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Rating every Women’s WorldTour team’s 2024 season
What a year. SD Worx-Protime’s Lotte Kopecky sprinted to victory at Paris-Roubaix Femmes in the rainbow jersey, Elisa Longo Borghini won the Giro d’Italia and Kasia Niewiadoma took home the yellow jersey atop Alpe d’Huez by just four seconds.
Beyond that there was loads of excellent racing all the way through the year. We’ve rated every Women’s WorldTour team’s season out of 10, taking into account expectations and results.
AG Insurance-Soudal Team: 8/10
TL;DR: At home in the mountains.
Sarah Gigante helped kick off the season with a bang. The 24-year-old won her home race at the Tour Down Under with an attack for stage honours on the final day. It was quite the gap until the team’s next win however, Ally Wollaston was twice victorious at the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya on scarily similar stages.
The reason for the 8/10 rating is mostly down to their Grand Tour performances at the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France. At the Giro, Kim Le Court won the last stage to L’Aquila in a three-up sprint.
Mountain goat Justine Ghekiere would win the mountains classification at both the Giro and the Tour, where she would especially shine on Stage 7 with an enthralling breakaway to win by over a minute ahead of the field. Two jerseys in one year is quite the achievement.
Best results this season:
- Stage 3 and overall, Tour Down Under: Sarah Gigante
- Stage 1 and 3, Volta Ciclista a Catalunya: Ally Wollaston
- Stage 8, Giro d’Italia Women: Kim Le Court
- Mountains Classification, Giro d’Italia Women: Justine Ghekiere
- Stage 7 and Mountains Classification, Tour de France Femmes: Justine Ghekiere
Canyon-SRAM: 10/10
TL;DR: A Tour de France Femmes victory for the ages.
Kasia Niewiadoma really found her groove this year, having a breakout season in which she not only ended an almost five-year win drought on the road at La Flèche Wallonne, but she also won the Tour de France Femmes.
Working her way into the maillot jaune on Stage 5, the Polish rider was just about able to see off a strong challenge from Demi Vollering. Niewiadoma clawed her way to the finish line on Alpe d’Huez where she was able to raise her bike in the air as victor.
Neve Bradbury also brought success for the squad. An impressive 1-2 alongside Niewiadoma came at the Tour de Suisse in Bradbury’s first professional win. She would go on to win the mountainous Stage 7 at the Giro d’Italia too with an impessive solo victory on Blockhaus, and she topped the standings in the youth classification ahead of teammate Antonia Niedermaier.
Canyon-SRAM ended the season with Zoe Bäckstedt winning the opening stage at the Simac Ladies Tour.
Best results this season:
- La Flèche Wallonne: Kasia Niewiadoma
- Stage 3, Tour de Suisse Women: Neve Bradbury
- Stage 7, Giro d’Italia Women: Neve Bradbury
- Tour de France Femmes: Kasia Niewiadoma
- Stage 1, Simac Ladies Tour: Zoe Bäckstedt
Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team: 8/10
TL;DR: More wins than most due to a departing Cédrine Kerbaol.
Take a guess how many wins Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling scored this year. Aim higher. Even higher. Alright, back down a bit. The team managed to net 23 victories in 2024, with most coming from Cédrine Kerbaol and Marta Lach. Kerbaol’s crowning glory was the Tour de France Femmes, where she soloed to victory after a daring breakaway.
Lach meanwhile enjoyed a fruitful end to the year, winning two out of three stages and the overall at the Tour of Chongming Island, where teammate Mylene De Zoete finished second by eight seconds.
They had to enjoy the exploits of Kerbaol while they could however, as she’s just announced her departure from the team.
Best results this season:
- Durango-Durango: Cédrine Kerbaol
- Stage 2 and 3, Thüringen Ladies Tour: Martina Fidanza
- Stage 6, Thüringen Ladies Tour: Sandra Alonso
- Stage 6, Tour de France Femmes: Cédrine Kerbaol
- Tre Valli Varesine: Cédrine Kerbaol
- Stage 2, 3 and overall, Tour of Chongming Island: Marta Lach
FDJ-Suez: 6.5/10
TL;DR: Grand Tour ambitions didn’t materialise however Grace Brown came out swinging through the year in her last as a professional.
Olympic ITT gold medallist Grace Brown had quite the swansong season with FDJ-Suez, from Liège-Bastogne-Liège to the Bretagne Ladies Tour to finishing with a flourish at the Chrono des Nations. Évita Muzic also delivered for their one win in a Grand Tour this season with victory on Stage 6 of La Vuelta Femenina ahead of Vollering.
It’s success in the bigger stage races that has been lacking over the years, including 2024. In three editions of the Tour de France Femmes, they have achieved one stage win. In that same time frame, the team has two wins at La Vuelta Femenina and none at the Giro d’Italia Women.
The closest they got to the top step of a podium was Marta Cavalli in 2022, finishing second behind Annemiek van Vleuten at the Giro. It’s this desire to reach the next level that led them to sign Demi Vollering. It’s safe to say they’ll be expecting big results in 2025.
Best results this season:
- Stage 2, Tour Down Under: Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig
- Stage 4, UAE Tour: Amber Kraak
- Le Samyn des Dames: Vittoria Guazzini
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes: Grace Brown
- Stage 6, La Vuelta Femenina: Évita Muzic
- Stage 1, 3 and overall, Bretagne Ladies Tour: Grace Brown
- Chrono des Nations: Grace Brown
Fenix-Deceuninck: 8/10
TL;DR: They might not win a lot on the road, but a stage win and second place at the Tour de France Femmes is the envy of many.
One of the lowest win rates on this list, Fenix-Deceuninck won five times on the road this season, however they exceeded expectations at the Tour de France Femmes particularly.
Puck Pieterse was able to hold off Vollering for victory on Stage 4 after an Amstel/Liège mash-up and would take home the white jersey as best young rider at the end of the race. With top ten placings at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Trofeo Alfredo Binda, Gent-Wevelgem, Dwars door Vlaanderen and the Tour of Flanders she has had a solid year at just 22.
31-year-old Pauliena Rooijakkers was a force in Grand Tours this year. The Dutchwoman raced to fourth overall at the Giro d’Italia and third at the Tour de France Femmes, just ten seconds down on winner Niewiadoma having climbed her way to a second-place finish on the final stage just behind Vollering.
Best results this season:
- Fourth overall, Giro d’Italia Women: Pauliena Rooijakkers
- Stage 4, Tour de France Femmes: Puck Pieterse
- Third overall, Tour de France Femmes: Pauliena Rooijakkers
Human Powered Health: 3/10
TL;DR: Lacking in WorldTour victories.
Human Powered Health put eight wins on the board this season, Dara Pikulik the only rider to double up at the Ronde de Mouscron and Argenta Classic – 2 Districtenpijl. The biggest victory came from Ruth Edwards, who won the six-stage Thüringen Ladies Tour by over two minutes.
Silvia Zanardi closed their season with success at La Choralis Fourmies. However, none of their wins came on the WorldTour level.
Best results this season:
- Ronde de Mouscron: Daria Pikulik
- Thüringen Ladies Tour: Ruth Edwards
- La Choralis Fourmies: Silvia Zanardi
Lidl-Trek: 9/10
TL;DR: Nothing Lidl about them.
Lidl-Trek have been a team on fire. Whether it’s Elisa Balsamo, Elisa Longo Borghini, Ellen van Dijk or Lucina Brand, the wins kept on coming throughout the season, from sprint finishes to Classics and even a Grand Tour.
Longo Borghini’s year was particularly prosperous, in what was recently revealed to be her last with Lidl-Trek as she joins UAE Team ADQ in 2025. The Italian National Champion went back-to-back in the Classics, winning the Tour of Flanders in a three-woman sprint against teammate Shirin van Anrooij and Niewiadoma, almost a decade after her first win in the race. The 32-year-old would then net a Brabantse Pijl victory.
A commanding performance throughout the Giro d’Italia gave Longo Borghini her first maglia rosa. After winning the opening day time-trial, she would hold onto the lead throughout the race against a strong Lotte Kopecky by just 21 seconds.
Elsewhere, Elisa Balsamo won Trofeo Alfredo Binda and the Classic Brugge-De Panne and Ellen van Dijk won stages at both the Vuelta Extremadura Féminas and Tour de Normandie. It’s no wonder they sit second overall in the UCI team standings.
Best results this season:
- Stage 1 and 4, Setmana Ciclista Valenciana: Elisa Balsamo
- Trofeo Alfredo Binda: Elisa Balsamo
- Classic Brugge-De Panne: Elisa Balsamo
- Ronde van Vlaanderen: Elisa Longo Borghini
- Brabantse Pijl: Elisa Longo Borghini
- Stage 1 and overall, Giro d’Italia: Elisa Longo Borghini
Liv AlUla Jayco: 4/10
TL;DR: Invisibility did not work to their strength.
The majority of Liv-AlUla-Jayco’s wins this year stem from National Championships, with only one WorldTour victory in the shape of Stage 4 at the Tour of Britain, where Ruby Roseman-Gannon beat an SD Worx-Protime trio to the line.
But in so many races this season, it feels as though they have been in the background. Not for a lack of trying, with Letizia Paternoster coming to life in March for fourth place at Ronde van Drenthe, a podium at Dwars door Vlaanderen and ninth place at Paris-Roubaix.
Best results this season:
- Stage 2 and overall, Vuelta Ciclista Andalucia Women: Mavi Garcíá
- Stage 4, Tour of Britain Women: Ruby Roseman-Gannon
- Tour de Gatineau: Letizia Paternoster
Movistar: 5/10
TL;DR: The retirement of Annemiek van Vleuten would cause a drought in any team.
Like Liv-AlUla-Jayco, there’s a lot of National Championships that make up Movistar’s victories this season, be it in Cuba (Arlenis Sierra), Denmark (Emma Norsgaard), Serbia (Jelena Eric) or Canada (Olivia Baril).
There’s an Annemiek van Vleuten-shaped hole that means their Grand Tour performances don’t match last season, and their one stage win comes from Liane Lippert at the Giro d’Italia.
Their future looks bright after signing Cat Ferguson though. The youngster immediately impressed with victories at the Tour de la Semois and Binche-Chimay-Binche.
Best results this season:
- Stage 2 and overall, Vuelta Extremadura Féminas: Mareille Meijering
- Stage 6, Giro d’Italia Women: Liane Lippert
- Stage 1, AG Tour de la Semois: Cat Ferguson
- Binche-Chimay-Binche: Cat Ferguson
Roland: 2/10
TL;DR: Relegation could be on its way.
Roland are last in the Women’s WorldTour team standings. The squad were able to score wins this year, the bulk of which came from races in El Salvador near the beginning of the season. Antri Christoforou and Elena Hartmann won the Grand Prix Surf City El Salvador and Grand Prix Presidente in close succession, with Hartmann going on to win two stages and the overall at the Vuelta a El Salvador.
But aside from that, it doesn’t look great for the relegation fight when the time comes. Especially with Continental teams EF-Oatly-Cannondale and VolkerWessels above them currently.
Best results this season:
- Grand Prix Surf City El Salvador: Antri Christoforou
- Grand Prix Presidente: Elena Hartmann
- Prologue, Stage 1 and overall, Vuelta a El Salvador: Elena Hartmann
Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL: 7/10
TL;DR: A season highlighted by Charlotte Kool’s back-to-back at the Tour de France Femmes.
The DSM-Firmenich-PostNL team only scored two WorldTour wins this year, but they did so on the biggest stage of them all. Sprinter Charlotte Kool went back-to-back in some fashion at the Tour de France Femmes, wearing the first maillot jaune of the race and sprinting to a second victory while wearing it, all as the Grand Départ took place in her home country of the Netherlands.
This year was also the last for Juliette Labous with the squad as she departs for FDJ-Suez. The French National Champion finished just off the podium at La Vuelta Femenina, raced to fifth at the Giro d’Italia, and narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the time-trial at the Olympics.
Best results this season:
- Stage 4, Tour de Normandie Féminin: Josie Nelson
- Stage 2, Baloise Ladies Tour: Charlotte Kool
- Stage 1 and 2: Tour de France Femmes: Charlotte Kool
Team SD Worx-Protime: 9/10
TL;DR: They couldn’t repeat at the Tour de France Femmes, but victories came thick and fast elsewhere.
Far and away the most successful women’s team this season, SD Worx-Protime amassed over 70 victories with their mightily strong roster that boasts the likes of Demi Vollering, Lotte Kopecky, Lorena Wiebes, Mischa Bredwold, Christine Majerus and Marlen Reusser.
Their domination carried throughout the year, in the Classics they had wins with Kopecky at Strade Bianche and Paris-Roubaix and Lorena Wiebes at Gent-Wevelgem and Scheldeprijs. And at stage races, Kopecky was victorious at the UAE Tour Simac Ladies Tour while Wiebes won the RideLondon Classique and commanded the spotlight at the Baloise Ladies Tour.
Vollering won La Vuelta Femenina and Kopecky finished second overall at Giro d’italia in her best GC performance to date. They couldn’t retain the yellow jersey at the Tour de France Femmes, however, undoubtedly their low point of the season – though any other team would be happy with second.
The team ended their season the way they started it. Domination. Wiebes rode to back-to-back victories at the Simac Ladies Tour as Barbara Guarischi won Stage 4. Wiebes won again on Stage 5 and Kopecky led home a 1-2 with Wiebes on Stage 6. They’re losing Vollering next year but retaining some fierce talent and regaining Anna van der Breggen.
Best results this season:
- Strade Bianche: Lotte Kopecky
- Gent-Wevelgem: Lorena Wiebes
- Paris-Roubaix Femmes: Lotte Kopecky
- Stage 5, 8 and overall, La Vuelta Femenina: Demi Vollering
- Stage 2, 4 and overall, Vuelta Burgos Feminas: Demi Vollering
- Stage 1, 2, 3 and overall, Ford RideLondon Classique: Lorena Wiebes
- Stage 1, 2, 4 and overall, Tour de Suisse Women: Demi Vollering
- 2nd overall, Giro d’Italia Women: Lotte Kopecky
- Prologue, Stage 1, 3a, 3b, 4 and overall, Baloise Ladies Tour: Lorena Wiebes
- 2nd overall, Tour de France Femmes: Demi Vollering
- Stage 6 and overall, Simac Ladies Tour: Lotte Kopecky
Team Visma-Lease a Bike: 8/10
TL;DR: Marianne Vos continues her GOAT legacy.
Marianne Vos leads the pack for Visma-Lease a Bike with nine wins in 2024. A stunning Classics campaign saw Vos win Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, reach her 250th career victory at Dwars door Vlaanderen and power to the win against Wiebes at the Amstel Gold Race.
She also claimed two stages at La Vuelta Femenina and left with the points jersey in the bag, also going on to win the points classification at the Tour de France Femmes. Riejanne Markus shone at La Vuelta Femenina, where she finished second overall, 1min 49sec down on Vollering for the team’s best finish in a Grand Tour this season.
But with Markus off to Lidl-Trek, should Vos’s form dip next year, others will need to fill the void quickly. Cue Pauline Ferrand-Prévot.
Best results this season:
- Omloop Het Nieuwsblad: Marianne Vos
- Dwars door Vlaanderen: Marianne Vos
- Amstel Gold Race: Marianne Vos
- Stage 3 and 7, La Vuelta Femenina: Marianne Vos
UAE Team ADQ: 4/10
TL;DR: They will suffer with losing Chiara Consonni.
UAE Team ADQ only managed one WorldTour win in a so-so season, the result of Chiara Consonni sprinting to victory on Stage 2 at the Giro d’Italia. The rest came from mostly 1.1 races including Silvia Persico at the GP de Plumelec-Morbihan and Karlijn Swinkels at the Grand Prix de Wallonie.
Since her win at Dwars door Vlaanderen in 2022, Consonni has been incredibly close to victories in other Classics and this year was no different, a fourth place at the Classic Brugge-De Panne preceding a podium spot at Gent-Wevelgem. If she does, it won’t be for UAE Team ADQ, their roster now depleted with her departure to Canyon-SRAM.
It’s not all doom and gloom though, they’ve got Elisa Longo Borghini coming their way. So they’ll probably be just fine.
Best results this season:
- La Classique Morbihan: Eleonora Gasparrini
- GP de Plumelec-Morbihan: Silvia Persico
- Flanders Diamond Tour: Chiara Consonni
- Stage 2, Giro d’Italia Women: Chiara Consonni
Uno-X Mobility: 3/10
TL;DR: National Championships or bust.
A large chunk of Uno-X Mobility’s wins took the form of a National Championship, from Anniina Ahtosalo doubling up in Finland to Mie Bjørndal Ottestad’s road race title in Norway.
They’re last in the WorldTour team rankings, sitting in 16th place. It’s not that they don’t show up – Maria Giulia Confalonieri finished fifth at Gent-Wevelgem and Ahtosalo placed second at Le Samyn – they just haven’t yet found that next step to win races. Perhaps 2025 will be the year in which they achieve their first WorldTour win.
Best results this season:
- Tour de Normandie Féminin: Mie Bjørndal Ottestad
- Trofee Maarten Wynants: Anniina Ahtosalo
- Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames: Anouska Koster
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