2018 in women's road cycling explained

2018 in women's road cycling is about the 2018 women's bicycle races ruled by the UCI and the 2018 UCI Women's Teams.

World Championships

See main article: 2018 UCI Road World Championships. The World Road Championships is set to be held in Innsbruck, Austria.

	Race	Winner	Second	Third
World Road Championships	Team Time Trial
	Individual Time Trial
	Road Race

UCI Women's WorldTour

Single day races (1.1 and 1.2)

Race	Date	†
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race	January 27	1.1
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad	February 24	1.1
Omloop van het Hageland	February 25	1.1
Le Samyn des Dames	February 27	1.2
Omloop van de Westhoek	March 4	1.2
Acht van Westerveld	March 9	1.2
Dwars door Vlaanderen	March 28	1.1
Grand Prix de Dottignies	April 2	1.2
Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik	April 11	1.1
EPZ Omloop van Borsele	April 21	1.1
GP della Liberazione	April 25	1.2
100 Cycle Challenge	May 6	1.2
Trofee Maarten Wynants	May 6	1.1
Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria	May 15	1.2
La Classique Morbihan	May 25	1.1
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames	May 26	1.1
SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn	May 27	1.2
Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik	May 27	1.1
Winston-Salem Cycling Classic	May 28	1.2
Horizon Park Women Challenge	June 2	1.2
Salverda Omloop van de IJsseldelta	June 2	1.2
VR Women ITT	June 3	1.2
Dwars door de Westhoek	June 3	1.1
Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau	June 7	1.1
Chrono Gatineau	June 8	1.1
Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT	June 8	1.2
Diamond Tour	June 10	1.1
White Spot / Delta Road Race	July 8	1.2
GP Sofie Goos	July 8	1.2
Chrono Kristin Armstrong	July 13	1.2
Tour de Belle Isle en Terre–Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames	July 26	1.2
Erondegemse Pijl	August 4	1.2
Flanders Ladies Classic	August 18	1.2
Veenendaal Veenendaal Classic	August 22	1.1
Chrono Champenois		1.1
Grand Prix International d'Isbergues–Pas de Calais Feminin		1.2
Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite	October 6	1.1
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite	October 7	1.1
Chrono des Nations		1.1
Gran Premio ICODER		1.2
Gran Premio Comite Olimpico Nacional Femenino		1.2
Africa Cup TTT		1.2
Africa Cup ITT		1.2
Africa Cup Road Race		1.1

† The clock symbol denotes a race which takes the form of a one-day time trial.

Cancelled events

Independence Cycling Classic

Stage races (2.1 and 2.2)

Race	Date
Santos Women's Tour	January 11–14	2.1
Women's Herald Sun Tour		2.2
Tour of Eftalia Hotels & Velo Alanya	January 15–17	2.2
Setmana Ciclista Valenciana	February 22–25	2.2
Healthy Ageing Tour	April 4–8	2.1
The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup	April 8–10	2.1
Joe Martin Stage Race	April 12–15	2.2
Tour of the Gila	April 18–22	2.2
Gracia–Orlová	April 26–29	2.2
Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs	April 27–29	2.1
Tour of Zhoushan Island	May 1–3	2.2
Tour de Yorkshire	May 4–5	2.1
Panorama Guizhou International Women's Road Cycling Race	May 6–10	2.2
Tour of Uppsala	May 10–11	2.2
Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen	May 28–June 3	2.1
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska	July 5–8	2.2
BeNe Ladies Tour	July 19–22	2.1
Vuelta Femenina a Guatemala	August 5–7	2.1
Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour	September 4–7	2.1
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche	September 5–10	2.1
Giro della Toscana	September 7–9	2.2
Gran Premio Comite Olimpico Nacional Femenino	October 29–30	2.2
Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica	November 2–4	2.2

Cancelled events

La Route de France
Trophée d'Or Féminin
Tour of Dongting Lake International Women's Road Cycling Race

Criteriums (CRT)

Race	Date		Winner	Second	Third
	January 25	CRT
	April 21	CRT
	May 26	CRT
	July 11	CRT
	July 30	CRT
	July 31	CRT
	August 1	CRT
	August 3	CRT
	August 5	CRT
	August 6	CRT
	August 9	CRT
	August 14	CRT
	August 19	CRT
	September 9	CRT

Championships

International Games

Championships	Race	Winner	Second	Third
Commonwealth Games	Road race
Commonwealth Games	Time trial
Mediterranean Games	Road race
Mediterranean Games	Time trial
Central American and Caribbean Games	Road race
Central American and Caribbean Games	Time trial
Asian Games	Road race
Asian Games	Time trial

Continental Championships

Championships	Race	Winner	Second	Third
African Continental Championships	Road race
	Junior Road race
	Individual time trial
	Junior Individual time trial
	Team time trial
	Junior Team time trial
Oceania Cycling Championships Tasmania	Road race
	U23 Road race
	Junior Road race
	Individual time trial
	U23 Individual time trial
	Junior Individual time trial
Pan American Championships	Road race
Pan American Championships	Individual time trial
Asian Cycling Championships (2018 summary)	Road race
	U23 Road race
	Junior Road race
	Individual time trial
	U23 Individual time trial
	Junior Individual time trial
European Road Championships (2018 summary)	Road race

	Road race (U23)

UCI teams

See main article: List of 2018 UCI Women's Teams and riders. The country designation of each team is determined by the country of registration of the largest number of its riders, and is not necessarily the country where the team is registered or based.^[1]

Notes and References

Book: UCI Cycling Regulations, Part 2: Road Races . . Clause 2.17.006, page 160 . 1 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110623174023/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTkzNg&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=34028&LangId=1 . 23 June 2011 .