At the start of May, the Women's WorldTour pivots away from the one-day races, which have dominated since February, and moves into the stage race season. Rather than the frantic racing of the Classics, we'll see the long-game strategies play out on the brutal, steep-sided valleys of the three-day Itzulia Women, through the sprints and mountain top finishes of the Vuelta a Burgos, and before that La Vuelta Femenina by Carefour.es.
Kicking off this weekend, the 2026 Vuelta Femenina is set to be the hardest yet. Offering little for the pure sprinters, every day is lumpy, the week concluding with two mountain top finishes, including the fearsome Angliru, where the winner of the year's first women's Grand Tour will be crowned.
