The Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta women's race has been extended by one day to three days, and the postponed 15-race women's World Tour calendar will close on November 8, the same day the men's Vuelta a España ends in Madrid.

The city of Madrid and its surrounding autonomous regions have hosted all editions of the race since its creation in 2015. It started as a circuit race in Madrid, and in 2018 a time trial in Boadilla del Monte was added.

Race organizer Unipublic has announced that the race will expand to the outskirts of Madrid with the hard material solutions company Ceratidit as title sponsor. Ceratigit is the title sponsor of the Ceratigit-WNT professional cycling team featuring Kirsten Wild and Lisa Brennor.

Brenauer won the time trial stage in 2019 and the overall in Madrid.

Ramiro Bengochea, general director of Serratizit Ibérica, said the sponsorship is "the next logical step for a race that has experienced consistent growth."

"We have supported women's cycling for years. It makes no sense not to make this extra effort now that the discipline needs us the most."

"We are very proud to be a sponsor of this race.

With the full race calendar revision finalized by the UCI, Unipublic is now working on the design of the race schedule.

"This health crisis affects all levels of cycling, including men's, women's, and grassroots cycling. With this in mind, we feel it is our responsibility and duty to do what we can to help this sport that has given us so much. We believe in this race and hope to continue to grow with it," said Javier Guigen, General Director of Unipublic.

The growth of the challenge by La Vuelta is another small sign of the growing commitment to women's cycling by ASO, the owner of the Vuelta, which also organizes the Tour de France.

ASO has hinted at the possibility of finally hosting a women's Tour de France in 2022. When the new World Tour calendar was announced, the first ever women's Paris-Roubaix was set to take place on October 25.

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic hit the women's calendar particularly hard, with 14 of the 22 top women's WorldTour races initially cancelled or postponed; the UCI suspended the men's and women's WorldTour races until August 1; and the UCI has also suspended the women's WorldTour races until the end of the year: Ronde van Drenthe, Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Cittiglio, and the Women's Tour in Britain.

The revised UCI Women's World Tour calendar begins with Strade Bianche on August 1 and ends with the Serratigit Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta on November 8.

The WorldTour series includes 18 events, including five stage races, including the shortened Giro Rosa (September 11-19). It also includes 13 one-day events including La Course (August 29), three Ardennes Classics (Flèche Wallonne (September 30), Liège-Bastogne-Liège (October 4), and Amstel Gold Race (October 10)), the Tour of Flanders (October 18), the new Paris-Roubaix (October Thirteen one-day races will also be held, including the new Paris-Roubaix (October 25). Several other races complete the women's road racing calendar for 2020.