Cycling Weekly

DIFFERENT ROUTE, SAME DESTINATION

From a quick glance at the medal table, it was a case of déjà vu for Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics. Twelve cycling medals, six of them gold, just like Rio five years earlier.

But the opposite is actually the truth, because for the first time ever, the cycling successes came from a wider pool of riders and across numerous disciplines, the deliverance of a new strategy and a vision of the future.

Maiden mountain bike and BMX golds captured public attention like few other wins did and prompted engagement from sections of

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