2018 in road cycling
List of men's road bicycle races
List of women's road bicycle races
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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.

The World Road Championships is set to be held in Innsbruck, Austria.

	Race	Winner	Second	Third
World Road Championships	Team Time Trial	Canyon–SRAM	Boels–Dolmans	Team Sunweb
	Individual Time Trial	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Ellen van Dijk (NED)
	Road Race	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Amanda Spratt (AUS)	Tatiana Guderzo (ITA)

Race	Date	Cat. †	Winner	Second	Third
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race (details)	January 27	1.1	Chloe Hosking (AUS)	Gracie Elvin (AUS)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (details)	February 24	1.1	Christina Siggaard (DEN)	Alexis Ryan (USA)	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)
Omloop van het Hageland (details)	February 25	1.1	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Chloe Hosking (AUS)	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)
Le Samyn des Dames (details)	February 27	1.2	Janneke Ensing (NED)	Floortje Mackaij (NED)	Lauren Kitchen (AUS)
Omloop van de Westhoek (details)	March 4	1.2	Floortje Mackaij (NED)	Lorena Wiebes (NED)	Marjolein van 't Geloof (NED)
Acht van Westerveld (details)	March 9	1.2	Alexis Ryan (USA)	Jolien D'Hoore (BEL)	Chloe Hosking (AUS)
Dwars door Vlaanderen (details)	March 28	1.1	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Amy Pieters (NED)	Floortje Mackaij (NED)
Grand Prix de Dottignies (details)	April 2	1.2	Marta Bastianelli (ITA)	Elisa Balsamo (ITA)	Pascale Jeuland (FRA)
Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik (details)	April 11	1.1	Marta Bastianelli (ITA)	Leah Kirchmann (CAN)	Marianne Vos (NED)
EPZ Omloop van Borsele (details)	April 21	1.1	Elisa Balsamo (ITA)	Lorena Wiebes (NED)	Evy Kuijpers (NED)
GP della Liberazione (details)	April 25	1.2	Letizia Paternoster (ITA)	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)	Rasa Leleivytė (LTU)
100 Cycle Challenge (details)	May 6	1.2	Kimberley Le Court (MRI)	Maroesjka Matthee (RSA)	Joanna Van de Winkel (RSA)
Trofee Maarten Wynants (details)	May 6	1.1	Marta Bastianelli (ITA)	Monique van de Ree (NED)	Lorena Wiebes (NED)
Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria (details)	May 15	1.2	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Sabrina Stultiens (NED)
La Classique Morbihan (details)	May 25	1.1	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Rasa Leleivytė (LIT)	Alicia González (ESP)
Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan Dames (details)	May 26	1.1	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Małgorzata Jasińska (POL)	Ane Santesteban (ESP)
SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn (details)	May 27	1.2	Amanda Spratt (AUS)	Arianna Fidanza (ITA)	Desiree Ehrler (SUI)
Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik (details)	May 27	1.1	Sarah Roy (AUS)	Gracie Elvin (AUS)	Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
Winston-Salem Cycling Classic (details)	May 28	1.2	Lily Williams (USA)	Arlenis Sierra (CUB)	Diana Penuela (COL)
Horizon Park Women Challenge (details)	June 2	1.2	Yevgenia Vysotska (UKR)	Olga Shekel (UKR)	Lucie Hochmann (CZE)
Salverda Omloop van de IJsseldelta (details)	June 2	1.2	Lorena Wiebes (NED)	Sarah Roy (AUS)	Annelies Dom (BEL)
VR Women ITT (details)	June 3	1.2	Antri Christoforou (CYP)	Valeriya Kononenko (UKR)	Olga Shekel (UKR)
Dwars door de Westhoek (details)	June 3	1.1	Thi That Nguyen (VIE)	Lorena Wiebes (NED)	Elisa Balsamo (ITA)
Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau (details)	June 7	1.1	Lauren Hall (USA)	Alison Jackson (CAN)	Sara Bergen (CAN)
Chrono Gatineau (details)	June 8	1.1	Amber Neben (USA)	Karol-Ann Canuel (CAN)	Tayler Wiles (USA)
Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT (details)	June 8	1.2	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)	Hayley Simmonds (GBR)	Eugenia Bujak (SLO)
Diamond Tour (details)	June 10	1.1	Janine Van Der Meer (NED)	Kathrin Schweinberger (AUT)	Chiara Consonni (ITA)
White Spot / Delta Road Race (details)	July 8	1.2	Kendall Ryan (USA)	Lily Williams (USA)	Kirsti Lay (CAN)
GP Sofie Goos (details)	July 8	1.2	Lorena Wiebes (NED)	Janine Van Der Meer (NED)	Thi That Nguyen (VIE)
Chrono Kristin Armstrong (details)	July 13	1.2	Amber Neben (USA)	Chloé Dygert (USA)	Jasmin Duehring (CAN)
Tour de Belle Isle en Terre–Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames (details)	July 26	1.2	Dani Christmas (GBR)	Maëlle Grossetête (FRA)	Sofie De Vuyst (BEL)
Erondegemse Pijl (details)	August 4	1.2	Nina Kessler (NED)	Evy Kuijpers (NED)	Monique van de Ree (NED)
Flanders Ladies Classic (details)	August 18	1.2	Séverine Eraud (FRA)	Fien Delbaere (BEL)	Lorena Wiebes (NED)
Veenendaal Veenendaal Classic (details)	August 22	1.1	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Małgorzata Jasinska (POL)	Lorena Wiebes (NED)
Chrono Champenois (details)	September 9	1.1	Leah Thomas (USA)	Olga Zabelinskaya (UZB)	Hayley Simmonds  (GBR)
Grand Prix International d'Isbergues–Pas de Calais Feminin (details)	September 23	1.2	Lauren Kitchen (AUS)	Roxane Fournier (FRA)	Pascale Jeuland-Tranchant (FRA)
Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite (details)	October 6	1.1	Rasa Leleivytė (LTU)	Arlenis Sierra (CUB)	Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)
Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli Internazionale Donne Elite (details)	October 7	1.1	Elisa Balsamo (ITA)	Marta Bastianelli (ITA)	Lorena Wiebes (NED)
Chrono des Nations (details)	October 14	1.1	Olga Zabelinskaya (UZB)	Emma Cecilie Norsgaard (DEN)	Audrey Cordon-Ragot  (FRA)
Gran Premio ICODER (details)	October 29	1.2	Maria José Vargas (CRC)	Jennifer Cesar (VEN)	Marcela Prieto (MEX)
Gran Premio Comite Olimpico Nacional Femenino (details)	October 30	1.2	Marcela Prieto (MEX)	Blanca Liliana Moreno (COL)	Brenda Andrea Santoyo (MEX)
Africa Cup TTT (details)	November 21	1.2	Eritrea	Ethiopia	South Africa
Africa Cup ITT (details)	November 22	1.2	Adiam Tesfalem (ERI)	Miheret Asgele (ETH)	Liezel Jordaan (RSA)
Africa Cup Road Race (details)	November 25	1.1	Maroesjka Matthee (RSA)	Ese Lovina Ukpeseraye (NIG)	Tsega Beyene (ETH)

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

• Independence Cycling Classic

Race	Date	Cat.	Winner	Second	Third
Santos Women's Tour (details)	January 11–14	2.1	Amanda Spratt (AUS)	Lauren Stephens (USA)	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)
Women's Herald Sun Tour (details)	January 31–February 1	2.2	Brodie Chapman (AUS)	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Chloe Hosking (AUS)
Tour of Eftalia Hotels & Velo Alanya (details)	January 15–17	2.2	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)	Maria Novolodskaya (RUS)	Hanna Solovey (UKR)
Setmana Ciclista Valenciana (details)	February 22–25	2.2	Hannah Barnes (GBR)	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Alicia González Blanco (ESP)
Healthy Ageing Tour (details)	April 4–8	2.1	Amy Pieters (NED)	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Christine Majerus (LUX)
The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhon's Cup (details)	April 8–10	2.1	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)	Karina Kasenova (RUS)	Gulnaz Badykova (RUS)
Joe Martin Stage Race (details)	April 12–15	2.2	Katie Hall (USA)	Sara Bergen (CAN)	Leah Thomas (USA)
Tour of the Gila (details)	April 18–22	2.2	Katie Hall (USA)	Sara Poidevin (CAN)	Leah Thomas (USA)
Gracia–Orlová (details)	April 26–29	2.2	Emilia Fahlin (SWE)	Olga Zabelinskaya (RUS)	Alexis Ryan (USA)
Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs (details)	April 27–29	2.1	Letizia Paternoster (ITA)	Christine Majerus (LUX)	Gulnaz Badykova (RUS)
Tour of Zhoushan Island (details)	May 1–3	2.2	Sheyla Gutiérrez (ESP)	Charlotte Becker (GER)	Yelyzaveta Oshurkova (RUS)
Tour de Yorkshire (details)	May 4–5	2.1	Megan Guarnier (USA)	Danielle Rowe (GBR)	Alena Amialiusik (BLR)
Panorama Guizhou International Women's Road Cycling Race (details)	May 6–10	2.2	Sheyla Gutiérrez (ESP)	Daniela Gass (GER)	Hanna Tserakh (BEL)
Tour of Uppsala (details)	May 10–11	2.2	Ida Erngren (SWE)	Kathrin Schweinberger (AUT)	Sara Mustonen (SWE)
Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen (details)	May 28–June 3	2.1	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Lucinda Brand (NED)
Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska (details)	July 5–8	2.2	Leah Thomas (USA)	Yelyzaveta Oshurkova (RUS)	Sofie De Vuyst (BEL)
BeNe Ladies Tour (details)	July 19–22	2.1	Marianne Vos (NED)	Lisa Klein (GER)	Katie Archibald (GBR)
Vuelta Femenina a Guatemala (details)	August 5–7	2.1	Marcela Prieto (MEX)	Flávia Oliveira (BRA)	Gabriela Soto Lopez (GUA)
Lotto Belisol Belgium Tour (details)	September 4–7	2.1	Liane Lippert (GER)	Aude Biannic (FRA)	Lotte Kopecky (BEL)
Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche (details)	September 5–10	2.1	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	Margarita Victoria Garcia (ESP)	Eider Merino (ESP)
Giro della Toscana (details)	September 7–9	2.2	Soraya Paladin (ITA)	Maria Giulia Confalonieri (ITA)	Tetyana Ryabchenko (UKR)
Gran Premio Comite Olimpico Nacional Femenino (details)	October 29–30	2.2	Marcela Prieto (MEX)	Blanca Liliana Moreno (COL)	Brenda Andrea Santoyo (MEX)
Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica (details)	November 2–4	2.2	Blanca Liliana Moreno (COL)	Marcela Prieto (MEX)	Maria José Vargas (CRC)

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

Race	Date	Cat.	Winner	Second	Third
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race – Towards Zero Race Melbourne	January 25	CRT	Annette Edmondson (AUS)	Giorgia Bronzini (ITA)	Kendall Ryan (USA)
Profronde van Made	April 21	CRT
Winston Salem Cycling Classic	May 26	CRT
Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix	July 11	CRT
Daags na de Tour	July 30	CRT
Profronde van Surhuisterveen	July 31	CRT
Acht van Chaam	August 1	CRT
RaboRonde Heerlen	August 3	CRT
Cityronde van Tiel	August 5	CRT
Draai van de Kaai	August 6	CRT
Profronde van Oostvoorne	August 9	CRT
Gouden Pijl	August 14	CRT
Profronde Etten-Leur	August 19	CRT
Memoriał im Stanisława Szozdy	September 9	CRT

Championships	Race	Winner	Second	Third
Commonwealth Games  Australia	Road race	Chloe Hosking (AUS)	Georgia Williams (NZL)	Danielle Rowe (WAL)
	Time trial	Katrin Garfoot (AUS)	Linda Villumsen (NZL)	Hayley Simmonds (ENG)
Mediterranean Games  Spain	Road race	Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)	Ane Santesteban (ESP)	Erica Magnaldi (ITA)
	Time trial	Elena Cecchini (ITA)	Lisa Morzenti (ITA)	Antri Christoforou (CYP)
Central American and Caribbean Games  Colombia	Road race	Teneil Campbell (TTO)	Yudelmis Domínguez (CUB)	Lizbeth Salazar (MEX)
	Time trial	Arlenis Sierra (CUB)	Ana Sanabria (COL)	Sérika Gulumá (COL)
Asian Games  Malaysia	Road race	Na Ah-reum (KOR)	Pu Yixian (CHN)	Eri Yonamine (JPN)
	Time trial	Na Ah-reum (KOR)	Eri Yonamine (JPN)	Leung Wing Yee (HKG)

Championships	Race	Winner	Second	Third
African Continental Championships  Rwanda	Road race	Bisrat Ghebremesk (ERI)	Tsega Beyene (ETH)	Mossana Debesay (ERI)
	Junior Road race	Desiet Kidane (ERI)	Furtuna Kasahun (ETH)	Zayid Hailu (ETH)
	Individual time trial	Mossana Debesay (ERI)	Selam Amha (ETH)	Eyeru Tesfoam Gebru (ETH)
	Junior Individual time trial	Desiet Kidane (ERI)	Kasahun Tsadkan Gebremedhn (ETH)	Zayid Hailu (ETH)
	Team time trial	Ethiopia	Eritrea	Rwanda
	Junior Team time trial	Rwanda	Burundi
Oceania Cycling Championships Tasmania	Road race	Sharlotte Lucas (NZL)	Grace Brown (AUS)	Justine Barrow (AUS)
	U23 Road race	Mikayla Harvey (NZL)	Grace Anderson (NZL)	Georgia Catterick (NZL)
	Junior Road race	Sarah Gigante (AUS)	Jenna Merrick (NZL)	Connie O'Brien (NZL)
	Individual time trial	Grace Brown (AUS)	Kate Perry (AUS)	Sharlotte Lucas (NZL)
	U23 Individual time trial	Mikayla Harvey (NZL)	Libby Arbuckle (NZL)	Maeve Moroney-Plouffe (AUS)
	Junior Individual time trial	Anya Louw (AUS)	Phoebe Young (NZL)	Sarah Gigante (AUS)
Pan American Championships  Argentina	Road race	Arlenis Sierra (CUB)	Iraida Garcia (CUB)	Marlies Mejías (CUB)
	Individual time trial	Amber Neben (USA)	Lauren Stephens (USA)	Ana Sanabria (COL)
Asian Cycling Championships  Myanmar (2018 summary)	Road race	Thi That Nguyen (VIE)	Ting Ying Huang (TAI)	Yao Chang (TAI)
	U23 Road race	Zixin Liu (CHN)	Jiajun Sun (CHN)	Thi Thu Mai Nguyen (VIE)
	Junior Road race	Vivien Chiu (HKG)	Anna Iwamoto (JPN)	Marina Kurnossova (KAZ)
	Individual time trial	Ju Mi Lee (KOR)	Ting Ying Huang (TAI)	Miyoko Karami (JPN)
	U23 Individual time trial	Zixin Liu (CHN)	Wing Yee Leung (HKG)	Nur Aisyah Mohamad Zubir (MAS)
	Junior Individual time trial	Marina Kurnossova (KAZ)	Yuno Ishigami (JPN)	Sze Wing Lee (HKG)
European Road Championships  United Kingdom (2018 summary)	Road race	Marta Bastianelli (ITA)	Marianne Vos (NED)	Lisa Brennauer (GER)
	Individual time trial	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Trixi Worrack (GER)
	Road race (U23)	Nikola Nosková (CZE)	Aafke Soet (NED)	Letizia Paternoster (ITA)
	Individual time trial (U23)	Aafke Soet (NED)	Lisa Klein (GER)	Nikola Nosková (CZE)

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]