Tag Archives: Lizzie Armitstead
Nicole Cooke Retires (and Damns Drugs Cheats)
Nicole Cooke, the Beijing Road Race Olympic champion who’s public spats with rival Lizzie Armitstead often threatened to overshadow her great achievements, has used he retirement (at the age of 29) to blast the dark side of the sport. Describing … Continue reading
Lizzie Armistead: Superstar
Olympic Silver Medalist Lizzie Armistead is amongst a select field lining up for a very different kind of challenge this Christmas, as the BBC announce plans for a one-off ‘Superstars’ special. The cult TV show, first broadcast in 1973 – … Continue reading
UCI Moves Towards Equality?
Big things – or at the very least small steps towards big things – could emerge from today’s Annual Congress of the International Cycling Union (UCI). Earlier this week their Management Committee unanimously approved plans to introduce measures that would … Continue reading
Armistead Out of Road Race
A blow to GB’s chances ahead of this Saturday’s Women’s Road Race at the World Championships in the Netherlands with news that Lizzie Armistead has withdrawn due to illness. Armistead, who won GB’s first medal at the London Olympics, taking … Continue reading
GB Announces World Cycling Championships Squads
No great surprise to hear that Mark Cavendish is to defend his titles at the upcoming World Cycling Championships in Limburg, Holland (September 16-23), part of the nine-man Road Race team that is to comprise Tour de France and Olympic … Continue reading