Monday, 5 October 2015

Forget the rugby – here are 8 reasons Brits are completely nailing cycling right now

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Apparently some rugby tournament ended prematurely for the host nation on Saturday. We’d argue that it couldn’t matter less, for British cyclists have so many reasons* to be happy right now.

From Worlds-winning women to Hour Record removal and epic enduro wins, most would agree we’ve never had it so good. Take a look at our list of reasons why…

*We hasten to add that the rugby is far from over for Wales and Scotland and the combined Ireland team. Only England could get booted out of their own tournament in the group stages.

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Lizzie Armitstead triumphs away from the track

Already Commonwealth and National road race champion, Yorkshire’s Lizzie Armitstead added the Worlds title to her palmarès just over a week ago in Richmond, Virginia. Summoning track-honed tactics during the final sprint, she became the fourth British woman to win the title. We can’t wait to see how she gets on at the Rio Olympics.

Bradley Wiggins obliterates the Hour Record

Chris Froome repeats his Tour-winning ways

Broadcasters feel the velo love

Tracey Moseley wins Enduro World Series for a third time

Rachel Atherton becomes MTB world champion and World Cup champion

Grant Ferguson comes second at Under-23 Cross-country World Cup

Strength in numbers

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