The inaugural edition of the Women's WorldTour and the Rio Olympics provided plenty of motivation for emerging talents in the women's peloton to prove themselves in 2016.
Cyclingnews highlights eight of the biggest breakout riders of 2016.
Chantal Blaak, 27 (Boels-Dolmans)
Chantal Blaak, who turned 27 in October, had delivered a few notable career results coming into 2016 but she established herself as one of the riders to beat this year with a brilliant spring. Carving out a role for yourself with Lizzie Armitstead as a teammate at Boels-Dolmans isn't easy but Blaak muscled her way into the mix on multiple occasions in the one-day races.
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After delivering a second-place ride behind Armitstead at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Blaak opened her account by defending her Les Samyn title before nabbing a narrow WorldTour win at the Ronde van Drenthe. But she proved that to be more than a one-time occurrence two weeks later with a dominant ride at Gent-Wevelgem, and went on to podium at the Tour of Flanders behind Armitstead.
Ultimately finishing fourth on the Women's WorldTour rankings, Blaak broke through in style in 2016.
Megan Guarnier, 31 (Boels-Dolmans)
Lotta Lepistö, 27 (Cervélo-Bigla)
Arlenis Sierra, 24 (Cuba)
Skylar Schneider, 18 (ISCorp p/b Smart Choice MRI)
Eugenia Bujak, 27 (BTC City Ljubljana)
Flávia Oliveira, 35 (Lensworld - Zennata)
Amalie Dideriksen, 20 (Boels-Dolmans)
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