There’s a lovely story about how she started cycling. British Cycling visited her secondary school and she was persuaded to have a go on the bikes they brought, and despite apparently having no interest in cycling previously showed real potential and was taken on to their Olympic programme. The rest, as they say, is history. To achieve what she has done, World Champion and winning all 3 monuments at a time when Vos, van Vleuten, Van Der Breggen were at their peak, shows what a talented athlete she was. Not forgetting she was at the forefront of campaigning to get more equality in pay and prizes. She will be missed!
