{"id":803835,"date":"2026-10-15T22:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T22:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/803835\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T22:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T22:26:11","slug":"becky-north-eyes-next-generation-in-welsh-cycling-president-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/803835\/","title":{"rendered":"Becky North eyes next generation in Welsh cycling president role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">North, now 34, added: &#8220;I think it would be really special to help encourage women and girls to ride bikes. From a young age, I was surrounded by a lot of men and boys, and there weren&#8217;t so many females, especially when I was racing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I want to show young girls and women what cycling can do for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Beicio Cymru chief executive Caroline Spanton welcomed North&#8217;s appointment and said: &#8220;On the back of incredible success at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and heading into 2027, we&#8217;re at a really exciting point for cycling in Wales, with the opportunity to build real momentum in the months and years ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The Tour de France coming to Wales is a huge moment for us, but it&#8217;s about so much more than the event itself. It&#8217;s about inspiring more people to ride, creating opportunities for generations to come and turning that moment into meaningful, lasting change for cycling across Wales.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North, now 34, added: &#8220;I think it would be really special to help encourage women and girls to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":803836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-803835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=803835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/803835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/803836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=803835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=803835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=803835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}