Lizzie Deignan

Lizzie Deignan of Lidl-TREK, left, and Anna Henderson of TEAM VISMA - LEASE A BIKE fight it out for second and third on the Saltburn Bank climb during last year's Lloyds Bank National Road Championships (Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWPix.com)

Iconic Saltburn Bank climb to host stage finale in Women's Tour of Britain
The sweeping roads of North Yorkshire and the now iconic climb up Saltburn Bank will stage some of the finest cyclists in the world for the third year in a row ...

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Groundbreaking moment: Lizzie Deignan (Great Britain / Team Trek Segafredo Women) pictured during Paris-Roubaix Femmes (1.WWT) in 2021 (Picture: CorVos/SWpix.com)

'I don't want to say goodbye to my kids anymore': Yorkshire superstar to retire

GOOD SHOWING: At one point, Otley's Elizabeth Deignan led the way for the Great Britain during the women's road race at the Paris 2024 Olympics - eventually finishing 12th. Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com

Deignan to carry on competing but rules out push for LA 2028

Outside contender: Twelve years after she won a medal at London 2012, Lizzie Deignan is someone rival nations should not be writing off in Sunday's women's road race in Paris. (Picture: Zac Williams/SWPix.com)

Lizzie Deignan and Katy Marchant backed for Paris glory on Olympic return

Lizzie Deignan of Yorkshire is going to a fourth Olympics (Picture: SWPix.com)

Team GB cycling squad will benefit from experience of Yorkshire's Lizzie Deignan

Familiar fixture: The Otley Cycle Races are one of the highlights of the cycling calendar (Picture: Tony Johnson)

Cat Ferguson and Ed Clancy among names on startlist for Otley Cycle Races

Family matters: Lizzie Deignan shares the podium with her two children at the recent Women's Tour of Britain, showing how much her life has changed through her cycling career. (Picture: Simon Wilkinson/SWPix.com)

Hunger burning brightly for former world champion Lizzie Deignan

Connor Swift of Team INEOS Grenadiers looks for time-trial glory on Wednesday (Picture: SWPix.com)

How to watch cycling's British Road Championships in Yorkshire

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 will not change her all-in approach as she aims for a second career world title on the road this weekend in Flanders.
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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

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
YORKSHIRE cycling star Lizzie Deignan will look for a change of fortune when she dons Great Britain colours at the European Road Championships in France next week.
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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

Legendary Morley cyclist: Beryl Burton.

Sporting bygones: Why Beryl Burton remains one of the greatest cyclists of eithe...

Lizzie Deignan.
(Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe)

Lizzie Deignan leads strong British team into Yorkshire 2019 world championships

Lizzie Deignan.

Lizzie Deignan sets retirement date, but admits it may be ‘premature’

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.

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Lizzie Deignan.

Otley’s Lizzie Deignan closes gap on Women’s Tour leaders

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

Podium finish for Yorkshire’s Lizzie Deignan

Lizzie Deignan: Hailed growth in women's cycling.
Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

VIDEO: Lizzie Deignan delighted women are pedalling alongside men in terms of pr...

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 peloton races past the Harrogate Pump Room on the 2019 UCI Road World Championship loop during yesterdays first stage of the womens Tour de Yorkshire. (
Picture: Bruce Rollinson)

Tour de Yorkshire - Lizzie Deignan and Lizzy Banks push Lorena Wiebes all the wa...

Lorena Wiebes wins in Bedale.

Tour de Yorkshire - Rick Zabel and Lorena Wiebes claim stage wins into Bedale

On centre stage: Lizzie Deignan and Mark Cavendish. Picture: Tony Johnson

Lizzie Deignan: ‘I have to listen to my body more than I have ever done before’

Chris Froome at a press conference held at Leeds Civic Hall on the eve of the Tour de Yorkshire. Picture Tony Johnson.

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

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Gaby Shaw.

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

SEE YOU SOON! Connor Swift. Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

Mark Cavendish, Connor Swift and Annemiek van Vleuten added to Tour of Yorkshire...

Lizzie Deignan of the Great Britain at the 2017 world championships (Picture: SWPix.com)

Lizzie Deignan continues comeback at Tour de Yorkshire

WE'LL MEET AGAIN: Anna van der Breggen and Lizzie Deignan, right, contest the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire. Picture: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com

Anna van der Breggen welcomes return of rivalry with Yorkshire’s Lizzie Deignan ...

Lizzie Deignan: The new mother is targeting a third Olympics in 2020.

Tokyo glory would help erase the pain of Rio for Lizzie Deignan

Lizzie Deignan.

Leeds cycling champ announces birth of daughter

Ed Clancy.

Clancy faces fierce competition for national title

Lizzie Deignan, the women's champion of last year's Tour de Yorkshire. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com.

After the Tour, comes the Expo for cycling fans in Harrogate

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 ...

Top climb: Sophie Thackray training up the Cow and Calf. Picture: Bruce Rollinson

Tour de Yorkshire: School's out for Sophie Thackray as she targets biggest test

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