Emma Pooley remains frustrated at women's low status in cycling
The 2008 Olympic silver medallist who is making the case for a female Tour de France has no faith in the men hoping to be president of the UCIFor a woman who has scaled back her involvement in...
View ArticleOlympic silver medallist Emma Pooley ready to ride, run and swim again
New challenges on and off the bike and a determination to try to improve the profile of women's cycling await Emma PooleyWhereas most PhD students might permit themselves a long evening out with a...
View ArticleTour de France organisers consider Emma Pooley's plan for women's race
• Olympic silver medallist has launched petition for women's Tour• Organisers understood to have discussed Pooley's proposalEmma Pooley, Britain's Olympic silver medallist and former world time trial...
View ArticleMarianne Vos is untouchable as crowds come out for inaugural Tour of Britain
• Dutchwoman dominates final stage of series to claim title• Sprinter Hannah Barnes is fourth and highest placed BritonMarianne Vos began her season later than usual this year, but the world and...
View ArticleEmma Pooley wins her third gold at British time-trial championships
• Triumphant return over hilly course after break from cycling• Katie Archibald grabs silver medal with impressive rideEmma Pooley is almost certainly the first doctor of philosophy to win the women’s...
View ArticleDomestic rivals seek to dilute Team Sky challenge in road race battle
The National Road Race Championship has been dominated by Sky riders but one team leader believes the gap between Dave Brailsford’s squad and the rest is closing slightlyAs cycling in Britain moves...
View ArticleEmma Pooley to retire from cycling after Commonwealth Games
• Sunday’s road race will be Olympian’s last ride• ‘You have to go some time,’ says 31-year-oldEmma Pooley, the cyclist who won silver for Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics, will retire from the...
View ArticleEmma Pooley pipped to time trial Commonwealth Games gold
• England rider beaten by New Zealand’s Linda Villumsen• Pooley set to retire after Sunday’s road raceEngland’s Emma Pooley was denied Commonwealth Games gold in the women’s time trial as her...
View ArticleGlasgow 2014: Alex Dowsett turns despair to delight for time-trial gold
• Dowsett overcomes gloom of missing Tour de France• Margin of victory over Rohan Dennis more than 9secIt should have been a glorious moment for Alex Dowsett, riding through his home county during the...
View ArticleLizzie Armitstead and Emma Pooley in England one-two at Glasgow 2014
• Armitstead wins Commonwealth gold in cycling road race• Pooley takes selfless silver in her final raceOn many tear-stained occasions Lizzie Armitstead has been cycling’s lady in waiting, collecting...
View ArticleEmma Pooley: British Cycling wrong to pick no women for world time trial
• Governing body: ‘We don’t believe we have a medal contender’• Former champion: ‘I didn’t have a medal chance at 1st Worlds’The 2008 Olympic silver medallist Emma Pooley has criticised British Cycling...
View ArticleJoanna Rowsell criticises British Cycling over women’s time trial
• No one was entered for event at Road World Championships• British Cycling felt its riders would not make the podium• Emma Pooley: British Cycling is wrong to pick no womenThe Olympic pursuit gold...
View ArticleTracey Gaudry interview: cycling's most powerful woman discusses the sport
As a former professional cyclist and a vice president of the UCI, Gaudry can change women’s cycling for the better. How is she using that influence and will the future be brighter for the sport?Tracey...
View ArticleCycling in 2014: 10 memorable moments
William Fotheringham on the best, worst and most controversial moments in cycling this yearHigh drama in Cali as the most consistent gold medal winners in British cycling almost threw away a fourth...
View ArticleFind Alpine road cycling tough? Imagine doing it with one leg
Prior to tackling Europe’s 2015 Haute Route, Peter Kimpton talks to two inspiring cyclists also preparing for the challenge – champion pro Emma Pooley, and remarkable disabled rider Christian...
View ArticleShane Sutton: Emma Pooley’s return could help Lizzie Armitstead strike gold
• 2008 Olympic time trial silver medallist Pooley can be asset in Rio road race• Technical director Sutton says time trial’s hilly course will suit PooleyEmma Pooley’s return to the GB team could have...
View ArticleTeam Sky’s Peter Kennaugh hits out at Emma Pooley over sexism claims
• British champion asks why Sky would put money into women’s Giro• ‘Stop being so self centred and get over it’Team Sky rider Peter Kennaugh has waded into the debate over sexism in British cycling by...
View ArticleMark Cavendish set for huge year after being named in GB Olympics squad
• Little-known 20-year-old Ryan Owens also selected• Emma Pooley and Lizzie Armitstead in road race teamMark Cavendish is set for a momentous 2016 as he makes a three-pronged attack on the Tour de...
View ArticleEmma Pooley says Dave Brailsford was ‘silly’ to guess her whereabouts
• Team Sky chief, questioned over ‘package’, said cyclist was in France• Pooley: ‘I still have the flight numbers from how I got home’ – from SpainEmma Pooley says it was “at best silly and careless”...
View ArticleUK women cyclists and Grand Tour success | Letters
John Orbea remembers the victories of Nicole Cooke and Emma PooleyYour excellent report on Chris Froome’s victory at the Vuelta a España states that “Sir Bradley Wiggins is the only other Briton to...
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