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Pro Cycling
Road World Championships winners and records: every elite road race and time trial champion
The UCI Road World Championships have produced some of cycling’s most recognisable champions, from Alfredo Binda, Eddy Merckx and Jeannie Longo to Marianne Vos,...
Pro Cycling
A brief history of Great Britain at the UCI Road World Championships: Burton, Simpson, Cooke and Deignan
When the UCI Road World Championships return to Montréal in September 2026, Great Britain will arrive with another generation trying to add its name...
Pro Cycling
Great Britain at the 2026 World Championships: can Pidcock, Onley or Bäckstedt end an 11-year wait for road race gold?
Eleven years have passed since a British rider last pulled on the elite road race rainbow jersey.
Lizzie Deignan was 25 when she won in...
Women's Cycling
Classic Lorient Agglomération 2026 in historical context
Elisa Balsamo winning the 2026 Classic Lorient Agglomération felt particularly appropriate for the 25th edition of the race's modern history.
The Lidl-Trek rider beat three-time...
Women's Cycling
AA Drink-Leontien.nl team history: a talent pipeline with real ambition
AA Drink-Leontien.nl only raced for two seasons under that exact name, but the team itself had a much longer history and its influence on...
Women's Cycling
A brief history of Classic Lorient Agglomération
The Classic Lorient Agglomération has become one of the most durable one-day races in women's professional cycling, even if its changing name means it...
Women's Cycling
Beginner’s guide to Classic Lorient Agglomération 2026
The Classic Lorient Agglomération is one of the longest-established one-day races on the women’s calendar, even if its changing name means plenty of newer...
Women's Cycling
Rabo Liv team history: from Dutch project to world-class results machine
Rabo Liv existed in its best-known form for only five seasons, but its influence stretches across modern women’s cycling.
Between 2012 and 2016, the Dutch...
Women's Cycling
Lizzie Deignan returns to Great Britain Cycling Team as directeur sportif
Lizzie Deignan has returned to the Great Britain Cycling Team as a directeur sportif, taking on a key road role through to the Los...
Tour de France Femmes
A complete history of Tour de France Femmes: from Millie Robinson to the modern yellow jersey
The history of the Tour de France Femmes is not a straight line. It is a story of beginnings, disappearances, legal arguments, underfunded survival,...
Women's Cycling
Why women’s cycling sprint finishes are getting faster
Women’s cycling sprint finishes are getting faster because the whole race into the sprint is faster. The final 150 metres still belongs to the...
Women's Cycling
A brief history of Tour de Suisse Women
Tour de Suisse Women is still a young race in its modern form, but it already carries more weight than its short history suggests....
