UCI road women's world cup

Giorgia Bronzini out-sprints Kirsten Wild to claim the fifth round of the women's World Cup in China

Belgian road champion Jolien D’hoore celebrates her 25th birthday by winning the Ronde van Drenthe in a bunch sprint

The Parx Casino Philly Classic will be part of an expanded women's calendar of UCI road races

Lizzie Armitstead uses late bridge, tactical deftness to notch win ahead of Anna van der Breggen at World Cup opener Ronde van Drenthe

Her victory was a mathematical certainty, but Vos left no doubt who was the best by winning in Plouay

American Evelyn Stevens finishes third in the series behind Vos and Judith Arndt

Teammate and series leader Marianne Vos clinched the overall title with one race remaining

1. Shelley OLDS in 3:11:51 2. Melissa HOSKINS at s.t. 3. Monia BACCAILLE at s.t. 4. Chloe HOSKING at s.t. 5. Rochelle GILMORE at s.t.

Castilla y Léon receives late funding, but federation may step in for cancelled women’s event

Dutch rider takes second World Cup win of the season, solo

GP de Plouay-Bretagne

• 1. Annemiek Van Vleuten (Ned), 3:12:28
• 2. Evelyn Stevens (USA), HTC-Highroad, at 0:03
• 3. Marianne Vos (Ned), at 0:46
• 4. Chantal Blaak (Ned), Leontien.nl, at 0:46
• 5. Erinne Willock (Can), Tibco-To The Top, at 0:49

Annemiek van Vleuten (Nederland Bloeit) cemented her position at the top of the World Cup table with a stylish win at the final round in Plouay, France on Saturday.

• Annemiek VAN VLEUTEN, (Netherlands) Arc, 287 points 1 (2)
• Marianne VOS, (Netherlands) Arc, 280 points 2 (1)
• Emma JOHANSSON, (Sweden) Hpu, 212 points 3 (3)
• Judith ARNDT, (Germany) Tcw, 163 points 4 (4)
• Ina TEUTENBERG, (Germany) Tcw, 143 points 5 (5)

HTC-Highroad's women's team won Friday's Open de Suède Vargarda team time trial in Sweden, the opening event of two-race weekend that is part of the UCI's women's World Cup.

• 1. HTC HIGHROAD WOMEN 53:09
• 2. AA DRINK - LEONTIEN.NL CYCLING TEAM +1:37
• 3. GARMIN - CERVELO +1:43
• 4. AUSTRALIA +1:44
• 5. NEDERLAND BLOEIT +1:55

GP Ciudad de Valladolid

• 1. Marianne Vos (Ned), Nederland Bloeit, 3:16:17
• 2. Rossella Callovi (Ita), SC MCipollini Giordana, s.t.
• 3. Emma Johansson (Swe), Team Hitec Products Uck, s.t.
• 4. Judith Arndt (Ger), HTC-Highroad, s.t.
• 5. Noemi Cantele (Ita), Garmin-Cervélo, s.t.

After her win in the GP Ciudad de Valladolid, Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) overtakes the World Cup lead from her teammate, Annemieke van Vleuten.

Rankings

• 1. Marianne VOS, (Netherlands), Nederland Bloeit, with 260 points
• 2. Annemiek VAN VLEUTEN, (Netherlands), Nederland Bloeit, with 196 points
• 3. Emma JOHANSSON, (Sweden) Team Hitec Products Uck, with 187 points
• 4. Ina TEUTENBERG, (Germany) HTC-Highroad, with 113 points
• 5. Judith ARNDT, (Germany) HTC-Highroad, with 113 points

The 2011 women's road World Cup kicks off Sunday with the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, held near Cittiglio, Italy. The 121-kilometer race is held on four laps of a hilly circuit.

• 1. Marianne VOS , (Netherlands) , with 270 points
• 2. Emma JOHANSSON , (Sweden) Red Sun Cycling Team, with 209 points
• 3. Kirsten WILD , (Netherlands) Cervelo Test Team, with 202 points
• 4. Charlotte BECKER , (Germany) Cervelo Test Team, with 182 points
• 5. Judith ARNDT , (Germany) Team Columbia HTC Women, with 161 points

• 1. Emma Pooley (Gbr), Cervélo TestTeam, 3:12:37
• 2. Marianne Vos (Ned), Nederland Bloeit, at 1:14
• 3. Emma Johansson (Swe), Red Sun Cycling Team, at 1:14
• 4. Judith Arndt (Ger), HTC-Columbia, at 1:14
• 5. Evelyn Stevens (USA), HTC-Columbia, at 2:35

Emma Pooley solos to a second consecutive victory in the GP Plouay as Marianne Vos claims her third World Cup crown.

After a relatively quiet week last week, things are cracking this week across Europe.

Cervelo TestTeam's Emma Pooley won the Fléche Wallonne Féminine in Belgium Wednesday, finishing with an eight-second gap ahead of three-time winner Nicole Cooke (Great Britain) and Emma Johansson (Redsun Cycling Team).