Meet Natalie Grinczer, the NHS worker racing the Tour de France Femmes

Lifeplus-Wahoo's new recruit is hoping for better luck at the race this year

Natalie Grinczer riding in white Lifeplus-Wahoo kit
(Image credit: Lifeplus-Wahoo)

For the past eight years, Natalie Grinczer has been juggling two lives: one as an NHS employee, and another as a professional cyclist. 

It's all she's ever known, she tells Cycling Weekly, and since qualifying as a physiotherapist in 2015, the balancing act has proven tough. “I don’t really have time for anything else,” the 29-year-old says. “I either go to work, or I’m out training, or I’m away. That’s literally it.” 

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Tom Davidson
Senior News Writer

Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is the host of The TT Podcast, which covers both the men's and women's pelotons and has featured a number of prominent British riders.

An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides.