Britain's Women's Tour cancelled for 2023 due to lack of funds
This year's Women's Tour, scheduled to be held in Britain in June, has been called off after a lack of funding made it "impossible to deliver", organisers said on Friday.
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Former Droylsden police station to be turned into flats under new proposals
Droylsden’s former police could be turned into one-bedroom flats under new plans. An application has been lodged with Tameside council to convert the building on Manchester Road.
Peter Sagan on Paris 2024 Olympic Games mission - 'Mountain bike has always been my passion'
A young Peter Sagan once said to himself: ‘if it goes wrong on the road, I can always go back to mountain biking’. Since then, the Slovakian has won a record seven green jerseys at the Tour de France, three world titles and numerous Classics, including the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix – all while being one of the peloton's chief entertainers. Ad But the lure of the mountain bike has finally proved too strong, with Sagan set to return to his original discipline as he bids to sign off his career at the Paris Olympics next summer.
Women’s Tour to take one-year hiatus after funding shortfall, planning for 2024 event already underway
The Women’s Tour will take a one-year hiatus, it has been announced. Organisers of the event said in a statement that the decision was taken after a three-week renewed appeal for funding.
Team Jumbo-Visma’s Dylan van Baarle has been ruled out of Tour of Flanders due to ‘physical problems’
Team Jumbo-Visma will be without Dylan van Baarle for the Tour of Flanders on Sunday. The 30-year-old is “struggling with physical problems, and has been unable to get fit in time,” a team statement confirmed on Thursday. Ad Van Baarle came second in the Tour of Flanders last year, but was excluded from Jumbo-Visma’s lineup for Sunday’s race following a crash at the E3 Saxo Classic last Friday.
Competitive cyclist urges women to speak out after biological male wins NYC race against females
Competitive cyclist Holly Lavesser speaks out after a biological male won a women’s cycling competition in New York, urging other female athletes to join her in demanding a fair playing field.
New field turf installed at MetLife Stadium, home of Giants and Jets
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A new playing surface has been installed at MetLife Stadium, where the previous turf had become a source of widespread criticism in recent years.
Women’s Tour of Flanders: Dani Christmas on ‘incredibly special’ race - ‘It’s gonna go absolutely bonkers'
Eurosport expert Dani Christmas believes the women’s Tour of Flanders is going to be “absolutely bonkers” in a race she describes as “incredibly special”. Lotte Kopecky will defend her title from last year as SD Worx bring a very strong team, including Lorena Wiebes, Demi Vollering and Marlen Reusser, to one of the biggest one-day races on the calendar. Ad In 2022, Kopecky beat Annemiek van Vleuten in a head-to-head sprint in the final hundred metres.