The Women’s WorldTour begins a new three-year cycle in 2026, a new era that will hopefully lead to further growth for women’s racing that has been on a fast upwards trajectory for several seasons.
Only 14 teams were awarded WorldTour licence for 2026, in part due to rapidly rising costs and more stringent registration rules, but riders are earning more and have more benefits and have more visibility than ever before.
EF Education-Oatly were promoted to the 2026 WorldTour. Sadly, the Ceratizit team closed and Roland Le Dévoluy dropped out of the pro peloton, while Cofidis became a ProTeam. Promotion and relegation after 2028 should see a real battle for UCI ranking points.
Demi Vollering is inspiring at FDJ United-Suez, Kim Le Court-Pienaar aggressively leads AG Insurance-Soudal, Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney is Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto’s GC star, Puck Pieterse shows off her multi-talents at Fenix-Premier Tech, Marlen Reusser and Cat Ferguson are impressing at Movistar, Elisa Longo Borghini leads UAE Team ADQ’s growth, while Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Marianne Vos lead Visma-Lease a Bike.
AG Insurance-Soudal
- UCI World Ranking 2025: 9th
- Key riders: Kim Le Court-Pienaar, Sarah Gigante. Urška Žigart
- Rider to watch: Letizia Borghesi
AG Insurance-Soudal enjoyed a successful 2025 thanks to Kim Le Court-Pienaar, Sarah Gigante and Urška Žigart and have opted for little change for 2026.
Le Court-Pienaar was one of the stars of the Tour de France Femmes thanks to her stage win, three top-three results and four days in the leader’s yellow…
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