The Tour of Flanders, formerly the Tour of Flanders for Women, is an annual road bicycle racing event in Flanders, Belgium, held in early April. It is held on the same day as the men's race, on much of the same roads but at a shorter distance. Dutch riders Mirjam Melchers, Annemiek van Vleuten and German Judith Arndt hold the record with two wins each. Lotte Kopecky won the most recent edition in 2022.
Elisa Longo Borghini is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Trek–Segafredo.
SD Worx is a professional cycling team based in the Netherlands, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour.
Anna van der Breggen is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2021 for Team Flexpoint, Sengers Ladies Cycling Team, Rabo–Liv and SD Worx. She won the gold medal in the women's road race at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and has won the Giro d'Italia Femminile on four occasions. In 2018 and 2020, she won the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships.
Milagro Mena Solano is a Costa Rican racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Servetto–Makhymo–Beltrami TSA. She rode in the women's road race at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.
Katrine Aalerud is a Norwegian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Movistar Team. She rode in the women's road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships, finishing in 39th place.
Margarita Syradoeva is a Russian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Sestroretsk. She rode in the women's road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships, but she did not finish the race.
Elisa Balsamo is an Italian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Team Trek–Segafredo, and represents Italy at international competitions.
The Women's road race of the 2017 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2017 in Bergen, Norway. It was won by Chantal Blaak of the Netherlands, ahead of Australian Katrin Garfoot and the defending champion, Amalie Dideriksen of Denmark.
The Women's time trial of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 25 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 25th edition of the event, for which Dutch rider Annemiek van Vleuten was the defending champion, having won in 2017. 52 riders from 34 nations entered the competition.
The Women's road race of the 2018 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 29 September 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 58th edition of the event, for which Dutch rider Chantal Blaak was the defending champion, having won in 2017. 149 riders from 48 nations entered the competition.
Anna Gabrielle "Gabby" Traxler is a Canadian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team InstaFund Racing.
Joscelin Kate Lowden is a British professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Lifeplus Wahoo. On 30 September 2021 she became the holder of the women's hour record.
The Women's road race of the 2020 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 26 September 2020 in Imola, Italy. Annemiek van Vleuten was the defending champion.
The Women's time trial of the 2020 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2020 in Imola, Italy. Chloé Dygert was the defending champion. The race was won by Anna van der Breggen of the Netherlands, with Marlen Reusser finishing second, and Ellen van Dijk finishing third. Dygert had recorded the fastest time to the intermediate timing point, but did not finish the race, after crashing over a guardrail and down an embankment.
The Men's road race of the 2020 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 27 September 2020 in Imola, Italy. Mads Pedersen was the defending champion, but he did not compete in the race.
The Women's time trial of the 2021 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 20 September 2021 from Knokke-Heist to Bruges, Belgium. Anna van der Breggen was the defending champion. The race was won by Ellen van Dijk of the Netherlands, with Marlen Reusser finishing second, and Annemiek van Vleuten finishing third.
The men's road race of the 2021 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 26 September 2021 from Antwerp to Leuven, Belgium. Defending champion Julian Alaphilippe of France won the event in a solo victory.
The men's road race of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 25 September 2022 in Wollongong, Australia.
The women's road race of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 24 September 2022 in Wollongong, Australia.
