Marianne Vos solidified her overall victory in the inaugural Friends Life Women's Tour by taking her third consecutive stage victory in the race - this time in Bury St Edmunds, Great Britain, outsprinting Giorgia Bronzini and Amy Pieters on Angel Hill.

Amy Pieters (Team Giant-Shimano) finished off a perfect tactical race on stage 2 of the Ladies Tour of Qatar to win the stage and take over the leader's jersey.

Defending road champion Gracie Elvin took back-to-back road titles at the Cycling Australia National Road Championships in Ballarat earlier today. Team AIS executed a plan that played to the team’s strengths in numbers amongst a strong, deep elite women’s field. In the finishing meters Elvin outsprinted a lead group of nine riders, that included teammates Shara Gillow and Amanda Spratt, to claim gold.

Women's cycling is dissed and Chris Froome might be pissed.

Quickly established as one of the most formidable women’s bike racing teams on the planet, the second-year Specialized-lululemon team will add SRAM componentry to its winning formula for 2013.

Former World Champion Emma Pooley has joined Swiss women’s team Bigla Cycling for the 2013 season.

In the penultimate race of her 18-year career, Judith Arndt successfully defended the rainbow jersey to earn back-to-back individual time trial world titles.

Team Specialized - Lululemon rides to team time trial victory in Valkenburg ahead of Orica-AIS and Aa Drink - Leontien.Nl Cycling Team.