News
10 March 2017
Jess Varnish was dropped from the Great Britain team ahead of the Rio Olympics Varnish then lifted the lid on a culture of fear and bullying at British Cycling She alleged coach Shane Sutton told her to 'get on with having a baby' Internal investigation said just one of nine allegations against him were proven Now, an independent review of British Cycling has said the organisation 'sanitised' and even 'reversed' findings of its own grievance officer World medallist Varnish has told Sportsmail the cover-up did not surprise her
10 March 2017
Jess Varnish: 'I was thrown under the bus by British Cycling'
Track cyclist Jess Varnish says she was "thrown under the bus" by British Cycling and was the victim of a "cover-up".
7 November 2016
Jess Varnish came forward with allegations of sexism from then technical director of British Cycling, Shane Sutton, in a Sportsmail interview
28 October 2016
Statement from Jess Varnish in response to the British Cycling Statement today
I spoke out because I wanted to shine a light on the culture at British Cycling, a culture that in my mind was incorrect. I'm relieved that the British Cycling board have acknowledged that the language used was inappropriate and discriminatory and I would like to thank those involved and those that contributed to the investigation for their time and effort.
15 July 2016
Statement in response to the Sky Sports article published today (15th July 2016)
I wanted to shine a light on the culture of fear at British Cycling, and I'm glad that numerous other riders and staff came forward to share their experiences. I have spoken with and shared information and evidence with both British Cycling and UK Sport and co-operated in their respective investigations which are still due to be published. Therefore I don't think it would be responsible or fair to comment further around this matter until these investigations have had a chance to run their course.