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" I don't look at my emails on the weekend or after 6 o'clock in the day. "

Lizzie Armitstead

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" I have a strong, inspiring, and professional group of women around me with Boels-Dolmans. We race and train incredibly hard as a team. "

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" The UCI have to make the decision to put in rules into women's cycling that they have in men's cycling: you know, like a minimum budget to run a women's team and that sort of thing so that it becomes more professional. "

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