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The UCI Women's World Tour is the premier annual female elite road cycling tour. As of 2024, the tour includes 28 events in Europe, Asia and Oceania – with one-day races such as Strade Bianche Donne and Paris–Roubaix Femmes, and stage races such as Women's Tour Down Under, as well as week long stage races (sometimes referred to as Grand Tour) such as Tour de France Femmes.
The UCI women's road rankings is a system of ranking road bicycle racers based upon the results in all women's UCI -sanctioned races over a twelve-month period. The world rankings were first instituted by the UCI in 1994. [ 1] Points are awarded according to finishing positions in each race, with lesser points for each stage of stage races and ...
Also, more working men (21.7%) than their female counterparts (4.7%) cycled to work. “Compared to international settings, this level of gender gap in cycling is among the highest in the world ...
The UCI Road World Championships for women made its debut in Reims, France in 1958. Due to the Summer Olympics, the Road World Championships were not held in 1984, 1988 and 1992. Until about 1990, the race varied in length from a low of 46.6 km in 1966 to around 72 km (30 to 50 miles). From 1991, the race length began to gradually increase ...
men. women. v. t. e. The women's cycling team pursuit at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro took place at the Rio Olympic Velodrome on 11 and 13 August. [1] Great Britain has yet to be beaten in this event. The medals were presented by Claudia Bokel, IOC member, Germany and Mohammad Belmahi, Member of the UCI Management Committee.
The women's cycling omnium at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place at the London Velopark on 6 and 7 August 2012. [1] Laura Trott from Great Britain, the reigning World and European champion in the event, won the gold medal. Sarah Hammer from the United States took silver and Australia 's Annette Edmondson won the bronze.
The women's road race, one of the cycling events at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, took place on 29 July [2] over a course starting and ending on The Mall [3] and heading out of London into Surrey. [4] Nicole Cooke of Great Britain was the defending champion. In heavy rain, the race and gold medal was won by Marianne Vos of the Netherlands.
The women's sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 6 to 8 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. [1] [2] 30 cyclists from 18 nations competed. [3] Canadian rider Kelsey Mitchell won gold, with Olena Starikova from Ukraine and Lee Wai-sze from Hong-Kong completing the medal positions. The medals were presented by Yasuhiro Yamashita ...