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'One functioning portaloo labelled 'male-only' for 8,500 riders' – cycling sportives need to 'do better' to attract female riders

A bike sits between portaloos at the Vuleta in 2001.

“Do better for female cyclists,” says Olivia Moore in a video that appears on my Instagram feed, a well-earned medal hanging proudly around her neck.

She isn’t criticising the route, the atmosphere or the volunteers at the Mallorca 312 gran fondo. In fact, she describes it as “an epic day”. Her frustrations lie elsewhere: the toilets.

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