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| 2021 in road cycling |
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| List of men's road bicycle races |
| List of women's road bicycle races |
2021 in women's road cycling is about the 2021 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2021 UCI Women's Teams.
| Championships | Race | Date | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time |
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2020 Olympic Games  Japan | Road race | 25 July | Anna Kiesenhofer  Austria | 3:52:45 | Annemiek van Vleuten  Netherlands | 3:54:00 +1:15 | Elisa Longo Borghini  Italy | 3:54:14 +1:29 |
Individual time trial  | 28 July | Annemiek van Vleuten Netherlands | 30:13 | Marlen Reusser  Switzerland | +0:56 | Anna van der Breggen Netherlands | +1:02 |
| Championships | Race | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
UCI Road World Championships  Belgium September 20–26 (2021 summary) | Road race |  Elisa Balsamo (ITA) |  Marianne Vos (NED) |  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) |
| Individual time trial | Ellen van Dijk (NED) |  Marlen Reusser (SUI) | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | |
| Road race (Junior) |  Zoe Bäckstedt (GBR) |  Kaia Schmid (USA) |  Linda Riedmann (GER) | |
| Individual time trial (Junior) |  Alena Ivanchenko (RUS) | Zoe Bäckstedt (GBR) | Antonia Niedermaier (GER) | |
| Mixed Time Trial | Germany (GER) Lisa Klein Nikias Arndt Max Walscheid Lisa Brennauer Mieke Kröger Tony Martin | Netherlands (NED) Ellen van Dijk Koen Bouwman Jos van Emden Annemiek van Vleuten Riejanne Markus Bauke Mollema | Italy (ITA) Elena Cecchini Edoardo Affini Matteo Sobrero Marta Cavalli Elisa Longo Borghini Filippo Ganna |
| Race | Date | Cat. † | Winner | Second | Third | Ref |
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 Manavgat Side Women Junior () | February 18–19 | 2.1WJ | Alena Ivanchenko (RUS) | Inna Abaidullina (RUS) |  Margarita Misyurina (UZB) | |
| Velo Alanya Women Junior () | March 4–5 | 2.1WJ | Alena Ivanchenko (RUS) | Inna Abaidullina (RUS) | Margarita Misyurina (UZB) | |
| Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda () | March 21 | 1.NcupWJ |  Anniina Ahtosalo (FIN) | Noëlle Rüetschi (SUI) |  Eglantine Rayer (FRA) | |
| Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie femmes () | May 8–9 | 2.NcupWJ | Linda Riedmann (GER) | Francesca Barale (ITA) | Anna van der Meiden (NED) | |
 Bizkaikoloreak () | August 28–29 | 2.NcupWJ | Mijntje Geurts (NED) | Anna van der Meiden (NED) |  Julia Kopecky (CZE) | |
| Watersley Ladies Challenge () | September 3–5 | 2.NcupWJ | Flora Perkins (GBR) | Makayla MacPherson (USA) | Linda Riedmann (GER) | |
| Chrono des Nations Juniors Femmes () | October 17 | 1.1 | Bénédicte Ollier (FRA) | Faustine Croguennoc (FRA) | Coline Raby (FRA) |
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