Lizzy Banks announces new team after collapse of Équipe Paule Ka
After being left high and dry when her team folded last month, British rider Lizzy Banks will ride for Ceratizit-WNT in 2021.
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UCI WorldTour 2020 events
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UCI WorldTour events are top-level races for professional cyclists.
The events form a series, with riders competing for the overall title as well as individual wins. The UCI Women’s WorldTour was launched in 2016, replacing the original World Cup and therefore adding stage races to the calendar.
The 2020 editions of the series were largely disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic that affected much of Europe in March.
The men’s series was able to run five events – Tour Down Under, Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, UAE Tour, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Paris-Nice – before all races were postponed. The UCI has since published a revised calendar that will see a reduced number of 22 events run between August 1 and November 10.
The women’s series was only able to run one event before the coronavirus lockdown, with the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race taking place in January. The rearranged calendar will include 15 events from August 1 to November 10.
Men’s UCI WorldTour 2020 calendar
The peloton of Paris-Nice 2020 (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
| Date | Race | Country | Report |
| January 21 – 26 | Tour Down Under | Australia | >>> |
| February 2 | Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | Australia | >>> |
| February 23-29 | UAE Emirates Tour | United Arab Emirates | >>> |
| February 29 | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | Belgium | >>> |
| March 8-15 | Paris-Nice | France | >>> |
| August 1 | Strade Bianche | Italy | |
| August 5 – 9 | Tour of Poland | Poland | |
| August 8 | Milan-San Remo | Italy | |
| August 12 – 16 | Critérium du Dauphiné | France | |
| August 15 | Il Lombardia | Italy | |
| August 25 | Bretagne Classic – Ouest-France | France | |
| August 29 – September 20 | Tour de France | France | |
| September 7 – 14 | Tirreno-Adriatico | Italy | |
| September 11 | Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | Canada | |
| September 13 | Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | Canada | |
| September 29 – October 3 | BinckBank Tour | Netherlands & Belgium | |
| September 30 | La Flèche Wallonne | Belgium | |
| October 3 | EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg | Germany | |
| October 3 – 25 | Giro d’Italia | Italy | |
| October 4 | Liège-Bastogne-Liège | Belgium | |
| October 10 | Amstel Gold Race | Netherlands | |
| October 11 | Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields | Belgium | |
| October 18 | Tour of Flanders | Belgium | |
| October 20 – November 8 | Vuelta a España | Spain | |
| October 21 | Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne | Belgium | |
| October 25 | Paris-Roubaix | France | |
| November 5-10 | Gree – Tour of Guangxi | China | |
UCI Women’s WorldTour 2020 calendar
Vos in the UCI WWT leader’s jersey. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
| Date | Race | Country | Report |
| February 1 | Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race | Australia | >>> |
| August 1 | Strade Bianche | Italy | |
| August 26 | GP de Plouay – Lorient Agglomération Trophée WNT | France | |
| August 29 | La Course by Le Tour de France | France | |
| September 1 – 6 | Boels Ladies Tour | Netherlands | |
| September 11 – 19 | Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile | Italy | |
| September 30 | La Flèche Wallonne Féminine | Belgium | |
| October 4 | Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes | Belgium | |
| October 10 | Amstel Gold Race Ladies | Netherlands | |
| October 11 | Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields | Belgium | |
| October 18 | Tour of Flanders | Belgium | |
| October 20 | Driedaagse Brugge-De Panne | Belgium | |
| October 23-25 | Tour of Chongming Island | China | |
| October 25 | Paris-Roubaix | France | |
| November 6 – 8 | Ceratizit Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta | Spain | |
| November 10 | Tour of Guangxi | China |
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Brennauer wins the overall as Balsamo sprints to final stage victory at the Ceratizit Challenge
The German played a perfect tactical game, defending her overall lead to repeat last year's win in the three-day Spanish stage race
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Lisa Brennauer wins time trial stage two at the Ceratizit Challenge in Madrid
The German road champion takes an overall lead of 20 seconds into Sunday's final stage
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Lorena Wiebes wins an uphill sprint to take the opening stage of the three day Ceratizit Challenge
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Yves Lampaert rounds out classics season with victory at the Three Days of De Panne
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Lorena Wiebes takes a hotly contested sprint win at the Three Days of De Panne
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Chantal van den Broek-Blaak takes solo win at the Tour of Flanders
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Jolien D'hoore wins a thrilling edition of Ghent-Wevelgem women's race
D'hoore wins the battle of the Belgians, beating national champion Lotte Kopecky in the sprint from an 11-woman break
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Lizzie Deignan wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège with a 30km solo move
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Mathieu van der Poel makes long-range attack to claim thrilling BinckBank Tour stage five and overall win
The Dutch champion attacked with 47km to go and held off the chasers to the line by just three seconds
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Anna van der Breggen makes it six from six with La Flèche Wallonne 2020 victory
Newly crowned world champion led from the bottom of the Mur de Huy after a commanding Boels-Dolmans performance
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UCI blames organiser for Giro Rosa being relegated from Women's WorldTour
The UCI says it has repeatedly asked Giro Rosa organisers to remedy "various shortcomings"
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BinckBank Tour start list 2020: Mathieu van der Poel, Pascal Ackermann, and Philippe Gilbert among starters
Start list of riders taking part in the 2020 BinckBank Tour
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Giro Rosa 2020: Anna van der Breggen seals overall as Muzic takes final stage victory
Evita Muzic won the final stage from a large breakaway while the general classification favourites fought further back
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Giro Rosa 2020: Elisa Longo Borghini takes two-up sprint on stage eight
Anna van der Breggen moves into the overall lead after coming second on the stage
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Giro Rosa 2020: Lotte Koppecky takes sprint win after crash marred final in Maddaloni
Overall leader Annemiek van Vleuten taken to hospital after late crash
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Giro Rosa 2020: Vos makes it win number three in Nola
The former world champion beat Britain's Hannah Barnes in a close sprint in Nola
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Giro Rosa 2020: Lizzy Banks takes a breakaway win in Tivoli
Banks attacked on the final steep run into the line after 85km in a two woman breakaway
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Giro Rosa 2020: Vos bags victory on the fearsome climb to Assisi
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Giro Rosa 2020: Another solo win sees Annemiek van Vleuten take control
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Giro Rosa 2020: Trek-Segafredo win a tight team time trial
Elisa Longo Borghini took the overall lead of the 2020 Giro Rosa after Trek-Segafredo won the opening stage team time trial.
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Why a women’s Tour de France next year is a no-go
With a women's Tour de France all but certain, calls for it to happen in 2021 are wide of the mark, argues Owen Rogers
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Lizzie Deignan makes it two from two WorldTour wins with victory at La Course 2020
Lizzie Deignan won a thrilling edition of La Course in Nice on Saturday, beating Marianne Vos into second place after a tight tactical sprint.
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A tale of two Lizzies: how Brits took one - two in Plouay
British women’s cycling in excellent health after Deignan and Banks top the podium in France
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Lizzie Deignan leads a British one-two at GP Plouay women's race
Lizzy Banks comes home in second place as Deignan becomes the first triple-winning woman in Plouay
