POOLEY, LAWS AND COOKE ALL IN TOP SIX OF FRENCH STAGE RACE

Emma Pooley Olympic Games 2008

Emma Pooley, Sharon Laws and Nicole Cooke are in superb form with the World Championships approaching.

The trio were all in the top six of the Tour Cycliste Fémine Ardèche, which finished on Sunday.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.