Cycling race calendar 2024: The most important races in women's cycling

The most important races in women's cycling 2024

January

• 12-14 January: Santos Tour Down Under (Women's World Tour)
• 27 January: Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race (Women's World Tour)

february

• 8-11 February: UAE Tour Women (Women's World Tour)
• 24 February: Omloop Het Niewusblad (Women's World Tour)

March

• 2 March: Strade Bianche Donne (Women's World Tour)
• 9 March: Miron Ronde van Drenthe (Women's World Tour)
• 17 March: Trofeo Alfredo Binda (Women's World Tour)
• 21 March: Classic Brugge-De Panne (Women's World Tour)
• 24 March: Gent-Wevelgem (Women's World Tour)
• 31 March: Tour of Flanders (Women's World Tour)

April

• 6 April: Paris Roubaix Femmes (Women's World Tour)
• 14 April: Amstel Gold Race Ladies Edition (Women's World Tour)
• 17 April: Fleche Wallonne Feminine (Women's World Tour)
• 21 April: Liège-Bastogne-Liège (Women's World Tour)
• 29 April-5 May: La Vuelta Femenina (Women's World Tour)

>> The most important races in April at a glance

May

• 10-12 May: Itzulia Women (Women's World Tour)
• 16-19 May: Vuelta a Burgos Feminas (Women's World Tour)
• 24-26 May: RideLondon Classique (Women's World Tour)

June

• 6-9 June: Tour of Britain Women (Women's World Tour)
• 15-18 June: Tour de Suisse Women (Women's World Tour)
• 21-23 June: German Road Championships
• 25-30 June: Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour (Women Elite)

July

• 7-14 July: Giro d'Italia Women (Women's World Tour)
• 27 July: Individual time trial Olympia

August

• 2-4 August: Tour de Berlin Feminin (Women Elite)
• 4 August: Road race Olympia
• 12-18 August: Tour de Frances Femmes (Women's World Tour)
• 24 August: Classic Lorient Agglomeration (Women's World Tour)
• 27 August-1 September: Tour of Scandinavia (Women's World Tour)

September

• 5-8 September: Tour de Romandie Feminin (Women's World Tour)
• 15 September: Women's Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region (Women Elite)
• 21-29 September: World Cycling Championships in Zurich

october

• 8-13 October: Simac Ladies Tour (Women's World Tour)
• 15-17 October: Tour of Chongming Island (Women's World Tour)
• 20 October: Tour of Guangxi (Women's World Tour)

As in previous years, the Santos Tour Down Under will be the start of the UCI Women's World Tour (WWT) in 2024. The Australian kick-off will be completed by the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Race. The season also ends far away from Europe: in China, the Tour of Chongming Island and the Tour of Guangxi one-day race in October will bring the season to a close.

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The upswing in German women's cycling continues with the Tour of Berlin Feminin, which was revived last year after a long absence, and the Women's Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region, which will be held for the first time in 2023; both races are back on the calendar, but not part of the WWT.

Further highlights of the season

The supposed void in the calendar at the end of July and beginning of August is the place for the real highlight of the season, the Olympic Games in Paris. The Individual time trial under the sign of the rings is on 27 July on the programme, which Road race on 4 August.

From the 21 to 29 September in Zurich are the World Championships scheduled. The following professional races will be held on German soil: the Lotto Thüringen Ladies Tour (25 to 30 June)which Tour de Berlin Feminin (2 to 4 August) and the Women's Cycling Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region (15 September).