Alfonsina Strada is still the only woman to have taken part in the Giro d’Italia although, happily, a new generation of female professional cyclists are breaking through the many obstacles to shine na ...

It's official. This is a "big year" for women's cycling. When the Women's Tour rolled out of Oundle it hoped to leapfrog all contenders to become the biggest stage race in the women's calendar. And ...

The issue, fundamentally, was that the trade teams had become too powerful. Drafting was commonplace, the term gregario (support riders) had entered the lexicon and, worst of all, races were routinely ...