-Xemein.

Stage 3: Alex Aranburu awarded stage 3 victory after brief relegation / As it happened

The first rider to pass across the finish line was Alex Aranburu (Cofidis), but his celebration of a stage victory was taken away, briefly, and second-placed Romain Grégoire of Groupama-FDJ was recognised as the victor. Officials relegated Aranburu for going the 'wrong' way at a final roundabout in the final kilometre, then reversed that decision when it was determined the official race book had marked a right turn, the direction that Aranburu took. The GC lead was retained by Max Schachmann (Soudal-QuickStep), who snatched valuable bonus seconds by finishing close behind Grégoire.

Stage 2: Caleb Ewan wins stage 2 / As it happened

Caleb Ewan (Ineos Grenadiers) claimed the victory in the bunch sprint on stage 2, easily besting Luca van Boven (Intermarché-Wanty) and Bastien Tronchon (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale). Max Schachmann (Soudal-Quickstep) continued as race leader.

Stage 1: Max Schachmann pulls out ITT win over João Almeida / As it happened

German Max Schachmann (Soudal-Quickstep) prevailed in the opening stage by less than one second ahead of favourite João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates XRG) in the 18.7 kilometre individual time trial in Vitoria-Gasteiz. Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was third one second behind.

Itzulia Basque Country start list

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Itzulia Basque Country teams

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkéa-B&B Hotels
• Bahrain Victorious
• Cofidis
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché-Wanty
• Jayco-AlUla
• Lidl-Trek
• Movistar Team
• Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
• Soudal-Quickstep
• Team Picnic-PostNl
• UAE Team Emirates XRG
• Visma-Lease a Bike
• XDS Astana Team
• TotalEnergies
• Euskaltel-Euskadi
• Kern Pharma
• Burgos Burpellet BH
• Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
• Tudor Pro Cycling

How big is gravel racing in 2025? It's fair to say an avalanche of events emerging on the global landscape, for amateurs and pros alike, proves the off-road discipline is still rising in popularity.

Collections of races now form several regional and multi-national series, the UCI Trek Gravel World Series the largest with 33 events in 21 countries, having grown from just 10 events in 2022. The appeal of the events is not an overall prize or payout, but opportunities to qualify for the UCI Gravel World Championships, the top 25% of finishers in pro and age categories earning invitations to compete for rainbow stripes in the fall.

Another growing global series that does offer an overall classification and a share in a $37,500 prize purse is the Gravel Earth Series, which now boasts 25 races in 15 countries. The first year of the series began in 2023 with seven races. Five of the original competitions continue to be part of GES, with the signature events at The Traka in Girona, Spain the most popular.

In the US, considered the home of gravel racing, the Life Time Grand Prix has a spotlight for their invitation-only field of 50 elite riders who compete across six off-road events for a share in a $200,000 series prize purse. In 2025, Life Time introduced $30,000 cash prizes in the pro categories at the six events, including Unbound Gravel 200. Three of the events are distinctly gravel this year, the other three are mountain bike competitions.

Four races in the Belgian Waffle Ride series comprise a new Tripel-Quadrupel Series in the US and there is a Grasshopper Adventure Series in California, and smaller collections of racers are springing up in the southeast as well. A Nordic Gravel Series offers events across Finland and Sweden this year.

The number of national championships in gravel are also on the rise, last year around 14 countries awarded prizes for at national competitions, as well as Nordic and European regional titles.

There seems to be plenty of room for individual races, with the Lauf Gravel Worlds in Nebraska amping up their notoriety with a $100,000 prize purse in 2020. Gravel stage races are also more prevalent, with GES including six multi-day races on their schedule, Migration Gravel Race in Kenya and Oregon Trail Gravel Grinder in Oregon, both in June, providing bonus scoring in the standings. A new season-ending stage race was added in 2025 - Gravel Burn, with 800km across seven days in South Africa.

Cyclingnews has assembled a list of nearly 100 leading gravel competitions for the 2025 calendar year. We'll provide race reports and news on most of the action this season, so follow along to keep track of the action, as well as tips later on how to register for top gravel events if you are an amateur or a pro.

Collection of races in a series

Grasshopper Adventure Series 2025

Jen Tavé (SpeedBlock p/b Terun) used two wins in the the five-race Grasshopper Adventure Series to take the women's overall title. She closed with 216 points to give her a 28-point advantage on her nearest rival, Kelly Brennan.

Taj Krieger (Rio Grande) finished third in the final event at King Ridge to secure the men's overall with 185 points, which gave him a 10-point margin to Ben Frederick.

Belgian Waffle Ride Quad-Tripel Crown of Gravel 2025

Flavia Oliveira Parks (Excel Sports) and Russell Finsterwald (Trek Driftless) won the elite series titles at the 2025 Belgian Waffle Ride Quad-Tripel Crown of Gravel, a best three-out-of-four series in the US.

Parks was second at BWR California and third at both the Utah and Montana stops to secure her top spot. Finsterwald pair of top 10 finishes at Arizona and California then won a two-rider sprint at Montana to claim the men's overall.

Gravel Earth Series 2025

The 2025 Gravel Earth Series culminated on September 28 at Ranxo Gravel in Spain, where Rosa Klöser (Canyon Factory Racing) and Magnus Bak Klaris (PAS Racing) won the elite titles.

A total of 23 events were held between February and September in the global race series, with USA's Morgan Aguirre (PAS Racing) and Dutch rider Piotr Havik (Classified x Rose) leading the standings through two-thirds of the calendar.

Klöser finished on the podium of all six of the GES events in which she took part, with victories at The Rift, CORE4, Gravel Worlds and then Ranxo Gravel. The winner at Traka 360 winner and Lost & Found, Karolina Migoń (PAS Racing) finished second overall and her teammate Aguirre finished third overall.

Klaris won the first round at Santa Vall, then The Rift and Megre, going second at Ranxo Gravel to secure the top spot for men in the GES standings. Havik finished second overall and Traka 360 winner Tobias Kongstad (PAS Racing) was third.

Life Time Grand Prix series 2025

Sofia Gomez Villafañe (Specialized Off-road) repeated as the queen of gravel in the Life Time Grand Prix for a third time in four years, while Keegan Swenson (Santa Cruz) was ousted from his three-year reign by New Zealander Cameron Jones (Scott-Shimano).

The final two events in Arkansas - the mountain bike race at Little Sugar on October 11 and the gravel event at Big Sugar Classic on October 18 - proved decisive for both elite categories, the overall winners taking home $20,000 each from the $200,000 prize purse.

Villafañe won Little Sugar to claim the women's title, and then went on to win Big Sugar as an exclamation point for her season. Jones wasn't even part of the invitation-only field in the spring, but earned a wildcard spot after winning Unbound Gravel 200 and with fifth place at Big Sugar he took the top spot in the series.

UCI Gravel World Series and World Championships 2025

UCI Gravel World Series 2025

UCI Gravel World Championships 2025

Comprehensive calendar of global gravel races 2025

2024 Spring Classics roundup

2023 Spring Classics roundup

2022 Spring Classics roundup

2025 Tour of Flanders Women report / As it happened

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) made history by becoming the first rider to take three victories at the Tour of Flanders Women. The world champion took the win in a four-rider sprint in Oudenaarde.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) took second, Liane Lippert (Movistar), third and Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) was fourth as the elite lead group sped to the finish line.

Tour of Flanders Women route

Just as in the previous editions, Oudenaarde will be the epicentre of the Tour of Flanders for women, hosting both the start and the finish. 

As 168.8km, the Tour of Flanders Women 2025 route, includes once again the Koppenberg as well as the duo of Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg.

Tour of Flanders Women Start list

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Tour of Flanders Women Teams

• AG Insurance - Soudal Team
• Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto
• Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team
• FDJ-Suez
• Fenix-Deceuninck
• Human Powered Health
• Lidl - Trek
• Liv-AlUla-Jayco
• Movistar Team
• Roland
• Team Picnic PostNL
• Team SD Worx - Protime
• Team Visma | Lease a Bike
• UAE Team ADQ
• Uno-X Mobility
• EF Education - Oatly
• Volkerwessels Cycling Team
• Cofidis Women Team
• St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93
• Bepink - Imatra - Bongioanni
• DD Group Pro Cycling Team
• Lotto Ladies
• Team Coop-Repsol
• Cynisca Cycling

Paris-Roubaix report/As it happened

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) powered to a third win in a row in the Hell of the North as runner-up and race debutant Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) stayed on terms with the defending champion into the finale, but then faded to second after misjudging a turn and having an ungraceful get-off with 40 kilometres to go.

Van der Poel, en route to victory brushed off challenges like a bidon flung at him by a spectator and his own late puncture to go solo to the finish, ahead of Pogačar, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) then claimed the last spot in the winner's podium from a sprint of three.

Paris-Roubaix route

On Sunday, April 13, 2025, riders will take on the Hell of the North – the 2025 Paris-Roubaix route includes 30 sections of cobblestone roads totalling 53.7 kilometres of suffering. 

Paris-Roubaix start list

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Paris-Roubaix teams

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkea-B&B Hotels
• Bahrain Victorious
• Cofidis
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
• EF Education - EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• INEOS Grenadiers
• Intermarché - Wanty
• Lidl-Trek
• Movistar Team
• Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
• Soudal Quick-Step
• Team Jayco AlUla
• Team Picnic PostNL
• Team Visma | Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates
• XDS Astana Team
• Lotto
• Israel-PremierTech
• Uno-X Mobility
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Totalenergies
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team
• Unibet Tietema Rockets

2025 UAE Tour Women Results

Stage 4: Lorena Wiebes dominates crash-marred bunch sprint as Elisa Longo Borghini seals overall title

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) went three from three in sprints at the UAE Tour Women as she won the final stage of the 2025 race.

The Dutchwoman, who won stages 1 and 2, lost her lead-out in the closing kilometre but surfed the wheels to soar clear of Sara Fiorin (Ceratizit) and Amalie Dideriksen (Cofidis) on the line at Abu Dhabi Breakwater.

A pile-up in the peloton marred the finish to the pan-flat 128km route, which began at Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Academy on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi and travelled through the city to finish on the waterfront.

Stage 3: Elisa Longo Borghini takes race lead with stage 3 victory

Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE ADQ) moved into the overall lead of the UAE Tour Women with a dominant win on stage three.

The Italian made her attack 3.2km from the finish at the top of the Jebel Hafeet climb, and soloed all the way to the line to claim her first win for her new team for 2025, UAE ADQ. Her teammate Silvia Persico sealed a one-two for UAE ADQ by winning the sprint for second from a case group of five that arrived 36 seconds later, ahead of Kimberley Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal).

Stage 2: Lorena Wiebes wins as GC battle kicks off in the crosswinds

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won an explosive second stage of the 2025 UAE Tour Women ahead of Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) and Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ), on a day blown apart by crosswinds.

Wiebes, Gillespie and Williams were part of a five-woman group that also included Elisa Longo Borghini and another of her UAE Team ADQ teammates, Karlijn Swinkels, who together spent all day out in front, forming an echelon within the first few kilometres of the start and holding off the peloton.

Stage 1: Lorena Wiebes storms to victory in bunch sprint ahead of Kool

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) claimed victory in the opening stage of the 2025 UAE Tour Women at Dubai Harbour.

Having been led out perfectly by her teammates, she took part in a drag race against her rival and Dutch compatriot Charlotte Kool (Picnic PostNL) but was comfortably the quickest. Kool had to settle for second, while Nienke Veenhoven (Visma-Lease a Bike) was third. 

2025 UAE Tour Women Route

The UAE Tour Women four days of racing for 540 kilometres of desert duels. The first two days are set up for the sprinters. Stage 1 at149km between the Dubai Police Officer’s Club and back to Dubai Harbour, while stage 2 starts from Al Dhafra Fort in the desert and ends after 111km at Al Mirfa.

Stage 3 is the classic mountain stage of the UAE Tour, a 152km trek that ends atop Jebel Hafeet on the final 10 kilometres.

Stage 4 tips in favour of the sprinters again, 128km around the city of Abu Dhabi, with the finish at Abu Dhabi Breakwater.

UAE Tour Women contenders

Many of the major sprinters will be racing at the 2025 UAE Tour Women to dial in their new lead-out trains and capture their first victories of the new season. 

However, the decisive climb to Jebel Hafeet will provide one shining opportunity for each team's overall contender to make their mark on the race.

As the race is dubbed the "sprinters' world championships", Cyclingnews runs the ruler over the riders to watch for the three sprint stages, and the climbers with the best shot at the GC.

The sprinters:

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) - Wiebes will be the favourite for all three sprint stages. Last year, she opened the season by winning the first two stages and finished second on the final day, while her teammate Lotte Kopecky won atop Jabel Hafeet and secured the overall title. The team's tactics will change this year in the absence of Kopecky, who is starting her season at Milan-San Remo, and they will likely focus on stages.

Charlotte Kool (Team Picnic PostNL) - Kool is always a competitor for these flatter stage races and has proven her strength at these early-season races in the previous two years. Kool will lead the team's sprint and stage win ambitions, having already won two stages and the points jersey in 2023. But the team have a number of other cards to play during the four-day race, with Pfeiffer Georgi as an all-rounder for the stages and GC and Nienke Vinke for a strong showing on Jabel Hafeet.

Anniina Ahtosalo (Uno-X Mobility) - After finishing second in the opening stage at the 2024 Tour de France Femmes, Ahtosalo cannot hide her sprinting ability in the peloton any longer. All eyes will be on the Finnish sprinter, who will have another chance at bunch sprints on the WorldTour while in the UAE, a good test ahead of the major Spring Classics in March and April.

Chiara Consonni (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) - The Italian sprinter was in the top four in all sprint stages last year, just missing that last bit of speed to punch past her main rivals at the finish line. This year, she will have the powerful Canyon-SRAM team to support her sprinting efforts in the UAE, with riders like Chloé Dygert and Soraya Paladin as potential lead outs and stage winners in their own right. She has never won a stage at the UAE Tour, despite being a sprint contender in the first two editions, so watch for her to take the top step of the podium this year.

Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) - This Italian sprinter normally begins her season at the Setmana Valenciana, but decided to switch things up this year and try her hand at sprinting at the UAE Tour. The former World Champion is one of the fastest in the peloton and will undoubtedly be a contender for the flatter stages. The team will be without their 2023 overall winner, Elisa Longo Borghini, who made the switch to UAE Team ADQ in 2025.

Letizia Paternoster (Liv AlUla Jayco) - Another Italian sprinter to watch at this race, Paternoster is one of the fastest sprinters in the field, though she tends to focus on the Spring Classics. She had a slower start to the season at the UAE Tour last year, but with a knowledge of the courses and a strong training block under her belt, watch for her to surprise in the sprints.

Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health) - Changing teams from Roland to Human Powered Health, this Canadian sprinter adds speed to the team, especially at a race like the UAE Tour, where she finished fifth on the opening stage last year and seventh the year before. She now has a well-organised team to support her in the sprints, so watch for her to improve on her previous performances.

The overall contenders:

Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) - One of the most exciting transfers of the season was Longo Borghini's move from Lidl-Trek to UAE Team ADQ. The Italian won the overall title in 2023, the inaugural edition, and has a real shot at another victory this year with support from teammate Silvia Persico.  The Giro d'Italia winner will be one of the strongest climbers in the field and has experience winning atop Jabel Hafeet. She is also savvy enough to be among the front group in the splits through the crosswinds and fast enough to join the sprints. 

Ashleigh Moolman (AG Insurance-Soudal Team) - Moolman-Pasio is aiming to start the season off strong, especially after struggling last year with a back injury. She will likely play on the safer side through the crosswinds but has a real shot at doing well in the overall GC if she can climb with the top riders on Jabel Hafeet.

Antonia Niedermaier (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto) - A powerful rider on the flats and the climbs, this Giro d'Italia stage winner is a solid allrounder who could be one to watch on the Jabel Hafeet stage, as she pursues the overall. She has a strong team with riders like Dygert, Paladin and Tiffany Cromwell to help guide her into a top GC place across the four days of racing.

Juliette Labous (FDJ-SUEZ) - This French rider has always been a contender for the hilly races, and if it all comes down to Jabel Hafeet, Labous will be there for both a stage win and in pursuit of the overall title. She normally starts her season at Valenciana, so her form and performance at UAE Tour will be somewhat unknown.

Marion Bunel (Visma-Lease a Bike) - Bunel turned heads last year finishing fifth on Jabel Hafeet and fifth overall before going on to finish ninth overall at Tour de Normandie, first at Alpes Gresivaudan Classic, 17th overall at Tour de France Femmes, second overall at Tour de l'Ardeche and victory at Tour de l'Avenir. She joins her compatriot Pauline Ferrand-Prévot at Visma-Lease a Bike, and the two French riders start their season at the UAE Tour.

2025 UAE Tour Women start list

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2025 UAE Tour Women Schedule

2025 Giro d'Italia Women results

Stage 8: Elisa Longo Borghini seals overall win as Liane Lippert triumphs on final stage

After taking the race lead on Saturday's queen stage, Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) successfully defended the pink jersey on stage 8 and won her second consecutive Giro d'Italia Women. On a challenging final stage from Forlì to Imola, the Italian Champion finished fourth behind her main adversary, Marlen Reusser (Movistar), who completed the week 18 seconds back in second overall.

Liane Lippert (Movistar) outsprinted Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) for the stage victory after 134km that concluded inside the Enzo and Dino Ferrari Racetrack.

Stage 7: Elisa Longo Borghini seizes race lead as Sarah Gigante solos to victory on Monte Nerone

The mountainous stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia Women was won by Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal), who took her second mountain stage of the race, but it was Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) who was the big winner by moving into the overall lead.

The Italian champion attacked with her UAE Team ADQ teammate Silvia Persico from the peloton on a descent with 22km to go, and then Gigante sailed past Longo Borghini with 2.5km to go for a solo stage victory. Longo Borghini, however, moved past Reusser in the GC standings for the top spot, and Gigante moved back to third overall, 1:11 behind Longo Borghini.

Stage 6: Liane Lippert takes first victory in a year as Pauliena Rooijakkers makes GC gains

Stage 6 took the Giro back into the hills for a tough and attacking day of racing, with the decisive moves coming in the final 50km. After bridging up to a late breakaway, Liane Lippert (Movistar) went on the attack with Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) and outsprinted her on the line to take her first win since stage 6 of last year's Giro.

Behind, Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) tried to test race leader Marlen Reusser (Movistar), but couldn't make any difference and they finished together with Reusser retaining pink. The biggest change on GC was Rooijakkers climbing up to fourth overall, leaving the real overall battle for the tough final two stages.

Stage 5: Lorena Wiebes blasts to second victory of 2025 race as echelons spark major GC changes

A major echelon split mid-stage did not stop Lorena Wiebes (SDWorx-Protime) from clinching her second sprint victory of the race in three days, whilst also sparking some big changes on GC.

Both race leader Marlen Reusser (Movistar) and her closest pursuer overall, defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) were present in the 15 rider move that sheered away 53 kilometres from the finish, and which gained around 90 seconds by the finish. But Stage 4 winner Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) was not, with Anna van der Breggen (SDWorx-ProTime) moving into Gigante's spot on the provisional podium. Meanwhile, Katrine Aalerud (Uno-X Mobility) moved up to fourth on GC, as well as multiple other riders shifting position in the top ten overall.

Stage 4: Sarah Gigante scores biggest career win on Pianezze summit finish as Marlen Reusser retakes maglia rosa

Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal) won stage 4 of the Giro d'Italia that finished atop the 11.2km climb to Pianezze, winning by 25 seconds from reigning champion Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) after attacking 1.7km from the finish.

25 seconds after Gigante crossed the line, Longo Borghini outsprinted Marlen Reusser (Movistar) for second place, but the Swiss rider is now back in the maglia rosa of race leader.

Stage 3: Lorena Wiebes wins crash-marred finale, Anna Henderson maintains lead

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) secured the stage 3 victory after a chaotic and crash-marred sprint into Trento. The Dutch rider outpowered runner-up Josie Nelson (Picnic PostNL) to the line, while her teammate and World Champion Lotte Kopecky finished third on the day.

There were no changes to the overall classification, and Anna Henderson (Lidl-Trek) will wear the malia rosa into the mountainous stage 4 on Wednesday.

Stage 2: Anna Henderson claims maiden WorldTour victory and takes pink jersey on uphill finish to Aprica

Great Britain's Anna Henderson (Lidl-Trek) took the stage win and the pink jersey on stage 2, winning a two-up sprint against Dilyxine Miermont (Ceratizit) after the pair attacked 40km from the finish. Finishing uphill in Aprica, it looked like the GC group could catch the leaders, but a lack of cohesion saw them finish not only ahead for the win, but far enough ahead that Henderson claimed the maglia rosa from Reusser, who finished in the main GC group.

Stage 1: Marlen Reusser captures opening time trial and first race lead
Swiss National Time Trial Champion Marlen Reusser (Movistar) has scorched her way to a narrow but convincing victory for the opening lead of the Giro d'Italia Women. On a short but technically demanding 14.2 kilometre time trial through the northern Italian city of Bergamo, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-ProTime) into second place, 12 seconds back, and defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) into third, 16 seconds down.

2025 Giro d'Italia Women Information

The Giro d'Italia Women will embark on its 36th edition held from July 6-13, 2025. It is the second year that the event is managed by RCS Sport as the race is set to cover eight days of racing across Italy.

The official route was revealed to include an individual time trial and include two flat stages, three medium mountain stages, and two high mountain stages.

The Giro d'Italia Women is a long-running women's stage race which has carved a niche as one of the most prestigious women's events in the world. It is the only women's event that has traditionally covered 10 days of racing and includes many iconic mountain passes. The race will celebrate its 36th anniversary in 2025 and will cover eight days of racing.

La Vuelta Femenina, the Giro d'Italia Women and the Tour de France Femmes are the three biggest stage races on the Women's WorldTour calendar. The Vuelta kicks off the women's Grand Tours in May, while the Giro d'Italia will be held in early July, and the Tour de France Femmes return to its late-July spot on the international calendar.

The Giro d'Italia Women returned to the Women's WorldTour in 2022 after being downgraded in 2021 for not offering live broadcasting of the race in 2020.

The Giro d'Italia Women was organised by PMG Sport/Starlight, an organization that took over the women's stage race in 2021 and 2022 from long-time organiser Giuseppe Rivolta. However, starting in 2024, RCS Sport will take over the organization of the Giro d'Italia Donne for a four-year term ending in 2027.

The Giro d'Italia Women has been officially rebranded as the Giro d'Italia Women in its first year organised by RCS Sport 2024.

Cyclingnews will highlight key feature stories ahead of the 2025 Giro d'Italia Women that include a look at the major talking points, exclusive interviews, race reports, news, analysis and galleries. We also highlight the major contenders of the eight-day race and a look at the history of iconic ascents at the Giro d'Italia Women throughout its 36-year history.

Join Cyclingnews' coverage of the 2025 Giro d'Italia Women with race reports, results, photo galleries, news and race analysis.

2025 Giro d'Italia Women Contenders

The Italian Grand Tour will once again offer the peloton a demanding race routed through some of the toughest mountain passes the cycling-friendly country has to offer, this time showcasing three summit finishes – Aprica, Valdobbiadene and Monte Nerone – and 14,300m of elevation gain to help decide who will become the new overall champion.

There will be plenty of riders to watch and storylines to follow during the eight-day event, from Marianne Vos' attempt to add to her record 32 career stage wins at the Italian Grand Tour to the return of a four-time GC winner. With the full team rosters only recently confirmed, Cyclingnews examines the riders who are in the hunt for the maglia rosa.

2025 Giro d'Italia Women Route

The Giro d’Italia Women route traditionally caters to the most powerful riders who can cover both relentlessly steep pitches to long high-mountain terrain.

RCS Sport has taken over the management of the event and announced the details of the official route in January 13.

The route will bring the peloton across 919.2km and 14,300m of elevation gain with a major mountain pass at Passo del Tonale, an ascent that will mark the Cima Alfonsina Strada, and three summit finishes at Aprica, Valdobbiadene and Monte Nerone.

Click here for the full details of the 2025 Giro d'Italia Women route with maps and profiles.

Giro d'Italia Women History

In the Giro d'Italia's more than three-decade-long history, some of the past winners include inaugural champion Maria Canins (Italy) in 1988, Catherine Marsal (France) in 1990, five-time winner Fabiana Luperini (Italy) from 1995-98 and 2008, two-time winner Joane Somarriba (Spain) in 1999 and 2000, three-time winner Nicole Brändli (Switzerland) in 2001, 2003 and 2005, Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) in 2004, and two-time winner Edita Pučinskaitė (Lithuania) in 2006 and 2007.

Americans Mara Abbott won in 2010 and 2013, and Megan Guarnier won in 2016. Now retired Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands) won the race four times, in 2015, 2017, 2020 and 2021.

Two three-time winners, both from the Netherlands, are expected to be on the start this year: Marianne Vos (2011, 2012, 2014) and defending champion Annemiek van Vleuten (2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023).

In 2024, Elisa Longo Borghini became the first Italian to win the Giro d'Italia Women since five-time winner Fabiana Luperini last won the title 16 years ago in 2008, and added her name to a list of compatriots to have won the race that also includes Maria Canins, Roberta Bonanomi, and Michela Fanini.

2025 Giro d'Italia Women schedule

Giro d'Italia Women 2025 start list

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Vuelta a España results

Stage 21: Jonas Vingegaard confirmed champion of Grand Tour but no stage winner and no podium ceremony as Madrid finale derailed / As it happened

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike) was crowned champion of the 2025 Vuelta a España on Sunday, but there was no celebration or podium ceremony in Madrid. The final stage started in Alalpardo, but was stopped with 60km still to go in Madrid, as protesters invaded the road and caused organisers to halt, then cancel, the stage. João Almeida )UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was confirmed as runner-up, and Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) third.

Stage 20: Jonas Vingegaard smashes Queen stage solo win to seal overall race victory / As it happened

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) certified his position as race leader with a dominant stage 20 victory atop Bola del Mundo with one day to race at the Vuelta a España. Sepp Kuss gave Visma two riders on the stage podium as the former Vuelta champion took second place, two seconds ahead of Jai Hindley (Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe). Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) trailed another five seconds down for fourth.

Stage 19: Jasper Philipsen claims third stage win / As it happened

Jasper Philipsen and his Alpecin-Deceuninck team dominated the sprint finish in northwest of Madrid, with the Belgian finishing off the superb work of his teammates with a long power sprint to beat Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek).

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) extended his GC lead on João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) to 44 seconds before Saturday's last mountain finish on Bola del Mundo at the intermediate sprint and looks on track to secure overall victroy in Mardid on Sunday.

Stage 18: Filippo Ganna prevails over Jay Vine for victory in Valladolid time trial / As it happened

Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) raced at close to 60km/h on the reduced 12.2km Valladolid time trial course to win stage 18 and so reward for two weeks of suffering at the Vuelta.

João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) pulled back 10 precious seconds on the race leader.Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) but remains 40 seconds behind the Dane with just three stages to race and Saturday's final mountain finish atop Bola del Mundo.

The final podium place and the best young rider's white jersey are also available, meaning the final days of the Vuelta will continue to be tense and exciting.

Stage 17: Giulio Pellizzari wins atop Alto de El Morredero for first pro victory / As it happened

Giulio Pellizzari (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) rocketed from a six-rider breakaway on the exposed slopes of Alto de El Morredero and won stage 17. Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) finished 16 seconds down in second place, just ahead of Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) in third. Race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) was fourth, marking his main rival João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) who was fifth on the stage.

Stage 16: Egan Bernal wins abbreviated race with unusual finish as last climb eliminated due to protesters / As it happened

Stage 16 was once again disrupted by protests, with the organisers cutting the stage 8km short after pro-Palestine demonstrators blocked the road on the final climb. Instead, the race finished at the base of the climb, and it was Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) who took the victory on a strange day, outsprinting Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) for the win from the breakaway. Several minutes down on the winners, the GC riders did not battle it out in the shortened finale, and finished all together with Vingegaard holding onto red.

Stage 15: Mads Pedersen secures hard-fought victory from breakaway sprint / As it happened

Mads Pedersen finally scored for Lidl-Trek, winning stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday, sprinting to the victory from a group of nine who had escaped a huge breakaway of 47 riders. Pedersen was forced to follow every one of the attacks of breakaway until he sprinted to the win, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) into second place, with Marco Frigo (Israel-Premier Tech) third. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) leads the race into the third and final week.

Stage 14: Marc Soler solos to victory atop Alto de la Farrapona / As it happened

UAE Team Emirates-XRG won their fourth stage in a row and seventh in total at the 2025 Vuelta a España, with Marc Soler going solo from the early breakaway to claim victory up to La Farrapona on stage 14.

Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) took second, after a hard-fought battle in the group favourites into a headwind, to re-extend his GC lead over João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) by two seconds, with Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) finishing fourth.

Stage 13: João Almeida holds off Jonas Vingegaard for win atop Agliru as duo battle on savagely-steep mountain / As it happened

From a showdown of the top two GC riders, João Almeida (UAE Team Emirate-XRG) emerged on the crest of the Angliru as the stage 13 winner, grabbing a few bonus seconds on race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) separated from Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the final slopes of the 12.5km ascent to secure third.

Almeida gained only four seconds on Vingegaard, and trails by 46 seconds on the red jersey. Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) remained third overall, but lost 70 seconds, now at 2:18. Hindley moved into fourth place at a gap of 3:00.

Stage 12: Juan Ayuso beats Javier Romo in two-up breakaway sprint to secure victory / As it happened

Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) outsprinted breakaway partner Javier Romo (Movistar) to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a España, as solo chaser Brieuc Rolland (Groupama-FDJ) finished third on the day.

Race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) retained the race lead with the same 50-second margin over João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and 56 seconds ahead of Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling).

Stage 11: Tom Pidcock gains GC time on race leader Jonas Vingegaard as race neutralised with 3km to go / As it happened

No official winner was recognised on stage 11 of the Vuelta a España as officials made the call to only take GC times with three kilometres to go due to incidents at the finish line in Bilbao. Race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) retained the red jersey on the complicated day, with Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) earning bonus seconds on the final climb.

Stage 10: Jay Vine climbs to second victory of Spanish Grand Tour as red jersey back in Jonas Vingegaard's grasp / As it happened

Jay Vine gave UAE Team Emirates XRG their fourth stage win of the 2025 Vuelta a España, soloing away from the late breakaway on the climb to Puerto de Belagua. After the first rest day, the stage began with two hours at a furious pace before a breakaway could form, with 30 riders going clear. Then, as the red jersey group closed in, Vine followed a move from Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) before forging ahead on his own. Behind, Traeen lost contact with Vingegaard and the red jersey was back on the Dane's shoulders.

Stage 9: Jonas Vingegaard seizes win after solo charge on Valdezcaray climb / As it happened

A 10km solo charge netted Jonas Vingegaard victory on stage 9 of the Vuelta a España, emerging from the rain to win atop the Valdezcaray climb. He made GC gains, but not quite enough to take the red jersey from Torstein Træen, though the Norwegian's lead was cut to 37 seconds. Only two riders – Tom Pidcock and João Almeida – could chase Vingegaard, finishing 24 seconds down, with the rest of the GC riders 1:46 back on a stage that shook up the general classification.

Stage 8: Jasper Philipsen pips Elia Viviani to take second stage victory / As it happened

Stage 8 offered a relatively calm day with a totally flat sprint day, and after being defeated on stage 4, Jasper Philipsen lived up to expectations to win again, conquering the messy finale in Zaragoza. He just pipped a highly disappointed Elia Viviani (Lotto) to the line, with Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech) third. There were no changes to the GC as Torstein Træen held onto red for another day.

Stage 7: Juan Ayuso delivers victory with solo charge on Cerler ascent / As it happened

After a massive GC collapse on stage 6, Juan Ayuso gave UAE Team Emirates XRG another stage win in the Vuelta a España. The Spaniard entered into the day's breakaway before soloing to the win. Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) held onto the race lead.

Stage 6: Jay Vine conquers Pal in Andorra from breakaway / As it happened

Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) escaped from a 10-rider breakaway with 21km to go and rode solo for the win on stage 6 at the Vuelta a España on Thursday in in Pal Andorra. Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) finished 54 seconds back in second place and leaped 25 positions for the race lead. Træen now leads the Vuelta over fellow breakaway riders Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) and Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana), Armirail at 31 seconds down and Fortunato 1:01 behind. Previous race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) moved 2:33 back in fifth overall.

Stage 5: UAE Team Emirates-XRG delivers commanding team time trial victory while Jonas Vingegaard slips back into leader's jersey / As it happened

UAE Team Emirates-XRG won the Vuelta a España's team time trial on stage 5 with a searing second half effort. The group went from third-best time at the second time check to a winning time of 25:26 over 24.1 kilometres. Visma-Lease a Bike team finished second, eight seconds back, and put their team leader Jonas Vingegaard back into the red jersey.

Stage 4: Ben Turner powers past Jasper Philipsen for first Grand Tour stage victory / As it happened

Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) surprised everyone by outsprinting none other than Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) to win in Voiron, with the expected sprint delivering an unexpected winner, and a first Grand Tour stage victory for the Brit. On GC, countback saw the red jersey change hands, with Gaudu finishing sufficiently far ahead of Vingegaard to take over the race lead. It's also a first for the Frenchman: his first Grand Tour leader's jersey.

Stage 3: David Gaudu surprises with victory after uphill pass of Mads Pedersen at the line into Ceres / As it happened

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) made a late pass of Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) on the final 50 metres and won hilly stage 3 of the Vuelta a España. The Frenchman used his deposit of bonus seconds to move to second overall on GC. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) couldn't fully match the acceleration but finished third on the stage and held the red leader's jersey for a second day, now tied on time with Gaudu.

Stage 2: Jonas Vingegaard pips Giulio Ciccone to win stage 2 / As it happened

The first summit finish of the race in Limone Piemonte ended with a photo finish, with Jonas Vingegaard taking a narrow victory over Giulio Ciccone to move into the race lead.

Stage 1: Jasper Philipsen speeds to opening stage win / As it happened

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) sprinted to a commanding victory on stage 1 of the Vuelta a España in Novara, easily taking the first leader's jersey ahead of Ethan Vernon and Orluis Aular.

2025 Vuelta a España abandons

• Stage 1: No withdrawals
• Stage 2: Guillaume Martin (Groupama-FDJ)
• Stage 3: Zingle Axel Zingle (Visma-Lease a Bike) - DNS; Jorge Arcas (Movistar) - DNS
• Stage 4: Carlos García Pierna (Burgos Burpellet BH) - DNF; Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal-QuickStep) - DNF
• Stage 5: No withdrawals
• Stage 6:  Koen Bouwman (Jayco-AlUla) - DNF; Simon Carr (Cofidis), Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-QuickStep) and Arjen Livyns (Lotto) - DNS
• Stage 7: Daniel Cavia (Burgos Burpellet BH), Luca Vergallito (Alpecin-Deceuninck) - DNF; Cristián Rodríguez (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) - DNS
• Stage 8: Eric Antonio Fagúndez (Burgos Burpellet BH) – DNF; Oliver Knight (Cofidis) – DNF; George Bennett (Israel-Premier Tech) – DNF
• Stage 9: No withdrawals
• Stage 10: Casper van Uden (Picnic-PostNL) - DNS; Raúl García Pierna (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) - DNF
• Stage 11: Ramses Debruyne (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Paul Ourselin (Cofidis) - DNS; Chris Harper (Jayco-AlUla) - DNF
• Stage 12: Sinuhé Fernandez (Burgo Burpellet BH), Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) - DNF
• Stage 13: Archie Ryan (EF Education-EasyPost) - DNS; Fernando Barceló (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Ben O'Connor (Jayco-AlUla), Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) - DNF
• Stage 14: Sergio Higuita (XDS-Astana) - DNS
• Stage 15: No withdrawals
• Stage 16: Victor Campenaerts (Visma-Lease a Bike) - DNS, illness; Gianmarco Garofoli (Soudal-QuickStep) - DNS, illness; Javier Romo (Movistar) - DNF, injury from earlier crash

2025 Vuelta a España route

The Vuelta organisers announced the full route details on December 19 at Madrid's IFEMA Trade and Congress Centre, celebrating the 80th edition of the Grand Tour in 2025, with 10 summit finishes, an ascent of the mythical Angliru and a long, late individual time trial.

Head to the route tab to see a full breakdown of this year's route.

2025 Vuelta a España startlist

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Vuelta a España 2025 Schedule

Vuelta a España Records

Most overall wins: Roberto Heras (four); Primoz Roglič (four), Tony Rominger, Alberto Contador (three).

Most stage wins: Delio Rodríguez (39); Alessandro Petacchi (20); Laurent Jalabert, Rik van Looy (18); Sean Kelly (16); Gerben Karstens (14); Tony Rominger, Freddy Maertens (13); Primoz Roglič, Alejandro Valverde (12).

Most mountain classification wins: Jose Luis Laguía (five); David Moncoutie, Jose María Jiménez (four); Julio Jiménez, Anthony Karmany, Andres Oliva (three).

Most points classification wins: Sean Kelly, Laurent Jalabert, Alejandro Valverde (four); Erik Zabel (three).

Most starts: Inigo Cuesta (17).

Youngest winner: Angelino Soler, 1961 (21 years and 167 days).

Oldest winner: Chris Horner, 2013 (41 years and 327 days).

Smallest margin of victory: Erik Caritoux, 1984 (six seconds).

Largest margin of victory: Delio Rodríguez, 1945 (30:08).

Fastest edition: 2001 (42.534kmh.)

• See also: Women's Tour Down Under 2025

2025 Tour Down Under Results

Stage 6: Jhonatan Narvaez wins Tour Down Under  / As it happened

Equadorian Jhonatan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates XRG) secured his first-ever WorldTour overall title on the final day of racing at Tour Down Under, crossing the finish of stage 6 safely with the ochre leader's jersey on his back in Adelaide. He improved from second overall last year. Sam Welsford (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) won the sprint on the final stage, earning his third stage victory of the week.

Stage 5:  Jhonatan Narvaez wins atop Willunga and secures leader's jersey / As it happened

Jhonatan Narváez (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sprinted to the stage 5 win atop Willunga Hill on Saturday and with it put on the overall leader's jersey with one day to go. Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) finished second and Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) took third, leaving Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla) in fourth from the four-rider confrontation atop the signature climb.

Stage 4: Bryan Coquard holds off Phil Bauhaus to take the win / As it happened

Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) held off a late charge by Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) and Jhonathan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates XRG) in a chaotic sprint to win stage 4 of the Tour Down Under in Victor Harbor. 

Race leader Javier Romo (Movistar) finished safely in the group and retained the lead in the general classification ahead of the decisive stage 5 which features Willunga Hill.

Stage 3: Javier Romo wins stage 3 with late race solo attack / As it happened

Javier Romo (Movistar) launched an attack on the descent of Knotts Hill with 6km to go to win stage 3 of the Tour Down Under in Uraidla. He sustained a gap with the bold acceleration to hold off the reduced peloton by five seconds, the group led by Jhonathan Narvaez (UAE Team Emirates XRG) in second place and of Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) in third.

It was the first UCI victory for Romo, and he also claimed the ochre leader's jersey with eight seconds on Narvaez. 

Stage 2: Sam Welsford survives early crash to win in Tanunda / As it happened

A battered and bruised Sam Welsford (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) received a perfect lead out from his teammates to take his second win in so many days at the 2025 Tour Down Under, increasing his lead in the overall classification.

Welsford retained the ochre leader’s jersey with Arne Marit (Intermarché-Wanty) in second place and Matthew Brennan (Visma-Lease A Bike) in third. Both are tied at 14 seconds back.

Stage 1: Sam Welsford sprints to victory in chaotic finish / As it happened

Sam Welsford of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe claimed victory on stage 1 of the Tour Down Under after launching his sprint early and holding off his rivals in a chaotic finale. He also claimed the first ochre leader’s jersey of the six-day race.

2025 Men's Tour Down Under start list

Find the men's 2025 Tour Down Under start list here.

2025 Men's Tour Down Under stages

• Stage 1: Prospect - Gumeracha, 150.7km
• Stage 2: Tanunda - Tanunda, 128.8km
• Stage 3: Norwood - Uraidla, 147.5km
• Stage 4: Glenelg - Victor Harbor, 157.2km
• Stage 5: McLaren Vale - Willunga Hill, 145.7km
• Stage 6: Adelaide - Adelaide, 90km

2025 Men's Tour Down Under schedule