In'tl Cycling Union Announces Expanded Women's WorldTour Calendar For '18

The Int'l Cycling Union (UCI) unveiled an expanded calendar for the UCI Women's WorldTour in '18. Following the success of the first two seasons, and after considering a number of applications, the UCI Women’s WorldTour will include three additional races: the Trois Jours de La Panne (Belgium), the Bira Emakumeen (Spain) and Tour of Guangxi (China). In addition to the men’s event, organized since '77, the women’s Trois Jours de La Panne is a new one-day race in the West Flanders region. Benefiting from the infrastructure in place for the men’s race, the event will also be broadcast live on TV. The Emakumeen Euskal Bira is a four-stage race held in the Basque region of Spain. As part of the partnership signed at the end of '16 with Wanda Sports to develop cycling in China, the one-day Tour of Guangxi will take the UCI Women’s WorldTour to one of the most iconic regions of China. The three events add six days of competition to the expanding series (UCI).