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Slovakia 11 Jul 2026 Class 1.2 – 1 day – Class 2
Website https://visegrad4bicyclerace.com/
One Day Race
The Respect Ladies Race Slovakia 2026 is an elite women’s one-day road cycling race held in Slovakia. Classified as a UCI 1.2 event, the race delivers a challenging, hilly route tailored for strong, versatile riders.
Here are the key details and results for the 2026 edition:
📅 Race Overview
- Date: July 11, 2026
- Location: Start and finish in Nová Baňa, Slovakia
- Distance: 96.3 km
- Elevation Gain: ~1,029 meters (Hilly terrain ending in a false flat finish)
Startlist
🚴 MAT Atom Deweloper Wrocław (CTW)
- 1 Sofia Ungerová 🇸🇰
- 2 Daria Dębicka 🇵🇱
- 3 Nadia Hartman 🇵🇱
- 4 Olga Wankiewicz 🇵🇱
- 5 Tamara Szalińska 🇵🇱
- 6 Anna Gaborska 🇵🇱
- DS: Paulina Brzeźna
🚴 Tirol Women Cycling (CTW)
- 7 Amalie Cooper 🇬🇧
- 8 Liv Wenzel 🇱🇺
- 9 Belinda Holzer 🇦🇹
- 10 Tabea Huys 🇦🇹
- 11 Franziska Ehrenreich 🇦🇹
- 12 Nela Kaňkovská 🇨🇿
- DS: Alexander Kreidl
🚴 VIF Cycling Team (CTW)
- 13 Nina Andacká 🇸🇰
- 14 Eliška Kvasničková 🇨🇿
- 15 Veronika Jandová 🇨🇿
- 16 Kristýna Zemanová 🇨🇿 (Registered under VIF squad variations/Slavíčková)
- 17 Anna Hanáková 🇨🇿
- 18 Anežka Kysilková 🇨🇿
- DS: Vojtěch Řepa
🚴 Poland National Team (NAT)
- 19 Laura Choma 🇵🇱
- 20 Oliwia Kępczyńska 🇵🇱
- 21 Natalia Krześlak 🇵🇱
- 22 Weronika Wąsaty 🇵🇱
- 23 Kinga Marek 🇵🇱
- 24 Julia Wudniak 🇵🇱
- DS: Leszek Szyszkowski
🚴 Ukraine National Team (NAT)
- 25 Daryna Nahuliak 🇺🇦
- 26 Maryna Altukhova 🇺🇦
- 27 Valeriya Kononenko 🇺🇦
- 28 Olga Shekel 🇺🇦
- 29 Milana Ushakova 🇺🇦
- 30 Yelyzaveta Holod 🇺🇦
- DS: Serhiy Grechyn
🚴 Slovenia National Team (NAT)
- 31 Iva Colnar 🇸🇮
- 32 Nika Fajfar 🇸🇮
- 33 Hana Jeromel 🇸🇮
- 34 Emilie Patru 🇸🇮
- 35 Dominika Štrukelj 🇸🇮
- 36 Anet Trakonja 🇸🇮
- DS: Gorazd Penko
🚴 Tenvels Le Dévoluy (CLUB)
- 37 Ainara Albert 🇪🇸
- 38 Giorgia Vettorello 🇮🇹
- 39 Nikol Płosaj 🇵🇱
- 40 Charlotte Lovett 🇦🇺
- 41 Axelle Guirado 🇫🇷
- 42 Maéva Plagniol 🇫🇷
- DS: Hugues Thomas
🚴 Warszawski Klub Kolarski (CLUB)
- 43 Magdalena Baszta 🇵🇱
- 44 Antonina Białek 🇵🇱
- 45 Hanna Martynska Mazurkiewicz 🇵🇱
- 46 Klaudia Kowalska 🇵🇱
- DS: Andrzej Michniak
🚴 Team Cookina Graz (CLUB)
- 49 Magdalena Bernhard 🇦🇹
- 50 Nadja Heigl 🇦🇹
- 51 Janka Farkas 🇭🇺
- 52 Irina Krenn 🇦🇹
- 53 Katharina Machner 🇦🇹
- 54 Alice Riebler 🇦🇹
- DS: Klaus Kabasser
🚴 RCGG Racing Team (CLUB)
- 55 Sarah Bärnthaler 🇦🇹
- 56 Lisa-Marie Grubmüller 🇦🇹
- 57 Katharina Urdl 🇦🇹
- 58 Anika Zeitlhofer 🇦🇹
- 59 Selina Zeller 🇦🇹
- DS: Robert Walcher
🚴 Optika Oros Cycling Team (CLUB)
- 61 Alica Brádlerová 🇸🇰
- 62 Martina Hudáková 🇸🇰
- 63 Katarína Hrešková 🇸🇰
- 64 Mária Mečírová 🇸🇰
- DS: Tomáš Nagy
Result for the Respect Ladies Race Slovakia
🏆 2026 Podium & Top Results
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
| 1st | 🇦🇹 Tabea Huys | Tirol Women Cycling | 2:28:49 |
| 2nd | 🇸🇰 Sofia Ungerová | MAT Atom Deweloper Wrocław | + 0:02 |
| 3rd | 🇱🇺 Liv Wenzel | Tirol Women Cycling | + 1:34 |
| 4th | 🇸🇰 Nina Andacká | VIF Cycling Team | + 1:34 |
| 5th | 🇵🇱 Natalia Krześlak | Poland National Team | + 1:34 |
The Respect Ladies Race Slovakia is a prominent one-day women’s elite road cycling race held annually in July. Classified as a UCI 1.2 event, it stands alongside the Tour of Slovakia (Okolo Slovenska) as one of the most prestigious events on the Slovak women’s cycling calendar.
The history of this challenging, hilly race reflects its steady growth over five editions:
⏳ Origins and Evolution
The race was introduced in 2022 as part of the broader Visegrad 4 cycling weekend, sharing the stage with the long-running men’s Visegrad 4 Grand Prix Slovakia. Since its inception, the event has relied on the technical, rolling terrain centered around the town of Nová Baňa, typically featuring a 96.3 km course with demanding climbs and a fast, false-flat finish.
Over the years, the event has gone through minor commercial name changes but has maintained its elite status:
- 2022: Visegrad 4 Ladies Race Slovakia
- 2023: Respect Ladies Race Slovakia
- 2024: Groupama Ladies Race Slovakia
- 2025–2026: Respect Ladies Race Slovakia
🏆 Palmarès (Past Winners)
The race has become a launchpad for top-tier European talent, with its roll of honor featuring standout under-23 prospects and elite continental riders:
| Year | Winner | Team |
| 2026 | 🇦🇹 Tabea Huys | Tirol Women Cycling |
| 2025 | 🇸🇰 Sofia Ungerová | MAT Atom Deweloper Wrocław |
| 2024 | 🇸🇰 Viktória Chladoňová | Slovakia National Team |
| 2023 | 🇨🇭 Linda Zanetti | UAE Development Team |
| 2022 | 🇩🇪 Ricarda Bauernfeind | Canyon//SRAM Generation |
💡 Historical Highlights
- The Inaugural Champion: Germany’s Ricarda Bauernfeind took the historic first edition in 2022, a victory that helped catapult her into the elite WorldTour ranks where she went on to win stages at the Tour de France Femmes.
- Home Turf Dominance: Slovak riders have heavily marked the race’s history. Multisport phenom Viktória Chladoňová took a brilliant home victory in 2024, followed by Sofia Ungerová in 2025, who then narrowly missed a historic double by finishing second in 2026.
