Matilda Price
Matilda is an NCTJ-qualified journalist based in the UK who joined Cyclingnews in March 2025. Prior to that, she worked as the Racing News Editor at GCN, and extensively as a freelancer contributing to Cyclingnews, Cycling Weekly, Velo, Rouleur, Escape Collective, Red Bull and more. She has reported on the ground at all of the biggest events on the calendar, including the men's and women's Tours de France, the Giro d'Italia, the Vuelta a Espana, the Spring Classics and the World Championships. She has particular experience and expertise in women's cycling, and women's sport in general. She is a graduate of modern languages and sports journalism.
Latest articles by Matilda Price

'You feel a bit of urgency' – Tadej Pogačar regains key Classics domestique as Mikkel Bjerg returns from injury at E3 Saxo Classic
By Matilda Price published
News Dane had been out for eight weeks after Tour Down Under crash amid several injury woes at UAE Team Emirates-XRG

'It's not up to us' or 'there is no more time to gamble'? How big teams in the peloton failed to chase down Mathieu van der Poel in E3 Saxo Classic
By Matilda Price published
Analysis The peloton was at one point only 30 seconds behind solo Dutchman, with numbers for many teams, but directors from Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe and Lidl-Trek disagree on where chasing responsibility lies

'Per made no mistakes' – Visma-Lease a Bike lay fault with Jonas Abrahamsen after Hagenes' group fumbles catch at E3 Saxo Classic
By Matilda Price published
News Sports Director Van Dongen defends Norwegian, hopes return of Van Aert and Brennan can turn second place into first at next races

The cobbled Classics storylines we're looking forward to – From Van der Poel and Pogačar on the cusp of history to a different Demi Vollering and a resurgent Mads Pedersen
By Matilda Price, Patrick Fletcher, Kirsten Frattini, Dani Ostanek, Laura Weislo, Alasdair Fotheringham published
Feature The Cyclingnews team weighs in on the stories to follow during the cobbled Classics

New name, new route, new winners? – Analysing the contenders for the men's and women's Ronde Van Brugge
By Matilda Price published
Analysis Philipsen, Groenewegen, Gillespie and Balsamo among favourites for sprint-friendly races

The winning was never the boring part – When Tadej Pogačar does it like he did at Milan-San Remo, I could watch him win every week
By Matilda Price published
Opinion After a streak of 50km-plus victories, boredom was starting to settle in around the World Champion's success, but winning by half a wheel on Via Roma was as thrilling as it gets

Beers and Nortje overhaul GC in finale to win men's Cape Epic, as Lill and Keller complete near total domination in women's race
By Matilda Price published
News Luca Schwarzbauer and Sam Gaze take most stage wins in men's race as Kate Courtney loses replacement partner midway through week in South Africa

No Longo Borghini, no Vos, a headwind – Is Milan-San Remo Women playing into the sprinters' hands again? Team directors analyse the race
By Matilda Price published
Analysis Hopes of a more attacking race may have been dashed by absence of Italian champion, but Movistar and Canyon directors still feel different finale from last year remains possible

From top riders' real form to the teams not quite thriving – Five key questions ahead of Milan-San Remo and the next Classics
By Matilda Price published
Analysis We're a few races into the spring, but there's still so much to analyse and discover as the racing ramps up in March and April

'It could be different and even more unpredictable' – Elisa Longo Borghini fired up for earlier explosion in Milan-San Remo Women
By Matilda Price published
News Last year's almost-winner thinks race could blow up on the Cipressa after learnings from inaugural edition

Lidl-Trek face another Classics setback as ill Jonathan Milan forced out of Milan-San Remo
By Matilda Price published
News Race's sprint field diminished as Italian suffering after Tirreno-Adriatico, as Lidl-Trek without a leader with Pedersen still injured

'I hope it gives me some freedom in the next races' – Lotte Kopecky shows threatening signs for Milan-San Remo with win in Belgium
By Matilda Price last updated
News Belgian rider interrupts Italian block to win Nokere Koerse whilst building up to top form and pace after return from back injury

Nokere Koerse Women: Lotte Kopecky powers to third career victory
By Matilda Price published
Results Belgian beats Charlotte Kool and Lara Gillespie in sprint finish

Where do the Tour de France contenders stand after Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico? Our first form ranking of 2026
By James Moultrie, Matilda Price last updated
Contenders With Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico and the early-season racing completed, we evaluate where all the favourites for yellow are standing ahead of July

Eleonora Ciabocco escapes with only cuts and stitches after frightening crash in Trofeo Alfredo Binda
By Matilda Price published
News Young Italian rider being monitored for concussion symptoms after hitting the ground hard in latter stages of Sunday's race

Tirreno-Adriatico: Michael Valgren breaks away for first win in five years as Isaac del Toro takes back race lead on stage 5
By Matilda Price published
Results Del Toro and Matteo Jorgenson round out podium as Giulio Pellizzari loses 19 seconds to duo

Riders to watch at Cape Epic 2026 – Mountain bike stars, gravel pros and Epic veterans form strong and open field for 700km challenge
By Matilda Price, Simone Giuliani published
Contenders Kate Courtney, Matt Beers, Alessandra Keller and Sam Gaze among stacked start lists, but which pairs will come out on top?

Leeuw-Oetingen: Lorena Wiebes finds a new way to win the race for a third time
By Matilda Price published
Results Dutchwoman launches late attack to take a more aggressive win

'If I have too big a gap from road, I lose a bit' – Tiffany Cromwell keeping the gravel balance going in 2026, with eyes on Australian title defence and home World Championships
By Simone Giuliani published
News Australian road professional with long history of also racing gravel keeps focus on road during Classics but key off-road goals take centre stage later in season

Tirreno-Adriatico: Mathieu van der Poel beats Isaac del Toro to thrilling stage 2 victory as wet gravel roads cause chaos
By Matilda Price published
Results Matteo Jorgenson and Thymen Arensman among the GC hopefuls to crash during sketchy San Gimignano finale

Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico are traditionally the spring's most important Grand Tour preparation races, but do they actually tell us anything?
By Matilda Price published
Analysis Most of the top GC riders are in action in France and Italy this week, but the statistics say that the results will tell us sparingly little about the biggest races of the spring and summer

'We had doubts about whether to do it or not' – How the Vuelta Femenina decided the time was right to take on the Angliru
By Matilda Price published
News Women's race will tackle fearsome climb in exciting double-header finale to May stage race

Read Cyclingnews' new and in-depth women's health series this International Women's Day
By Matilda Price published
Hub Assistant Features Editor Matilda Price introduces our latest subscriber-only series, how the stories came to be, and how you can read the articles for free this weekend

Fearsome Angliru rumoured to host finale of La Vuelta Femenina for the first time in 2026
By Matilda Price published
News El País reports that stage 7 will finish atop the Alto de L'Angliru, ahead of official route presentation on Monday

'I felt an obligation to be truthful and speak out' – Why Demi Vollering wants to keep periods and women's health in the spotlight in cycling
By Matilda Price published
News Former Tour de France Femmes champion has habitually spoken about periods, nutrition and health, saying 'it's very important to keep speaking up'
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