Podium Cafe, for Cycling fans

It's about the challenges of setting up a women's cycling team in Afghanistan - a whole other world of cycling issues - and you can donate to make the film happen, too

Monty mentioned this training camp in the comments to a post several months ago, and after much dithering and delay I've just booked. Somewhat to my surprise there are still places available and greater flexibility than originally over dates, and Emma's still expected (though not absolutely guaranteed) to be there. Budget flights are getting more expensive every day though. Now, time to get in training for the training camp... UPDATE 1 March: Email from Tim says Emma will be there from 24 March until 6 April. And there are still spaces for a few more people, particularly during the second week. Tim says he aims "to give everyone opportunities to ride with Emma and to get coaching time with [him]".

Five days old now, but I'd not seen it until today (I was offline most of last week). Seems worth posting (or do I mean shooting?) on PdC for the record, and as it may generate some discussion.

.. and takes aim at drug cheats, former teams and the sport's governing body.

If you're looking for presents for women's cycling fans in your life, or want your nearest-and-dearests to get you some presents you'll really like, click through and check out my guide, with clothes, books, art, jewellery and more, for women and men. Part 2 will follow next week!

Check this out! It's a podcast-documentary dedicated to women's cycling - with interviews from Rochelle Gilmore about her brand new team, Stefan Wyman on fan-backed women's cycling and, erm, me on being a rabid fangirl! Have a listen!

Sharon Laws came into road cycling through completely crazy adventure MTB races, the kind where she'd finish the race and end up on a drip! Sharon, and her team-mate Hanlie Booyens, won the Cape epic in 2004 and 2009, so it's a lot of fun to see them team up for the 10th edition of the race. It'll be so much fun! Lots more on the Cape Epic on their website - and check out my interview with Laws from 2011, to find out more about her - and of course, click through the link at the top for more from Laws and Booyens about their plans!