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