Pippa York: ‘When I stopped racing I thought: who am I?’
JILL MEAD/THE GUARDIAN - Pippa York: ‘I learned to fit in. It wasn’t always welcoming, but it wasn’t hostile all the time’ Tour de France stage winner Pippa York talks about transitioning, the Gorbals, and alienation in the peloton ‘Even now you don’t want your kid to be different, because you know there’ll be a stigma attached’ - Pippa York 16 Jun 2025 - The Guardian Jeremy Whittle Pippa York used to be Robert Millar , a stage winner and king of the mountains in the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia. Millar was also a podium finisher, in both the Vuelta a España and the Giro, a British national champion, and Tour of Britain winner. But Millar had also wanted to be a girl since the age of five, a secret that remained buried throughout childhood in Glasgow, the subsequent racing career, and beyond, into mid-life. In her new book, The Escape , written in collaboration with David Walsh , the 66-year-old unflinchingly documents the long and painful ...