Road Cycling Events

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

La Course by Le Tour, 28 July

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

La Course by Le Tour, 28 July

Taking place on the final day of the Tour de France, La Course is the work of a group of professional female racers, campaigning for the reawakening of the women’s Tour.

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This race stands proud in the pro women’s calendar, and a win is worth over 22,000 euros, equal to that which the male winner will receive just a few hours later.

An 89 km race, consisting of 13 laps on the course traditionally used for the finale of the Tour de France, is flat and the Champs-Elysees finish favours a sprinter. In the case of the inaugural event, Vos again took the win.

This year the format will be similar, and Vos, Kirsten Wild, Armitstead and Bronzini are all riders to watch. A total of 25 broadcasters covered the 2014 edition, and the same treatment should befall the 2015 speed fest.