Cycling receives £17m Sport England investment to grow grassroots sport
Investment will focus on grassroots sport and the mass market
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Sport England will invest £17 million into grassroots cycling, with the sport getting more money than any other governing body in the current round of funding.
The money is part of a wider £88 million investment into grassroots sports, with another £3 million put aside to bid for international sporting events.
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Funding is split into three different categories, with £7 million being invested into the "core market", £4.6 million into "talent", and £5.7 million into the "mass market", with cycling one of only four sports to receive investment in this last area.
"There are millions of people with a regular sporting habit, who are often the most committed and resilient," Sport England director of sport Phil Smith told BBC Sport.
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"But our research tells us we can never take them for granted and that life gets in the way of exercise sometimes.
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"We are also backing the talent programmes in these sports to find and develop the best performers."
The Sport England investment is separate from UK Sport funding, which is focused on elite athletes, with British Cycling receiving around £26 million of the latter in the build-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Henry Robertshaw began his time at Cycling Weekly working with the tech team, writing reviews, buying guides and appearing in videos advising on how to dress for the seasons. He later moved over to the news team, where his work focused on the professional peloton as well as legislation and provision for cycling. He's since moved his career in a new direction, with a role at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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