{"id":184812,"date":"2021-07-30T14:17:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=184812"},"modified":"2021-07-30T14:17:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:17:38","slug":"what-can-we-expect-from-the-2022-womens-worldtour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/07\/30\/what-can-we-expect-from-the-2022-womens-worldtour\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can We Expect from the 2022 Women’s WorldTour?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this summer, the UCI released the official Women\u2019s WorldTour calendar for 2022\u2014and it includes some very pleasant surprises, indeed! Although we\u2019re currently looking with anticipation to the women\u2019s Olympic road race this weekend, we also like to make sure we have plenty of future excitement to look forward to, in order to avoid those post-race blues. So whether you\u2019ve been a diehard fan for years, or are just discovering the dynamism and ferocity of the women\u2019s peloton, here\u2019s a little taste of what you have to look forward to next year.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Early season overview<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The WWT calendar starts on March 5, with the Italian gravel classic Strade Bianche, and will feature 22 events in total\u2014with 10 stage races in the mix. The Italian opener will be followed a week later by the Ronde van Drenthe, and that\u2019s just the beginning of an action-packed spring! The Trofeo Alfredo Binda, the Oxyclean Classic Brugge-De Panne, Gent-Wevelgem, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, the Amstel Gold Race, the Fl\u00e8che Wallonne and Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge are also on the program for the first part of the season.<\/p>\n

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Demi Vollering wins the 2021 Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge. \u00a9 Profimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tour de France Femmes steals the show<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Of course, the big star of next year\u2019s calendar will be the first-ever Tour de France Femmes<\/a>\u2014the long-awaited offering from men\u2019s Tour de France promoter a The women\u2019s race will run July 24\u201331, one week after the men\u2019s event, and it seems that it will replace the one-day La Course<\/a> (which is currently absent from the calendar).<\/p>\n

Although notably shorter, featuring only eight days of racing, ASO has promised that the women\u2019s rendition of the race will, nevertheless, adopt the same codes, values, and symbols as the men\u2019s event. The women will open this history-making event on the same day that the men finish the final stage of their race, both ending in Paris on the Champs-Elys\u00e9es on July 24.<\/p>\n

As celebrated by many in the cycling community, the women\u2019s race will be sponsored by global online fitness platform Zwift. As such, the race will be given the official name “Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift” during its initial four-year partnership with the company.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udce2 WOMEN'S TOUR DE FRANCE! \ud83d\udce2<\/p>\n

The ASO is launching a new women's race, the "Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift," in 2022, with 8 stages and live TV broadcast.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd17 Find out more here: https:\/\/t.co\/tuH9js6xvu<\/a>#tdf<\/a> @gozwift<\/a> @letour<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/l87D0obYKF<\/a><\/p>\n

— Voxwomen (@Voxwomen) June 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n