Women

Sustrans: Urgent need for more women to be involved in transport planning and delivery

Sustainable transport charity says addressing gender imbalance can lead to more women cycling and walking

Helen Wyman hits crowdfunding target to help young female cyclo-cross riders

10-time British champion raises £2,500 to send 100 women aged under 23 to next year’s nationals

Women-only bike shop opens in York

Keeping it in the family: there's been a bike shop on this site since 1955

Brian Cookson reveals plans to set up UCI Women’s WorldTour team

Former UCI president seeking backers for project, which could begin racing in 2019

Cycling Australia reverses decision to not send full female team to world championships

Recently withdrew funding from the Orica-AIS women's pro team

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Women cyclists in Irish national road race told to pull over and let men past

Winner says small women’s bunch meant that a 17km gap at the start was not enough

Lizzie Deignan wins 2017 Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire

Astonishing breakaway gives Yorkshire rider a stunning finish

Driverless shuttle test set for London shared-use cycle path

Oxford-based autonomous tech firm will run test on Greenwich riverside over the next three weeks

British Cycling announces big increase in number of women racing across all disciplines

43 per cent rise in female licence holders since it launched its women's strategy in 2013, says national governing body

Lizzie Deignan latest to speak about experiences of sexism in cycling

Joanna Rowsell Shand says she didn’t contribute to independent review after getting impression they only wanted to hear from people “if they had something to report”

Dame Sarah Storey launches elite women’s team

The last pro management effort by the Paralympian folded due to financial pressures

Manchester’s month of women’s cycling events starts today

Includes celebration of women’s cycling at the National Cycling Centre

Video of cyclist’s revenge on sexist London van man goes viral

Did she go too far? Is it even real? The internet discusses, have your say too

Sir Dave Brailsford says British Cycling is ‘medallist’ not sexist

Former British Cycling performance director warns against "over correcting" culture that saw Britain throw off "gallant loser" status

‘Fluffy music’ and subtle sexism affect women’s cycling: Elinor Barker

It's not blatant, but it's there, says Welsh Olympic gold medallist

Kajsa Tylen’s record-breaking year ends with 32,326 miles cycled

Nottingham-based rider sets new Guinness World Record after surpassing Billie Fleming's distance from 1938

Kajsa Tylen hits 50,000km target and passes Billie Fleming’s annual distance record

Achievement justifies a triple scone day

Festival of Women and Bicycles is back for 2017: with Q&As, workshops and rides in and around Oxford

Tickets are now on sale for the annual celebration of women and cycling in Oxford in March, with talks, practical workshops and rides

Young riders to replace podium hostesses at Tour Down Under

South Australia's sports minister says government wants to inspire young women

Video: Gaza Woman challenges unwritten cycling ban

Gaza teacher risks ostracisation and verbal abuse in a country where women are too afraid of the social implications, and the authorities, to ride bikes

road.cc LIVE: Test ride a new Specialized road or e-bike next February

The new Roubaix, Ruby, Venge and Turbo Levo FSR bikes will be available to demo

Transgender cyclist is first female finisher at Arizona race

Jillian Bearden is also working with the International Olympic Committee as it refines rules on transgender athletes

Norwegian federation claims Qatari police driver deliberately knocked female rider off bike at World Championships

Head of sport believes Susanne Andersen was targeted because of the way she was dressed

Dame Sarah Storey says she won’t risk life by racing on open roads

14-time Paralympic champ also highlights financial challenge women's team face

Pedal-powered Wheelys cafe can now juice & crêpe

The mobile open source cafe that exploded on crowdfunding websites can now be a juice bar, a créperie or an ice-cream bar

Real bike porn: adult stars lead sex-themed bike tours in Berlin

“We thought about a bar tour, but everyone does those”

Billie Fleming’s Year record smashed – in just four months!

24-year-old American Amanda Coker will carry on riding - and could smash men's record out of the park

Video: Women in Iran defy fatwa forbidding them from cycling

"It's our absolute right and we're not going to give up" say mother and daughter who filmed themselves riding

Apple’s latest emojis acknowledge that women ride bikes

Unicode Consortium adding a female option to a number of emojis