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Sunday, 27 July ● Witheridge Grand Prix ...

... Tom Davidson asks riders if it’s what they really want

When Marion Rousse stood up to speak at the UCI’s headquarters in Aigle at the start of June, it was a landmark moment. The director of the women’s Tour de France, or the ‘Femmes’, was revealing new s

26-27 OUTLAW TRIATHLON WEEKEND (various distances and events) National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham. Nottinghamshire. outlawtriathlon.com 27 IRONMAN LEEDS (3.8km S/180km b/42.2km R) Leeds, Yorkshir

The first women’s Tour de France ran in 1955 – and then vanished. Stephanie Boland charts the long, winding road to its modern revival