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LONDON — British cyclist Lizzie Deignan, a former world champion and the only woman to win the ‘triple crown’ of monuments, will retire at the end of next season. Deignan was the first British athlete to win a medal on home soil at the 2012 London Olympics, earning silver in the women’s road race. Her Lidl-Trek team said in a …
Mark Cavendish was named in Britain’s road squad long list for the UCI World Championships on Monday although his chances of racing look slim after he crashed out of the Tour de France at the weekend. Cavendish features in a high-powered squad list that also includes 2018 Tour winner Geraint Thomas and 2015 world road champion Lizzie Deignan. “The road …
It’s not a good time to be looking for sponsors in any sport,” Deignan, who is hoping to return from the birth of her second child to ride in June, tells the Telegraph. The only time casual fans really get into cycling in the UK is via two things really – for the road it’s the Tour, and for the …
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