Onlookers have likened it something out of Star Wars, while others just think it’s plain ugly. But a leading cycling team hopes that its futuristic-looking new helmet will lead to a “big improvement” in time trial performance.
Cycling's world governing body the UCI will review time trial helmet designs after issuing a ban on a 'head sock' element.
Laura Kenny, Britain’s most successful ever female Olympian, has only a “slim” chance of competing at a fourth Olympics this year in Paris, according to British Cycling.
