Allegations of sexism first surfaced from Jess Varnish against British Cycling's technical director Shane Sutton in April, and led to a snowballing of further claims of derogatory and discriminative language and behaviour toward women and paralympic athletes at the federation.
Sutton has since resigned from his post and British Cycling has launched an independent review of the matter. Follow the timeline below as the federation aims to inquire into the claims and reform its position.
Jess Varnish makes sexism allegations against Shane Sutton – April 23, 2016
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The first set of allegations made against British Cycling’s Shane Sutton came from Jess Varnish in an interview with The Daily Mail. The track sprinter had spoken out against British Cycling after being dropped from the Olympic programme, claiming she was told by technical director Shane Sutton that she was too old and that she should "move on and go and have a baby".
Pendleton and Cooke claim British Cycling is rife with sexism – April 26, 2016
In the days following Varnish’s initial claims of sexism against Sutton, retired riders Victoria Pendleton and Nicole Cooke both made separate claims that there is sexism within British Cycling. British Cycling denied the allegations but stated that they will seek talks with Varnish. Pendleton spoke with The Telegraph while Cooke wrote a piece for The Guardian.
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