Lizzie Armitstead wants a fun wedding

She was left disappointed on Sunday when she failed to pick up a medal in the Women’s Road Race at the Rio Olympics. However, cyclist Lizzie Armitstead can at least have her wedding to fiance Philip Deignan to look forward to later this year. The Olympian, who won silver at London 2012, and professional cyclist fiance Philip are planning to tie the knot following their engagement 11 months ago.

Speaking about their wedding in the new issue of OK! magazine, Lizzie, 27, enthused: “I’m quite untraditional. The important thing is that I’m marrying Phil and that my friends and family have a good time. I find weddings too procedural sometimes. I just want a big, fun party.  “Anybody who brings anything cycling related will be turned away. There’ll be strictly no cycling theme at the wedding.”

Meanwhile, Philip admitted he had a crush on Lizzie for years before they finally got together in 2014. He said: “Lizzie had just come out of a long-term relationship so I gave her a bit of space. I actually liked her and thought she was good looking when I first met her in 2010, but at that time I wasn’t ready for a relationship.”