It has been announced today that Lizzie Deignan will race in next month’s Tour de Yorkshire – just seven months after giving birth! Lizzie, an Olympic silver medallist, National Road Race Champion and Cycleplan’s ambassador, sat down with us to chat about her 2019 racing schedule. You’ve announced your competition schedule for the year.…
Having a strict and consistent training regime is essential to competing at the highest level of cycling, as Lizzie Deignan knows all too well. Olympic medallist and Cycleplan ambassador Lizzie gives us a day-by-day breakdown of her week in training. It’s clear from this diary why she’s been at the pinnacle of cycling for so…
Let’s be honest, the Spring Classics are arguably the best time of year for any cycling enthusiast – they’re amazing to watch and extremely gruelling to ride. They’re cycling’s biggest and most prestigious one-day races – with their punishing cobbled climbs making them stand out from the crowd. Now the Spring Classics are upon us,…
The electric bike is the fastest growing category of the global cycling industry, and its meteoric rise is impossible to ignore. The popularity of the electric bike is mostly down to the range of benefits it offers everyone, from novices to seasoned cyclists. The increased demand for electric bikes means there’s plenty of them to…
Last March, Lizzie Deignan and husband Phil announced they were expecting their first child. Fast-forward almost a year, their daughter Orla is now five months old and Lizzie is back training again. We caught up with Lizzie to find out how she’s balancing being a mother with her gruelling training schedule. First of all, how…
Getting the right bike fit is something that everyone knows the importance of – it keeps injury at bay, helps you go faster and further and makes the overall cycling experience a lot more comfortable. Yet so many people get their bike fit wrong. This is surprisingly easy to do as there are so many…
We wanted to know more about the stunning Santini X Lizzie Cyclewear collection, so we sat down with the collection’s designer, Fergus Niland to talk about the collaboration process, working with Lizzie and the aspects that go into a great piece of cyclewear. Why did you decide to collaborate with Lizzie? The development and investment…
You’ll know all too well how exhausted your body feels after a long bike ride, especially if you’ve been doing a lot of climbing. That’s why it’s essential you provide your body with what it needs to be able to recover sufficiently: eating enough protein for muscle recovery, and enough carbohydrates to replenish your energy.…
People start cycling for a number of reasons: to improve cardiovascular health, build muscle or just to improve their general fitness. However, although the physical benefits of cycling are widely documented, what is often forgotten is how much it can help our mental health too. According to statistics from The International Stress Management Association, stress…
