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Sliding Scales: Weight, performance and pressure in women’s cycling

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Sliding Scales: Weight, performance and pressure in women’s cycling

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot's Tour de France Femmes win reignited debate about weight pressure in women's cycling. Rouleur investigates the uncomfortable truth.

By Chris Marshall-Bell

Photography by Eloise Mavian / Tornanti.cc

5 JANUARY 2026 | UPDATED 11.42 PM BST

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