"Cycling you are fcked but I love you," was a line from an Instagram post by Matilda Raynolds earlier this year.
It wouldn't seem unreasonable if she was leaning into the negative side of this love/hate relationship with the sport right now. This week she was meant to be lining up at the Lotto Belgium Tour, having staked a huge amount of training, time, effort and money into utilising the race as a potential opportunity to launch her dream of becoming a European-based professional cyclist.
