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8 of the Most Exciting Women’s Cycling Races 2015

Get your diary out and filled with the best women's cycling races of the year

Ladies Tour of Quatar, 3 – 6 February

Marianne Vos crosses the finish line to win Stage Four
The 2014 Ladies Tour of Quatar. Photo: Bruno Bade
Lizzie Armistead during the 2014 Tour of Flanders. Photo: Lizzie Armistead/Instagram
The La Flèche Wallonne Féminine 2014. Photo: P.Perreve
Emma Pooley competing in the final stage of the Giro Rosa 2014. Photo: Nicola Ianuale/Photo Ianuale
Last year's La Course competitors encircle the Arc de Triomphe
Laura Trott taking the Road Race win in 2014

Ladies Tour of Quatar, 3 – 6 February

This early season stage race will be in its seventh year in 2015, with 4 stages across the hot, flat plains of Western Asia.

Qatar is flat – and thus the winner is almost always a sprinter. The previous two years, the GC win has gone to Kirsten Wild, who also won in 2009 and 2010 – totalling four wins of six available chances. Wild also holds the most stage wins with a total of six, followed by Giorgia Bronzini, with three.

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It’ll be interesting to see if Wid can take her total wins to 5 this year, or is someone else might be able to take the top spot – Bronzini and Ellen Van Dijk are the other most recent winners, and ones to watch should they be in the start line this year.