Lizzie Deignan’s return to racing, following the birth of her second child last September, has been a balancing act. As the Tour de France Femmes ended last Sunday, the 34-year-old sat down outside her Lidl-Trek team bus in Pau’s Place Verdun and took stock of her first experience of the relaunched women’s race.
The look on her face spoke volumes. Juggling full-time motherhood while preparing for the rigours of stage racing in the climbs of the Massif Central and the Pyrenees was definitely not easy.
