The Philadelphia Cycling Classic was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in the United States, between 2013 and 2016. The race was established as a successor to the

Liberty Classic The Liberty Classic was an annual women's bicycle race held from 1994 to 2012, simultaneously with the Philadelphia International Championship. The 57.6 mile race consisted of four laps of a 14.4 mile circuit through Philadelphia with 5 climbs up t ...

, which was last held in 2012. In 2015, the event became part of the

UCI Women's Road World Cup The UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup was a season-long road bicycle competition for women organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale between 1998–2015. This competition consisted of a series (which has varied from 6 to 12 events) of rac ...

, and was included in the inaugural

UCI Women's World Tour The UCI Women's World Tour is the premier annual female elite road cycling tour. History In order to increase the coverage of Women's cycling the UCI held a summit in December 2014 between the UCI Women’s Working Group and the UCI Women's ...

the year after, but was discontinued after its fourth running.

Past winners

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* Cycle races in the United States Women's road bicycle races Sports competitions in Pennsylvania Recurring sporting events established in 2013 2013 establishments in Pennsylvania Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2016 2016 disestablishments in Pennsylvania Summer events in the United States UCI Women's World Tour races Women's sports in Pennsylvania {{Philadelphia-sport-stub