S4 Ep46: Brother UK Cycling Podcast - Lizzie Deignan interview

Brother UK Cycling Podcast

Lizzie Deignan is among Britain’s most successful cyclists. A world champion on track and road, an Olympic silver medalist and winner of the most prestigious races in professional cycling, she has consistently been among the peloton’s strongest riders in a period of exponential growth and transformational change in women’s cycling.

In a wide-ranging interview, Lizzie describes pivotal moments in her career, from being recruited as a teenager to British Cycling’s Talent Team to winning the inaugural women’s Paris-Roubaix with an extraordinary solo victory equal in significance to such a monumental occasion.
Speaking in the week before Christmas from Lidl-Trek’s pre-season training camp in Spain, Lizzie provides fascinating insights into some of the biggest victories of her career and offers an insightful commentary on the female sport’s continuing battle for parity.
From her earliest days as a professional cyclist in Belgium to the 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Lizzie describes her continuing motivation, her legacy as an inspiration to a new generation of British female cyclists and her return to Yorkshire, where she combines family life with the demands of international sport.
Co-host Timothy John, formerly the editor of RoadCyclingUK.com and Rouleur.cc, discusses a host of topics with Lizzie in a broad and open conversation that offers a revealing portrait of a rider who continues to lead her sport by example in a period of expansion and evolution.