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9 Significant Photos in the History of Women’s Cycling

Photo moments that show how the bicycle paved the way for women's emancipation and how it went on to shape women's cycling.

Debut at the Olympics

Female cyclist in rational dress from 1889. Source: http://1890swriters.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/1890s-womens-fashion.html
The Safety Cycle: Photograph: London Stereoscopic Company Getty Images
Cambridge students hang an effigy of a woman riding a bike in protest against university admission. Photograph: Hulton Archive/ Getty Images
Source: http://www.brainpickings.org/2012/01/03/donts-for-women-on-bicycles-1895/
Two suffragettes on bicycles in 1914. Photograph: Corbis
Beryl Burton
Connie Carpenter-Phinney wins the LA Olympics Road Race in 1984. Photo sourced from http://pages.rapha.cc/
Helen Wyman wins the 2013 Koppenbergcross. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Afp/AFP/Getty Images
Photo: http://www.womenstour.co.uk/

Debut at the Olympics

It wasn’t until 1984 that women’s cycling was put on the Olympic agenda. The first road race was at the LA Games and was won by Connie Carpenter-Phinney or the USA.

2016 Olympic Road Race to Start and Finish on Copacabana Beach

Since ’84, women’s cycling has provided some of the most exciting Olympic performances, including the women of Team GB on both track and road at London 2012.

Interview: Laura Trott