Of rainbows, and hope, and glory: Paris-Roubaix 2024
Paris-Roubaix Femmes 2024 in review: it was a day of big attacks, big hitters, and an even bigger battle for the win. It was the race we all needed, and it delivered on every front.
Katy Madgwick
Writing about cycling - the stories, the facts, the opinions, the interviews, the silly poems, the movie comparisons. You name it, if it's about bike racing, I'm stringing sentences together about it.
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The Week of Two Races: Act II
The second half of the story from Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico, and some conclusions from a week of exciting stage racing across France and Italy
The Week of Two Races: Act I
The overlapping stage races of Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico compete for attention but offer complimentary narratives. Catch up on all the action from the first half of both races, plus my defence of arguably the appetiser to Grand Tour season.
Saint Piran launches Female off-road cycling programme
UK cycling team launches its global project to level up female inequality in off-road cycling