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Shackley retires
Young Scottish rider Anna Shackley has been forced to retire from cycling due to a cardiac arrhythmia, her team announced last week.
The SD Worx-Protime rider was third in the U23s at last year’s Worlds.
“To say I’m devastated would be a huge understatement,” Shackley wrote on Instagram. “Cycling has been my entire life for as long as I can remember… However, I found myself lucky to have had the unique experience of being a professional in my hobby.”
GB’s full Olympic complement
The Great Britain Cycling Team will compete in all track events at this summer’s Paris Olympics for the first time since London 2012, after qualifying a full complement of up to 16 riders.
Fourteen GB riders, seven per gender, will head to Paris. The squad will also be allowed to use one male and one female athlete from another cycling discipline, such as road, mountain bike or BMX, meaning up to 16 athletes will ride on the track.
9,000
The cost, in pounds, of the new Van Rysel RCR Pro – the WorldTour replica bike as used by the Decathlon-AG2R team. The bike sold out in less than two hours after being launched in the UK last week. Featuring Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 and Swiss Side wheels, it’s the most affordable WorldTour replica, with others such as the Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL8
