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Cycling must act to address racism

Across the entire men’s WorldTour, there are five black cyclists. That’s out of 543 professionals at the elite level, or 0.9 per cent. The smaller Women’s WorldTour peloton has no black riders. It becomes really stark when you look at photos of WorldTour teams: the lack of diversity really stands out.

The Black Lives Matter movement has become a global message in the wake of the death of George Floyd on May 25 in police custody in Minneapolis, and as

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