Lizzie Deignan

GOLD RUN: Lizzie Deignan, pictured competing in the Liege Bastogne Liege Femmes race in April this year. Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com

Deignan hoping previous Glasgow experience can boost chances

CONCERN: Lizzie Deignan has warned the race will leave a huge hole in the WorldTour calendar if it does not go ahead in June. Picture: Bradley Collyer/PA.

Deignan to consider her race options if Women’s Tour dropped

Former winner Lizzie Deignan of Trek Segafredo in action in the 2021 Women's Tour (Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

Women's Tour coming to Yorkshire - but only if funding shortfall is found

GRIND: Tom Pidcock of INEOS Grenadiers pus in the hard work on the Via Santa Catarina climb on his way to winning the Strade Bianche in Siena, Tuscany. Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

Pidcock rewarded for bold move as he clinches Strade Bianche crown

Lizzie Deignan with daughter Orla and husband Phil at the finish in Harrogate at the UCI World Championships in 2019. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Lizzie Deignan - New Year's honour for normalising motherhood in cycling

WINNING FEELING: Abi Smith of Team Breeze pictured after she won the Women's CiCLE Classic last year. Picture: Alex Whitehead\SWpix.com.

Abi Smith drawing inspiration from young dreams as she makes Commonwealths debut

ALICE TOWERS: Became a national champion on Sunday. Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com.

Yorkshire's Alice Towers stuns field to win British National Road Championships

Family matters: Connor Swift, right, congratulates cousin Ben, left, after winning the British road race title in 2019. (Picture: SWPix.com)

Ben Swift out to make history and keep British title in the family

MAGIC MOMENT: Lizzie Deignan wins Paris Roubaix Women's Race 2021. Picture: CorVos/SWpix.com

Lizzie Deignan targets return of women’s Tour De France as 2022 highlight

Lizzie Deignan wins Paris-Roubaix Femmes (Picture: CorVos/SWpix.com)

Lizzie Deignan wins historic first Paris-Roubaix for women

Lizzie Deignan at the
UCI World Championships 2019 in Harrogate. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

How Lizzie Deignan can win a second world title

Yorkshire rider Lizzie Deignan. Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

Otley’s Lizzie Deignan won’t change her style in pursuit of second world title

Lizzie Deignan. contests the UCI World Championships of 2019 into Harrogate (
Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Deignan and Pidcock fly flag for Yorkshire and British Cycling at Road Worlds

Lizzie Deignan comes home in 11th place in the Women's Road Race at the Fuji International Speedway. Picture: Martin Rickett/PA

Tokyo Olympics: Lizzie Deignan frustrated after finishing outside top 10

RELAXED: Lizzie Deignan is looking to make it third time lucky in Sunday's road race. Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

Tokyo Olympics: Relaxed Lizzie Deignan in the ‘right place’ to compete for gold

Lizzie Deignan: Celebrates winning La Course ahead of Marianne Vos in 2020. (Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

Lizzie Deignan out to cement status as queen of La Course

Lizzie Deignan (Great Britain / Team Trek Segafredo Women) wins Liege-Bastogne-Liege (Picture: CorVos/SWpix.com)

Lizzie Deignan’s racing instincts earn Liege-Bastogne-Liege victory

Tom Pidcock: Last year’s world championship Under-23s bronze medallist has joined Ineos. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Lizzie Deignan, Tom Pidcock and Lizzy Banks fly flag for Yorkshire at worlds

Lizzy Banks of Sheffield wins stage four of the Gira Rosa (Picture: CorVos/SWpix.com)

Lizzy Banks wins stage of Gira Rosa to ride into GC contention

Lizzie Deignan (right) recovers with team-mate Elisa Longo Borghini after winning La Course by Le Tour de France 2020. Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

Yorkshire’s Lizzie Deignan celebrates French victory plus Tour de France latest

WINNING FEELING: For Otley's Lizzie Deignan of Trek Segafredo. Picture: Alex Whitehead\SWpix.com.

Otley's Lizzie Deignan claims victory in dramatic sprint finish at La Course
Lizzie Deignan left it late to claim victory in a sprint finish at La Course.

Winner: Lizzie Deignan.

Victorious Lizzie Deignan ready for European title quest

Lizzie Deignan: Will look for a change of fortune. Picture: PA

Lizzie Deignan delighted to get Great Britain call

Professional hopes: Gabriella Shaw during the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire from Bridlington to Scarborough.

Cyclist Gaby Shaw waiting to get back in saddle to pursue Tour de Yorkshire ambi...

Lizzie Deignan climbs up Cornwall Road from the Pump Room.
UCI World Championships 2019. Elite Women Road Race. Harrogate. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Lizzie Deignan decides to stay on her bike after coronavirus shutdown

Lizzie Deignan.
(Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

Lizzie Deignan leads strong British team into Yorkshire 2019 world championships

Yorkshires Lizzie Deignan holds the trophy after winning the Womens Tour of Britain (Picture: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com).

Grit and determination led to OVO Energy Women’s Tour win, says Lizzie Deignan

Lizzie Deignan wins stage five - Llandrindod Wells to Builth Wells - on the OVO Energy Women's Tour. Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

Lizzie Deignan savours first stage win since return to action

Otley's Lizzie Deignan, a world champion in 2015, hopes to win the rainbow jersey in Yorkshire this September.

100 days for Yorkshire to create a world cycling legacy – The Yorkshire Post say...

Cycling has taken off since Yorkshire hosted the 2014 Tour de France when Mark Cavebndish, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas all competed in the Grand Depart.

Yorkshire’s race to deliver cycling revolution is reaching top gear - Julie Harr...

Marianne Vos beats off the challenge of rival Lizzie Deignan. Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

Podium finish for Yorkshire’s Lizzie Deignan

Baby came too: Lizzie Deignan cuddles daughter Orla after completing the womens race in Scarborough. (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Tour de Yorkshire - Aggressive Lizzie Deignan brightens grey day as Marianne Vos...
THE FINEST rider of her generation, three-time world road race champion Marianne Vos now has the ASDA Women’s Tur de Yorkshire on her glittering palmares.

A cyclist prepares for the Tour de Yorkshire which begins today.

The power of Tour de Yorkshire 2019 to change lives with chain reaction – The Yo...

Gaby Shaw.

Tour de Yorkshire: Gaby Shaw targets top-15 finish on home roads

Ed Clancy.

Clancy faces fierce competition for national title

Megan Guarnier, Boels Dolmans, wins the ASDA Womens Tour de Yorkshire, Stage 2, Barnsley to Ilkley, and the overall title on the summit of the Cow and Calf.
4 May 2018. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Tour de Yorkshire: Guarnier fights up Cow and Calf as Rowe calls for World Tour ...

TAINTED: Chris Froome rides on the Champs-Elysees in the Tour de France leader's yellow jersey in 2017. Picture: Adam Davy/PA

State of the Nation '“ Cycling: Froome case has left black cloud hovering over t...

Chantal Blaak of The Netherlands crosses the finish line in first place, during the UCI Cycling Road World Championships World Championships Women Elite Road Race in Bergen, Norway on Saturday. (Cornelius Poppe/NTB Scanpix via AP)

Ben Swift and Lizzie Deignan show bravery but Peter Sagan steals the show again

2015 world champion cyclist Lizzie Deignan. Can she repeat the feat in Bergen? (Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Yorkshire stars bid for rainbow jerseys at world championships

Boels Dolmans' Lizzie Deignan during La Course in Briancon. Picture: Ian Parker/PA.

Yorkshire's Lizzie Deignan clinches second in France

Adam Blythe defends the British title he won in 2016.

British Championships: Ben Swift aims for Adam Blythe's crown

Lizzie Deignan lifts the trophy aloft after winning the women's race at the Tour de Yorkshire

Expect the unexpected, says Lizzie Deignan as Women's Tour begins

Team Dimension Data's Serge Pauwels (right) wins Stage Three of the Tour de Yorkshire. (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire)

Tour de Yorkshire: Unheralded Belgian vindicated as Yorkshire impresses in spotl...

Six of the best: Yorkshire's inspirational women

Leading lights: Marking International Women's Day with six of the most inspirati...

Chris Evans gets gowned up, to receive an honorary degree from York St John University at York Minster.

Evans above! Archbishop bestows honour on Radio 2's Chris

Gold medalist Peter Sagan of Slovakia, center, celebrates on the podium with second place Mark Cavendish of Great Britain, left and third place Tom Boonen of Belgium, after the men's Elite Road Race at the 2016 Road World Championships in Doha. Picture: AP/Alexandra Panagiotidou)

Agony for Mark Cavendish as he misses second world road title by whisker

Lizzie Armitstead

Defending champion Lizzie Deignan finishes fourth at Road World Championships

Lizzie Armitstead, now Deignan, at the Tour de Yorkshire race from Otley to Doncaster in April

Yorkshire '˜quietly confident' of winning world road race cycle championships to...

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