Earlier this year, the Canyon//SRAM Women’s WorldTour squad announced it would form a new development team in 2022 as part of its long-term diversity and inclusion programme. The eight-rider team will be a feeder squad for the WorldTeam, and recruitment for the development programme will…
As a cycling community, we have recently come a long way in bettering the conversation around mental health. From prominent figures opening up publicly about their struggles with mental illness to the rise of communities on social media focused on self-care and mutual support, mental…
This past weekend, the women’s peloton took to the famous cobbles for the first-ever Paris-Roubaix Femmes—and wow, did they put on a show! Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo) confirmed her already solid status as a tough as nails rider, providing a stunning display of skill, determination and…
Run by former and current professional riders, The Cyclists’ Alliance (TCA) seeks to provide holistic support to female cyclists during and after their careers. They aim to level the playing field and help the hard-working women of today’s peloton make a living from the sport.
As we cruise through the second half of the cycling season, there has been plenty of juggling going on regarding contracts within the women’s peloton. It shows that both the calibre of the sport is increasing, and that more teams are sprouting up as they…
Historically, women have always had less involvement in cycling. For example, when bikes were first invented, women’s clothing was not suited to cycling and so it was deemed dangerous to ride a bicycle. Still, in the modern day, barriers to women such as the gender…
With the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games officially behind us, it is time to look back on some of the most stunning moments that unfolded over the last few weeks. Women gave us plenty of reasons to stay on the edge of our seats throughout the…
Earlier this summer, the UCI released the official Women’s WorldTour calendar for 2022—and it includes some very pleasant surprises, indeed! Although we’re currently looking with anticipation to the women’s Olympic road race this weekend, we also like to make sure we have plenty of future…
As we look towards tomorrow’s individual time trial event, many of us are still trying to process what happened at the women’s road race on Sunday. In one of the most significant surprise victories in Olympic road racing history, Austrian rider Anna Kiesenhofer rode to a…
