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When I first started out in cycling, if there were two girls there, that was successful; but now, if there are 20 girls there, it's just unbelievable. The growth of the sport is just incredible.

It's really important for cycling and for women to be on a sporting stage which is in the mainstream and across the board, not just my own sport.

The best way for women to get into cycling is to go out in a group, to feel like you're part of it.

The UCI have to make the decision to put in rules into women's cycling that they have in men's cycling: you know, like a minimum budget to run a women's team and that sort of thing so that it becomes more professional.

It's fantastic news that the Aviva Women's Tour will continue in 2016.

It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

I think the Women's movement has had a major impact on everybody's lives in our nation and in the world as a whole.

It's all well and good having a women's Tour de France - which I think we need and I think we should have. But I think we should slowly build it in and not just go 'Bam!' with three weeks over the same course and same length of time as the men's.

There are lots of things that could be done. We could get more help from the UCI, like forcing Pro-Tour teams to have a women's equivalent.

I want to be motivational and inspirational for everybody: my big aim is more women on bicycles.