From 6th-10th March, here at Cycling Weekly we'll be celebrating Women's Week, with International Women's Day this year landing right in the middle and marking the apex of our coverage on Wednesday, 8th March.
We'll be covering a full spectrum of cycling, from the training tips guiding female professionals (and a growing number of amateurs) to inspirational stories of female empowerment - from the women who've taken up cycling in middle age to the racers who forged their own way when the odds were stacked against them.
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Wout van Aert back on drop bars as he says he’s ‘almost professional again’ in Strava postVisma-Lease a Bike rider broke his collarbone, sternum and several ribs in a high speed crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen
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'Ride like you own the road' - Zoe Bäckstedt on Paris-Roubaix Femmes, her Grand Tour debut and her new Red Bull helmetBäckstedt recently landed sponsorship from the energy drink giants and joined the likes of Tom Pidcock, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot and Evie Richards as a Red Bull athlete
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Female-specific nutrition strategies: how to adjust your fuelling at each stage of the menstrual cycleYour carbohydrate and protein demands vary greatly throughout the month - here’s how to make sure you’re giving your body what it needs
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Strava data shows women restricted by daylight hours for exercise - but female Gen Z Brits prove more active than menGlobal data reveals women 8% less likely to exercise outside post-sunset
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Seven ways ‘traditional’ cycle training approaches don't work for women - and what you can do insteadFemale physiology demands a different approach to training, nutrition, weight management and recovery – Dr Stacy Sims explains
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Stock bike setups are often stacked against women and smaller adult cyclists - here’s how to achieve a better fitFrom frame size to stance width, crank length to brake levers, here's eight common issues faced by smaller adult cyclists – and a bike fitter’s advice on how to overcome them
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Cycling and pregnancy: expert advice on staying active whilst growing a little personCycling Weekly's digital editor was never going to spend 40 weeks off the bike...
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Three's peak: How a trio of veteran women TT racers set a blistering new Three Peaks recordThree women, three peaks, one target: to hike up and down each mountain, cycling from one to the next, in record time. CW finds out how they got on
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Ideal time of day to exercise differs between active men and womenDig deep and make it count - new research shows that the optimal time of day to burn fat is not the same across the genders
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How hormones affect cycling performance - and what you can do to harness themNo, testosterone won’t give you superpowers any more than being on your period writes off your race prospects. Michelle Arthurs-Brennan debunks the myths around sex hormones
