Sharon Laws checks in during cervical cancer treatment

In early October, on the brink of retirement, Sharon Laws wrote a powerful personal statement in which she revealed she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer. The 42-year-old British rider had begun chemotherapy three days before her announcement. Now three chemotherapy treatments into an eight-round regimen, Laws has settled into a new routine of sorts – one that includes tests and treatment, friends and family and, of course, cycling.

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