Cancer researcher becomes first ever woman to win 4,000km cycling race

Fiona Kolbinger was competing in the Transcontinental Race for the first time [Courtesy]

German cancer researcher Fiona Kolbinger won the mixed annual 4,000km (2,485 miles) cycling Transcontinental Race on Monday, becoming the first woman to do so.

Kolbinger, 24, arrived in Brest, north-west France, after 10 days 2hrs and 48 minutes in the saddle since starting the seventh edition of the race in Bulgaria on July 27.