Demi Vollering (FDJ – Suez): 11 wins
Few riders hit the podium so relentlessly in 2025. Vollering’s year was a masterclass in consistency across the full calendar, anchored by a statement win at Strade Bianche — delivered with trademark control and timing on the final climb into Siena and another Grand Tour success at La Vuelta. She later added the European road race title, closing the season as the top-ranked rider in the UCI standings.
Vollering was ever-present at the front of major races, blending tactical sharpness with the strongest all-round engine in the peloton. A complete campaign from one of modern cycling’s defining riders.
A complete rider at the peak of her powers — and one who reminded the world exactly why she remains the woman to beat.
Vollering took the European Championship title in 2025
Marlen Reusser (Movistar Team): 11 winsA long-awaited world title defined Marlen Reusser’s 2025 season, as she claimed the rainbow jersey in the time trial in Kigali. Having spent years as cycling’s most consistent time trial specialists without the stripes to show for it, the Swiss powerhouse finally seized the moment on the biggest stage.
But her campaign was far more than a single breakthrough. Reusser finished runner-up at the Giro d’Italia Women after opening with a statement time trial victory, and across the year she matched Vollering for versatility — excelling in TTs, stage races, and support roles when required. When the terrain tilted toward pure power, nobody looked stronger.
A season of vindication for one of the most respected riders in the peloton.
Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ): 9 winsElisa Longo Borghini’s reign at the Giro d’Italia Women continued in style, as she repeated her 2024 success to retain the maglia rosa after another fiercely fought GC battle. The Italian champion repelled challenges from the world’s best climbers across high mountains, tricky descents and tense time trials, asserting herself as the most reliable Grand Tour performer in women’s cycling.
Consistency was the hallmark — rarely off the podium in stage races and always present when the pace soared. For a rider already regarded as a legend of her generation, 2025 was a reminder that longevity and brilliance can coexist at the very top level.
Longo Borghini took her second successive Giro title in 2025
Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime): 25 winsThe fastest finisher in the women’s peloton only strengthened her grip on the sprinting throne. Lorena Wiebes collected a haul of wins across the calendar, with her statement moment coming at Milano–Sanremo Women — where she sprinted to victory in the return of one of cycling’s most historic races to the women’s calendar.
She backed that up with multiple stage wins and the points classification at the Giro d’Italia Women and the Tour de France Femmes, proving once again that while GC dynasties may ebb and flow, raw speed remains its own form of dominance. In another era she might have had the award locked up.
Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Team Visma | Lease a Bike): 4 wins
A year that felt like destiny fulfilled. Returning fully to the road calendar, Ferrand-Prévot stormed to victory at Paris–Roubaix Femmes — solo, on the cobbles, in a fashion only champions can — before converting her return into a Tour de France Femmes overall title, etching her name into history as the first French winner of the race since its modern rebirth.
Her season carried both narrative weight and pure sporting brilliance: a multi-discipline legend delivering on the biggest stages of all.
Ferrand-Prévot took a historic Maillot Jaune win at the Tour de France Femmes
Maeva Squiban (UAE Team ADQ): 2 wins
The breakthrough star who went from quiet talent to Tour de France sensation. Squiban’s attacking brilliance lit up July, as she soared to consecutive mountain-top stage wins against elite opposition, transforming herself into France’s newest GC hope.
While her palmares is still building, her performances on the steepest roads and under the brightest lights made her one of the defining riders of 2025 — a rider who changed her level and forced the peloton to take notice.
Who gets your vote?
From rainbow stripes to historic monuments, the 2025 women’s season delivered heroes everywhere you looked. Now it’s your turn to decide: Who is your Women’s Rider of the Year?
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