La Course by Le Tour de France

German rider left just 11 seconds off the yellow jersey

The highly decorated Dutch rider is looking forward to a return to the Tour de France next year, a moment she says will be 'really important' for women's racing.

With three Dutch riders in the top four at La Course, the nation looks set to dominate the Olympic Games road race next month. Can they be beaten, and how?

From unexpected victories to days of suffering – here's what the key players said after La Course.

Vollering backs up Liège-Bastogne-Liège victory with hilltop sprint, beating Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig and Marianne Vos.

With a start-studded start list including Lizzie Deignan, Marianne Vos and Anna van der Breggen, plus a fast and unpredictable course, there are many reasons not to miss La Course on Saturday.

It's not yet known if the 2021 La Course will be the last, but it has had a lasting impact on women's cycling since its first edition in 2014.

Here's the news making the headlines on Thursday, June 10.

We analyze the key features and potential flashpoints of the newly-revealed parcours for both the Tour de France and La Course.

La Course by Le Tour de France tackling Mûr-de-Bretagne six times in 2021.

Lizzie Deignan has become a global inspiration for athletic moms, and she's used her platform to advance topics like paid maternity leave and the need for a women's Tour de France.

Watch highlights of the one-day race and the dramatic final kilometer of racing.

Trek-Segafredo make numbers count as Deignan and Longo-Borghini work together to deny Vos.

World champions, multi-time La Course winners, and powerhouse teams will line up in Nice for the seventh edition of this premier Women's WorldTour race.

UCI President David Lappartient says a professional women's stage race is in the works for 2022, and the organizer is Tour de France owner ASO.

VeloNews checked in with three riders to get their take on La Course, in 2020 and beyond.

A short course with two punchy climbs should showcase excellent racing that will benefit from the Tour's prolific media coverage.

With four big races next week, will Annemiek van Vleuten's winning streak continue?

American squads Rally Cycling and Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank among those set to race August 29.

The surprise addition of Paris-Roubaix confirms ASO's growing interest in women's racing.

The Giro d'Italia moves to October and overlaps with the cobbled classics and the first week of the 18-stage Vuelta a España. The UCI Women's WorldTour calendar sees the addition of ladies Paris-Roubaix.

VeloNews has confirmed reports that Tour de France organizer A.S.O. is looking to reignite a women’s version of the Tour de France.

The 2013 documentary 'Half the Road' started a serious advocacy push for equality within women's pro racing.

Women's race organized by ASO to return to circuit race format after several years experimenting with different options, leaving reigning world champion frustrated.

Why Marianne Vos's thrilling victory in Pau represents a pivotal moment for the Dutch star

The Dutchwoman put in a powerful attack to catch Amanda Spratt late in the race and spring to victory in Pau.

La Course by le Tour de France features a punchy course for 2019 that could cater to climbers, sprinters, or punchy finishers.

Although fans and riders have often asked for a women's stage race, Tour de France organizers stick with one-day format for La Course.

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio said women's road racing can be more exciting than the men's side, which she noted can help the sport.

We need to see some attacking from the top GC favorites. But where should they do it?

She hasn't always been a top climber, but nowadays, Annemiek van Vleuten is Women's WorldTour's top rider.

Annemiek van Vleuten snagged her second straight La Course victory on the roads of France.

The annual women's event was a one-day race this year, held Tuesday alongside stage 10 of the men's Tour de France.

The Dutch rider beat Anna van der Breggen by one second to take the victory.

The women's La Course race returns to a one-day format, which has some riders disappointed, despite promising route.

Women's La Course race will start on Lake Annecy and take on Col de Romme and the Col de la Colombière.

We wrap up the 2017 Tour by debating the unconventional route, questioning Team Sky's media strategy, and reflecting on La Course.

Riders react to the new-look La Course by Le Tour de France, which wrapped up Saturday with an unorthodox individual pursuit in Marseilles.

Annemiek van Vleuten won the first edition of La Course’s pursuit-style time trial on Saturday.

Watch video highlights from the Women's WorldTour's La Course race up the famous Col d'Izoard.

For the first time ever, La Course features a mountaintop finish on the Izoard. Annemiek van Vleuten wins with a solo attack.

The Orica-Scott rider launched an attack with 4.6km to go and soloed the rest of the way up the mountain.

The Women's WorldTour rides into the unknown with a new route for La Course up the Col d'Izoard. Here are nine top riders to watch.

The fourth edition of the women’s La Course has a new format: an epic mountain stage followed by a pursuit time trial in Marseille.

Tour de France organizer ASO announced last week that the women's La Course event will expand to a second day of racing.

Should we be excited about the new mountainous route for La Course? It may be exciting, but it isn't enough for women's cycling.

La Course, the Tour de France's one-day women's race, will move to the mountains for 2017, leaving the Champs-Élysées behind.

La Course may expand to a multi-day stage race, after Thuringen Rundfart is asked to move to earlier dates, to the organizers' dismay.

The top women's racers take to the Champs for La Course. Australian Chloe Hosking claims the biggest win of her life in a frantic sprint.

Chloe Hosking triumphs on the Champs-Élysées in La Course by Le Tour de France

The 25-year-old Dutch rider is a legitimate contender in the women's road race at the upcoming Richmond worlds.

Scenes from Sunday's La Course by Le Tour, won by Anna van der Breggen on rain-soaked Paris roads

Sunday's La Course by Le Tour was contested in dismal conditions. Bigla's Vera Koedooder captured all the action from inside the peloton.

Results from the second La Course by Le Tour de France

The Dutch time trialist puts her skills to good use on the rain-soaked Champs-Élysées, holding off the pack to win in Paris

Leah Kirchmann is hoping to be the first Canadian cyclist to win on the Champs-Élysées at La Course by Le Tour de France Sunday.

Coryn Rivera sprints to victory in stage 5 of the Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, her first win since April.

Returning for its second edition, La Course by Le Tour de France, will be held Sunday, July 26 on the classic Champs-Elysees circuit.

The second edition of La Course by the Tour de France includes Rabo-Liv, which won the inaugural running of the race with Marianne Vos

Women's cycling struggles to compete in a male-dominated marketplace. But that may be changing

Facing scheduling conflicts with three other European UCI women's events, plans to hold a women's Vuelta criterium in Madrid may be spoiled

Vuelta says a race akin to La Course is in the works for the 2015 grand tour, and it will seek top-category UCI designation

Bloomberg News reports that Tour de France organizers are seeking American-based companies to sponsor a women's Tour

Organizers announce that the women's event will again take place in conjunction with the final stage of the Tour de France

Photos from the first-ever La Course, held Sunday on the Champs-Élysées in Paris

Marianne Vos won the inaugural edition of La Course by the Tour de France on Sunday. Ride along as she sprints to win in the final kilometer

The world champion sprints to the victory in the inaugural La Course by Le Tour de France, a women's circuit race on the Champs-Élysées

Results from the inaugural La Course by Le Tour de France

La Course by Le Tour is ideally suited for Shelley Olds, who is currently the top-ranked American rider in the world

Elite women will race on the Champs Élysées this year, but La Course isn't the first time women have raced at the Tour

World, Olympic champion will be among the starters at the Tour de France's new women's event in July

Tour de France owners ASO announce a women’s race at the 2014 Tour, held July 27 on the Champs-Elysées in Paris