Second professional tier for women's cycling a year earlier a 'good step forward'

Three-tier system of WorldTeams, ProTeams and Continental Teams to mirror men's equivalents from 2025

The peloton on stage seven of Tour de France Femmes
(Image credit: Alex Broadway/Getty Images)

The announcement of an introduction of a second professional division of women's cycling teams has been welcomed as "great news" by The Cyclists' Alliance (TCA), an association that supports the women's peloton.

The introduction of women's ProTeams will come in 2025, cycling's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) said on Wednesday.

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