Monday 25 March 2013 13:05, UK
British Cycling is launching a bid to get one million more women riding bikes by 2020 as it looks to tackle a gender imbalance within the sport.
The gender imbalance stretches beyond women riding bikes, though. A recent audit by the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation found that British Cycling was one of only six out of 57 governing bodies that does not have any female board members. The problem has also extended to professional cycling in the past, with British women winning only one Olympic medal before 2008 and females not being given the same number of Olympic events as men until last year's 2012 Games in London.