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 from many of the biggest events on the calendar, including the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France Femmes, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. 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

Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi add more strength to winning roster for 2026 – But here's why they're not stepping to the Women's WorldTour
By Matilda Price published
News 'It's not enough to be a top WorldTour team' says team who succeed in upping budget to €1.8 million but choose not to apply for license

Tadej Pogačar's final challenges: Milan-San Remo – the hardest Monument to win?
By Matilda Price published
Analysis Analysing whether the Slovenian can ever win the Classicisima, and what would have to happen for him to do so

Superprestige Niel: Lucinda Brand conquers the sand to take fifth victory of the season
By Matilda Price published
Results Inge van der Heijden moves into series lead with second, Aniek van Alphen third

Tadej Pogačar's former DS to strategise for Remco Evenepoel and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe in 2026
By Matilda Price published
News Allan Peiper returns to management following recovery from cancer with 'clear sporting vision and turning it into daily performance'

'My second career starts today' – Toon Aerts emotional after claiming first major title since doping suspension
By Matilda Price published
News Belgian wins European Championships, marking just his second win since serving a two-year ban

The 12 biggest breakthrough riders of 2025
By James Moultrie, Matilda Price published
Analysis From Squiban and Del Toro to Seixas and Holmgren, Cyclingnews looks at the fastest rising stars of the road from last season

Filling the Evenepoel void, or finding a new direction? Analysing Soudal-QuickStep's rider recruitment for 2026
By Matilda Price published
Analysis A closer look at who the Belgian team have signed for 2026, and what it means for their future

Eight underrated riders who deserve more credit – according to us
By Matilda Price published
Analysis The Cyclingnews team weighs in on the riders that deserve to be celebrated more, or are perhaps underrated by the cycling world

Another important transfer market – analysing the sports directors and key staff changing teams for 2026
By Matilda Price published
Analysis From a major overhaul at Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe to some interesting changes in the Women's WorldTour

I got into cycling because of these two retiring riders – It will be strange to cover the sport without them
By Matilda Price published
Opinion With Geraint Thomas and Lizzie Deignan both retiring in 2025, Matilda Price reflects on the impact they had on the sport, and on her

Uncertain futures? The top riders without a contract for 2026
By Dani Ostanek published
Analysis A rundown of the most notable riders who have yet to confirm their futures in the sport

Movistar deny any knowledge of Oier Lazkano Biological Passport abnormalities
By Matilda Price published
News Spanish squad says they only became aware of the case against Lazkano on the same day it was made public, and that it was 'materially impossible to know, or even intuit, any anomaly'

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 'still struggling' after ankle surgery, not yet training again
By Matilda Price published
News 'Recovery sure is gonna hurt' says Tour de France Femmes winner

Thibau Nys sets out lofty goals ahead of his cyclocross season opener at Koppenbergcross
By Matilda Price published
News Prodigious Belgian clear that double weekend of racing 'isn't just to get into the swing of things'

E3 Saxo Classic adds new ascent of Oude Kwaremont and extra climbing to 2026 route
By Matilda Price published
News Tweaks to route include an unused way up the Kwaremont as race organisers commit to finishes in Harelbeke for next five editions

11 of the most unexpected moments of the 2025 racing season
By Matilda Price, Kirsten Frattini published
Analysis In a season where some results almost seemed prewritten by dominant riders, here are 11 moments we didn't predict, from Classics underdogs and golden comebacks, to dramatic time trials and tactical masterclasses

Tour de France Femmes 2026 contenders – Ranking the early favourites for the yellow jersey after the route reveal
By Matilda Price published
Contenders Demi Vollering and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot poised to go head-to-head once again next summer

Alpe d'Huez – A history of the most famous 21 turns of the Tour de France
By Dani Ostanek, Peter Stuart, Stefan Rogers, Matilda Price last updated
The very first mountain-top finish in the Tour has never failed to live up to its status as the most iconic in the race's history

Felipe Orts wins Nacht van Woerden, ending Lars van der Haar's 10-year winning streak
By Matilda Price published
Results Spanish rider soloes to victory under the lights ahead of Pim Ronhaar and Jente Michels

Nacht van Woerden: Fem van Empel takes comeback victory in second race of the season
By Matilda Price published
Results Aniek van Alphen second, Inge van der Heijden third in Woerden

FDJ-Suez knock SD Worx-Protime off top spot of UCI WorldTeam rankings for first time in five years
By Matilda Price published
News French team tops the charts for 2025 as Demi Vollering also number 1 rider in the world

Shari Bossuyt returns to Track World Championships for first time since doping suspension – though without Madison partner Lotte Kopecky
By Matilda Price published
News 'I mainly want to have fun' says Belgian who is in action in Chile this week

UCI ketones statement only introduces more anti-doping grey areas, the exact thing cycling doesn't need – Opinion
By Matilda Price published
Opinion Recommending against certain products or practices but not banning them blurs the line in a sport where the boundaries need to be clear
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