2021 in women's road cycling

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.

Olympic Games edit

Championships Race Date Winner Time Second Time Third Time
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

World Championships edit

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

UCI Women's WorldTour edit

Single day races (1.Pro, 1.1 and 1.2) edit

Race Date Cat. Winner Second Third Ref
  Gravel and Tar (details) January 23 1.2   Olivia Ray (NZL)   Sharlotte Lucas (NZL)   Rylee Mcmullen (NZL) [1]
  Grand Prix Velo Manavgat (details) February 20 1.2   Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR)   Anastasiya Kolesava (BLR)   Hanna Tserakh (BLR) [2]
  Grand Prix Velo Alanya (details) February 21 1.2   Alena Ivanchenko (RUS)   Yanina Kuskova (UZB)   Maria Novolodskaya (RUS) [3]
  Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (details) February 27 1.Pro   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (DEN)   Amy Pieters (NED) [4]
  Le Samyn des Dames (details) March 2 1.1   Lotte Kopecky (BEL)   Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (DEN)   Chloe Hosking (AUS) [5]
  Grand Prix Mediterrennean (details) March 6 1.2   Hanna Tserakh (BLR)   Tatsiana Sharakova (BLR)   Tamara Dronova (RUS)
  Grand Prix Gündoğmuş (details) March 7 1.2   Alena Ivanchenko (RUS)   Olga Zabelinskaya (UZB)   Maria Novolodskaya (RUS)
  GP Oetingen (details) March 10 1.1   Elisa Balsamo (ITA)   Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)   Marianne Vos (NED)
  Danilith Nokere Koerse (details) March 17 1.Pro   Amy Pieters (NED)   Grace Brown (AUS)   Lisa Klein (GER)
  Omloop van de Westhoek (details) March 21 1.1   Christine Majerus (LUX)   Amy Pieters (NED)   Thalita de Jong (NED)
  Dwars door Vlaanderen (details) March 31 1.1   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)   Alexis Ryan (USA) [6]
  Ronde de Mouscron (details) April 5 1.1   Chiara Consonni (ITA)   Jelena Erić (SRB)   Maria Martins (POR)
  Scheldeprijs (details) April 7 1.1   Lorena Wiebes (NED)   Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (DEN)   Elisa Balsamo (ITA) [7]
  Brabantse Pijl (details) April 14 1.1   Ruth Winder (USA)   Demi Vollering (NED)   Elisa Balsamo (ITA) [8]
  Grand Prix Féminin de Chambéry (details) April 18 1.2   Gladys Verhulst (FRA)   Giorgia Bariani (ITA)   Debora Silvestri (ITA)
  Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas (details) April 18 1.1   Chiara Consonni (ITA)   Barbara Guarischi (ITA)   Élodie Le Bail (FRA)
  GP Eco-Struct (details) May 8 1.2   Lorena Wiebes (NED)   Susanne Andersen (NOR)   Amber van der Hulst (NED)
  Emakumeen Nafarroako (details) May 13 1.1   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Demi Vollering (NED)   Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
  Navarra Women's Elite Classics (details) May 14 1.1   Arlenis Sierra (CUB)   Ruth Winder (USA)   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
  Gran Premio Ciudad de Eibar (details) May 16 1.1   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
  Emakumeen Saria (details) May 18 1.1   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)
  Dwars door het Hageland (details) June 5 1.2   Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED)   Christine Majerus (LUX)   Lorena Wiebes (NED) [9]
  Dwars door de Westhoek (details) June 6 1.1   Lorena Wiebes (NED)   Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)   Barbara Guarischi (ITA) [10]
  SPAR Flanders Diamond Tour (details) June 13 1.1   Lorena Wiebes (NED)   Chiara Consonni (ITA)   Amber van der Hulst (NED) [11]
  Germenica Grand Prix Road Race (details) July 3 1.1   Olga Zabelinskaya (UZB)   Tamara Dronova (RUS)   Olga Shekel (UKR)
  2 Districtenpijl - Ekeren-Deurne (details) July 4 1.2   Amber van der Hulst (NED)   Arianna Pruisscher (NED)   Shari Bossuyt (BEL)
  Kahramanmaraş Grand Prix Road Race (details) July 4 1.2   Anastasia Chursina (RUS)   Olena Sharha (UKR)   Olga Shekel (UKR)
  Grand Prix Erciyes - Mimar Sinan (details) July 10 1.2   Tamara Dronova (RUS)   Tatiana Antoshina (RUS)   Tetiana Yashchenko (UKR)
  Grand Prix Kayseri (details) July 11 1.2   Olga Zabelinskaya (UZB)   Tatiana Antoshina (RUS)   Yevheniya Vysotska (UKR)
  Grand Prix Velo Erciyes (details) July 17 1.2   Olga Shekel (UKR)   Margarita Syradoeva (RUS)   Olena Sharha (UKR) [12]
  Grand Prix Develi (details) July 18 1.2   Tatiana Antoshina (RUS)   Margarita Syradoeva (RUS)   Marina Varenyk (UKR) [13]
  Road Elite Caribbean Championships (details) August 12 1.2   Juana Fernández (DOM)   Kaya Cattouse (BLZ)   Caitlin Conyers (BER) [14]
  Road Elite Caribbean Championships (details)   August 13 1.2   Aylena de las Mercedes Quevedo (CUB)   Flor Espiritusanto Estévez (DOM)   Lori Sharpe (JAM)
  La Périgord Ladies (details) August 14 1.2   Marta Bastianelli (ITA)   Erica Magnaldi (ITA)   Nadia Quagliotto (ITA) [15]
  La Picto - Charentaise (details) August 15 1.2   Marta Lach (POL)   Marta Bastianelli (ITA)   Laura Asencio (FRA)
  Elite Road Central American Championships (details)   September 3 1.2   Evelyn García (SLV)   Milagro Mena (CRC)   Jennifer Morales (CRC)
  Elite Road Central American Championships (details) September 5 1.2   Milagro Mena (CRC)   María José Vargas (CRC)   Evelyn García (SLV)
  La Choralis Fourmies Féminine (details) September 12 1.2   Pfeiffer Georgi (GBR)   Rachel Neylan (AUS)   Silvia Zanardi (ITA)
  Grand Prix International d'Isbergues (details) September 19 1.2   Charlotte Kool (NED)   Elisa Balsamo (ITA)   Amber van der Hulst (NED)
  Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite (details) October 2 1.Pro   Mavi García (ESP)   Arlenis Sierra (CUB)   Rachel Neylan (AUS)
  Grote prijs Beerens (details) October 3 1.2   Thalita de Jong (NED)   Christina Schweinberger (AUT)   Claire Faber (LUX)
  Binche Chimay Binche pour Dames (details) October 5 1.2   Sara Van de Vel (BEL)   Loes Adegeest (NED)   Nicole Steigenga (NED)
  Tre Valli Varesine (details) October 5 1.2   Arlenis Sierra (CUB)   Mavi García (ESP)   Rachel Neylan (AUS)
  La Classique Morbihan (details) October 15 1.1   Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA)   Valentine Fortin (FRA)   Chiara Consonni (ITA)
  Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames (details) October 16 1.1   Chiara Consonni (ITA)   Charlotte Kool (NED)   Silvia Zanardi (ITA)
  Chrono des Nations (details) October 17 1.1   Marlen Reusser (SUI)   Anna Kiesenhofer (AUT)   Mieke Kröger (GER)
  Drentse Acht van Westerveld (details) October 22 1.2   Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED)   Charlotte Kool (NED)   Eleonora Gasparrini (ITA)

Stage races (2.Pro, 2.1 and 2.2) edit

Race Date Cat. Winner Second Third Ref
  Healthy Ageing Tour (details) March 10–12 2.1   Ellen van Dijk (NED)   Lisa Brennauer (GER)   Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (DEN) [16]
  Festival Elsy Jacobs (details) April 30–May 2 2.Pro   Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (DEN)   Leah Kirchmann (CAN)   Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA) [17]
  Setmana Ciclista Valenciana (details) May 6–May 9 2.1   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Mavi García (ESP)   Katrine Aalerud (NOR)
  Internationale Thüringen Ladies Tour (details) May 25–30 2.Pro   Lucinda Brand (NED)   Lotte Kopecky (BEL)   Emma Norsgaard Jørgensen (DEN) [18]
  Tour de Suisse Women (details) June 5–6 2.1   Lizzie Deignan (GBR)   Elise Chabbey (SUI)   Marlen Reusser (SUI)
  Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Guatemala (details) June 9–13 2.2   Lorena Colmenares (COL)   Miryan Nuñez (ECU)   Liliana Moreno (COL) [19]
  Belgrade GP Woman Tour (details) June 12–13 2.2   Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (POL)   Dominika Włodarczyk (POL)   Łucja Pietrzak (POL) [20]
  Lotto Belgium Tour (details) June 23–25 2.1   Lotte Kopecky (BEL)   Ellen van Dijk (NED)   Lorena Wiebes (NED) [21]
  Giro Rosa (details) July 2–11 2.Pro   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)   Demi Vollering (NED) [22]
  Baloise Ladies Tour (details) July 8–11 2.1   Lisa Klein (GER)   Mieke Kröger (GER)   Anna Henderson (GBR) [23]
  Tour de Feminin (details) July 8–11 2.2   Joscelin Lowden (GBR)   Morgane Coston (FRA)   Corinna Lechner (GER) [24]
  Tour de Belle Isle en Terre–Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames (details) July 29–30 2.2   Anna Henderson (GBR)   Floortje Mackaij (NED)   Anouska Koster (NED) [25]
  Joe Martin Stage Race (details) August 26–29 2.2   Skylar Schneider (USA)   Veronica Ewers (USA)   Heidi Franz (USA)
  Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini (details) August 27–29 2.2   Arlenis Sierra (CUB)   Rasa Leleivytė (LTU)   Debora Silvestri (ITA)
  Watersley Womens Challenge (details) September 3–5 2.2   Marit Raaijmakers (NED)   Shari Bossuyt (BEL)   Pien Limpens (NED)
  Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche (details) September 8–14 2.1   Leah Thomas (USA)   Mavi García (ESP)   Ane Santesteban (ESP)
  Trophée des Grimpeuses Vresse-sur-Semois (details) September 17–18 2.2   Floortje Mackaij (NED)   Tayler Wiles (USA)   Ella Harris (NZL)
  Vuelta a Colombia Femenina (details) September 28–October 3 2.2   Lilibeth Chacón (VEN)   Aranza Villalón (CHI)   Miryam Núñez (ECU)

Junior races edit

Race Date Cat. Winner Second Third Ref
  Manavgat Side Women Junior (details) February 18–19 2.1WJ   Alena Ivanchenko (RUS)   Inna Abaidullina (RUS)   Margarita Misyurina (UZB)
  Velo Alanya Women Junior (details) March 4–5 2.1WJ   Alena Ivanchenko (RUS)   Inna Abaidullina (RUS)   Margarita Misyurina (UZB)
  Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda (details) March 21 1.NcupWJ   Anniina Ahtosalo (FIN)   Noëlle Rüetschi (SUI)   Eglantine Rayer (FRA)
  Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie femmes (details) May 8–9 2.NcupWJ   Linda Riedmann (GER)   Francesca Barale (ITA)   Anna van der Meiden (NED)
  Bizkaikoloreak (details) August 28–29 2.NcupWJ   Mijntje Geurts (NED)   Anna van der Meiden (NED)   Julia Kopecky (CZE)
  Watersley Ladies Challenge (details) September 3–5 2.NcupWJ   Flora Perkins (GBR)   Makayla MacPherson (USA)   Linda Riedmann (GER)
  Chrono des Nations Juniors Femmes (details) October 17 1.1   Bénédicte Ollier (FRA)   Faustine Croguennoc (FRA)   Coline Raby (FRA)

Continental Championships edit

Championships Race Winner Second Third
African Road Championships
  Egypt March 2–6 (2021 summary)
Road race   Carla Oberholzer (RSA)   Hayley Preen (RSA)   Vera Adrian (NAM)
Individual time trial     Carla Oberholzer (RSA)   Frances Janse van Rensburg (RSA)   Vera Adrian (NAM)
Road race (Junior)   Chanté Olivier (RSA)   Hapepa Eliwa (EGY)   Nesrine Houili (ALG)
Individual time trial (Junior)     Chanté Olivier (RSA)   Hapepa Eliwa (EGY)   Nesrine Houili (ALG)
Team Time Trial   South Africa (RSA)
Frances Janse van Rensburg
Carla Oberholzer
Hayley Preen
Maroesjka Matthee
  Rwanda (RWA)
Diane Ingabire
Valentine Nzayisenga
Jacqueline Tuyishimire
Josiane Mukashema
  Ethiopia (ETH)
Selam Ahama
Serkalen Taye Watango
Miheret Asegele Gebreyewhans
Junior Team Time Trial   South Africa (RSA)
Chanté Olivier
Ainsli de Beer
Amber Hindmarch
McKenzie Pedro
  Egypt (EGY)
Habiba Edris
Gana Eliwa
Hapepa Eliwa
Mariam Habib
Not awarded
Mixed Time Trial   South Africa (RSA)
Gustav Basson
Carla Oberholzer
Frances Janse van Rensburg
Hayley Preen
Ryan Gibbons
Kent Main
  Rwanda (RWA)
Moise Mugisha
Jean Eric Habimana
Diane Ingabire
Valentine Nzayisenga
Jacqueline Tuyishimire
Jean Bosco Nsengimana
  Ethiopia (ETH)
Sintayehu Kebede
Yared Beharu
Selam Ahama
Miheret Asegele Gebreyewhans
Serkalen Taye Watango
Tsgabu Grmay
Pan-American Road Championships
  Dominican Republic August 13–15 (2021 summary)
Road race   Lina Hernández (COL)   Paola Muñoz (CHI)   Teniel Campbell (TTO)
Individual time trial     Marlies Mejías (CUB)   Lina Hernández (COL)   Aranza Villalón (CHI)
Criterrium Elite   Marlies Mejías (CUB)   Aranza Villalón (CHI)   Miryam Núñez (ECU)
Criterrium U23   Lina Hernández (COL)   Abigail Sarabia (BOL)   Romina Hinojosa (MEX)
Caribbean Road Championships
  Dominican Republic August 13–15 (2021 summary)
Road race   Juana Fernández (DOM)   Kaya Cattouse (BLZ)   Caitlin Conyers (BER)
Road race U23   Amber Joseph (BAR)   Aylena de las Mercedes Quevedo (CUB)   Ludisneli Fleitas (CUB)
Individual time trial     Aylena de las Mercedes Quevedo (CUB)   Flor Espiritusanto Estévez (DOM)   Lori Sharpe (JAM)
Criterrium Elite   Caitlin Conyers (BER)   Juana Fernández (DOM)   Mary Erato (SXM)
Criterrium U23   Aylena de las Mercedes Quevedo (CUB)   Flor Espiritusanto Estévez (DOM)   Lori Sharpe (JAM)
European Road Cycling Championships
  Italy September 8–12 (2021 summary)
Road race   Ellen van Dijk (NED)   Liane Lippert (GER)   Rasa Leleivytė (LTU)
Road race U23   Silvia Zanardi (ITA)   Kata Blanka Vas (HUN)   Évita Muzic (FRA)
Junior Road Race   Linda Riedmann (GER)   Eleonora Ciabocco (ITA)   Eglantine Rayer (FRA)
Individual time trial     Marlen Reusser (SUI)   Ellen van Dijk (NED)   Lisa Brennauer (GER)
U23 Individual time trial     Vittoria Guazzini (ITA)   Hannah Ludwig (GER)   Elena Pirrone (ITA)
Junior Individual time trial     Alena Ivanchenko (RUS)   Antonia Niedermaier (GER)   Elise Uijen (NED)
Mixed Relay Team     Italy (ITA)
Matteo Sobrero
Alessandro De Marchi
Marta Cavalli
Filippo Ganna
Elena Cecchini
Elisa Longo Borghini
  Germany (GER)
Miguel Heidemann
Max Walscheid
Mieke Kröger
Justin Wolf
Corinna Lechner
Tanja Erath
  Netherlands (NED)
Koen Bouwman
Bauke Mollema
Amy Pieters
Jos van Emden
Floortje Mackaij
Demi Vollering
Junior Road Caribbean Championships
  Dominican Republic October 22–24 (2021 summary)
Junior Individual time trial     Flor Espiritusanto (DOM)   Rebecca Jansen (ARU)   Liana Medeiros (BER)
Junior Road Race   Flor Espiritusanto (DOM)   Chanelle Russell (JAM)   Karel Alexa Ramírez (DOM)

Teams edit

UCI Women's WorldTeams
Alé BTC Ljubljana
Canyon–SRAM
FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
Liv Racing
Movistar Team
SD Worx
Team BikeExchange
Team DSM
Trek–Segafredo
UCI Women's WorldTeams
A.R. Monex
Andy Schleck–CP NVST–Immo Losch
Arkéa Pro Cycling Team
Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano
AWOL O'Shea
Bepink
Bingoal Casino–Chevalmeire
Bizkaia–Durango
Born to Win G20 Ambedo
Burgos Alimenta Women Cycling Sport
CAMS–Basso Bikes
Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling
China Liv Pro Cycling
Plantur–Pura
Cogeas–Mettler–Look
DNA Pro Cycling
Doltcini–Van Eyck–Proximus
Drops–Le Col
Eneicat–RBH Global–Martín Villa
Ferei–CCN
GT Krush Tunap
InstaFund Racing
Isolmant–Premac–Vittoria
Laboral Kutxa–Fundación Euskadi
Lotto–Soudal Ladies
Lviv Cycling Team
Macogep Tornatech Girondins de Bordeaux
Massi–Tactic
Minsk Cycling Club
Multum Accountants Ladies
NXTG Racing
Parkhotel Valkenburg
Rally Cycling
Río Miera–Cantabria Deporte
Roxsolt Liv SRAM
Servetto–Makhymo–Beltrami TSA
Sestroretsk
Sopela Women's Team
Stade Rochelais Charente-Maritime
Team Farto–BTC
Team Coop–Hitec Products
Team Illuminate
Team Jumbo–Visma
Team Rupelcleaning–Champion Lubricants
Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
Top Girls Fassa Bortolo
Valcar–Travel & Service
WCC Team

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