Binche Chimay Binche pour Dames 2026: preview and favourites

Binche Chimay Binche pour Dames 2026: the race at a glance On 6 October 2026, the international women's calendar stops in Belgium for the Binche Chimay Binche pour Dames, a procontinental race. The announced startlist includes 100 athletes representing top European teams. The protagonists expected at the start Among the entrants, the standout names are Charlotte Kool (Fenix-Premier Tech), Lonneke Uneken (VolkerWessels Cycling Team), Linda Riedmann (Lotto Intermarché Ladies), Nicole Steigenga (AG Insurance - Soudal Team) and Clara Lundmark (Minimax Cycling Team). Alongside them, the list of possible surprises includes Puck Langenbarg (Fenix-Premier Tech), Dina Scavone (Lotto Intermarché Ladies), Anneke Dijkstra (VolkerWessels Cycling Team), Anna Vanderaerden (Fenix-Premier Tech) and Marthe Truyen (Fenix-Premier Tech). Season results of the favourites Charlotte Kool took 5th at La Choralis Fourmies Féminine, 2nd at Konvert Kortrijk Koerse and 1st at the GP Lucien Van Impe. In the Baloise Ladies Tour stages she finished 2nd in stage 4 and 9th in stage 3. Lonneke Uneken shone with 6th at La Choralis Fourmies Féminine, 1st in a stage of the Premondiale Giro di Toscana Int.le Femminile - Memorial Michela Fanini, 6th at the GP Lucien Van Impe and 8th at the Egmont Cycling Race Women. Linda Riedmann won the Muurclassic Geraardsbergen and placed in stages of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift (10th in stage 2), Tour de Pologne Women (7th in stage 3) and Volta a Portugal Feminina (1st in stage 4, 6th in stage 1). Nicole Steigenga took 1st at La Picto en Nouvelle-Aquitaine, 9th at the GP Lucien Van Impe, 7th at the Argenta Classic - Deurne, 3rd in a stage of the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Femenina and 9th at Dwars door de Westhoek. Clara Lundmark won the Swedish National Road Championships and finished 9th at the Argenta Classic - Deurne, 9th at the Antwerp Port Epic Ladies, 5th at the GP Immo Zone/Vloer-en chapewerken Smetryns and 7th at the Scheldeprijs Women. Among the other riders in the spotlight, Puck Langenbarg took 4th at the Argenta Classic - Deurne, 2nd at the Elmos Dwars door het Hageland, 9th in a stage of the Bretagne Ladies Tour and 5th at the EPZ Omloop van Borsele Women. Dina Scavone won the Elmos Dwars door het Hageland and reached the podium with 3rd at the GP Immo Zone/Vloer-en chapewerken Smetryns and 3rd at the EPZ Omloop van Borsele Women. Anneke Dijkstra was 3rd at La Picto en Nouvelle-Aquitaine and 8th in a stage of the Bretagne Ladies Tour. Anna Vanderaerden collected an 8th at the Muurclassic Geraardsbergen, an 8th in a stage of the Premondiale Giro di Toscana Int.le Femminile - Memorial Michela Fanini, a 4th at the Grote Prijs CHW Beveren and an 8th at Dwars door Wingene. Marthe Truyen finished 3rd in a stage of the Tour de Pologne Women and 9th in another stage of the same race. The favourites for victory Charlotte Kool comes in as the reference sprinter of the field: her 1st place at the GP Lucien Van Impe, 2nd at Konvert Kortrijk Koerse and placings in the Baloise Ladies Tour stages place her at the top of the favourites. Lonneke Uneken is a rouleur-sprinter with endurance on tough terrain, as shown by 6th at Fourmies and 6th at the GP Van Impe. Linda Riedmann arrives in form after winning the Muurclassic Geraardsbergen and placing in high-level stage races. Nicole Steigenga is versatile and can finish both in a reduced sprint and from an attack, with her win at La Picto en Nouvelle-Aquitaine and 9th at the GP Van Impe. Clara Lundmark guarantees consistency on Belgian courses, with the Swedish national title and placings in races such as the Argenta Classic and Scheldeprijs. The 2026 Binche Chimay Binche pour Dames promises to be an open race, with Fenix-Premier Tech and VolkerWessels Cycling Team ready to play on multiple fronts.