The Int'l Cycling Union (UCI) unveiled the 2017 Women's WorldTour calendar that "will include a total of 21 events with four of those new additions to the current calendar," increasing the total number of competition days by more than 30% (47 total days of racing), according to CYCLING NEWS. The upcoming calendar "will include the same 17 events that were part of this year's inaugural series, and then showcase two new stage races; Boels Rental Ladies Tour in Netherlands and Ladies Tour of Norway, and two new one-day races; Amstel Gold Race in Netherlands and Liege-Bastogne-Liege in Belgium." The 2017 Women's WorldTour calendar "will once again begin with the Strade Bianche in Italy in March and wrap up with the Madrid Challenge by la Vuelta in Spain in September."
This year "was a breakthrough year for women's cycling with the introduction of the new series, which boasted live television broadcast of more than half the races and increased exposure on social media, however, the UCI plans on improving those elements over the course of next season" (CYCLING NEWS, 10/16).
