La Vuelta Femenina 2024
Latest News from the Race
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Vuelta Femenina 2024 gains extra race day, will include three hilltop finishes and TTT
Full route presentation on March 8 in 2024 start city of Valencia -
5 conclusions from La Vuelta Femenina
Van Vleuten takes season's first win, Vollering-Realini top climbers, new faces in the finals, event enters a next phase -
'This is just the beginning' says Realini after Vuelta Femenina overall podium
Italian exhibits climbing prowess en route to third place, despite echelon time losses
Date | April 28 - May 5, 2024 |
Distance | 867km |
Start location | Valencia |
End location | Valdesquí. Comunidad de Madrid |
UCI class | Women's WorldTour |
Last edition | La Vuelta Femenina 2023 |
La Vuelta Femenina 2024 Overview
The second edition of the revamped La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es will take place from April 28 to May 5. The 2024 edition has expanded to eight stages and begins with a team time trial in Valencia, will be routed through the Pyrenees, and ends in Valdesquí. Comunidad de Madrid.
La Vuelta Femenina History
Last year, the new La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es, was a seven-day stage race, while the previous eight editions of the event were known as the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta and held at the end of the season in September.
The race started in 2015 as a one-day event, won by US sprinter Shelley Olds. The race was added to the Women's WorldTour calendar the following year, where Jolien D'hoore won back-to-back editions in 2016 and 2017.
Expanding to a two-day race in 2018, Ellen van Dijk, then racing for Team Sunweb, claimed the overall title largely due to a commanding opening team time trial. Recently retired Lisa Brennauer went on to win consecutive titles in 2019 as a two-day race and in 2020 when the race moved into a three-day format.
Annemiek van Vleuten then took over with back-to-back titles the last two years at the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta. At the 2021 race, she dominated the individual time trial and the mountain stage to secure overall victory. In 2022, the Movistar rider attacked on the Fuente las Varas, the penultimate climb of stage 2, and jumped into a lead she would carry to the conclusion on stage 5 in Madrid.
Last year's seven-day race, held in May, presented the riders with a challenging and mountainous event. Annemiek van Vleuten won the overall title by just nine seconds over Demi Vollering after a thrilling battle for the red jersey.
2024 La Vuelta Femenina route
La Vuelta Femenina 2024 race will take place from April 28 to May 5, 2024. The route was presented in Madrid on March 8, with organisers announcing that the eight-day race would tackle the Pyrenees and finish in the Sierras of Madrid.
Races
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La Vuelta Femenina 202428 April 2024 - 5 May 2024 | Spain | Women's WorldTour
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Stage 5 - La Vuelta Femenina 2024 – Stage 5 preview | Huesca - Jaca2024-05-02 113km
Latest Content on the Race
Vuelta Femenina 2024 gains extra race day, will include three hilltop finishes and TTT
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Full route presentation on March 8 in 2024 start city of Valencia
5 conclusions from La Vuelta Femenina
By Kirsten Frattini published
Analysis Van Vleuten takes season's first win, Vollering-Realini top climbers, new faces in the finals, event enters a next phase
'This is just the beginning' says Realini after Vuelta Femenina overall podium
By Lukas Knöfler published
News Italian exhibits climbing prowess en route to third place, despite echelon time losses
Realini seizes ‘now or never’ moment to claim to-and-fro Vuelta Femenina win
By Simone Giuliani published
News Italian takes first Women's WorldTour victory in sprint with Van Vleuten that was so close it led to post-stage result confusion
Controversy as nature break, crosswinds, rob Vollering of Vuelta Femenina lead
By Lukas Knöfler published
News 'I am hungry for revenge' says tearful Team SD Worx rider with one day remaining to race
Chloé Dygert pulls out of La Vuelta Femenina
By Patrick Fletcher published
News After coming back from 14-month absence, US rider will 'recover and prepare for her next race'
Fisher-Black out of GC contention after crash, barrage at La Vuelta Femenina
By Lukas Knöfler published
News Vollering takes red jersey but SD Worx loses second GC card
Movistar take charge in hilly Vuelta Femenina stage 4 as mountains loom
By Lukas Knöfler published
News Attacks by Van Vleuten and Lippert spoiled by Vollering but set up Norsgaard for second place
Top News on the Race
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Chloé Dygert pulls out of La Vuelta Femenina
After coming back from 14-month absence, US rider will 'recover and prepare for her next race' -
Fisher-Black out of GC contention after crash, barrage at La Vuelta Femenina
Vollering takes red jersey but SD Worx loses second GC card -
Movistar take charge in hilly Vuelta Femenina stage 4 as mountains loom
Attacks by Van Vleuten and Lippert spoiled by Vollering but set up Norsgaard for second place
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Realini biggest loser as echelons sort Vuelta Femenina GC ahead of mountains
Trek-Segafredo leader gives up 2:41 on record-breaking wind-swept stage -
Dygert disappointed with third place in Vuelta Femenina stage 2
US talent grateful to be competing again after completing long road back from injury and illness -
TTT time gaps signal aggressive GC racing at Vuelta Femenina - Analysis
First time gaps between favourites, but nothing decided yet
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Ex-Zaaf Cycling Team riders prevented from racing La Vuelta Femenina
Drummond says snub is 'one more hurdle for the mind to overcome' -
Vollering will lead the way for SD Worx at La Vuelta Femenina
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US rider Allison Mrugal makes WorldTour leap at La Vuelta Femenina with Sopela
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